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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 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 Senate passage of a continuing resolution and implicatio... more

On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Business Roundtable, sponsored by Bell, Dr. “Rocket” Ron Epstein of Bank of America Securities, Sash Tusa of Agency Partners, and Richard Aboulafia of the AeroDynamic advisory consultancy join host Vago Murad... more

On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Washington Roundtable, sponsored by L3Harris, Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute think tank, Michael Herson of American Defense International, former DoD Europe chief Jim Townsend of the Center for a ... more

Last week, we talked air and missile defenses with Dr. Tom Karako of CSIS. This week, we opened the aperture to include all missile systems, as the various US services proceed on different paths to replenish and modernize their stocks. Steve Trimble,... more

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OJ Sanchez
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John Cofrancesco
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Hosts

Vago Muradian
Host and editor, Defense & Aerospace Report; leads in-depth discussions on defense and aerospace policy, markets, and strategy.
JJ Gertler
Co-host of Air Power Podcast segment; provides aviation and airpower analysis.

Reviews

4.2 out of 5 stars from 272 ratings
  • 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 Statesa month 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 States2 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 States4 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 States5 months 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 States6 months ago

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Some feedback notes perceived political bias or TDS at times but value the guest diversity and expertise.
Episodes with industry-wide budgeting and procurement analysis are repeatedly highlighted as highly informative.
Listeners appreciate the synthesis of government, industry, and military perspectives.
Critiques often focus on perceived polarization when discussing policy and politics.
Many cite the show as a must-listen for defense and aerospace professionals who want context beyond headlines.

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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.
Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Aug 03, 2026] Look Ahead w/ Byron Callan
Q: What's your sense on where we're going to end up with all of this (budget reconciliation and defense spending)?
Vago asks for Byron's view on the ultimate outcome of reconciliation 3.0 and the path forward, including potential standalone defense bite and the role of Congress; Byron responds that it's unclear this week, with the Senate recess and House dynamics, and a likely incremental progression rather than a clean resolution.
Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [Jul 23, 26] Season 4 E24 Movin’ On Up
Q: What does the future of air power look like in a world with greater integration of manned and unmanned systems?
It will be a blended architecture where manned platforms remain central but are augmented by drones, space-based connectivity, and multi-domain interoperability, enabling more capable, survivable, and distributed operations.

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