Jacqueline Klimas, defense reporter at Politico, and Marcus Weisgerber, global business editor at Defense One, join the Pentagon Beat round-table. Topics discussed on this edition include Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan setting “hard goals,” the National Space Council approving recommendations for launch vehicle licenses, and finalizing contracts for the next-gen Air Force One.

Eric Crusius, partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the effect of regulations on defense contractors, and what the Section 809 panel recommendations might mean for them.

Cameron Leuthy, senior defense and budget analyst at Bloomberg Government, talks with Francis Rose about the Future Years Defense Program, and why the continuing resolutions of the past few years have made predicting the future a little more complicated.

At West 2018, Government Matters received a tour of one of the Navy’s latest seafaring vessels, the USS Portland. Join us as we get an inside look at the new hovercraft-launching, laser-toting San Antonio-class flagship.