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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 & Ae... more

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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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Recent Guests

Eric Edelman
Ambassador, Counselor at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
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Episode: Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [Aug 13, 26] Season 4 E27 Three’s a Cloud
Tom Mahnken
President and CEO, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
Episode: DEFAERO Strategy Series [Aug 11, 26] CSBA's Dr. Tom Mahnken
Steve Trimble
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Episode: Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [Aug 06, 26] Season 4 E26 Missile Command
Joe Kochan
CEO of the National Spectrum Consortium
National Spectrum Consortium
Episode: DEFAERO Daily Pod [Aug 04, 25] National Spectrum Consortium’s Joe Kochan
Sach Tusa
Independent Equity Research Firm, Agency Partners
Agency Partners
Episode: Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Aug 02, ’26 Business Report]
Tom Karako
Director of the Air and Missile Defense Program
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Episode: Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [Jul 30, 26] Season 4 E25 Out of the Blue
Illy Andrews
Vice President for Defense International, Amentum
Amentum
Episode: Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Jul 29, 2026] Amentum's Illy Andrews and Dr. Justin Goldberg
Justin Goldberg
Vice President for Defense and Security in the UK, Amentum
Amentum
Episode: Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Jul 29, 2026] Amentum's Illy Andrews and Dr. Justin Goldberg
Jim Currier
President and CEO, Honeywell Aerospace
Honeywell Aerospace
Episode: Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Jul 28, 2026] Honeywell Aeropsace's Jim Currier & Mike Vallillo

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Vago Muradian
Host and lead moderator with Defense & Aerospace Report; facilitates analysis across defense, aerospace, and policy topics.

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4.2 out of 5 stars from 274 ratings
  • Don’t aid warmongers please

    *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

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    thePeacePirate
    United States18 days ago
  • Don’t aid warmongers please

    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.

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    thePeacePirate
    United States2 months ago
  • Don’t aid warmongers please

    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.

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    thePeacePirate
    United States3 months ago
  • Turned into a political show

    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.

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    Brandon 🇺🇸
    United States5 months ago
  • Congrats

    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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    thePeacePirate
    United States6 months ago

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DEFAERO Strategy Series [Aug 12, 26] AIA's Eric Fanning
Q: What is the realistic path to accelerating defense programs given a delayed budget process and CR risk?
Prioritize what can be funded now, push for a clear NDAA and appropriation to lay the foundation, and use transparent collaboration with the Pentagon to identify barriers and allocate resources to critical priorities, while maintaining a credible long-term demand signal for industry.
Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Aug 09, ’26 Business Report]
Q: What is the practicality of accelerating defense production in 21 days?
Experts acknowledge that you cannot instantly alter the defense industrial base; plans will exist, but actual ramp-up depends on labor, supply chains, and long-lead items, so a 21-day deadline is more aspirational than executable.
Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Aug 02, ’26 Business Report]
Q: What were the key market drivers for the aerospace and defense group this week?
Earnings reports drove the week, with defense stocks outperforming civil aviation amid macro uncertainty; multiple defense primes reported strong results and orders, while the market priced in potential longer-term budgets and multi-year procurement.
DEFAERO Daily Pod [Aug 04, 25] National Spectrum Consortium’s Joe Kochan
Q: Can you explain how NSC balances the interests of traditional incumbents, big telcos, and new entrants within your consortium?
NSC brings together legacy military contractors, traditional telecoms, and new non-traditional firms to foster dialogue and cross-pollination, using organized meetings and working groups to translate different RF engineer perspectives into actionable R&D and prototype projects, while prioritizing small, non-incumbent members to drive fresh ideas.
DEFAERO Daily Pod [Aug 04, 25] National Spectrum Consortium’s Joe Kochan
Q: What does regulatory streamlining look like from your corner of the ecosystem, and is contracting moving faster now?
While there hasn't been a rapid speed-up in our corner, OTAs are increasingly recognized as useful to accelerate collaboration, and the government's streamlining efforts are acknowledged, but budgeting and appropriations delays remain the main bottlenecks.

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