Weapons and Warfare

This week on Weapons & Warfare, we’re reviewing a controversial new paper that makes some extraordinary claims about the U.S. and its ability to deal with its near-peer adversaries. Host Ryan Robertson visits with one of the paper’s authors, as well as a former U.S. military intelligence officer, for his take on the paper’s claims. And in our Weapon of the Week, Andruil uses anime to introduce their new missile.

This week on Weapons & Warfare, we’re on location at the AFA’s Air, Space, and Cyber 2024 Conference. Hear from the Secretary of the Air Force, Frank Kendall, and Chief of Staff, Gen. David Allvin, as they provide a progress report on the USAF’s effort to restructure in the face of the Great Power Competition. And host Ryan Robertson reports that the battle for the Collaborative Combat Aircraft, commonly known as the CCA, is heating up. It’s a first look at General Atomics and Anduril’s efforts to put their machines in the air.

This week on Weapons & Warfare, we’re going hypersonic. Host

Ryan Robertson talks with one of the decision makers behind Lockheed Martin’s

entry into the race: the Mako Multi-Mission Hypersonic Missile, a stand-off hypersonic

weapon designed to fit the F-35A/C and F-22A. Plus, our Weapon of the Week is

heading to the range for Operation Hard Kill and the focus on anti-drone

defensive systems.

This week on Weapons & Warfare we take a look at Ukraine’s

switch from defense to offense with their incursion into the Kursk region of

Russia. Host Ryan Robertson visits with some senior fellows from the Center for

European Policy Analysis to get their assessment of what Ukraine’s offensive

means for the next phase of Russia’s illegal war. And defense contractor

Anduril makes a return to our Weapon of the Week segment with the Ghost Shark.

This week on Weapons & Warfare taking the A.I. pilot out of the cockpit and putting it into the captain’s chair. Host Ryan Robertson takes a look at EpiSci’s most recent effort to plug and play their A.I. into multiple platforms. And our Weapon of the Week: Army tests out Multi-Functional Reconnaissance Company

This week on Weapons & Warfare, seeking a solution to the military’s billion-dollar parts problem. Host Ryan Robertson looks at additive manufacturing and how military leadership sees it as a solution to boats that need repairing and planes that need maintenance by shortening the supply chain. And we turn to an Army legend for our Weapon of the Week. The M1A2 Abrams, four decades strong and still rolling forward.

This week, on Weapons & Warfare, some information on the

battle against misinformation. Host Ryan Robertson visits with intelligence

analyst and content creator Ryan McBeth to talk about his battle against

misinformation and how he thinks the U.S. and its allies need to deal with bad

actors. And our Weapon of the Week recognizes American service members that

competed in the Paris games.

This week on Weapons & Warfare the F-16s have arrived. After

nearly two years of negotiations and intense training, Ukraine's long hoped for

F-16s have started arriving. Host Ryan Robertson takes an in-depth look at the

road traveled to turn a dream into a reality. Plus our Weapon of the Week could

be the Army’s next “shoot and scoot” solution, meet the Hawkeye Howitzer!

This week on Weapons & Warfare, we’re headed for open waters

to examine the military’s focus on maritime innovation. Host Ryan Robertson

visits with the man behind Sharrow Marine, who hopes to bring their innovation

in prop technology to America’s national defense efforts. And our Weapon of the

Week is the ACV-30, the USMC’s new amphibious combat vehicle.

In this special edition of Weapons And Warfare, the show goes on the road to the Lockheed Martin F-35 production facility in Fort Worth, Texas. Host Ryan Robertson gets an inside look at how the world's premiere fighter jet is built, and talks to some of the people responsible for keeping one of the the largest production lines in North America churning.