Interviews

Defense News offers exclusive interviews with military and industry decision-makers from around the globe.

Four questions with the head of Air Combat Command

Gen. Mark Kelly talked about the service's sixth-generation fighter and plans to replace the E-3 airborne warning and control plane, better known as the AWACS.

3 weeks ago

Dickinson: US Space Command is on ‘good glide path’ to full operational capability

In an exclusive interview at the Space and Missile Defense Symposium, Gen. James Dickinson, the first commander of U.S. Space Command, talks about where he is in a drive toward full operational capability and the challenges he faces in establishing the new organization.

5 weeks ago

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Six questions with the US Navy’s 6th Fleet commander

Defense News caught up with Vice Adm. Gene Black in Ukraine to discuss the importance of securing the Black Sea, and how the U.S. and its allies plan to counter Russian military activity in the region.

Army Futures Command chief on what his team got right — and wrong — since its founding

Defense News sat down with Gen. Mike Murray on one of his many trips to see modernization efforts in action, this time during Edge 21 at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah.

2 months ago

Founder of Army tactical network team reflects on tenure, future of joint war fighting

Maj. Gen. Peter Gallagher, the now-retired director of the Army's Network Cross-Functional Team, reflects on how the service's battlefield network has improved and how multidomain operations can become a reality.

3 months ago

7 questions with the chair of NATO’s Parliamentary Assembly

Defense News caught up with U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly ahead of NATO’s June 14 summit in Brussels.

4 months ago

Lebanon’s Navy chief talks fleet expansion, new security missions

Defense News recently spoke with Senior Capt. Haissam Dannaoui about the service’s plan to restructure its fleet, securing the coastline and prepare to counter asymmetric threats amid the country’s oil exploration.

4 months ago

Sikorsky’s new president readies for next-gen vertical lift competition

Sikorsky's new president talks current and future ambitions for the nearly 100-year-old helicopter company.

4 months ago

UK Army chief talks green energy, countering Russia and digital modernization

"We would want, inside the balance of this decade, to be carbon neutral and generating all our own energy in order to sustain our garrisons," says Gen. Mark Carleton-Smith.

4 months ago

The future of SOF: Exclusive interview with SOCOM commander Richard Clarke

The commander of U.S. Special Operations Command talks with Military Times about the future of the force.

4 months ago

Britain’s Royal Air Force chief talks F-35 tally and divesting equipment

Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston laid out the RAF's future following a major British military review.

5 months ago

Counter-drone director talks testing in Saudi Arabia and regional expansion

Monaco-based firm MARSS opened a new facility in the Saudi capital of Riyadh in January and hopes to secure a deal with the kingdom to counter unmanned aircraft systems.

5 months ago