DEFAERO Daily Pod [Dec 01, 25] Week in Review & Byron Callan’s Week Ahead

Silicon and Sanctuary: From the F-47 to a comeback for hypersonics, it’s been a big year for airpower technology. Dr. Mark Lewis, former chief scientist of the Air Force and head of Purdue’s Applied Research Institute, rates 2025’s developments and picks some technologies to watch in 2026.
And in this holiday season, we learn about a small church with big meaning for the United States Air Force and Britain’s Royal Air Force, with The Venerable Dr. Giles Legood, Air Vice-Marshal and Chaplain-in-Chief and Archdeacon for the RAF.
 
 Plus a few headlines in airpower. Powered by GE!

Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast [Dec 04, 25] Season 3 E46: Silicon and Sanctuary

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…Cavas and Servello are on the road this week, so we jump right into the discussion portion of the podcast. Joining us to deep dive into lessons learned from the curtailment of the troubled Constellation frigate program are former Under and Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly and retired Rear Admiral and former Fincantieri executive Chuck Goddard.

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Defense & Aerospace Report CAVASSHIPS Podcast [Dec 04, ’25] Ep: 220 Tom Modly & Chuck Goddard on Constellation Lessons Learned

On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Washington Roundtable, Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute think tank, Michael Herson of American Defense International, former DoD Europe chief Jim Townsend of the Center for a New American Security, and Pentagon comptroller Dr. Dov Zakheim of the Center for Strategic and International Studies join Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss the National Defense Authorization Act and appropriations; the Tennessee special election; lawmakers’ frustration with the administration’s boat strikes and plans to cut troops from Europe; the new National Security Strategy that makes clear the United States will no longer shoulder responsibility for the global rules-based order it created, puts the Americas at the center of its strategy, criticizes Europe for impeding peace in Ukraine and that Washington will “cultivate resistance” by backing European nativist political parties that oppose migration and promote nationalism; characterizes China as primarily an economic threat although does call for a bigger US role in the IndoPacific to deter conflict and if necessary, fight and win; ongoing US efforts to pressure Ukraine to accept a deal to end fighting so Washington and Moscow can resume trade ties; American officials demanded rope to pick up NATO’s conventional defense responsibilities by 2027; Trump’s pressure on Japan’s hawkish Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to ease pro-Taiwan rhetoric that’s angered Beijing, the decision to not Chinese spy agencies involved in the Salt Typhoon attack on US government and industry, and sale of some of advanced computer chips China wants; French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Beijing and Vladimir Putin’s trip to New Delhi; European efforts to convince Belgium to release 140 billion euros in frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine; and what to expect from the Reagan National Defense Forum this weekend at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum.

Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Dec 05, ’25 Business Report]

On today’s program, sponsored by HII, Byron Callan of the independent Washington research firm Capital Alpha Partners joins Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss the latest headlines and looks at the week ahead. Members of team Dr. Dov Zakheim and Chris Servello join to discuss the recent Reagan National Defense Forum. 

DEFAERO Daily Pod [Dec 08, 25] Week in Review & Byron Callan’s Week Ahead

On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Washington Roundtable, Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute think tank, Michael Herson of American Defense International, former DoD Europe chief Jim Townsend of the Center for a New American Security, and Pentagon comptroller Dr. Dov Zakheim of the Center for Strategic and International Studies join Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss passage of the House’s version of the $900 billion National Defense Authorization Act that includes $8 billion more than the administration requested as the Senate decides against extending Obamacare subsidies raising the prospect of another government shutdown in January after the current continuing resolution that ended the last record shutdown expires; Ukraine’s partnership with European allies to blunt US demands that Kyiv meet Moscow’s demands by handling over the whole Donbas to Russia as President Trump steps up his attacks on Europe as “weak” and “decaying” in the wake of his National Security Strategy that made clear Washington sees European allies as a bigger threat than Russia; Germany’s drive to become Europe’s largest army and France’s army chief says the nation must prepare itself to sacrifice its children to defend itself as NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warned that Europe is Russia’s next target within five years and nations should prepare for war on a scale not seen since World War II as Britain’s attack subs suffer from low availability; China and Russia work together in air and naval maneuvers aimed at pressuring Japan and the United States as Washington approves the export of NVIDIA’s H200 chips to China; the Lowy Institute’s latest Power Index that finds China, North Korea and Russia have risen in the ranks as America has declined; and the 40th Australia-US Ministerial that says “full speed ahead” on the AUKUS partnership.

Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Dec 12, ’25 Washington Roundtable]

On today’s Look Ahead program, sponsored by HII, Byron Callan of the independent Washington research firm Capital Alpha Partners and Cavas Ships podcast co-host Chris Servello join Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss the House’s $900 billion version of the National Defense Authorization Act; what’s next for US Navy shipbuilding now that the service has cancelled the Constellation-class frigate; the big events of 2025 that will shape 2026; and a look at the weeks ahead.

DEFAERO Daily Pod [Dec 15, 25] Week in Review & Byron Callan’s Week Ahead

CAVASSHIPS Podcast [Dec 19, ’25] Ep: 222 Ingalls President Blanchette on FF(X) & Clark and Sadler Review '25

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…from the red sea to the Caribbean to shipyards around the nation, it was a busy naval year! We take a look back at some 2025's top stories and issues while, then look ahead at 2026 with the team from USNI News – Heather Mongilio, Mallory Shelbourne and Sam LaGrone. But first we review the recent Golden Fleet Announcements. 
Please send us feedback by DM’ing @CavasShips or @CSSProvision or you can email chriscavas@gmail.com or cservello@defaeroreport.com.

CAVASSHIPS Podcast [Dec 26, ’25] Ep: 223 End of Year Discussion w/ USNI News

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…we have a special edition of the podcast this week, welcoming back our friends Xavier Vavasseur and Richard Scott. We’ll hear about a number of international naval programs and developments and focus on frigates – a major topic in the US Navy over the past several years, but there are numerous frigate programs underway around the world that are moving forward.

CAVASSHIPS Podcast [Jan 01, ’26] Ep: 224 End of Year Discussion w/ International Maritime Analysts Xavier Vavasseur and Richard Scott

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