Rep. Rob Wittman, chair of the Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee in the House, joins us to take apart the fiscal 2024 defense budget and look into its prospects in Congress. Plus we have the week’s airpower headlines. If it’s in the air, it’s on the air!

On this week’s Technology Report, Nigel Inkster, the former director of intelligence and operations at the Secret Intelligence Service otherwise known as MI6 who is now the senior advisor for cybersecurity and China at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, discusses the UK’s new Offensive Cyber Capabilities Principles and its role in deterrence as part of integrated military as well as diplomatic and economic means, the need for allies and partners to improve their collective security and ability to deter conflict by adopting common offensive and overall cyber strategies, and using technology to prevent future intelligence breaches; and John CoFrancesco, the founder and CEO of Applied AI Company, on how ChatGPT and apps will comprehensively change national security, what thoughtful regulation of artificial intelligence looks like as lawmakers call for greater insight into algorithms and data sets, and benefits of apps like ChatGPT with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Adm. Mike Rogers, USN Ret., the former director of the National Security Agency and former commander of US Cyber Command who is now the chairman of the advisory board of cybersecurity firm Claroty, discusses the latest and largest leak of top secret US documents in a decade allegedly by Massachussetts Air National Guard A1C Jack Teixiera, the common link among the three largest intelligence disclosures by Chelsea Manning, Edward Snowden and now Teixeira, how technology can help mitigate future unauthorized disclosures, impact of the disclosures on intelligence cooperation with allies and partners, and whether Ukraine will have to change operational plans and Washington can continue to collect from Russian sources in the wake of the leaks with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Sam Bendett of the Center for Naval Analyses discusses Russian perceptions of the recent disclosures of US intelligence, an update on Moscow’s war against Ukraine, Wagner Group recruiting of troops and drone operators, and harnessing advanced technology to crack down on Russian draft dodgers; and Byron Callan of the independent Washington research firm Capital Alpha Partners discusses how the intelligence leaks could change the defense debate in Washington, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s trip to New York and stance that debt ceiling increase should be negotiated first at the expense of forestalling additional government spending, and a look at the week ahead with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Business Roundtable, sponsored by Bell, Dr. “Rocket” Ron Epstein of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Sash Tusa of the independent equity research firm Agency Partners, and Richard Aboulafia of the AeroDynamic Advisory consultancy join Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to review the week on world markets as optimism of a “soft landing” for the US economy grows, the implications of strengthening British pound, the financial and market impact of revelations that the tail sections of 737 Max jets built over the past four years might contain defective components, the aftermath of French President Emmanuel Macron’s stance in the wake of his visit to Beijing, Brazilian President Lula da Silva’s agreement with China’s Xi Jinping to conduct trade directly in yuans and reals to undermine the US dollar, and the Pentagon’s new Defense Contract Finance Study.

On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Washington Roundtable, sponsored by Bell, Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute, Barry Pavel of the Rand Corporation, and former Pentagon Europe chief Jim Townsend of the Center for a New American Security join Vago Muradian to discuss the top national security headlines from Washington and around the world.

War! What is it good for?  *Lessons.* Dr. James Chow, director of RAND Project Air Force, joins us to talk lessons from Ukraine, shortening kill chains, Agile Combat Employment, and lots more. Plus we have the week’s airpower headlines. It’s your weekly avgeek fix!

On this week’s Technology Report, Dr. Mark Lewis, the new CEO of Purdue University’s new Applied Research Institute, discusses the institute and university’s national security role, analyzes the technology elements of the Biden administration’s budget request, assess investment in hypersonic weapons technologies and programs, the long-term implications of the national investment in technology including the CHIPS effort to reinvigorate America’s semiconductor capabilities, how to think about artificial intelligence as public perceptions are shaped by apps like ChatGPT, and the technologies we should be paying more attention to with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Bill Lynn, former deputy defense secretary who is now chairman and CEO of Leonardo DRS, discusses the budget outlook, inflation and supply chains, Ukraine war lessons, DoD’s Defense Contract Finance Study, benefits of becoming a NASDAQ listed company, the acquisition of RADA, and how the contract to provide the electric propulsion for the Columbia-class ballistic missile sub could transform future attack subs as well as the naval surface force; and Byron Callan of the independent Washington research firm Capital Alpha Partners on macroeconomic themes, key polling data, DoD’s contract study and a look at the week ahead with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.

On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Business Roundtable, sponsored by Bell, Dr. Rocket Ron Epstein of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Sash Tusa of the independent equity research firm Agency Partners, and Richard Aboulafia of the AeroDynamic Advisory consultancy join Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to review the week on world markets as the US economy posted job growth but slower than in past quarters as investors debate whether the economy is in for a “soft” or “hard” landing as the Federal Reserve continues to battle inflation, analysis of statements by House China committee chair Rep. Mike Gallagher,” R-Wisc., that economic decoupling with Beijing would be selective on highly sensitive areas rather than across the board, implications of French President Emmanuel Macron’s statements on the need for Europe to not get pulled into rising US-China tensions and the need to reduce dependency on the US and the dollar in the wake of his visit to Beijing along with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s trip to Beijing, China’s Airbus orders and the European jet maker’s second final assembly line in Tianjin, Virgin Orbit’s bankruptcy, what’s next in the wake of the Government Accountability Office’s decision to reject Lockheed Martin and Boeing protest of the US Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft Award to Bell, and Leonardo DRS’ $1 billion award to deliver electric propulsion for the US Navy’s Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine.