Program

Description

The 2018 National Defense Strategy is clear that a more lethal force and technological innovation are key to generating a decisive and sustained advantage. What do our warfighters need from the aerospace community in order to become a “more lethal, resilient, and rapidly innovating Joint Force” in an era of multi-domain warfare?

Description

The United States must outpace existing and potential rogue state and rogue actor offensive missile capabilities. To do so, the country will continue to sustain, modernize and expand the Missile Defense System and pursue the rapid, yet measured, development of advanced missile defense concepts and technologies for homeland and regional defense.” (Missile Defense Agency Director’s Vision and Intent, p. 3) How can government, industry and academia work together to advance critical missile defense capabilities? 

Description

As we enter into the fourth industrial revolution, this new digital era offers the opportunity to transform warfighting technologies and their development. To do so requires a new approach to systems engineering. More than two years after the Digital Engineering Strategy was released by DoD, hear how the Services are embracing digital tools and techniques, and what the next steps are for implementation.

Moderator

• Dan Heller
  Vice President, Corporate Engineering, Lockheed Martin

Panelists

• Thomas C. Fu
  Head (Acting), Mission Capable, Persistent and Survivable Naval Platforms Department, Office of Naval Research
• Stephanie L. Possehl
  Deputy Director for Engineering (Acting) and Director for Engineering Policy and Systems Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
• Philomena Zimmerman
  Deputy Director, Engineering Tools and Environments, OUSD(R&E)/Advanced Capabilities, United States Department of Defense

Description

“Innovation without execution is hallucination.” DoD Research and Development (R&D) is charged with taking fundamental research and applying it to technologies for the warfighter. Hear about current and future projects, upcoming opportunities, and how these organizations enable the research community to transition ideas to technological advantages.

Moderator

• Laura McGill
  Deputy Laboratories Director, Chief Technology Officer Nuclear Deterrence, Sandia National Laboratories; President-Elect, AIAA

Panelists

• Terence G. Emmert
  Performing the Duties of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, Principal Deputy Director of Defense Research and Engineering for Advanced Capabilities, and Acting Director of Defense Research and Engineering for Advanced Capabilities

Keynote

• Wesley D. Kremer
  President, Raytheon Missiles & Defense

Description

“The United States shall create a safe, stable, secure, and sustainable environment for space activities … through… protection of critical space systems and supporting infrastructures, with special attention to cybersecurity and supply chains” (National Space Policy, p. 5).  How do the various commands, agencies and organizations involved cooperate; how can the defense community support; and what new policies, products and solutions are needed to secure space assets?

Moderator

• Ed Swallow
  Senior Vice President, Civil Systems Group, The Aerospace Corporation

Panelists

• Ronald Keen
  Senior Advisor, National Risk Management Center, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of Homeland Security
• Samuel S. Visner
  Director, National Cybersecurity Federally Funded Research and Development Center, MITRE; Board Member, Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ISAC)

Description

Maintaining the Department’s technological advantage will require changes to industry culture, investment sources, and protection across the National Security Innovation Base.” (National Defense Strategy [Unclassified], p. 3) The sense of urgency is driving a new environmental dynamic in industry, but how can we accelerate through the “valley of death”? Industry leaders respond to DoD modernization priorities and address requirements for fielding technologies at the speed of relevance.

Moderator

• David W. Miller
  Vice President and Chief Technology Officer (CTO), The Aerospace Corporation

Panelists

• James Carlini
  Chief Technology Officer, Leidos
• Naveed Hussain
  Chief Technology Officer, Vice President, and General Manager, Boeing Research & Technology
• Steven Walker
  Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Lockheed Martin Corporation
• John C. Zolper, Sr.
  Defense Technology Strategy, Principal Engineering Fellow, Raytheon Technologies