# Orient Express—Traversing Europe's Defense Landscape Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/aviation-week-s-check-6-podcast-739241/orient-express-traversing-europe-s-defense-landscape Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/aviation-week-s-check-6-podcast-739241/orient-express-traversing-europe-s-defense-landscape.md Podcast: [Aviation Week's Check 6 Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/aviation-week-s-check-6-podcast-739241) Published: 2026-05-26T10:42:00+00:00 Episode link: https://aviationweek.com/podcasts/check-6/podcast-orient-express-traversing-europes-defense-landscape Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/aviationweek/Orient_ExpressTraversing_Europes_Defense_Landscape.mp3?dest-id=188774 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/aviation-week-s-check-6-podcast-739241/episodes/orient-express-traversing-europe-s-defense-landscape Duration seconds: 2157 ## Resource From the cancellation of RIAT to Turkey's newly announced ICBM, Aviation Week's Robert Wall and Tony Osborne navigate the evolving European defense scene. Thank you to our sponsor, GE Aerospace. GE Aerospace is uniquely positioned to support the Defense sector, providing reliable high performance, innovative military engines, systems and services. Learn more at geaerospace.com/military-defense ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/aviation-week-s-check-6-podcast-739241/episodes/orient-express-traversing-europe-s-defense-landscape/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/aviation-week-s-check-6-podcast-739241/orient-express-traversing-europe-s-defense-landscape.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.