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The Aerospace Executive Podcast
How Top Aerospace Executives Set the Vision, Grow Their Business & Develop Talent
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Become the Focused Expert: 10 Steps to a Successful Career
Success is easy to find when it’s broken down into the basics. What are the 10 key ingredients of a successful career? How do you avoid the common pitfalls? In…
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F-104 Starfighter: Can a 60-Year-Old Fighter Jet Help America Win the Space Race?
One of the most unusual businesses in space starts with a Cold War fighter jet. Starfighters Space operates the world’s only Mach 2+ commercial fleet—a handful…
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AI & Warfighting: Can Dept of War Procurement Keep Up?
AI is opening up new warfighting capabilities, but behind the scenes, the government is constrained by power, energy, and compute. What happens when the…
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Aerospace M&A is the Wild West: Latest M&A News w/ Meghan Welch & Hubert de la Vauvre
The GE Aerospace acquisition of CPP is in the news. But it’s not just defense tech that’s commanding massive multiples. Meghan Welch returns with her…
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eVTOL vs. Helicopter: Is Vertical Aerospace Changing the Mission?
An American fighter goes down in hostile territory. Recovering the crew requires multiple aircraft, enormous resources, and putting even more lives at risk…
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Heart Aerospace: Re-inventing the Regional Airliner
Money isn’t the only thing flowing into aerospace from Silicon Valley. So are the ideas, the methods and the mindset! Anders Forslund, Founder and CEO of Heart…
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Turning Factories into Weapons of Asymmetric Warfare w/ Mach Industries CSO Nathan Diller
Defense is changing. Fast. For decades, weapons development was measured in years, sometimes decades. That model is being challenged. A new generation of…
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Inside Albers Aerospace: Building a “Next-Gen Prime” w/ John Albers
In the defense industrial base, everyone knows the primes dominate the big programs, but that leaves a huge gap in the middle. Startups don’t scale, the primes…
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Aerospace is Losing Key Electronics to Data Centers: How Executives Can Respond
“The AI data center build-out is already the biggest infrastructure project, inflation-adjusted, that we've ever undertaken as a society.” That’s Sebastian…
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From Manager to C-Suite: The Hardest Transition in Leadership w/ Bill Koch [Replay]
The transition from being a rockstar in your vertical to leading at the C-suite level is one of the hardest jumps in modern business. Not because you aren’t…
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IPOs Are Back and Changing Aerospace Deals, Here’s Why w/ Nick Fazioli [Replay]
Aerospace has always been a cyclical industry, one sector up, another down, capital moving cautiously between them. That’s not what’s happening right now…
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Inside FDH Aero’s Billion-Dollar Distribution Strategy w/ Ian Walsh [Replay]
Most people think the aerospace supply chain is crawling back to normal after the pandemic. But that’s not what’s happening. The industry is scaling in a…
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Aerospace Companies Need a New Kind of Manager w/ Matt Gjertsen
What is the minimum level of leadership an aerospace company needs to survive constant change? Because technical excellence is not enough anymore. Aerospace…
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The Upstream Metals Strategy Keeping Aerospace Moving w/ Kelly Thomas
The aerospace supply chain does not only break at final assembly. Some of the most important pressure points sit much farther upstream, inside the specialized…
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What Private Equity Really Demands From Leaders w/ Maxwell Salazar
Private equity is no longer a small corner of the market that only dealmakers, investors, and portfolio executives need to understand. It is becoming one of…
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Private Aviation Customers Are Changing: Here’s How Sentient Jet Is Adapting w/ Alan Walsh
Private aviation is no longer serving the same buyer, the same use case, or the same expectation set that it was built around twenty years ago. The old…
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Business Aviation’s Next Chapter: Beyond Range, Speed, and Size
Business aviation has spent decades climbing the same performance ladder: more range, more speed, larger cabins, better engines, better avionics, and more…
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The Aircraft, Engines, and Business Models That Built Business Aviation w/ Richard Aboulafia and Kevin Michaels
Business aviation is often misunderstood because the aircraft are the most visible part of the story. The brands, the cabins, the speed, the ramp presence, and…
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The Inflection Point for Flight: Inside Electra Aero’s Quiet Revolution in Air Mobility (Replay)
In aerospace, we talk a lot about “the future of flight.” But most of that conversation has been driven by fantasy. Fully electric aircraft that can’t fly far…
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The New Defense Procurement Model: Faster, Smarter, More Investable w/ Meghan Welch
Defense is not just changing because the technology is changing. It is changing because the old way of buying, building, funding, and deploying that technology…
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The Pro Sports of Business: What PE Demands From Aerospace Leaders w/ Adam Coffey
Private equity is often talked about like it’s either a villain or a jackpot. Founders fear it, corporate executives romanticize it, employees hear horror…
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Space Infrastructure…The New Logistics Opportunity w/ Dr. Robert Sproles
The space industry is treated like it’s a collection of launches - rockets, satellites, new vehicles, and programs. But that framing misses what’s actually…
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$100 Oil, Spirit Airlines and Why Aerospace Buyers Are Still Leaning In w/ Bill Alderman
Oil is $100, airline losses are starting to show up, and Spirit’s collapse is exposing just how hard it is to run an ultra-low-cost model when low cost has…
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IPOs Are Back and Changing Aerospace Deals, Here’s Why w/ Nick Fazioli
Aerospace has always been a cyclical industry, one sector up, another down, capital moving cautiously between them. That’s not what’s happening right now…
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Controlling Catastrophe: Why Captive Insurance Makes Sense w/ John C. Averill and Andy Shuttleworth
Most operators think insurance is about protection. Buy a policy, transfer the risk, move on. But what if that model is quietly draining your margins instead…
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Want Long-Term Career Relevance? Rebrand Don’t Reinvent w/ Matt Johnson
Listening to 70s Southern rock, you can’t help but notice how easily it could fit into today’s rotation. Then you look at something like Hyrox. It shows up as…
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Defense Acquisition Has Changed...Here’s How to Win Contracts Today w/ Gemo Yesil [REPLAY]
Today’s defense landscape is chaotic and fast-moving. Drones, AI, autonomy, and cyber threats are reshaping how wars are fought…and how the Pentagon spends…
- The Aerospace Executive Podcast
Inside FDH Aero’s Billion-Dollar Distribution Strategy w/ Ian Walsh
Most people think the aerospace supply chain is crawling back to normal after the pandemic. But that’s not what’s happening. The industry is scaling in a…
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VSE Corporation: The Hottest Stock in Aerospace w/ John Cuomo [Replay]
Most people think turning around a 60-year-old public company is about cost cuts, headcount reductions, and financial engineering. But real transformation…
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The Laminar Flow Breakthrough Changing Business Aviation w/ Paul Touw
For decades, business aviation has advanced in careful, incremental steps. Better avionics, quieter cabins, and marginal fuel improvements. But true…
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India: Aerospace’s Next Manufacturing Powerhouse w/ Vishal Sanghavi
In aerospace and defense, a structural shift in global manufacturing is underway. Supply chains are strained, skilled labor is scarce, and production backlogs…
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Cosmic Land Grab: Inside the New Space Arms Race w/ Tory Bruno REPLAY
The new space race is beginning; It’s not just between nations, but between commercial giants, shadow governments, and emerging players staking claims to…
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Every A&D Sector Is Up, Here’s Why That Matters w/ Bill Alderman & Ryan Kirby
Most people think a “hot” M&A market means: inflated prices, reckless buyers, and deals that will eventually fall apart. That’s not what we’re seeing in…
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Inside the Push to Reshore and Rebuild U.S. Manufacturing w/ Alex Krutz
For decades, we’ve told ourselves that manufacturing is something advanced economies naturally outgrow. That once you move into services, data, and software…
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Charter Clients Want Speed, So Why Are Bookings Still Slow? w/ Greg Johnson
For an industry that promises speed and convenience, booking a charter flight is still painfully slow. Customers pay a premium for flexibility and time, but…
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Aviation Runs on Speech. Almost None of It Becomes Data w/ Amir Haramaty
In aviation, the majority of operational intelligence lives in speech, but most of it is uncaptured or unstructured. It exists in radio calls, verbal handoffs…
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The Hardest Transition in Leadership w/ Bill Koch
The transition from being a rockstar in your vertical to leading at the C-suite level is one of the hardest jumps in modern business. Not because you aren’t…
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Business Aviation Is Stuck in the Past, This is What It Needs w/ Jack Lambert
Private aviation has a reputation problem, and it’s not because demand is slow, but because the system behind it is still operating like it’s 1998. Too many…
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Thin Film Solar Panels Unlock Maneuverability Without Regret in Space w/ Paul Warley
Most people talk about space power like it’s a solved problem. Big arrays, rigid panels, high-efficiency silicon; the same architecture we’ve been flying for…
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He Learned How to Fly at Age 43, and then Circumnavigated the Earth w/ Robert DeLaurentis
Flying around the world is rare. Doing it solo is even rarer. Doing it twice, once along the equator and once over both poles, is unheard of. But that’s…
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The Next Great Leap in Jet Design: Otto Aviation’s Laminar Flow Revolution w/ Paul Touw
For decades, business aviation has advanced in small, predictable steps. Quieter cabins, digital cockpits, incremental gains in fuel efficiency. But real…
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The Inflection Point for Flight: Inside Electra Aero's Quiet Revolution in Air Mobility w/ Marc Allen
In aerospace, we talk a lot about "the future of flight." But most of that conversation has been driven by fantasy. Fully electric aircraft that can't fly far…
- The Aerospace Executive Podcast
Cosmic Land Grab: Inside the New Space Arms Race w/ Tory Bruno [Replay]
The new space race is beginning; It’s not just between nations, but between commercial giants, shadow governments, and emerging players staking claims to…
- The Aerospace Executive Podcast
Valuations in Aerospace & Defense: What Really Drives the Price? w/ Bill Alderman
Most people think valuations come down to simple formulas: EBITDA multiples, discounted cash flows, and comps. The reality in aerospace and defense is far more…
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The Harsh Truth About Cash in PE-Backed Aerospace Companies w/ Bob Gold
In today’s private equity landscape, the CFO role has become one of the most difficult and misunderstood jobs in the business world. Everybody thinks it’s…
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Inside Albers Aerospace: Building a “Next-Gen Prime” w/ John Albers
In the defense industrial base, everyone knows the primes dominate the big programs, but that leaves a huge gap in the middle. Startups don’t scale, the primes…
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The Materials Flywheel: How AI is Powering Next-Gen Aerospace w/ Joseph Krause
In aerospace and defense, every breakthrough is built on material science. From the alloys powering jet engines to the composites shielding spacecraft…
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The Future of Aerospace Belongs to Small, Agile Innovators (If They Can Survive) w/ Hamed Khalkhali
In aviation, the most transformative breakthroughs often take place far above the commercial flight lanes, and far below the public radar. But in today’s…
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Effective Crews: Why AI Is Reshaping the Flight Deck & C-Suite w/Eric Olson
As AI continues to reshape everything from medicine to flight decks, the question isn’t whether it’s coming to your organization; it’s whether leaders are…
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M&A Check-In: Why Job Shops Are Now Worth Millions w/ Bill Alderman
Commercial aviation is booming, but not for the reasons you'd expect. While the media fixates on tariffs, inflation, and geopolitical risks, industry insiders…
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Cosmic Land Grab: Inside the New Space Arms Race w/ Tory Bruno
The new space race is beginning; It’s not just between nations, but between commercial giants, shadow governments, and emerging players staking claims to…
- The Aerospace Executive Podcast
The Problem With Aviation Accident Investigations (And How to Fix It) w/ Eckhard Jann
A fully loaded airliner lined up to land on a taxiway where four fuel-packed jets were waiting to depart. A catastrophic crash was avoided—by just 59 feet…
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Defense Acquisition Has Changed..Here’s How to Win Contracts Today w/ Gemo Yesil
Today’s defense landscape is chaotic and fast-moving. Drones, AI, autonomy, and cyber threats are reshaping how wars are fought…and how the Pentagon spends…
- The Aerospace Executive Podcast
Mission-Ready Mindset: Inside the Largest Private Fleet of Water Bombers in the U.S. w/ Sam Davis
Planes scooping water from lakes. Crews flying into firestorms. Mechanics maintaining aircraft in warzone-like conditions. It sounds like a military operation…
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What It Really Takes to Defend the Homeland w/ Gen. Glen VanHerck
Drones flying over Air Force bases. Unidentified aerial systems evading detection. A homeland vulnerable to $1,000 weapons while billion-dollar jets sit…
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Bridging the Financial Gap Between the C-Suite and the Factory Floor w/ Dr. Kevin Koharki
In complex industries like aerospace, defense, and manufacturing, there’s a dangerous disconnect between the boardroom and the factory floor. Executives focus…
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Extreme Ownership: The Real Key to Executive Success (Replay)
“You go do your thing—I’ve got this.” The words every CEO wants to hear. It means the job will get done – no excuses!. That’s real ownership—not just doing…
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Navigating Volatility in Aerospace & Defense: Why Business Aviation and MRO Are the Real Growth Stories w/Bill Alderman
In the aerospace and defense industry, unpredictability is a constant—but there’s a big difference between manageable risk and outright volatility. With tariff…
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The Helicopter Disruptor: How Robinson is Redefining Vertical Lift w/ David Smith
The helicopter industry is known for sky-high complexity, but one company is proving that innovation doesn’t have to be complicated. For too long, the industry…
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Crafting the Limitless Future of Travel: Inside FLYR's Mission to Reinvent Flight Booking w/ Sam Chamberlain
The way we travel hasn’t changed much in decades, and it’s not because people don’t want better. It’s because legacy systems have kept the industry locked into…