"Autonomous and Hypersonic Weapons Systems for DoD and Gov" [Advanced Capability Enablers] November 4-6, 2020

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA, October 13, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Conference on "Autonomous and Hypersonic Weapons Systems" Plans, Requirements, Challenges, and Opportunities for Industry

Los Angeles, October 13, 2020 – Technology Training Corporation (TTC), will host a must-attend "virtual" Conference on Autonomous and Hypersonic Weapons Systems (a virtual Interactive Experience, November 4-6, 2020).

This outstanding conference brings together the key experts and critical organizations that will shape the development of future Autonomous and Hypersonic weapons systems. They will examine the latest information on OSD and Service formulation of needs, initiatives, roles within Autonomous & Hypersonic Weapons - including Advanced Capability Enablers, Artificial Intelligence and Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT). Questions and themes include: How are Hypersonic weapons different from conventional weapons? What about Counter Threats? What new capabilities are needed and how can current capabilities be reused for new applications? How will autonomous weapons impact personnel and training requirements? Multinational and inter-agency information sharing? What new roles and capabilities are envisioned for ground, naval, air, and space forces? These and many other critical questions will be critically examined during this timely two-day event.

Highlights will include presentations by:

The Honorable Katharina McFarland, Commissioner Chair, National Academies of Science Board of Army Research and Development, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Acting Secretary of the Army for Acquisitions, Logistics and Technology and Army Acquisition Executive,

Mike White, Principal Director, Hypersonics, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense, Research & Engineering USD(R&E),

Major General Mark E. Weatherington, USAF, Commander, Eighth Air Force, and Commander, Joint-Global Strike Operations Center, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana,

Robert W. Thomas, Jr., Associate Director, Capability and Resource Integration Directorate, United States Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska,

Dr. Gillian Bussey, Inaugural Director, Joint Hypersonics Transition Office (JHTO), Office of the Undersecretary of Defense, Research, and Engineering, Advanced Capabilities, USD(R&E),

Michael J. Burns, Associate Labs Director, National Security Programs, Sandia National Laboratories,

Capt (USN-ret) George Galdorisi, Strategic Assessments and Technical Futures, Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific (NIWC),

Capt (USN-ret) Sam Tangredi, Strategic and Operational Research Department, National War College,

Dr. Phil Ligrani “Eminent Scholar in Propulsion, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Alabama,

LCDR (USN-ret) U.H. Jack Rowley, Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Maritime Tactical Systems, Inc. (MARTAC),

Tim Keeter, Missile and Aviation Systems Division, Program Manager, DARPA Gremlins Program, Dynetics,

Dr. N. Andrew Browning, Program Director of Autonomy, AeroVironment,

Tom Karako, Senior Fellow, International Security Program and Director, Missile Defense Project, Center for Strategic & International Studies,

Gilman Louie, Commissioner, National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence, Consultant to the Defense Innovation Board, DoD,

Joseph W. Kirschbaum, PhD, Director, Defense Capabilities and Management U.S. Government Accountability Office, (GAO) and many other highly distinguished speakers.


WHAT: 2020 Conference on “Autonomous and Hypersonic Weapons Systems”

WHEN: November 4-6, 2020

WHERE: Virtual (via Zoom)


For more information or to register or for exhibiting at the program, please call Bradford Barrett at (310) 320- 8110 or email Bbarrett@ttcus.com or register on line at web site: https://ttcus.com/ahws/

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