# Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Jul 07, 2026] Look Ahead w/ Byron Callan

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Published: 2026-07-07T15:44:39+00:00
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## Resource

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 the attack that damaged a Qatari liquified natural gas carrier in the Strait of Hormuz; what’s next for US defense spending including prospects for Reconciliation 3.0; surprises in the Trump administration’s $88 billion Iran war supplemental request; whether the assertion that the “American way of war” is dead; Saab’s big week including the sale of 16 new Gripen E fighters to Ukraine and Canada’s decision to pick HDW over Hanwha to supply 12 new non-nuclear attack submarines; Britain’s plan to increase defense spending by $20 billion; expectations from NATO’s Ankara summit; and a look at the week ahead and in Washington and beyond.

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