Wharton Aerospace & Defense Report

Podcasts & Research

Podcasts

• A View from Above: Mark H. Ronald, management consultant, Business Consulting LLC
• A View from Above: Rob Mullins, Senior Vice President, ATK
• A View from Above: Steve Gaffney, chairman and CEO, DynCorp International
• A View from Above: Gerard DeMuro of General Dynamics
• A View From Above: Roei Ganzarski of Boeing
• A View From Above: David R. Oliver, COO, EADS North America
• An Interview with Phil Wojcik, Global Business Director for Advanced Fibers and Composites at Honeywell
• A View From Above: Mitchell H. Herbets, president and CEO, Thales Communications
• A View from Above: Dennis Carroll, Vice President of business development, Raytheon Missile Systems
• A View from Above: Richard C. Ill, President and CEO of the Triumph Group
• A View from Above: Michael Langman, Principal, Merrill Advisory Group
• A View From Above: Charles L. Szews, President and COO of Oskosh
• A View from Above: Marc Paganini, President and CEO, American Eurocopter
• A View From Above: Chet Fuller, President, GE Aviation Commercial Systems
• A View from Above: Robert J. Saia, Vice President, Pratt & Whitney
• An Interview with David Jevans, CEO of IronKey (maker of military-strength flash drives)
• A View from Above: Roger A. Krone, President, Boeing Networks and Space Systems
• A View from Above: Jeffrey Pino, President, Sikorsky Aircraft
• A View from Above: Raanan Horowitz, President and CEO, Elbit Systems of America, LLC
• An Interview with Steve Hogan, vice president, Electronic Attack and Information Operations Business, Northrop Grumman Corporation
• Marion C. Blakey, President and CEO of the Aerospace Industries Association: The Prospects for Space Exploration, Rising Global Competition, and the Defense Department’s New Approaches
• A View from Above: Jack Harrington, VP Command and Control Systems, Raytheon Network Centric Systems
• A View from Above: Henry Hubschman, President and CEO, GE Commercial Aviation Services
• A View from Above: Justin Ryan, VP, Strategic Planning and Marketing, Honeywell Aerospace
• A View from Above: Stan Szemborski, VP of Corporate Strategy, Northrop Grumman
• A View from Above: Lucy Reilly Fitch, Senior VP, Corporate Communications, BAE Systems, Inc.
• A View from Above: David Melcher, President of Defense Electronics and Services at ITT
• Highlights from Wharton Professor Marshall Meyers Lecture "Global Perspectives China"
• FT Business School — Wharton Faculty Videos on Managing in a Downturn
• Professor Morris Cohen: Lessons in Logistics from the Terrorist Attacks in Mumbai
• A View From Above: Admiral Michael Mullen on Leadership
• A View From Above: Southwest Airlines' Colleen Barrett on 'Servant Leadership'
• Knowledge@Wharton's Continuing Coverage of the Financial Crisis
• An Interview with Ken Krieg, Former Under Secretary of Defense: Finding Talent and Opportunity in a Changing Industry

Research

• Ever-shrinking, Flying, ‘Nano Birds’ Recast the Battlefield

• Extending the Value of Aging Aerospace and Defense Workers
• Protecting the Defense Industrial Base in an Era of Declining Budgets
• Layoffs to Continue in the Defense Industry
• Billions in Spare Military Parts Pile Up
• Drowning in Drone Data
• Expect Export Controls to Loosen for Defense Contractors
• A Shortage of Engineers Threatens the Industry and National Security
• Rise of Robotics in Warfare
• New Investments Are Flowing Into the Aerospace Sector
• Military Hardware in Disaster Relief: Is This a Growth Niche?
• The Push to Expand Defense Acquisition Workforce
• Innovation in Aerospace and Defense: From 'Skunk Works' to Convoy Trainers, Innovative Minds Tend to Think Alike
• The New Consensus Security Audit Guidelines
• Cyber Attacks: What Can Be Done to Stem the Tide of Defense Technology Theft?
• Fixing the Weapon System Acquisition Pipeline
• The Software Challenge: Balancing Costs and Security Risk
• Outsourcing in Defense and Aerospace: Demand Is Up but the Standards Are High
• Commercial Aviation Panel: Demand Is Strong, but Consolidation, Global Competition and Infrastructure Cloud the Horizon
• Tight Credit Is Choking Small Suppliers

Report Archive

February 2012

• National Lab Seeks Partner to Commercialize Self-Guided Bullet
• Winners and Losers from Expected Pentagon Cuts

January 2012

• Video Game Maker in Tussle with Defense Contractor over Aircraft Images
• TSA Memo: Hackers Tap Railway Networks
• Ford Competing for Blast-proof Vehicle Contracts

Latest Aerospace & Defense News

• Air Force F-35s, Drones May Square-off in Budget Battle
• Defense Contractors Look Abroad as U.S. Defense Spending Shrinks
• Lockheed Awaits Washington Action
• Struggling in U.S., F-35 Fighter Pushes Sales Abroad
• General Dynamics Forecasts Earnings Short of Analyst Estimates