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Defense & Aerospace Report is built for listeners who want defense news tied to consequences, not just headlines. Its panels move from Iran, NATO, naval aviation, cyber operations, and markets into the practical question of what institutions do next.
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Defense & Aerospace Report is a dense, fast-moving briefing space for defense, aerospace, and national security watchers. It does not linger on headlines for their own sake. It asks what the headline changes for ships, aircraft, missile defenses, software, budgets, alliances, markets, and commanders in the field. Recent episodes circle the U.S.-Israel war on Iran from multiple angles. One conversation follows ceasefire talks, the Strait of Hormuz, tanker movement, energy prices, and whether NATO could provide a more reassuring escort mission than an improvised coalition. Another turns to air and missile defense, where the question is not whether interceptors work but how many are being fired, how quickly stocks could run down, and what Ukraine, the Red Sea, and Israel have already taught planners. The show can get technical quickly. It is comfortable discussing shot doctrine, mine hunting, carrier strike group surveillance, unmanned aircraft, directed energy, naval aviation, and dynamic targeting without pausing to flatten everything into beginner language. That gives it an insider pace. It also keeps returning to accountability: what Congress may fund, what the Pentagon may buy, what allies may contribute, and what industry appears to believe the market wants. Business episodes widen the aperture, tying war costs, tariffs, inflation, gold reserves, and defense stocks back to national security. Technology episodes treat cyber operations and AI tools as battlefield systems, not abstract trends. The format shifts between roundtables, daily interviews, air power segments, business discussions, and maritime previews. The shared habit is the same: stack the facts, test the official story, and look for the next institutional move. It is serious, occasionally wry, and not especially interested in polish. That is part of its usefulness. Defense & Aerospace Report is for listeners who want the connective tissue between policy talk and operational reality.
Made for: For defense professionals, policy watchers, aerospace industry readers, military analysts, and serious news listeners who want practical context behind national security decisions.
What sets it apart: The show stands out by tying battlefield developments to procurement, alliance behavior, industrial signals, market effects, and congressional pressure in the same conversation.
Welcome to the Defense and Aerospace Report podcast, our weekly podcast on the global defense and aerospace business sponsored by Bell, and hosted by Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. Each week, we’ll bring you interviews with industry leaders and the business’ best analysts to put events in context, identify trends and keep an eye on what’s next in a fast-moving world. Defense & Aerospace Report is your global source for national security and aerospace news, thought leadership and analysis, founded and edited by Vago Muradian.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
It connects military operations to the alliances, industrial limits, and policy choices that determine what armed forces can actually do.
Defense & Aerospace Report follows military power from the hardware outward, connecting operations and procurement to diplomacy, alliance politics, energy markets, and industrial capacity.
A Strait of Hormuz headline grows minehunters and insurance premiums when you want to know what happens next.
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Hormuz, Tehran, and NATO share the table, with markets and insurers watching closely.
The roundtable keeps its attention on Washington and Tehran, but it does not stop at the headlines. It tracks a near deal, the 20-year U.S. pause against a five-year Iranian suggestion, the Strait of Hormuz, energy prices, and the chance of a NATO escort.
Air defense works, until interceptor inventories start to tighten.
The episode frames air and missile defense as a live issue inside the U.S.-Israel war on Iran, with JJ Gertler and Vagam Radian bringing in Dr.
A conference preview reads mine hunting and directed energy as signals of where naval procurement may be heading.
Sea, Air & Space becomes a useful read on what industry believes it can sell, framed by an awkward constraint: Navy leaders are expected to speak even as word has gone out not to discuss the war.
A measured episode on Iranian cyber activity and the software reshaping targeting decisions.
The Defense and Aerospace Report Technology Podcast follows Iranian cyber operations against the United States as the US-Israel war on Iran enters a transitional phase. Dr.
A focused look at carrier strike group aviation, uncrewed platforms, and Iran's Shahed drone campaign.
Naval aviation enters the U.S.-Israel war on Iran through the working logic of a carrier strike group: helicopters hunting submarines and surface threats, feeding a shared operational picture, and helping commanders understand the theater in real time.
A brisk ceasefire roundtable that follows the pressure from Hormuz to alliance credibility.
Defense & Aerospace Report's Washington Roundtable frames the tentative two-week ceasefire between Washington and Tehran as more than a pause in fighting.
A grounded year-end look at defense policy, shipbuilding capacity, and the Navy's push toward 2026.
Muradian's last 2025 show with Byron Callan frames a year-end defense discussion around the National Defense Authorization Act, its $8 billion increase, and the larger question of whether urgency can turn into execution.
The Defense & Aerospace Report Washington Roundtable analyzes a tentative two-week ceasefire to reopen the Strait of Hormuz amid ongoing U.S.-Iran tensions.
This episode analyzes the impact of the U.S.-Israel war with Iran on defense and aerospace sectors, covering topics like supplemental funding, munitions shortages, defense contractor meetings, commercial aerospace orders, and European nuclear deterrence strategies.
This episode features an interview with defense analyst Byron Callan discussing the ongoing Iran war's strategic implications through 2031, including impacts on oil prices and geopolitical dynamics.
Host Vago Muradian and analyst Byron Callan review 2025 and look ahead to 2026 in defense and aerospace.
Vagamiradian opens the Washington Roundtable with Trump saying Washington and Tehran are close to a deal.
JJ Gertler and Vago Radian open on the air and missile defense side of the U.S.-Israel war on Iran.
Vago Moradian brings Chris Kavas and Chris Cervelo on to preview the Sea, Air, Space Conference and Trade Show.
This episode features an interview with cybersecurity experts Dr.
This episode discusses the U.S.
This episode analyzes recent geopolitical and economic developments, including a failed ceasefire in the U.S.-Israel war on Iran, potential Strait of Hormuz blockades, inflation warnings, NATO tensions, and international gold reserve movements.
Naval aviation is the episode's center of gravity.
This episode discusses the Supreme Court's ruling on President Trump's tariffs and its implications for national security, featuring analysis from defense expert Byron Callan.
This episode covers recent developments in defense and aerospace business, including Supreme Court rulings on tariffs, international weapons deals, and corporate partnerships.