Jul 31, 2026 · 12 min · 10 segments
In this week's episode of The Break Out, Breaking Defense Editor-in-Chief Aaron Mehta brings you an interview from the Farnborough Airshow, located outside of London. At the conference, he talked…
Eric FanningGuest
Aaron MehtaHost
I'm Aaron Mehta, and I'm coming to you from the rooftop of the media center here at the Farnborough International Airshow.
It's the world's largest airshow of the year, and it brings together players from all over the world, both from industry and from the policy sectors, to talk about aerospace issues and to sell their wares.
He's the president of the Aerospace Industries Association, one of the leading trade groups representing the defense industry in the US.
I asked Fanning about his take on the status of the budget, on how companies are trying to break into Europe in this politicized moment, and how reforms to the foreign military sales efforts are going.
I'm Aaron Mehta, and I'm coming to you from the rooftop of the media center here at the Farnborough International Airshow.
It's the world's largest airshow of the year, and it brings together players from all over the world, both from industry and from the policy sectors, to talk about aerospace issues and to sell their wares.
He's the president of the Aerospace Industries Association, one of the leading trade groups representing the defense industry in the US.
I asked Fanning about his take on the status of the budget, on how companies are trying to break into Europe in this politicized moment, and how reforms to the foreign military sales efforts are going.
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