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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 this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Washington Roundtable, sponsored by L3Harris, Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute think tank, Cavas Ships podcast cohost Chris Servello, and former DoD Europe chief Jim Townsend of the Center for a New... more

With all the airpower involved in Iran, we haven’t heard a lot about Naval air. Vice Admiral John “Fozzie” Miller, former commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and U.S. Fifth Fleet, brings us up to date on naval action in Epic Fury and Naval... more

On today’s Strategy Series program, sponsored by General Atomic Aeronautical Systems, John Gutierrez, a retired United States Marine Corps colonel who is now the executive director of the Michigan Office of Defense and Aerospace Innovation, joins Def... 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 the next phase in the US-Israel war on Iran as President... more

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Recent Guests

Dov Zakhine
Dr.; affiliated with Center for Strategic and International Studies; former Pentagon Comptroller
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Episode: Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Apr 03, ’26 Washington Roundtable]
Sam Bendett
Staff analyst at the Center for Naval Analyses; affiliated with CSIS and CNAS
Center for Naval Analyses; Center for a New American Security; Center for Strategic and International Studies
Episode: DEFAERO Strategy Series [Apr 201, 26] Bendett and Rumer on Latest Russia-Ukraine Headlines
Eugene Rumer
Director of the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Episode: DEFAERO Strategy Series [Apr 201, 26] Bendett and Rumer on Latest Russia-Ukraine Headlines
Brian Clark
Hudson Institute analyst
Hudson Institute
Episode: Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Mar 30, 2026] Look Ahead w/ Byron Callan
Brent Sadler
Heritage Foundation analyst
Heritage Foundation
Episode: Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Mar 30, 2026] Look Ahead w/ Byron Callan
Mike JDAM Dahm
Senior Fellow for Aerospace and China Studies, Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies
Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies
Episode: Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [Mar 26, 26] Season 4 E11: Building Storm
Ed Mehr
CEO and co-founder of Machina Labs
Machina Labs
Episode: Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Mar 25, 2026] Machina Labs Ed Mehr on Intelligent Factories
Eben Frankenberg
CEO and co-founder of Echodyne
Echodyne
Episode: Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Mar 24, 2026] Echodyne's Eben Frankenberg on Affordable Electronically Scanned Radars
Byron Callan
Analyst at Capital Alpha Partners (Independent Washington Research)
Capital Alpha Partners
Episode: Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Mar 23, 2026] Look Ahead w/ Byron Callan

Host

Vago Muradian
Editor of Defense & Aerospace Report and host specializing in defense and aerospace news, bringing industry insights and leading conversations on relevant topics.

Reviews

4.2 out of 5 stars from 263 ratings
  • 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 Statesa month ago
  • Turned intoThe MSNBC of A&D

    Skip opening monologue, just bias propaganda doesn’t help the political divide. Defense is and needs to be a political; leave that spin to cable entertainment faux news channels, you’re better than that V

    Please stick to reporting facts on A&D and hosting expert guests. Though love hearing them correct your spin

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    Zaxk Xavier Voelten
    United States2 months ago
  • Be honest

    Trump strategy preemptively surrenders America’s sole superpower status.

    His mission is to collapse America so that his favorite dictators don’t have to worry about us.

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    thePeacePirate
    United States4 months ago
  • Become obviously biased

    Used to be a great show but host increasingly can’t help confusing facts and opinions when it comes to Trump and administration. Stick to the facts or admit it’s an opinion please.

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    Dagny10
    United States5 months ago
  • Seriously?

    Trump literally gathered the generals and casually declared war against half the country.

    Threatened to turn American cities into “military training grounds”, by which he means urban warfare against an invented domestic enemy.

    What more do people need to see to believe?

    Apple Podcasts
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    thePeacePirate
    United States6 months ago

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The podcast provides insightful and timely discussions on defense and aerospace topics, which are valued by industry professionals.
Listeners appreciate the expert commentary on current geopolitical issues, especially in relation to military and defense matters.
A portion of the audience expresses concerns regarding political bias, suggesting that discussions sometimes strayed from objective analyses to politically charged commentary.

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Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [Mar 26, 26] Season 4 E11: Building Storm
Q: What are the most significant signs of China's air power ambitions according to Mike Dahm?
Dahm highlights the scale of J-20 production, expansion of multiple production facilities, and large-scale land reclamation and base development in the South China Sea as evidence of an ambitious drive to increase global reach and air power capabilities.
Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [Apr 02, 26] Season 4 E12: Spicy and Smoky
Q: From your standpoint, what stands out about this air campaign compared to what's come before?
The main takeaway is that while the air campaign shows tactical prowess and can degrade certain capabilities, achieving regime change from air power alone is unlikely; boots on the ground have been a persistent question.
Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [Mar 19, 26] Season 4 E10 Mind Kaboom
Q: What are the major lessons from this ongoing campaign in terms of AI and autonomy?
Autonomy can increase pace and reduce human error, but humans should retain veto power and define boundaries to prevent unacceptable civilian harm; the overarching lesson is to balance speed with ethical and strategic guardrails.
Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Mar 25, 2026] Machina Labs Ed Mehr on Intelligent Factories
Q: Walk us through how the ecosystem needs to change for this to work, especially in defense.
He explains that the defense ecosystem requires more adaptable certification, a resilient and capable supplier network, and allied partnerships to sustain a flexible, distributed manufacturing model, emphasizing the importance of deploying capabilities quickly and leveraging international collaboration with allies such as Toyota, UAE, and others.
Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Mar 25, 2026] Machina Labs Ed Mehr on Intelligent Factories
Q: So tell us a little bit about what makes you guys different in terms of fundamentally redesigning how we make things.
Mehr describes Machina Labs as building flexible factories that can switch between designs rapidly while remaining automated, using robotics and AI to enable high-mix, mid-volume production that traditional plants struggle to achieve; this approach aims to reduce capex per design and enable rapid retooling for defense and commercial needs.

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