
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 & Ae... more
| Publishes | Daily | Episodes | 501 | Founded | 9 years ago |
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On today’s Strategy Series program, sponsored by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Dr. Jerry McGinn, a former deputy industrial base chief who is now with the director of the Center for the Industrial Base at the Center for Strategic and Internat... more
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 Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg’s internal Penta... more
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 do... more
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... more
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*So just ignore the Qatari bribe jet element, ignore that Trump used a plane full of human shields, and ignore that Trump is trying to integrate Israeli military & intelligence with ours AFTER Trump was tricked into a Mideast quagmire… ignoring all that, the story is a big nothing burger… Vago, you need better contributors.
An atrocious ally is no ally at all. Democracies should never enable tyranny. Predatory Trump created a DEADLY crisis in Cuba hoping that the collective punishment of the po... more
An atrocious ally is no ally at all. Democracies should never enable tyranny.
A school full of little girls was bombed on day one of Trump’s illegal war & it’s insane that no one even mentions it. We DO NOT have to live in a casually despicable world.
A school full of little girls was bombed on day one of Trump’s illegal war & it’s insane that no one even mentions it. We DO NOT have to live in a casually despicable world.
Used to be news on D&A, now it is just a politically biased grief session about Trump. Please go back to reporting on the business of D&A.
I think this recent round table was the most pathetic sanewashing of this Iran war that I’ve heard so far. It’s almost like you guys are a mouthpiece for an industry that’s going to benefit greatly from it or something.
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A roundtable and interview-based show focused on defense and aerospace markets, policy, and technology. Episodes balance market data, program awards, contract news, and geopolitical tensions with industry and policy perspectives from think tanks, lobbying firms, and senior executives. Notable strengths include top-tier guests spanning government, industry, and analysts, plus a clear bridge between capital markets signals and defense modernization. The program often weaves in supplier dynamics, industrial policy, and capability development, making it a useful listen for professionals tracking defense budgets, program execution, and aerospace market trends.
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