On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guest in segment one is Defense & Aerospace Report’s own contributing editor Christopher P. Cavas on Secretary of Defense Mark's Esper's recently announced "Battle Force 2045," a new future fleet plan that would grow the attack submarine force, pair nuclear-powered aircraft carriers with light carriers, and grow the number of small and unmanned ships. In segment two Matthew Zimmermann, co-founder and CEO of Beast Code discusses the company's capabilities in supporting the Department of Defense, the use of data to create digital twins, sharing rights between the services and industry, as well as the importance of time as commodity in great power competition.