On this Roundtable episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guests are  Gordon Adams, PhD, Non-Resident Fellow at the Quincy Institute, Dov Zakheim, PhD, former DoD comptroller, now with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Byron Callan of the independent equity research firm Capital Alpa Partners and Michael Herson, President and CEO, American Defense International.

Topics:

— Look ahead to the next version of the CARES Act, the fourth stimulus package to address the impact of the devastating global pandemic that as of Thursday had killed 13,000 Americans

— Industry response to COVID-19 crisis, stimulus measures to date and first quarter financial impact

— Updated look on virus response spending on future defense budgets

— Pandemic response in Europe and implications on transatlantic relationships should Trump administration press ahead on steel and aluminum tariffs

— Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders’ decision to drop out of the race to become the Democratic presidential nominee