CAVASShips

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. In conjunction with the Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space Global Maritime Exposition we present this special edition of the CavasShips Podcast. Our show coverage of Sea-Air-Space is sponsored by Hunti...

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. In conjunction with the Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space Global Maritime Exposition we present this special edition of the CavasShips Podcast. Our show coverage of Sea-Air-Space is sponsored by Hunti...

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…there’s been quite the effort on the part of many organizations and commentators to heighten awareness of the relevance of the maritime domain – the importance of protecting seaborne t...

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…US Navy leaders constantly talk about the need for fast-paced innovation – but what’s the real story? Is new technology being integrated into the fleet as fast as it can? We’ll hear fr...

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…It was budget week for the Pentagon, the week that an AUKUS submarine deal was announced between Australia, Britain and the United States, and a week that saw Russian fighter jets brin...

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…we’re not going to talk about the threat from China or the US Navy budget or the promise of new technology, but rather focus in on maritime heritage, on efforts to preserve and present...

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…Should the US Navy reorganize its fleets in the Pacific Ocean to counter rising Chinese threats? We’ll talk with noted China and Pacific military analyst Bret Sadler of the Heritage Fo...

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week… Please send us feedback by DM’ing @CavasShips or @CSSProvision or you can email chriscavas@gmail.com or cservello@defaeroreport.com.

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. On this special edition of the CavasShips Podcast from WEST 2023 in San Diego…Military operations around the globe share one thing - the weather. Some of the US Navy's top officials from the Met...

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. On this special edition of the CavasShips Podcast from WEST 2023 in San Diego…we talk work force recruitment and development with Xavier Beale, Newport News Shipbuilding vice president of human...

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. On this special edition of the CavasShips Podcast from WEST 2023 in San Diego...we bring you highlights from the opening of Austal USA's new San Diego waterfront ship repair facility held Februa...

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…accurately analyzing the US Navy’s spending habits is a daunting task, but we hear from perhaps the primary practitioner of that art, Dr. Eric Labs of the Congressional Budget Office,...

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…Bigger is better – at least 25 out of 28 times in naval warfare. Strategist Dr. Sam Tangredi will join us to talk about why bigger fleets win – and what the US Navy should do about it...

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…How ready should our maritime forces and industrial base be? Also, the Marine Corps wants to buy nearly three dozen Light Amphibious Warships. The US Navy isn’t so sure. Noted commenta...

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week...we heard a lot of speakers at the Surface Navy Association’s three-day symposium earlier in January. Now we give you the chance to hear some of what we heard, with press briefing exc...

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. SNA Wrap-Up…In our final SNA'23 podcast we share our conversation with Vago Muradian from his Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast. During our discussion we talk about key takeaways from the confer...

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. SNA Day Four…We interview Chris Minster, Lockheed Martin's Chris Minster, Director, Combatant Ships, Integration & Test Programs, on the Littoral Combat Ship Lethality and Survivability Program....

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. SNA Day Three…We interview Nate Carlson, BAE Systems Program Director of Naval Gun Systems, about the company's counter-UAS products deployed on US Navy ships. Our SNA coverage is sponsored by H...

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. SNA Day Two…We interview Mark Bock, Vice President for Strategy for Advanced Acoustics Concepts, a Thales Company, on the CAPTAS-4 variable depth sonar that will be the center piece of the Navy'...

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. SNA Day One…We interview Kari Wilkinson, executive vice president of HII and president of Ingalls Shipbuilding. Our SNA coverage is sponsored by HII and GE Marine. Please send us feedback by DM’...

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week messaging and communication. Joining us will be our podcast partner, longstanding defense journalist Vago Muradian to discuss the need for the Navy to share its story, the impact of ga...

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…2022, THE YEAR IN REVIEW. We’re joined by noted naval commentators Bryan Clark and Jerry Hendrix to take a look at what went well for the US Navy in 2022, what didn’t do as well, and w...

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…MARINE COMMANDANT BERGER spends time with reporters while at the Reagan Defense Forum and Chris and I discuss the high points of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act. Please...

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…we talk with recently retired Navy Captain Jason Salata about NATO’s maritime structure, how nations work together and the alliance’s handling of the Russia-Ukraine Conflict. Additiona...

Welcome to the CavasShips Podcast with Christopher P. Cavas and Chris Servello…a weekly podcast looking at naval and maritime events and issues of the day – in the US, across the seas and around the world. This week…Books books books - We’ve all certainly learned a lot from reading books. But what is the future of the hard-copy, printed volume? We’ll talk with one of the most well-known and prolif...