CAVASShips

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. In conjunction with the Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space Global Maritime Exposition we present this special edition of the CavasShips Podcast focusing on a single defense supplier. Our show coverage of Sea-Air-Space is sponsored by Huntington Ingalls Industries.

Today we’re speaking with Kari Wilkinson, executive vice president of Huntington Ingalls Industries and president of Ingalls Shipbuilding - the shipyard that builds more ships for the US Navy than any other.

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This Week…the Biden administration sent its $773 billion-dollar fiscal 2023 Pentagon budget request to Congress on March 28 and the best thing to say about it is – few people are happy with it. We’ll peel out some of the details of a Navy budget that seems to have enough to offend everyone.

In this Week’s Squawk Chris Servello has some budget advice for Navy leaders.

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Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This Week…Russia’s war in Ukraine continues to rage, with an end to the fighting nowhere in sight. But at some point the fighting will stop and -- what then? The naval and strategic significance of the Black Sea is likely to drastically change and take on an added significance in any sort of standoff between Russia, NATO and the US. We’ll talk over some of the issues and the often tortured history of this waterway from a noted expert on the region, Professor Ryan Gingeras of the Naval Postgraduate School.

In this Week’s Squawk Chris Cavas discusses the big importance of small vessels.

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Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This Week...Is the US Navy an effective advocate for seapower? Is it an effective advocate for itself? The question isn’t new - the service has been struggling with the issue for decades. We’ll talk with Ryan Wadle, the author of a remarkable book that examines the history of US Navy public relations between the World Wars, and who found many striking similarities between the issues of the 1920s and 1930s and today.

In this Week’s Squawk Chris Servello discusses the Navy’s communications strategy.

Please send us feedback by DM’ing @CavasShips or @CSSProvision or you can email [email protected] or [email protected].

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This Week…Russia’s war on Ukraine continues with no letup and it is clear the world’s political and military landscape is changing. We’ll talk with two great guests, Bryan McGrath and Jerry Hendrix, about what it all could mean for naval warfare, and also take a look at the just-approved 2022 defense spending bill.

In this Week’s Squawk Chris Cavas thanks Congress for doing their job.

Please send us feedback by DM’ing @CavasShips or @CSSProvision or you can email [email protected] or [email protected].

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This Week…the world’s attention remains focused on Russia’s war on Ukraine, a conflict that undoubtedly will affect the military and defense calculations of all the world’s significant powers. What will change? What has changed already? We’ll talk with a key member of the House Armed Services Committee, Representative Mike Gallagher, who also represents the Wisconsin district where the US Navy’s Freedom-class littoral combat ships are built.

In this Week’s Squawk Chris Servello discusses the need to learn lessons from Ukraine.

Please send us feedback by DM’ing @CavasShips or @CSSProvision or you can email [email protected] or [email protected].

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This Week...the world’s military and political situations are changing before our eyes. What does all this mean? Where could it lead? Is it time for deep-seated attitudes about partnerships and presence and defense budgets to begin changing? We’ll be joined by naval analyst Tom Shugart to discuss some of these issues.

In this Week’s Squawk Chris Cavas discusses the importance of being ready.

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Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This Week…while the world watches and waits to see if Vladimir Putin’s Russia takes military action against Ukraine, a major conference of U.S. Sea Service leaders took place last week out in San Diego. Both of us were there, and we’ll talk about what we saw and heard during the three-say WEST 2022 gathering.

In this Week’s Squawk Chris Servello challenges the Navy to be more credible.

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Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This Week…Public discussion about the potential causes of the January crash of an F-35C Joint Strike Fighter aboard the carrier USS Carl Vinson revved up with the unauthorized posting of official video of the dramatic and fiery ramp strike. We’ll talk it over with the US Naval Institute’s Ward Carroll, a carrier aviation veteran who gives us some insight into what goes on when a high-performance jet lands aboard an aircraft carrier.

In this Week’s Squawk Chris Cavas challenges the Navy to come clean.

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Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This Week…China. While most military and strategic eyes this week are focused on Russia, no one is forgetting the larger, so-called “pacing threat” – China. But while everyone talks about the rise of China and in particular the People’s Liberation Army Navy, is there a plan to deal with it? What’s the strategy? We’ll talk to a key thinker, Thomas Mahnken, head of the CSBA strategic think tank.

In this Week’s Squawk Chris Servello challenges obstacles to strategic thinking.

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