Richard Carlin, head of the Office of Naval Research’s Sea Warfare & Weapons Department, joins Francis Rose to discuss ONR’s new problem-solving strategy, and its origins in Silicon Valley startups.

Gen. Larry Spencer (USAF, Ret.), president of the Air Force Association, discusses Rep. Adam Smith’s proposed commission on aircraft safety in the armed forces, and how the recent safety issues may lie in old aircraft platforms.

Rachel Karas, associate editor of Inside the Air Force, and Robert Levinson, senior defense analyst at Bloomberg Government, discuss the latest stories from the Department of Defense. Topics discussed in this edition include the fallout from Trump’s decision on the Iran nuclear deal, Congress requesting more info on the Air Force’s agile DevOps program, and pushes for more conventional weapons in the Air Force arsenal.