April 28-30, 2021 / US ONLY Audience
Main Day One
October 28, 2020
9:00 - 10:50
Webinar Opens / Meeting Setting
10:50 - 11:00
Chairman Opening Remarks
13:30 - 14:00
Morning Networking Break & Meetings
11:00 - 11:30
Developing and Implementing an Integrated S&T Roadmap for Hypersonics
Dr. Gillian Bussey -
Director, Joint Hypersonics Transition Office,
Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
- Immediate S&T needs and roadmap efforts
- Developing capability-led technology advancement for hypersonic utilization
- Updates on the JHTO current lines of effort
Dr. Gillian Bussey
Director, Joint Hypersonics Transition OfficeOffice of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
11:30 - 12:00
Update on US Army Hypersonic Efforts
Lieutenant General Neil Thurgood -
Director, Hypersonics, Directed Energy, Space and Rapid Acquisition,
Army Rapid Capabilities & Critical Technologies Office, US Army
- Meeting Army timelines and roadmaps
- Lessons learned from recent testing efforts
- Necessary next steps and near-term technology efforts
Lieutenant General Neil Thurgood
Director, Hypersonics, Directed Energy, Space and Rapid AcquisitionArmy Rapid Capabilities & Critical Technologies Office, US Army
12:00 - 12:30
Speaker Question and Answer Time Block with Event Attendees
12:30 - 13:00 Guiding AFRL Munitions Efforts to Support a USAF Hypersonic Enterprise
Colonel Garry A. Haase - Director, Munitions Directorate & Commander, Eglin Research Site, Air Force Research Laboratory- Supporting development of air-launched munitions technology
- Discovering, developing, and integrating air-launch weapon technologies across the USAF
- Research lines of effort across USAF munitions: current initiatives
Colonel Garry A. Haase
Director, Munitions Directorate & Commander, Eglin Research SiteAir Force Research Laboratory
13:00 - 13:30 Foreign Comparative Testing of Hypersonic Capabilities
Colonel Corey "Lite'nin" Beaverson - Director, OSD R&E Global Capability Programs, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Research & Engineering- Efforts to support modernization in Hypersonics
- Supporting readiness and Joint lethality in contested environments
- Understanding the Hypersonic ecosystem: immediate needs
Colonel Corey "Lite'nin" Beaverson
Director, OSD R&E Global Capability ProgramsOffice of the Under Secretary of Defense, Research & Engineering
12:30 - 13:00 ARL Vehicle Technology Lines of Effort
Frederick Hughes - Associate Director, ARL Vehicle Technology Directorate, US Army CCDC Army Research Laboratory- ARL efforts to enable greater collaboration w/industry across hypersonic
- Army efforts to develop & support hypersonic leaders
- Efforts to collaborate w/academia to guide engineering education efforts
Frederick Hughes
Associate Director, ARL Vehicle Technology DirectorateUS Army CCDC Army Research Laboratory
13:00 - 13:30 Advancing Industrial Base Priorities to Enable Continued Hypersonic Development, and Future Hypersonic Dominance
Chris Michienzi, Ph.D. (ST) - Chief Technology Officer, DASD, Industrial Policy and Office of the Under Secretary for Acquisition and Sustainment- Policy and operations supporting industrial base support for hypersonic
- Supply chain priorities
- Acquisition priorities moving forward: far-term strategy
Chris Michienzi, Ph.D. (ST)
Chief Technology OfficerDASD, Industrial Policy and Office of the Under Secretary for Acquisition and Sustainment
13:30 - 14:00
Afternoon Networking Break
14:00 - 14:30 Converting Speed into Lethality – Don’t Forget the Payload!
J. McCarrick, Ph.D. - Associate Program Director for Strategic Partnership Programs, Weapon Technologies & Engineering Program, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory- Payload Integration into Weapon Systems
- Survivability & Defense Against Hypersonics: Leveraging Mod/Sim
- Atmospherics and Space Sensing: Know Thy Payload Environments
- Empowering DoD Integrator and Contractor Missions
J. McCarrick, Ph.D.
Associate Program Director for Strategic Partnership Programs, Weapon Technologies & Engineering ProgramLawrence Livermore National Laboratory
14:30 - 15:00 Interdisciplinary Hypersonics Research in Academia
Dr. Iain Boyd - Faculty Director, National Security Initiative Director, Hypersonic Vehicles Interdisciplinary Research Theme, University of Colorado- University of Colorado’s Hypersonic Vehicles Interdisciplinary Research Theme (HyVIRT)
- Optimizing hypersonic systems across multiple disciplines including aerothermodynamics, materials, propulsion, structures, and navigation and control
- Driving research and workforce development involving more holistic, interdisciplinary approaches
Dr. Iain Boyd
Faculty Director, National Security Initiative Director, Hypersonic Vehicles Interdisciplinary Research ThemeUniversity of Colorado
14:00 - 14:30 Supporting the Development of a University Consortium for Hypersonic Research
Colonel (Ret.) Ross Guieb - Executive Director Bush Combat Development Complex, The Texas A&M University System- Leveraging hypersonic SMEs across the US Academic space
- Partnership efforts across facilities, where is additional work required
- Hypersonic development into curriculums: how can academia support a hypersonic workforce
Colonel (Ret.) Ross Guieb
Executive Director Bush Combat Development ComplexThe Texas A&M University System
14:30 - 15:00 Acceleration of Hypersonic Weapon System Development through Targeted Hypersonic Vehicle Simulation Improvements
Scott Morton - DoD HPCMP CREATE Air Vehicles Project Manager, US Army ERDC Information Technology Laboratory- M&S Meeting the Needs of Hypersonic System Developers
- Transitioning Decades of Basic Research to Production Capability
- The need for a National Hypersonic Vehicle Modeling and Simulation Strategy
Scott Morton
DoD HPCMP CREATE Air Vehicles Project ManagerUS Army ERDC Information Technology Laboratory
15:00 - 15:00
Roundtable Sessions
Join our industry partners as they share in their transformative and rapid efforts to support the DoD’s Hypersonic Mission sets & goals.
