Interviews

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

Mart Norma, center, took over as director of the director of the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence in August 2022.

Q&A with Mart Noorma, the new director of NATO’s cyber brain trust

"In cyberspace, especially," Noorma says, "there are all kinds of new, incoming threats, and we have to be prepared."

2 weeks ago

Four questions with France’s military cyber mission lead

France foresees its future military force as heavily relying on systems of systems, whose networks are interconnected across the battlefield.

3 weeks ago

Interviews

How COVID-19 lessons have helped the Army send weapons to Ukraine

How can the U.S. Army restock its supplies amid a significant demand for weapons by Ukraine?

Five questions with Gen. James McConville, US Army chief of staff

With one year left on the job, McConville is fighting to fix the Army’s recruitment problem while trying to get new signature weapons systems to soldiers.

7 weeks ago

Six questions with the commander of US Army Europe and Africa

U.S. Army Gen. Darryl Williams shares his observations on the war in Ukraine, and why standardized artillery training among allies is all the rage.

7 weeks ago

Seven questions with the US Army’s counter-drone boss

Maj. Gen. Sean Gainey spoke with C4ISRNET about what it takes to protect American interests against drone warfare.

7 weeks ago

US Army command integrates new capabilities into Patriot forces

Defense News spoke with the head of the U.S. Army's Space and Missile Defense Command, Lt. Gen. Daniel Karbler, about deployments and authority transfers.

3 months ago

In brief: 5 questions on naval safety, post McCain mishap

We asked six officials with first-hand knowledge of the surface force: How far has the US Navy come since the deadly 2017 mishaps?

3 months ago

How far has the US Navy come since the McCain, Fitzgerald collisions?

Six officials with first-hand knowledge of the surface force then and now spoke to Defense News leading up to the anniversary of the McCain collision.

3 months ago

How US Marines put Force Design 2030 to work in Europe and monitored Russian naval forces

Maj. Gen. Francis Donovan, of the 2nd Marine Division and Task Force 61/2, has given Defense News an insider’s view of force structure and equipment involved in the realization of the Corps' Force Design 2030.

4 months ago

BAE boss Tom Arseneault talks Ukraine, COVID and the Farnborough Airshow

The medium and longer term implications of the war in Ukraine, and what it will mean for the defense of Europe and NATO, will likely be a hot topic at the Farnborough International Air Show next week, BAE Chief Executive Tom Arseneault said.

4 months ago

Six questions with the head of US Fleet Forces Command

"If you can envision a Venn diagram of all the Navy’s current problems and give a reason for those, at the center of that Venn diagram would be maintenance."

5 months ago