On this episode of the Business Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guest in segment one is Kevin Craven, CEO of ADS Group; in segment two our roundtable with “Rocket Ron” Epstein, PhD, of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Richard Aboulafia of AeroDynamic Advisory and Sash Tusa of Agency Partners.

Topics:

— US and European markets roundup including defense and aerospace sector stock performance
— Takeaways from NATO’s summit meeting and whether readiness goals are realistic much less achievable
— US move to allow Turkey to acquire more F-16 fighters and Sweden’s decision to buy as many as four Saab GlobalEye airborne warning and control aircraft
— Air travel outlook as carriers struggle to meet surging post-pandemic demand
— Chinese orders for some 200 Airbus A321neo aircraft as Boeing urges the US government to soften stance on China so Beijing orders more American jets
— Update commercial space launch market as Virgin Orbit places seven DoD satellites into orbit