The Pentagon’s EW fears, manned-unmanned teaming and simulating military training

In this episode of the Weekly Defence Podcast, the team discusses the electronic warfare landscape and UK moves into manned-unmanned teaming, we speak to MetaVR about visualisation technologies as well as defence supplier Inzpire. And our sponsor Nammo provides this week’s Industry Voice segment.

• News Roundup (00:35)

On the news this week…

With Editor-in-Chief Richard Thomas away covering the AOC 2019 conference in Washington DC, the team consider the electronic warfare landscape and how the US is scrambling to respond to the expanding threat.

Director of Analysis Matthew Smith outlines the projections for the fighter aircraft market over the next ten years and what a lower-cost F-35 could mean for future procurement programmes.

Deputy Air Editor Tim Martin explains how the British Army wants to prioritise manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) for its incoming fleet of AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopters, but first intends on making sure that such developments can take place without overburdening soldiers.

Land Editor Beth Maundrill outlines why the Latvian Ministry of Defence (MoD) is making another attempt to procure a fleet of tactical vehicles. This comes after the previous competition, which saw the selection of Sisu's GTP 4x4, had to be terminated due to the discovery of a number of irregularities in the evaluation process.

•  Deep Dive – Military simulation technologies (13:55)

Our Training and Simulation Editor Trevor Nash talks to Garth Smith, President of MetaVR as we take a deep dive into the simulation and training market, and consider the underlying visualisation technologies that enable next-generation training.

• Interview – Alan Whittle, Director of Strategy and Plans at Inzpire (30:36)

Our VP Content Tony Skinner sits down with Alan Whittle, Director of Strategy and Plans at Inzpire, to talk about how the defence supplier has positioned itself to leverage recent wins from the UK Ministry of Defence.

• Industry Voice – Nammo (40:17)

Nammo’s SVP of Communications Endre Lunde provides essential tips and strategies for those listeners that find themselves frequently away on business travel.

Music and sound mixing provided by Fred Prest

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