{"podcast":{"title":"Defense & Aerospace Report","slug":"defense-aerospace-report-809504","podcast_index_feed_id":809504,"rss_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:276288852/sounds.rss","website_url":"http://www.defaeroreport.com","image_url":"https://i1.sndcdn.com/avatars-cRXZ2TRyMyRNWlYe-AiPx6A-original.jpg","author":"Defense & Aerospace Report, sponsored by Bell","episode_count":500,"summary":"Welcome to the Defense and Aerospace Report podca…","last_synced_at":"2026-09-22T02:19:03.357821+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-aerospace-report-809504"},"episode":{"title":"DEFAERO Strategy Series [Jun 16, 26] AIA's Eric Fanning","slug":"defaero-strategy-series-jun-16-26-aia-s-eric-fanning","published_at":"2026-06-16T16:43:17+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-aerospace-report-809504/defaero-strategy-series-jun-16-26-aia-s-eric-fanning","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-aerospace-report-809504","url":"https://soundcloud.com/defaeroreport/defaero-strategy-series-jun-16","audio_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2340549050-defaeroreport-defaero-strategy-series-jun-16.mp3","summary":"On today’s Strategy Series program, sponsored by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Eric Fanning, the president and CEO of the Aerospace Industries Association, joins Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss the dynamic as the House and Senate deliberate the Trump administration’s 2027 defense budget request; how $1.5 trillion in planned defense spending can be compacted into $1.15 trillion if the $350 billion reconciliation package fails; the Iran war supplemental outlook as Washington and Tehran strike a ceasefire; how the Pentagon can spend so much more money when it doesn’t have enough contracting officers to spend last year’s Big Beautiful Bill funding; President Trump’s latest call to meet with defense industry executives to accelerate defense production; update on Pentagon efforts to reform the defense acquisition system; congressional efforts to translate the president’s executive order on share buybacks into legislation, “right to repair,” and attract new defense competitors.","meta_description":"On today’s Strategy Series program, sponsored by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Eric Fanning, the president and CEO of the Aerospace Industries Ass…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3071,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/defense-aerospace-report-809504/episodes/defaero-strategy-series-jun-16-26-aia-s-eric-fanning/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-aerospace-report-809504/defaero-strategy-series-jun-16-26-aia-s-eric-fanning.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}