Aerospace Nation

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This Week's Events

Aerospace Nation: A conversation with Gen Jeffery Harrigian

Event Date: 29 June 2020
Speaker: Gen Jeffery Harrigian, Commander, U.S. Air Forces in Europe; Commander, U.S. Air Forces Africa; Commander, Allied Air Command, headquartered at Ramstein Air Base, Germany; and Director, Joint Air Power Competence Centre, Kalkar, Germany

Aerospace Nation: A conversation with Gen Arnold W. Bunch

Event Date: 1 July 2020
Speaker: Commander, Air Force Materiel Command, headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

Scheduled Events

Mitchell Virtual Paper Rollout - Building an Effective, Efficient Air Force: The Imperative for Cost-Per-Effect Analysis

Event Date: 8 July 2020

Aerospace Nation: A conversation with Lt Gen Warren Berry

Event Date: 9 July 2020
Speaker: Lt Gen Warren Berry, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon

Nuclear Deterrence Forum with Mr. Uzi Rubin

Event Date: 14 July 2020
Speaker: Mr. Uzi Rubin, Former Director of the Israel Missile Defense Organization

Aerospace Nation: A conversation with Lt Gen Timothy D. Haugh

Event Date: 15 July 2020
Speaker: Lt Gen Timothy Haugh, Commander, Sixteeth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber)

Space Power Forum NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine

Event Date: 31 July 2020
Speaker: Mr. James Frederick "Jim" Bridenstine, NASA's 13th Administrator

Nuclear Deterrence Forum with Dr. Robert Soofer

Event Date: TBD
Speaker: Dr. Robert Soofer, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Missle Defense Policy

Previous Events

June 2020

Aerospace Nation: A conversation with Gen James "Mobile" Holmes

Event Date: 22 June 2020
Speaker: Gen James "Mobile" Holmes, Commander of Air Combat Command

Virtual Policy Paper Rollout: Long-Range Strike: Resetting the Balance of Stand-in and Stand-off Forces - Study Report

Event Date: 18 June 2020
Speakers: Lt Gen David S. Nahom, Lt Gen (Ret.) David Deptula, & Col (Ret.) Mark Gunzinger

Space Power Forum with Lt Gen JT Thompson

Event Date: 17 June 2020
Speaker: Lt Gen JT Thompson, Commander, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California

Aerospace Nation: A conversation with Mr. Shawn Barnes

Event Date: 16 June 2020
Speaker: Mr. Barnes, Senior Executive Service Member, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Space Acquisition and Integration

Nuclear Deterrence Forum with Mr. Gordon Chang and Mr. Rick Fisher

Event Date: 11 June 2020

Speakers: Mr. Gordon Chang, renowned author and China expert, and Mr. Rick Fisher, Senior Fellow on Asian Military Affairs at the International Assessment and Strategy Center

Aerospace Nation: A conversation with Lt Gen Rice

Event Date: 10 June 2020
Speaker: Lt Gen Rice, Director, Air National Guard

Aerospace Nation: A conversation with Dr. Will Roper

Event Date: 9 June 2020
Speaker: Dr. Roper, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics

Aerospace Nation: A conversation with Lt Gen Shanahan

Event Date: 4 June 2020
Speaker: Lt Gen Shanahan, Director of Joint Artificial Intelligence Center

Virtual Policy Paper Rollout: Modernizing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Export Policy for Effective Coalition Forces - Policy Paper

Event Date: 3 June 2020
Speakers: Mr. Keith Webster, President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Defense and Aerospace Export Council (DAEC), Ms. Heather Penney, & Maj Gen (Ret.) Larry Stutzriem

MAY 2020

Aerospace Nation: A conversation with Brig Gen Hinote

Event Date: 27 May 2020
Speaker: Brig Gen Hinote, Acting Director of Air Force Warfighting Integration Capability

Nuclear Deterrence Forum with Drew Walter

Event Date: 26 May 2020

Speaker: Drew Walter, Performing the Duties of Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Matters at U.S. Department of Defense

Nuclear Deterrence Forum with Dr. Schneider & Dr. Blank

Event Date: 22 May 2020

Speakers: Dr. Mark Schneider, Senior Analyst with the National Institute for Public Policy, and Dr. Stephen Blank, Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute

Aerospace Nation: A conversation with Gen Stephen Wilson

Event Date: 20 May 2020
Speaker: Gen Stephen Wilson, Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force

Space Power Forum with Lt Gen DT Thompson

Event Date: 12 May 2020
Speaker: Lt Gen DT Thompson, Vice Commander, U.S. Space Force

Aerospace Nation: A conversation with Preston Dunlap

Event Date: 7 May 2020
Speaker: Mr. Preston C. Dunlap, Chief Architect of the United States Air Force
Event Slides

Aerospace Nation: A conversation with Gen O'Shaughnessy

Event Date: 4 May 2020
Speaker: Gen O'Shaughnessy, Commander, United States Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command

APRIL 2020

Nuclear Deterrence Forum with Gen Ray - Video

Event Date: 29 April 2020

Speaker: Gen Ray, Commander, Air Force Global Strike Command

Aerospace Nation: A conversation with the Honorable Matt Donovan - Video

Event Date: 28 April 2020
Speaker: Hon. Matt Donovan, Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness

Space Power Forum: US Space Command/NRO Operations - Video

Event Date: 24 April 2020
Speaker: BG James, Joint Task Force-Space Defense Commander and US Space Command J3, and Maj Gen Guetlein, Deputy Director, National Reconnaissance Office

Aerospace Nation: A conversation with Dr. Mark Lewis - Video

Event Date: 22 April 2020
Speaker: Dr. Mark Lewis, Director of Defense Research and Engineering for Modernization

Nuclear Deterrence Forum with Frank Miller - Video

Event Date: 17 April 2020
Speaker: Frank Miller, Principal, The Scowcroft Group

Aerospace Nation: A conversation with Lt Gen Nahom - Video

Event Date: 16 April 2020
Speaker: Lt Gen Nahom, Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Programs, Headquarters U.S. Air Force

Aerospace Nation: A conversation with Gen Raymond - Video

Event Date: 7 April 2020
Speaker: Gen Raymond, Chief of Space Operations of the United States Space Force and Commander of the United States Space Command

Aerospace Nation: A conversation with Gen Goldfein - Video

Event Date: 1 April 2020
Speaker: Gen Goldfein, Air Force Chief of Staff

Aerospace Nation

This Week's Events

Speaker: Gen Jeffery Harrigian, Commander, U.S. Air Forces in Europe; Commander, U.S. Air Forces Africa; Commander, Allied Air Command, headquartered at Ramstein Air Base, Germany; and Director, Joint Air Power Competence Centre, Kalkar, Germany

Speaker: Commander, Air Force Materiel Command, headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

Scheduled Events

Speaker: Lt Gen Warren Berry, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon

Speaker: Mr. Uzi Rubin, Former Director of the Israel Missile Defense Organization

Speaker: Lt Gen Timothy Haugh, Commander, Sixteeth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber)

Event Date: 31 July 2020

Speaker: Mr. James Frederick "Jim" Bridenstine, NASA's 13th Administrator

Speaker: Dr. Robert Soofer, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Missle Defense Policy

Previous Events

June 2020

Speaker: Gen James "Mobile" Holmes, Commander of Air Combat Command

Speakers: Lt Gen David S. Nahom, Lt Gen (Ret.) David Deptula, & Col (Ret.) Mark Gunzinger

Speaker: Lt Gen JT Thompson, Commander, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California

Speaker: Mr. Barnes, Senior Executive Service Member, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Space Acquisition and Integration

Speakers: Mr. Gordon Chang, renowned author and China expert, and Mr. Rick Fisher, Senior Fellow on Asian Military Affairs at the International Assessment and Strategy Center

Speaker: Lt Gen Rice, Director, Air National Guard

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Speaker: Dr. Roper, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics

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Speaker: Lt Gen Shanahan, Director of Joint Artificial Intelligence Center

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Speakers: Mr. Keith Webster, President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Defense and Aerospace Export Council (DAEC), Ms. Heather Penney, & Maj Gen (Ret.) Larry Stutzriem

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MAY 2020

Speaker: Brig Gen Hinote, Acting Director of Air Force Warfighting Integration Capability

Speaker: Drew Walter, Performing the Duties of Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Matters at U.S. Department of Defense

Speakers: Dr. Mark Schneider, Senior Analyst with the National Institute for Public Policy, and Dr. Stephen Blank, Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute

Speaker: Gen Stephen Wilson, Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force

Speaker: Lt Gen DT Thompson, Vice Commander, U.S. Space Force

Speaker: Mr. Preston C. Dunlap, Chief Architect of the United States Air Force

Event Slides

Speaker: Gen O'Shaughnessy, Commander, United States Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command

APRIL 2020

Speaker: Gen Ray, Commander, Air Force Global Strike Command

Speaker: Hon. Matt Donovan, Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness

Speaker: BG James, Joint Task Force-Space Defense Commander and US Space Command J3, and Maj Gen Guetlein, Deputy Director, National Reconnaissance Office

Speaker: Dr. Mark Lewis, Director of Defense Research and Engineering for Modernization

Speaker: Frank Miller, Principal, The Scowcroft Group

Speaker: Lt Gen Nahom, Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Programs, Headquarters U.S. Air Force

Speaker: Gen Raymond, Chief of Space Operations of the United States Space Force and Commander of the United States Space Command

Speaker: Gen Goldfein, Air Force Chief of Staff