Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Jul 10, ’26 Washington Roundtable]

Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Jul 12, ’26 Business Report]

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 Muradian to discuss Wall Street’s latest up week even as energy prices rise after US and Iranian forces exchanged strikes and President Trump says the ceasefire between the countries is over and Tehran struck shipping in the Strait of Hormuz; air travel impact of renewed hostilities as Delta maintains the carrier will maintain pricing and profit power; the US defense budget outlook as the appropriations process as well as the administration’s $88 billion Iran war supplemental stall; efforts by the House budget committee to accelerate the $350 billion reconciliation 3.0 budget increase for the Pentagon; analysis of NATO’s Ankara summit that included a pledge of unity as well as $50 billion in deals, including the alliance’s acquisition of new Saab GlobalEye radar planes and Northrop Grumman Triton reconnaissance aircraft; whether the summit was enough to assuage allied concerns about America’s commitment to NATO despite rhetoric from Washington and President Trump’s continued interest in acquiring Greenland; implications of Trump’s pledge to allow Ukraine to join Japan and Germany in license producing Patriot missiles; what it will take to allow Turkey back into the F-35 Lightning II fighter project; the decision — after Washington resumed strikes on Iran — to fly the president out of the Turkish capital to Britain on the purpose-built VC-25A presidential transport, where he boarded the former Qatari jet to return to Washington; Lockheed Martin’s proposed $3.5 billion acquisition of Ultra’s Martime business; engine failure aboard a Ryanair 737 heading from Greece to Germany that shattered a window, injuring a passenger before who was sucked partly out of the aircraft; and Bank of America’s initiation of SpaceX coverage.

Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Jul 10, ’26 Washington Roundtable]

On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Washington Roundtable, 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 New American Security, and former Pentagon Comptroller Dr. Dov Zakheim of the Center for Strategic and International Studies join Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss a $1.15 trillion House National Defense Authorization Act that’s in trouble as both the Trump administration’s $88 billion Iran war supplemental and House and Senate appropriations processes stall; under President Trump’s pressure, the House Budget Committee moves to advance the $350 billion Reconciliation 3.0 measure for the Pentagon; US attorney Jay Clayton’s hearing to become the next director of national intelligence is back on; after Iran attacked three ships in the Strait of Hormuz Trump says the ceasefire with Tehran is over and resumed strikes, again sending energy prices soaring as Iran continues efforts to exert control over the critical waterway; takeaways from the NATO’s Ankara Summit where Trump berated allies for not backing his Iran war and still seeking to acquire Greenland, but also endorsed alliance priorities including defense projects and allowed Ukraine to license produce Patriot missiles; as Russia ramps up attacks on Ukraine, Moscow uses AI to wage a disinformation campaign against American data centers and technology; Russia’s partnership with China; Beijing’s test of a new submarine-launched ballistic missile; Taiwan’s opposition pro-China Kuomintang party stalls President Lai Ching Te’s asymmetric defense strategy; analysis of former US ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel’s peace plan for the Middle East; Israel’s declining popularity; Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s plan to visit New York City in September for the United Nations General Assembly meeting as New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani vows to make good on his plan to enforce an International Criminal Court arrest warrant on the Israeli leader; and a look at US political drama from Graham Platner’s collapsing campaign against Sen. Susan Collins in Maine to the impact of Sen. Mitch McConnell’s declining health.

Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [Jul 09, 26] Season 4 E22 Game Season

The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies recently completed a new war game looking at the Air Force we need against China and Russia. Mark “Gonzo” Gunzinger and Heather “Lucky” Penney peel back the covers on their results. And we have the week’s airpower headlines. Powered by GE Aerospace!

Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Jul 08, ’26] Sam Bendett & Eugene Rumer on Russia, Ukraine

Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Jul 08, ’26] Sam Bendett & Eugene Rumer on Russia, Ukraine by Defense & Aerospace Report, sponsored by Bell

Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Jul 07, 2026] Look Ahead w/ Byron Callan

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 attack that damaged a Qatari liquified natural gas carrier in the Strait of Hormuz; what’s next for US defense spending including prospects for Reconciliation 3.0; surprises in the Trump administration’s $88 billion Iran war supplemental request; whether the assertion that the “American way of war” is dead; Saab’s big week including the sale of 16 new Gripen E fighters to Ukraine and Canada’s decision to pick HDW over Hanwha to supply 12 new non-nuclear attack submarines; Britain’s plan to increase defense spending by $20 billion; expectations from NATO’s Ankara summit; and a look at the week ahead and in Washington and beyond.