He won multiple awards while at Defense Daily, including for best breaking news coverage in 1998 for his series on the U.S. government’s rejection of the proposed merger between Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman.
Before covering the Air Force, Vago served as Defense News’ land warfare reporter.
[11] Among the notables Muradian has interviewed over the years are former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates,[12] current U.S. Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer,[13] current US STRATCOM Commander Gen. John Hyten, USAF,[14] Canadian Minister of Defence Harjit Sajjan,[15] German Navy Chief Vice Adm. Andreas Krause,[16] Minecraft author and military futurist Max Brooks,[17] and former Russian Prime Minister and now opposition leader Mikhail Kasyanov.
[19] Muradian has made numerous television appearances on C-SPAN,[20] CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, conducted radio interviews with local stations as well as international outlets like the BBC, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Swiss TV and others.
He also serves as a speaker,[26] panelist and moderator[27] for security conferences around the world, and lectures on the military and the media, including at the Defense Acquisition University.