Aerospace Nation

Sessions are streamed live and recorded; videos are posted same-day

This Week's Events

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

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

Scheduled Events

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 Rice

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

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

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 Gen James Holmes

Event Date: 22 June 2020
Speaker: Gen James Holmes, Commander, Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia

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 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

Previous Events

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

Event Date: 29 April 2020

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

Aerospace Nation: A conversation with the Honorable Matt Donovan

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

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

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

Nuclear Deterrence Forum with Frank Miller

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

Aerospace Nation: A conversation with Lt Gen Nahom

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

Aerospace Nation: A conversation with Gen Raymond

Event Date: 7 April 2020 WATCH NOW
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

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

The Mitchell Institute

for Aerospace Studies

Aerospace Nation

This Week's Events

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

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

Scheduled Events

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

Speaker: Lt Gen Rice, Director, Air National Guard

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

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

Speaker: Gen James Holmes, Commander, Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia

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

Previous Events

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

Aerospace Nation

This Week's Events

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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Scheduled Events

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

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Speaker: Lt Gen Rice, Director, Air National Guard

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

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

Speaker: Gen James Holmes, Commander, Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia

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

Previous Events

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