Defense & Aerospace Report

On today’s program Chris Kastner, the HII president and CEO, discusses the shipbuilding outlook as the Biden administration and Congress strike a budget deal; inflation, supply chain and workforce; carrier, amphibious and other ship programs; industrial base investment and accelerating submarine production; improving skilled trades retention; and how the company’s growth in technical services and IT is improving it’s shipbuilding capabilities with Cavas Ships co-host Chris Cavas and Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On today’s program, sponsored by HII, Byron Callan of the independent Washington research firm Capital Alpha Partners discusses big themes for 2024 and looks at the week ahead; and Chris Cavas and Chris Servello, the co-hosts of the Cavas Ships podcast, discuss what they expect to hear from US Navy leaders at the Surface Navy Association’s 36th national symposium Jan. 9-11 with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Business Roundtable, sponsored by Bell, Dr. Rocket Ron Epstein of Bank of America Securities, Sash Tusa of the independent equity research firm Agency Partners, and Richard Aboulafia of the AeroDynamic advisory consultancy, join host Vago Muradian to discuss the big stories of 2024 including shifting economic expectations, global instability as defense spending driver, air travel demand, the FAA grounding of Boeing’s 737 Max 9 after an inflight depressurization incident as well as other near misses says about the aircraft production and air commercial air transport system, and impact of global elections on international security.

Experts discuss predictions for 2024, including budget challenges and defense spending in the face of China. They explore Israeli Prime Minister's motives, carrier deployment, recent ISIS attack on Iran, and future challenges such as Russia and Korean crisis.

Guests Dr. Rocket Ron Epstein, Sash Tusa, and Richard Aboulafia discuss the key events of 2023 shaping the coming year. Topics include defense spending, market performance, concerns for Boeing's future, government intervention, industry transformations, collaboration, and a year in review including the collapse of Russia as a military exporter.

On today’s program, sponsored by GE Aerospace, the award winning hosts of the Defense & Aerospace Report’s award winning podcasts — Chris Cavas and Chris Servello of Cavas Ships, Laura Winter of the The Downlink, and JJ Gertler, the co-host of The Air Power Podcast — review the big stories from 2023 that will shape the coming year with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this week’s Technology Report, Mark Montgomery, a retired US Navy rear admiral who is now the senior director of the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the executive director of the Cyber Solarium 2.0 project, and Chris Cleary who until recently was the US Navy’s principal cyber adviser, discuss the key cyber stories of 2023 that will shape the coming year with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

Guests including Dr. Patrick Cronin, Michael Herson, Jim Townsend, and Dr. Dov Zakheim discuss key stories of 2023, such as the impact of the October 7 terror attacks, rise of anti-Semitism, controversial statements and potential Republican nominee, and the importance of nuance in public debates and democracy.

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell,  Dr. Eugene Rumer, the director of the Russia and Eurasia program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Sam Bendett of the Center for Naval Analyses, discuss the key Russia stories in 2023 that will shape the coming year with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Byron Callan of the independent Washington research firm Capital Alpha Partners with a year-end review of business, geopolitical and congressional news with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.