Event Horizon: Aerospace’s top analysts came together this week for a full day of presentations and forecasting at the annual Aerospace Event-DC. Our team breaks down what they heard and what it means. Plus #AUSA highlights and #airpower headlines. Powered by @GE_Aerospace! tinyurl.com/TAPPS3E39

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! tinyurl.com/TAPPS3E38

All About the Base: The US is building new generations of aircraft, but what good are they if their bases can’t survive attack? Tim Walton of the Hudson Institute and CNAS’s Tom Shugart join us to get into the details of base vulnerability and defense. #airpower Powered by GE! tinyurl.com/TAPPS3E18

There’s been a lot of focus on collaborative combat aircraft capabilities and procurement, but not so much on how to keep them effective in the fight. Mitchell Institute’s Mark Gunzinger joins us to fill in that critical blank. Plus headlines in airpower. All powered by GE! tinyurl.com/TAPPS3E17

The US Air Force continues to reshape itself to meet today’s challenges – and tomorrow’s. Integrated Capabilities Command CO MajGen Mark Mitchum brings us up to date on what’s been achieved and what’s next. And, of course, headlines in #airpower. All powered by GE Aerospace! tinyurl.com/TAPPS3E16

A changing global military #aerospace market requires a wise interpreter. Douglas Barrie, Senior Fellow for Military Aerospace at IISS, to bring some order. He gets into #Ukraine lessons, Russian and Chinese #airpower, NGAD’s future, and more. All powered by GE Aerospace! tinyurl.com/TAPPS3E15

Where do #airpower, charity, and bourbon intersect? Retired E-2 Hawkeye legend Rear Admiral Scott Sanders has the answer. And CSIS’s Dr. Tom Karako joins us with the latest on air and missile defense, especially Golden Dome. All powered by GE! tinyurl.com/TAPPS3E14

It’s been a huge few weeks in airpower. Boeing’s #NGAD win is the biggest story, but there are so many more that we’re giving you a full All Wings Considered episode; Vago and J.J. break down all the stories and try to make sense of them. All powered by GE Aerospace! tinyurl.com/TAPPS3E13

The Secret History: Get the F-47's backstory from the inside with #NGAD father Frank Kendall and former USAF acquisition boss Andrew Hunter. What budget priorities led to the NGAD pause? Was Boeing's win winner-take-all? Lots more! Powered by GE Aerospace. Transcript available for journalists.

#Airpower is built on suppliers challenged by people shortages, unpredictable economics, & unexpected demand. See into their world with Chromalloy CEO Chris Celtruda; Engineered Metal Tech's Mesh Feigenbaum; and Jerry Lundquist of Lundquist Group. Powered by GE Aerospace! tinyurl.com/TAPPS3E11

Come inside the very senior #USAF panel that reviewed its next generation programs. (#NGAD got a yes; #NGAS, not so much.) Former CoSAF Gen. John Jumper joins us to explain their work and more. Plus headlines. All powered by GE Aerospace! #airpower tinyurl.com/TAPPS3E10

We condense the AFA Warfare Symposium, updating F-35 with Lockheed’s Chauncey McIntosh and talking CCAs with Dave Alexander of GA-ASI. Air & Space Forces Magazine editor Tobias Naegele reviews the event. And, yes, headlines. All powered by GE Aerospace! tinyurl.com/TAPPS3E9

A new administration=new ideas for the future force. Mitchell Institute’s LtGen David Deptula details his organization’s recommendations. And Air and Space Forces magazine’s John Tirpak helps preview next week’s AFA Warfare Symposium. Plus airpower headlines. All powered by GE! tinyurl.com/TAPPS3E8

A lot of eyebrows went up when the U.S. Air Force hired a startup called JetZero to design the tanker of the future. JetZero’s COO Dan DaSilva discusses how the company got where they are, and where they hope to be going. Plus #airpower headlines. All powered by GE! tinyurl.com/TAPPS3E7

Acquisitive Mind: B-21, Sentinel, NGAD; the US Air Force is modernizing almost every piece of hardware in its inventory. We get details from the man who was deep into all those programs, former USAF acquisition chief Andrew Hunter. Plus #airpower headlines. All powered by GE! tinyurl.com/TAPPS3E6

Spanning the Globe: Air Force Global Strike Commander General Thomas Bussiere brings us up to date on B-21, Sentinel, and maintaining deterrence in an increasingly multipolar world. Plus airpower headlines. All powered by GE! #airpower tinyurl.com/TAPPS3E5

A Man, A Microwave: Force fields aren’t just the stuff of sci-fi; a company called Epirus is making them real. CEO Andy Lowery shows us a new kind of air defense. CSIS’s Dr. Tom Karako on America’s Iron Dome. And we have headlines in #airpower. All powered by GE! tinyurl.com/TAPPS3E4

He’ll always be SECAF 26, but now he’s free to speak his mind. An extended interview with Frank Kendall on the department he found, the one he leaves behind, and recommendations for SECAF 27 (Be sure to hear his candid discussion of the situation in space.) All powered by GE! tinyurl.com/TAPPS3E3

Doctor, Doctor, Give Me the News: We continue looking ahead to #airpower issues in the coming year with Dr. @SPettyjohn.bsky.social, Director of the Defense Program at @CNAS.bsky.social. And we have your airpower headlines. Powered by GE Aerospace! tinyurl.com/TAPPS3E2

Chinese New Year?: We begin our look at the major airpower issues in the year ahead, and China’s Boxing Day surprise, with LtGen David Deptula, Dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies. And we have a whole lot of headlines in airpower. Powered by GE Aerospace! tinyurl.com/TAPPS3E1

On China’s Boxing Day surprise, Elon Musk, and disruption. Teal’s December client letter! Tinyurl.com/Teal1224

What’d You Miss? We review 2024’s big airpower stories with Dr. Brendan Mulvaney, Director of the China Aerospace Studies Institute, and Aviation Week defense editor @thedewline.bsky.social. Plus the week’s top airpower headlines. All powered by GE Aerospace! tinyurl.com/TAPPS2E46

Mean Green Flying Machines! Army Aviation director BG Matt Braman joins us with the latest on the senior service’s efforts to leave the ground with and without pilots aboard. Introducing the VH-75! And the week’s top airpower headlines. All powered by GE Aerospace! tinyurl.com/TAPPS2E45

Elon Musk says military aircraft should all be UAVs. A step too far? Renowned aviation journalist/technologist Bill Sweetman joins in. And the week’s top airpower headlines. All powered by GE Aerospace! Podcast: tinyurl.com/TAPPS2E44 Thoughts from Sweetman: valkstrat.com/defense-refo...

Caught an MH-139 in the wild, I think. Not sure what it was doing at Andrews.

With a new administration headed for power, we’re surveying priorities in military aviation. This week, Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies executive director Doug Birkey. A little bit of Antiques Airshow. And the week’s top airpower headlines. All powered by GE! tinyurl.com/TAPPS2E43

Airpower begins with airmen. An innovative AFRES system called #GigEagle gets people into the jobs where they are most needed. Brigadier General Mike McGinley explains how it makes the military more effective. Plus the week’s airpower headlines. All powered by GE Aerospace! tinyurl.com/TAPPS2E42