DEFAERO Strategy Series [Dec 12, ’23] w/ Lt. Gen. Tom Copinger-Symes

On this episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Strategy Series, sponsored by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Lt. Gen. Tom Copinger-Symes, the deputy commander of Britain’s Strategic Command, discusses relearning timeless lessons from the Ukraine war, the changing nature of advantage and imperative to adapt more rapidly, better integrating capabilities across allies and partners, how stripping bureaucracy from major programs like AUKUS can send a deterrence signal as powerful as fielding military capability, why leaders have to change how they lead a new generation of talent, educating senior civilian and military leaders on digital and cyber, getting the AI balance right in warfighting, and why recruiting must change to attract the best talent with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.