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Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Aug 24, 2026] Look Ahead w/ Byron Callan
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- Defense & Aerospace Report
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- Aug 24, 2026
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- 2063
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Summary
On today’s Look Ahead program, sponsored by HII, Byron Callan of the independent Washington research firm Capital Alpha Partners joins Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss factors that might change the outlook for US defense including the budget outlook; Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s bond yield gambit; the Iran and Ukraine wars; breakdown of trade talks between Canada and the United States, and whether other nations will decide against what they deem to be bad deals; what a reduced Lyntris offering means for private equity; the US Army’s decision to award a contract to Hanwha for its K9 self-propelled howitzer; acting Army Chief of Staff Gen. Chris LaNeve’s new strategy that included disbanding the drone unit and replacing it with an airborne infantry unit; and a look at the week ahead and in Washington and beyond.