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Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [May 31, 23] Esper and James on Defense Innovation Adoption

Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Ma...

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Dr Mark Esper, the 27th US defense secretary, and Deborah Lee James, the 23rd Air Force secretary, who are the co-chairs of the Atlantic Council’s Commissi...

Securing the future by investing in the present

Securing the future by investing in t...

At the McAleese & Associates conference in Washington on March 15, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall expressed worry about the Air Force decision to not move forward with a new engine for the F-35, citing difficult budge...

To deter conflict, the Pentagon must accelerate innovation adoption

To deter conflict, the Pentagon must ...

The era of great-power competition is fully underway and has arguably transitioned to a more dangerous level. Russia’s unwarranted invasion of Ukraine and China’s increasing tensions with Washington — coupled with Moscow’s and ...

The Pentagon’s civilian people problem

The Pentagon’s civilian people problem

The Defense Department is operating in a “war for talent”, according to the Defense Business Board. The Board says the Pentagon’s talent acquisition process has to change in a number of ways. Deborah Lee James, Chair of the Def...

EPISODE 159: FORMER SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE DEBORAH LEE JAMES

EPISODE 159: FORMER SECRETARY OF THE ...

The former Secretary of the Air Force, Deborah Lee James was only the second woman to ever lead a U.S. military service, where she oversaw an annual budget of more than $139 billion and nearly 660,000 airmen. Secretary James jo...

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