Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast [Jan 10, 21 Business Report]

Defense & Aerospace Report

On this Washington Roundtable episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast, sponsored by Bell, we look ahead to 2021 with “Rocket Ron” Epstein, PhD, of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Richard Aboulafia of the Teal Group consultancy and Sash Tusa of Agency Partners. Topics: — Look ahead to the Surface Navy Association’s 33rd National Virtual Symposium next week — Broader market roller coaster in first week of trading as investors factor in Georgia wins for Democratic control of the Senate — Boeing’s decision to close Advanced Development Center, company’s $2.5 billion settlement with Justice Department on 737 Max crashes, and crash of older 737 in Indonesia — Airbus 2020 deliveries and orders — Rolls-Royce decision to pause UltraFan engine development — Update on Brexit and reports that UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is considering replacing Gen. Sir Nick Carter as Chief of Defence Staff — Implications for China’s trade deals with Asia and Europe on Biden administration efforts to curb Beijing’s increasingly assertive global behavior — Financial and economic repercussions of storming of the Capitol by domestic terrorists — Key takeaways from the Bank of America’s annual aerospace and defense conference