{"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":"2026-06-15T02:17:32.653708+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-aerospace-report-809504"},"episode":{"title":"DEFAERO Strategy Series [May 13, 26] AIA's Eric Fanning on FY '27 Budget Request, Acquisition Reform and More","slug":"defaero-strategy-series-may-13-26-aia-s-eric-fanning-on-fy-27-budget-request-acquisition-reform-and-more","published_at":"2026-05-13T16:11:03+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-aerospace-report-809504/defaero-strategy-series-may-13-26-aia-s-eric-fanning-on-fy-27-budget-request-acquisition-reform-and-more","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/defense-aerospace-report-809504","url":"https://soundcloud.com/defaeroreport/defaero-strategy-series-may-13","audio_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2319915425-defaeroreport-defaero-strategy-series-may-13.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 defense budget outlook and best and worst case scenarios as Trump administration works to advance its $1.15 trillion 2027 Pentagon spending request, Reconciliation 2.0 and an Iran war supplemental; how more spending gets translated into contracts after contracting officers were culled in the name of reducing DoD headcount and improving efficiency; whether the defense and aerospace industry can absorb so much funding at once; implications of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s latest broadside against heritage contractors and whether the working relationship is more productive in private; the administration’s commercial approach to development and production and ensuring a level playing field for heritage and new firms; protecting intellectual property as the military services revert to proprietary architectures; right to repair; and the strategy the administration is using to determine where it invests public money in private firms.","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":2965,"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-may-13-26-aia-s-eric-fanning-on-fy-27-budget-request-acquisition-reform-and-more/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-may-13-26-aia-s-eric-fanning-on-fy-27-budget-request-acquisition-reform-and-more.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}