March 19, 2018

Defense & Aerospace Business Report Podcast

CNAS expert Susanna V. Blume joined in on this week’s episode of the Defense & Aerospace Business Report podcast to discuss ongoing congressional budget deliberations, NATO defense spending, CACI’s competing bid to acquire CSRA, the past week in the defense industry and more. Other guests include Byron Callan of Capital Alpha Partners, Ron Epstein, PhD, of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Steven Grundman of the Atlantic Council, former Pentagon Comptroller Bob Hale, PhD, and Sash Tusa of Agency Partners in London.

Listen to the full podcast on Defense & Aerospace Report.

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