Apex Warm-Up Conversations

Palantir Technologies CTO Shyam Sankar and principal author of the 18 Theses - known as ‘The Defense Reformation’ - joined Vago Muradian on Defense & Aerospace Report to share a bold vision for transf ...

Retired Colonel Enrique Oti discusses the key issues with defense acquisition and how adopting a different, war mindset could transform the process.

In this session, Ret. Adm. Sir George Zambellas speaks with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian about the philosophical, technological, organizational considerations facing defense innovat ...

Gregory C. Allen, Douglas Berenson and Defense and Aerospace Report's Vago Muradian explore the state of the US defense industry, how it has become increasingly isolated from commercial industry and t ...

Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian speaks with Dr. Alexander Miller to highlight key topics from technology acquisition, to scalability and lessons from Ukraine, ahead of Apex 2025.

Tune in to hear Raj Shah & Dr. Chris Kirchhoff discuss their new book Unit X: How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley are Transforming the Future of War and their concern the United States isn’t ready for ...

Dan Fata, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense for Europe and NATO and Miles Taylor, the former chief of staff at the department of homeland security join Defense & Aerospace Report Editor V ...

In this session, Air Commodore Blythe Crawford, the head of the Royal Air Force’s Air and Space Warfare Center, joins Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss the evolving nature of ...

In this episode, Rob Harper, CEO of Rowden Technologies, joins Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to share the lessons that shaped the British AI and machine learning company and avoiding ...

The war in Ukraine offers numerous lessons regarding the future of military operations. One of the most important—and most underreported—is the value of adaptation.

In this session, we speak with Bryan Clark, Director of the Center for Defense Concepts and Technology at the Hudson Institute. Topics covered include how to better deliver required capabilities at sc ...

Join Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian for an insightful session featuring General Dave Goldfein (retd), former US Air Force Chief of Staff and now advisor to Anduril and Shield Capital. ...

In this month’s session, Aditi Kumar, Deputy Director for Strategy, Policy, and National Security Partnerships at the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), joins Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradi ...

Watch the full session covering DIU's Vision for Replicator and the role of CDAO in supporting Join Integration