Foreign Affairs LIVE: Modernizing The Military
Join Foreign Affairs along with our Technical Partner and Underwriter Booz Allen Hamilton for this expert conversation at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington.
According to a March 2015 Government Accountability Office, Assessment of Selected Weapons Programs1, total costs have increased $457 billion, or nearly 47 percent above their original estimates, with an average schedule delay of more than 29 months, across the 78 programs in the Pentagon's 2014 portfolio.
Foreign Affairs Live: Modernizing the Military will bring together leading experts and practitioners for a high-level examination of the challenges, misconceptions and opportunities related to finding the best approach to achieving real defense acquisition reform and improving performance of large scale defense acquisition programs.
An estimated $65 billion was spent in 2014 on Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR), reflecting a significant and growing component of U.S. defense spending. Driving spending is the need to update infrastructure to address emerging threats and incompatible systems that were acquired out of immediate wartime need rather than strategy. An efficient and effective approach to networking the military for tactical communication in preparing for and executing global operations is essential to national security. How can this be achieved in the face of constrained budgets, more sophisticated adversaries, and the pivot to Asia?
To request an invitation to attend the meeting in person, please write us at FALive@cfr.org
Register for the livestream and receive a free copy of the Integrated C4ISR viewpoint from our Technical Partner and Underwriter, Booz Allen Hamilton.
This event will be On-The-Record and will be streamed live for remote viewing.
See the full agenda and speaker line-up here
Agenda
5:30-6:00pm | Check-in & Welcome Reception
6:00-6:05pm | Welcome & Introduction
Janine Davidson, Senior Fellow for Defense Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
6:05-6:35pm | Keynote
Robert O. Work, Deputy Secretary of Defense
6:45-7:45pm | Modernizing the Warfighting Network for the Future Force
The defense acquisition reform debate takes on an even more critical role in the current budget environment. What is the best and most realistic solution to reform the acquisition process to meet the needs of the warfighter and ensure accurate budgeting and proper oversight?
Integrating our military using a cohesive C4ISR strategy is one of the most important issues facing the United States defense community. How can we maintain technological superiority despite operating a patchwork of coexisting warfighting infrastructures? Our speakers will talk about their visions for an efficient and effective approach to networking the military in the face of constrained budgets, more sophisticated adversaries, and the pivot to Asia.
Panelists:
General Mark Milley, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army
Michele Flournoy, Chief Executive Officer, Center for a New American Security
Greg Wenzel, Executive Vice President and Lead, Digital Solutions/C4ISR, Strategic Innovation Group, Booz Allen Hamilton
Moderator: Janine Davidson, Senior Fellow for Defense Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
7:45-8:30pm | Networking Reception
Photo credit Lance Corporal Dani Zunun, courtesy of DIVDS.
Speaker and Presenter Information
Speakers:
Michele Flournoy, Chief Executive Officer, Center for a New American Security
General Mark Milley, Chief of Staff, United States Army
Greg Wenzel, Executive Vice President and Lead, Digital Solutions/C4ISR, Strategic Innovation Group, Booz Allen Hamilton
Robert O. Work, Deputy Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense
Moderator:
Janine Davidson, Senior Fellow for Defense Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
Jonathan Tepperman, Managing Editor, Foreign Affairs
Expected Number of Attendees
250Relevant Government Agencies
Air Force, Army, Navy & Marine Corps, Intelligence Agencies, DOD & Military
This event has no exhibitor/sponsor opportunities
When
Wed, Oct 7, 2015, 5:30pm - 8:30pm
Cost
Complimentary: $ 0.00
Where
Council on Foreign Relations
1777 F Street NW
Washington, DC 20009
Get directions
Website
Click here to visit event website
Organizer
Foreign Affairs
Booz Allen Hamilton
Join the event conversation:
@faliveeevents
#FALIVE