Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Jun 04, ’23 Business Report]

On this week’s Defense & Aerospace Report Business Roundtable, sponsored by Bell, Dr. “Rocket” Ron Epstein of Bank of America Securities, Sash Tusa of the independent equity research firm Agency Partners, and Richard Aboulafia of the AeroDynamic Advisory consultancy join Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss Wall Street’s reaction to the debt deal that cut government spending and capped the Pentagon’s budget, whether there are work arounds that will boost resources for the Pentagon, economic outlook and how the Federal Reserve will respond to more positive jobs numbers, analysis of comments by Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun on how the trussed-wing transsonic technology demonstrator the company is developing for NASA could shape future single-aisle jetliners, Cathay Pacific’s interest in freighter version of the 777X, expectations that IndiGo will place 500-plane order with Airbus, and whether Ukraine will be able to get the 50 Patriot batteries it says it needs to help it achieve air superiority as it prepares to launch its offensive.