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 DavidsonSenior Fellow for Defense Policy, Council on Foreign Relations


6:05-6:35pm | Keynote

Robert O. WorkDeputy 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 FlournoyChief Executive Officer, Center for a New American Security
Greg WenzelExecutive Vice President and Lead, Digital Solutions/C4ISR, Strategic Innovation Group, Booz Allen Hamilton

Moderator: Janine DavidsonSenior 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 FlournoyChief Executive Officer, Center for a New American Security

General Mark MilleyChief of Staff, United States Army

Greg WenzelExecutive 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 DavidsonSenior Fellow for Defense Policy, Council on Foreign Relations

Jonathan TeppermanManaging Editor, Foreign Affairs

Expected Number of Attendees

250

Relevant 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
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