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Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [Oct 09, 25] Season 3 E38: New Wine, New Bottle - Defense & Aerospace Report AeroVironment has been making unconventional systems for decades. But now they have a new name and a new portfolio. What’s it like to bring a legacy company into the new tech world? Chief Growth Offic...

AeroVironment has made unconventional systems for decades. Now they have a new name — AV — and a new
portfolio. Chief Growth Officer Church Hutton on what it’s like to bring a legacy company into the new-tech world. And this week’s #airpower headlines. Powered by GE!

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Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [Sep 18, 25] Season 3 E35: Avgeek Prom Season - Defense & Aerospace Report What will USAF leadership say at the Air and Space Forces Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference? What won’t they? And just what is going on in the Air Force, anyway? We preview this year’s sho...

What will USAF leadership say at the big AFA fall conference? What won’t they? And just what is going on in the Air Force, anyway? We preview this year’s show with AEI’s Todd Harrison and Air and Space Forces magazine’s John Tirpak. Plus airpower headlines. Powered by GE!

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Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [Sep 11, 25] Season 3 E34: Mail to the Chief - Defense & Aerospace Report With a new Chief of Staff inbound for the US Air Force, we assembled a team of airpower experts to lay out a day one agenda for getting the service from today to tomorrow. And we’ll have the latest fr...

Mail to the Chief: With a new US Air Force Chief of Staff inbound, we assembled a team of #airpower experts to lay out a day 1 agenda. And we have the latest from the world’s largest defense exposition -- along with this week’s airpower headlines. Powered by GE Aerospace!

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Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [Sep 04, 25] Season 3 E33: Tomcat Ball - Defense & Aerospace Report U.S. Naval aviation is rebuilding its decks. In a rollicking conversation, former Director of Air Warfare, Nimitz skipper, and current Tailhook Association chairman RAdm Mike “Nasty” Manazir gets into...

U.S. Naval aviation is rebuilding its decks. Former N98, Nimitz skipper, and current Tailhook Ass’n chair RAdm Mike “Nasty” Manazir gets into the details on F/A-XX, F-35, MQ-25, and the whole future of Naval aviation. It’s rollicking, deeply informative, and powered by GE!
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Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [Aug 28, 25] Season 3 E32: Under the Radar - Defense & Aerospace Report The Army’s MV-75 tiltrotor has been moving fast -- quietly. Design is almost 90% complete, and a second generation is in the works. And how did they get to skip Milestone A? We take a newsy deep dive ...

The MV-75 tiltrotor has been moving fast — quietly. Design is almost 90% done, a 2nd generation in the works — and how did they get to skip Milestone A? A newsy deep dive with Army PM Col Jeff Poquette and Bell Flight VP Ryan Ehinger. Powered by GE Aerospace!

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Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [Aug 21, 25] Season 3 E31: Truth Bomb - Defense & Aerospace Report As the US Air Force gets ready for a new Chief of Staff, the Mitchell Institute is about to publish what they’re calling the Mother of All Reports, laying out ways ahead for the service’s readiness, o...

As the US Air Force prepares for a new Chief of Staff, the Mitchell Institute is about to publish “the Mother of All Reports,” laying out futures for readiness, operations, force mix, and more. Author JV Venable explains it all. And, yes, airpower headlines. All powered by GE!

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Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [Aug 07, 25] Season 3 E30: Summer Breeze - Defense & Aerospace Report Time to kick back and review where US airpower stands, especially the US Air Force. And it’s air show season, so the perfect guest for both is Doug Birkey, Executive Director of the Mitchell Institute...

Summer: Time to kick back and review where US airpower stands, especially the US Air Force. And it’s air show season, so the perfect guest for both is Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies Executive Director Doug Birkey. Plus airpower headlines. All powered by GE!

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Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [Jul 24, 25] Season 3 E28: Dome Improvement - Defense & Aerospace Report What’s the latest with the Golden Dome missile defense project? How has Ukraine’s experience influenced US air defense thinking? And what is mesh sensing? We get answers to those questions from Dr. To...

What’s the latest on Golden Dome? How has Ukraine influenced US air defense? And what is mesh sensing? Deets from CSIS Missile Defense guru Dr. Tom Karako. Plus #airpower headlines, and inside skinny from the Global Air and Space Chiefs’ Conference. Powered by GE Aerospace!

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Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [Jul 17, 25] Season 3 E27: Republic Aviation - Defense & Aerospace Report With a fleet of 160 fighters, the French Air and Space Force maintains global presence while demands increase. How do they do it, and what’s next? We get the answers – along with fascinating details o...

With a fleet of 160 fighters, the French Air and Space Force maintains global presence. How do they do it, and what’s next? We get the answers from France’s fighter aviation chief, Brig Gen Pierre Gaudillière. And #airpower headlines. Powered by GE Aerospace!

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Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [Jul 10, 25] Season 3 E26: Red Swarm Rising - Defense & Aerospace Report It’s a pretty sure bet that the future of airpower is increasingly uninhabited. Dr. Caitlin Lee of the RAND Corporation has six propositions to consider when trying to understand where we are with UAV...

It’s a pretty sure bet that the future of airpower is increasingly uninhabited. RAND’s Dr. Caitlin Lee has six propositions to consider to understand where we are with UAVs, and we go through them in detail. And a lot going on in this week’s airpower headlines. Powered by GE!

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Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [Jun 26, 25] Season 3 E25: Focus Forward - Defense & Aerospace Report Just when people were saying the future of air power was small, distributed systems like UAVs, the US struck Iran’s nuclear program infrastructure with an old-fashioned manned penetrating bombing raid...

Chorus: The future of #airpower is UAVs!

US: Hold my beer. Here’s an old-fashioned manned penetrating bombing raid.

So what is the future of airpower? We ask Mitchell’s LtGen David Deptula and Dr. Stacie Pettyjohn of CNAS. And the week’s headlines. Powered by GE Aerospace!

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Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [Jun 19, 25] Season 3 E24: Air Boss - Defense & Aerospace Report Lockheed Martin Aeronautics chief Greg Ulmer joins us with fresh insights on the futures of F-35 (Block 5!), NGAD (more!), F-55, airlift, and more. Plus airpower headlines, including fussin’ up at the...

Air Boss: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics chief Greg Ulmer joins us with fresh insights on the futures of F-35 (Block 5!), #NGAD (more!), F-55, airlift, and more. Plus #airpower headlines. Powered by GE Aerospace! tinyurl.com/TAPPS3E24A

Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [Jun 12, 25] Season 3 E23: Research du Temps Purdue - Defense & Aerospace Report Whether your plane is hypersonic, stealthy, or rocket powered, he knows the science behind it. Dr. Mark Lewis, former chief scientist of the Air Force and head of Purdue’s Applied Research Institute, ...

Whether it’s #hypersonic, stealthy, or rocket powered, he knows the science. Dr. Mark Lewis, former Air Force chief scientist and CEO of Purdue's Applied Research Institute, gets technical with us. Plus many #airpower headlines. Powered by GE Aerospace!

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Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [Jun 05, 25] Season 3 E22: The Fast and the Hermeus - Defense & Aerospace Report There’s fast, and then there’s hyperfast. Hermeus is developing a hypersonic transport for the U.S. Air Force, and they took a big step recently with the first flight of their proof-of-concept plane. ...

The Fast and the Hermeus: There’s fast, and then there’s hyperfast. Hermeus is developing a hypersonic jet for the US Air Force, and just flew a proof-of-concept plane. Founder/CEO AJ Piplica joins us with the inside story. Plus #airpower headlines. Powered by GE Aerospace!

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Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [May 29, 25] Season 3 E21: Commitment Issues - Defense & Aerospace Report We’re used to thinking of UAVs as throwaway systems, but when they cost 20 or 30 million dollars apiece, that changes the approach. Travis Sharp of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments h...

We think of UAVs as throwaway systems, but when they cost 20 mil+ each, the approach changes. We dig into the long-term issues of operating collaborative combat aircraft with Travis Sharp of CSBA. Plus #airpower headlines. Powered by GE Aerospace!

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Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [May 22, 25] Season 3 E20: Go Navy, Beat China - Defense & Aerospace Report Naval aviation has been busy, with real-world operational experience in the Red Sea, the Med, and elsewhere while they welcome and adapt to a new generation of aircraft carrier. Rear Admiral Paul Lanz...

Naval aviation is fighting (and learning) in real-world ops while adapting to a new generation carrier. RADM Paul Lanzalotta, CO of CSG TWELVE and CAW EIGHT CO CAPT Dave Dartez, from USS Gerald R. Ford, with the latest on #airpower from the sea. Powered by GE Aerospace!

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Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [May 15, 25] Season 3 E19: Foreign and Domestic - Defense & Aerospace Report The U.S. Government has initiated an investigation to determine whether imported commercial aircraft and engines harm US national security. How do they threaten airpower? Aerospace guru Richard Aboula...

The US Government is investigating whether imported commercial jets & engines harm US national security. How do they threaten #airpower? Aerospace guru Richard Aboulafia and top trade attorney Jeff Bialos explain it all — plus E-7, that Qatari 747, and more. Powered by GE!

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I commend to you the potential of “skeevy,“ to describe a number of unsavory situations.

(I have been corrected; it’s a buttotomy.)

I’m not sure why people are skeeved out about this episode. I mean, who among us hasn’t been shish kebabed at 225 into a concrete wall and received an impromptu buttectomy?

If you hadn’t written it, I’d’ve been holding onto it entirely too long.

(It also helps to switch from “Discover” to “Following”, I suddenly realize.)

Just today, I’m seeing lots of posts from people that I don’t follow about subjects I don’t care about. But I’m also seeing Bluesky talking about having had technical difficulties today, so with luck, it’ll be a transitory situation.

Today is International Men’s Day, which is also known as “a day.”

Might not have any more to say here than there, but it’s a nice neighborhood.