The Shephard Defence Podcast

In this first episode of Season 3 of The Weekly Defence Podcast, we talk to the Director of Analysis at Shephard Defence Insight for a glimpse of what to expect from current and new defence programmes in 2021; and in an interview with CSIS we discuss recent developments in the US Army OMFV programme.

Newsround [00:40]

Australia has become the seventh country to declare initial operational capability for the Lockheed Martin F-35A multirole fighter aircraft...

In this episode of The Weekly Defence Podcast we speak to a Washington DC-based defence industry advisor about the upcoming US presidential transition and the challenges ahead for the US defence community, and in an interview with a Security Researcher at DomainTools we discuss evolving cyber threats and what countermeasures countries worldwide are developing...

In this episode of The Weekly Defence Podcast, we look at how armed forces respond to the growing grey zone threats to critical communications; and in an interview with Leonardo we get an update on their Falco Xplorer MALE UAV programme. 

Newsround [00:36]

In Brussels, where the European Council has established a set of common features for export end-user certificates for small arms and related ammunition...

In this episode of The Weekly Defence Podcast, we talk to Elbit Systems UK about the company’s recent award by the UK MoD to provide shore-based training; and in an interview with Huntington Ingalls Industries, we discuss recent unmanned acquisition and challenges to CONOPS in the maritime domain.

Newsround [00:31] 

In Russia, the Atlet family of armoured vehicles is set to enter state trials in early 2021, after completing preliminary trials last month...

In this episode of The Weekly Defence Podcast, we talk to our Asia-Pacific editor about the coup in Myanmar and all the other key defence news from his region; and in an interview with UK-based urban combat training specialists, 4GD, we discuss newly launched capabilities which will add to their Smart Facility training environment...

In this episode of The Weekly Defence Podcast we talk to the International Centre for Defence and Security in Estonia to explore threats posed by Russia to countries in the Baltic region, and in an interview with Raytheon we talk about digital engineering and its use to create virtual platforms and systems to facilitate real world programmes...

In this episode of The Weekly Defence Podcast we are joined by Shephard Defence Insight team for a close look at the surge in procurement  of tactical transport aircraft, due to increased airlift requirements brought by the COVID-19 pandemic; and in a conversation with US company FLIR we look at the current use, benefits and challenges of robotic ground vehicles...

In this episode of The Weekly Defence Podcast, we discuss some of the main highlights from the floor of IDEX 2021; and in an interview with Curtiss Wright company PacStar we discuss developments in battlefield tactical communications and the challenges ahead.

 Newsround [00:46]
The Shephard news team is joined by freelance contributor Leonid Nersisyan, calling in from Abu Dhabi where he attended IDEX/NAVDEX 2021...

In this episode of The Weekly Defence Podcast we talk with Shephard’s Military Training editor for an update from his domain, and we are joined by Defence Insight’s Naval Analyst for a discussion about today’s second-hand warship market. 

Newsround [00:46]

In Europe, the four NATO allies in the Visegrad Group aim to acquire more sophisticated defence equipment after recently deciding to jointly procure small arms ammunition...

In this episode of The Weekly Defence Podcast, we talk to BAE Systems Hägglunds about a midlife upgrade of CV90 combat vehicles; and we also hear from Swedish security network company Clavister about their development of a cyber security solution for the same platform...