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Welcome to the Defense and Aerospace Report podcast, our weekly podcast on the global defense and aerospace business sponsored by Bell, and hosted by Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. Each week, we’ll bring you interviews with industry leaders and the business’ best analysts to put events in context, identify trends and keep an eye on what’s next in a fast-moving world. Defense & Aerospace Report is your global source for national security and aerospace news, thought leadership and analysis, founded and edited by Vago Muradian.

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    Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Aug 30, ’26 Business Report]

    On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Business Roundtable, sponsored by Bell, Dr. “Rocket” Ron Epstein of Bank of America Securities and Richard Aboulafia of the AeroDynamic advisory consultancy join host Vago Muradian to discuss Wall Street’s down close in wake of Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s Jackson Hole address that the US central bank would continue to fight inflation; Washington’s new Iran sanctions and trade war with Canada that appears likely to drive Ottawa to opt for Saab’s Gripen over more F-35 Lighting II fighters; Saab’s new A3-001 stealthy collaborative combat aircraft; US Air Force’s $131 billion indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity contract to Boeing for production and support of existing and future US and international versions of the F-15 Eagle fighter; the US government’s deal with Qatar for four KC-46 Pegasus tanker aircraft as well as electronic gear for $4.5 billion; Pentagon policy chief Bridge Colby’s visit to Brussels; Britain’s chancellor of the exchequer, John Healey, builds a budget that will have to please the three Bs — his boss, the British public and bond markets; the US Navy’s AIM-424 Malice long-range air-to-air missile by Raytheon; and Qantas’ plan to retire its 10 A380 superjumbo jets in 2028, five years earlier than planned.

  2. 2d ago

    Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Aug 28, ’26 Washington Roundtable]

    On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Washington Roundtable, Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute think tank, former DoD Europe chief Jim Townsend of the Center for a New American Security, and former Pentagon Comptroller Dr. Dov Zakheim of the Center for Strategic and International Studies join Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss the impact of rising inflation on the Trump administration’s budget request; CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s visit to Moscow; NATO’s moves to counter Russia’s mounting provocations in the Baltic and across Europe; Pentagon policy chief Bridge Colby’s meeting with allies as he oversees the review that will reduce US troops from Europe; Washington’s new Iran sanctions to collapse the theocratic regime as Beijing vows to retaliate if its banks or businesses are targeted; the trade war with Canada; Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s claim Iran tried to kill one of his son’s in Florida; retired Israeli Brig. Gen. Ofer Winter new extreme right-wing party; Iraq’s Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi’s effort to bring militias under control; Washington cancels an amphibious exercise with South Korea, but will press ahead with the trilateral Freedom Edge exercise next month with Korea and Japan; Japan, Australia, and Indonesia launch defense talks; and Beijing’s tightening comprehensive encirclement of Taiwan.

  3. 3d ago

    Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [Aug 27, 26] Season 4 E29 Let’s Get Technical

    Even as current conflicts emphasize lower-technology systems like small drones, development continues on high-end technologies. Hypersonics, directed energy, advanced missiles, and more. We get the state of play --- and a broad look at DoD’s science and technology enterprise -- from former Air Force chief scientist Dr. Mark Lewis, now Chief National Security Officer at Purdue University. And a remembrance of the 20th Air Force Secretary, Jim Roche. Plus the week’s top airpower headlines. Powered by GE Aerospace!

    Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [Aug 27, 26] Season 4 E29 Let’s Get Technical

  4. 4d ago

    Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Aug 26, ’26] Brooking's Michael O’Hanlon on Lessons from the Ukraine and Iran Wars for Ground Forces Worldwide

    On this Land Warfare episode, sponsored by American Rheinmetall, Dr. Michael O’Hanlon, the Philip H. Knight Chair in Defense and Strategy as well as the director research for the foreign policy program at the Brookings Institution and author of the new book — “To Dare Mighty Things: U.S. Defense Strategy Since the Revolution” — joins Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss lessons from the Ukraine and Iran wars for ground forces worldwide; the role of drones in the close fight and future of land vehicles; magazine depth and deterrence; recent moves by the acting Army Chief Gen. Chris LaNeve including his decision to convert a new drone battalion to an airborne infantry unit; deterring Russia as its provocations against NATO increase; and the US defense budget outlook and importance of oversight.

  5. 5d ago

    Defense & Aerospace Technology Report [Aug 25, 26]

    On this innovation conversation to highlight key topics in the countdown to the Apex Defense conference Jan. 27-28 next year in Washington, sponsored by Clarion Defence, Bryan Clark of the Hudson Institute joins Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss the new operational problems shaped by the Ukraine and Iran wars that will be at the heart of the innovation and technology conference; and what to expect at Hudson’s Sept. 23 event that explored the factory as the centerpiece of 21st century defense.To learn more about the Apex conference, sponsorship and attendance opportunities please visit apexdefense.org

  6. 6d ago

    Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Aug 24, 2026] Look Ahead w/ Byron Callan

    On today’s Look Ahead program, sponsored by HII, Byron Callan of the independent Washington research firm Capital Alpha Partners joins Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss factors that might change the outlook for US defense including the budget outlook; Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s bond yield gambit; the Iran and Ukraine wars; breakdown of trade talks between Canada and the United States, and whether other nations will decide against what they deem to be bad deals; what a reduced Lyntris offering means for private equity; the US Army’s decision to award a contract to Hanwha for its K9 self-propelled howitzer; acting Army Chief of Staff Gen. Chris LaNeve’s new strategy that included disbanding the drone unit and replacing it with an airborne infantry unit; and a look at the week ahead and in Washington and beyond.

  7. Aug 23

    Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Aug 23, ’26 Business Report]

    On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Business Roundtable, sponsored by Bell, Dr. “Rocket” Ron Epstein of Bank of America Securities and Richard Aboulafia of the AeroDynamic advisory consultancy join host Vago Muradian to discuss a down week on Wall Street after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s effort to curb rising bond yields backfired, startling investors and driving yields up; investors warn Britain’s chancellor of the exchequer, John Healey, to limit borrowing amid a bond sell off as he prepares a new budget for release Oct 28; Iran and the United States failed to formally end hostilities as more energy makes it through the Strait of Hormuz thanks to the US Navy and payments to Tehran for safe passage; trade war between Canada and the United States with 50 percent tariffs on $20 billion in lumber and dairy products from Canada as Ottawa moves to impose reciprocal tariffs on US steel, electronics, dairy, appliances, agricultural equipment, as well as pulp and paper; India’s order for another 114 Rafale fighters from Dassault Aviation and plans to replace Hawk trainers by BAE Systems and Antonov 32 transport planes; the US Air Force award to GE Aerospace and Kratos to adapt their 800-pound thrust GEK800 jet engine for Lockheed Martin’s Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile; and Boeing’s contingency plans if 17,000 of the company’s engineers and technicians who belong to the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace ‌voted to give the union the power strike absent a deal when their contract expires Oct. 6.

  8. Aug 21

    Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Aug 21, ’26 Washington Roundtable]

    On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Washington Roundtable, Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute think tank, former DoD Europe chief Jim Townsend of the Center for a New American Security, and former Pentagon Comptroller Dr. Dov Zakheim of the Center for Strategic and International Studies join Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss implications of US debt passing $40 trillion as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent intervened in bond markets to cut yields, backfiring by alarming markets that reacted negatively to the move; President Trump declared the Strait of Hormuz as American territory, threatening Iran with an economic “D-Day” and Oman with strikes as the UAE, a financial gateway for Tehran, also imposed sanctions; Israel and Hamas rebuffed Jared Kushner as Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu declared Turkey a threat, striking a facility in Syria where Turkish troops were based; France, Germany and the UN condemned Israel’s national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir for calling on the execution of 30 to 40 Gazans a day; Ukrainian civilian casualties mount as Moscow concludes Ukraine can no longer defend against large-scale ballistic missile barrages; another corruption scandal involving a close aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has opposition figures calling for elections; a suspected Russian drone is downed by a NATO fighter jet over Latvia as Moscow threatens London for supplying strike drones to Ukraine; the administration’s questionnaire asking allies to detail how nations are exhibiting loyalty to the US president and his policies; Trump’s order the Pentagon abruptly end annual military exercises with South Korea six days early to punish Seoul for not support the Iran War and saying North Korea is a nonthreatening state, which Pyongyang rebuffed with its largest missile tests in months; the impact economic warfare on Iran will have on China; and Taiwan’s defense spending increase that Washington demanded just as some in Washington debate the US pivoting away from Asia.

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Welcome to the Defense and Aerospace Report podcast, our weekly podcast on the global defense and aerospace business sponsored by Bell, and hosted by Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. Each week, we’ll bring you interviews with industry leaders and the business’ best analysts to put events in context, identify trends and keep an eye on what’s next in a fast-moving world. Defense & Aerospace Report is your global source for national security and aerospace news, thought leadership and analysis, founded and edited by Vago Muradian.

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    Defense & Aerospace Report, sponsored by Bell
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2026
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