The Defense.info team offers a range of insightful podcasts, designed to provide a scaffolded perspective on critical global strategic issues. Each episode unpacks layered insights on defense and security, building a clearer, well-supported understanding of complex topics. Exclusively available on our website, these podcasts give listeners an essential framework to interpret the latest developments with context and depth. Many of these podcasts highlight our longer reports or publications and provide a discussion of their findings and perspectives.
Podcasts
11/27/2024
This report details a paradigm shift in shipbuilding, focusing on Denmark’s innovative approach.
Modular design, allowing for rapid upgrades and adaptable payloads, is central.
The shift emphasizes payload-centricity over platform-specific designs, utilizing autonomous systems and standardized container dimensions.
This modularity enables cost-effective production, facilitates international collaboration, and enhances operational flexibility.
The adoption of this model by other nations, such as the UK and Singapore, is also discussed.
In a Deep Dive podcast based on NotebookLM, this report is discussed.
11/21/2024
A new report on the CMV-22B to the Navy on the East Coast.
The report details the arrival of the CMV-22B Osprey at Naval Station Norfolk and its significance to the U.S. Navy’s logistics strategy.
Laird recounts his own experiences with the Osprey, highlighting its evolution from a joint force asset to a dedicated logistics enabler. He then examines the squadron’s operations, including its role in supporting carrier strike groups, and its adaptability to contested environments.
The report also explores the perspectives of Rear Admiral Douglas Verissimo, commander of Naval Air Force Atlantic, who emphasizes the CMV-22B’s contribution to the Navy’s shifting strategic priorities, particularly the importance of distributed operations and the need for agile logistics capabilities in a contested environment.
This is a Deep Dive podcast made via Notebook LM.
There is a mis-statement in the podcast regarding range. The report focused on the increased range of the CMV-22B compared to the MV-22B, not to the C-2A. The podcast spoke of the range of the C-2A versus CMV-22B and the statement is not correct.
Featured photo: The first East Coast-assigned Navy tiltrotor vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) aircraft CMV-22B Osprey lands at Naval Station Norfolk, April 5. The CMV-22B Osprey belongs to Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron (VRM) 40 the “Mighty Bison.” The CMV-22B airframe will provide the fleet’s medium-lift and long-range aerial logistics capability, replacing the C-2A Greyhounds of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron (VRC) 40 over the next several years. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Sylvie Carafiol)
11/20/2024
This podcast focuses on the report published in 2019 by the Office of Senator Marco Rubio entitled “Made in China 2025 and the Future of American Industry,”
The report assesses the strategy’s progress toward its stated goals in ten strategic industries, eight “strategic tasks and priorities,” and other areas like innovation, smart manufacturing, branding, and sustainability.
The report argues that China has made significant progress in many sectors, achieving technological leadership in some, making substantial progress in others, and surpassing the United States in areas like shipbuilding and renewable energy production.
The report highlights China’s successes and growing challenges as it seeks to achieve global economic supremacy.
The podcast was produced using NotebookLM.