Panel: How do We Accelerate and Embrace the Rapid Adoption of New Technology?
(Room Hall C)
15 Feb 19
10:15 AM
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11:30 AM
Speaker(s):
William Bray, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation; VADM Mathias Winter, USN , Director, Joint Strike Fighter Program, Office of the Secretary of Defense; BGen Christian F. Wortman, USMC , Commanding General, Marine Corps Warfighting Lab; Director, Futures Directorate; and, Vice Chief of Naval Research; RADM Michael C. Manazir, USN (Ret.), Vice President, Navy Systems, Government Operations, The Boeing Company, Defense, Space and Security; VADM Jay Donnelly, USN (Ret.), Corporate Vice President of Advanced Technologies, Huntington Ingalls Industries
Meeting the challenge of great power competition and achieving lethality goals to handle existing and future threats means we must embrace and rapidly adopt new technology. Panelists will discuss the opportunities to overcome current bureaucratic and time-consuming obstacles in the military research, development, testing, requirements, and acquisition processes. What steps can be taken to embrace the rapid evolution of important technologies critical to competing, deterring, and winning globally?