The U.S. Navy finds itself under unexpected new leadership for the second year in a row after losing an acting secretary and an aircraft carrier commander to the coronavirus outbreak aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt this summer. The new hands must chart a course toward the president's mission of more ships, secure technologies, and shows of force.

The newly-established Space Force is pulling in space-based components from across the Army, Navy, and Air Force and integrating capabilities from those services. To military leaders, that means space is now considered to be a war-fighting domain, as China and Russia move swiftly to contest the U.S. presence above. Learn how Space Force is moving ahead with those plans, and new initiatives in Low Earth Orbit sensing, jamming, and next-generati...

Hypersonics are the new dimension of space flight, but research has yet to go deep on the effects of hypersonics on human passengers. Moreover, the United States Department of Defense is just one entity of many developing, testing, and deploying hypersonic weapons. This episode in Defense One’s “Tech Talks” series will explore the future of manned hypersonics as they provide a route to space exploration. We’ll discuss h...

Commandant Gen. David Berger has emerged as a forward-leaning leader who is remaking the Corps for modern missions and for modern society. His effort to scrap outdated weapons and formations is already an example to other service branches. His ban of the Confederate flag, months ahead of the summer's protests, is echoing across the Pentagon.

As the Department of Defense further explores space as another frontier, plenty of questions remain as to how space missions and capabilities will interact with other defense branches and operations. This digital event will explore how various defense domain puzzle pieces, including the newest space piece, fit into the larger picture of the Joint All-Domain Command & Control (JADC2). For instance, how does digital engineering underpin the...

In recent months, Air Force leaders have embraced the discussion about race and equality within the military and broad society, in part because the service is about to swear in a Black chief of staff and a woman senior enlisted leader, both firsts for the military. As for its arsenal, the U.S. Air Force is returning to its roots as the most technologically advanced branch of the military with ambitious goals to network everything, and quickly...

The U.S. Army's mission, purpose, and future has rarely been in such flux. How many American soldiers will remain in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and Africa, and for how long, are open questions. Even less certain is what kind of Army will remain in Europe, the Pacific, and elsewhere around the globe. That will depend on Americans and their political leaders, but building the right force, with the right technology, personnel, weapons, and traini...

The Army's mission, purpose, and fate has rarely been in such flux. How long and how many of American soldiers will remain in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, or Africa may forever be in question. A more recent uncertainty is what kind of US Army will remain in Europe, the Pacific, and elsewhere around the globe. That will depend on Americans and their political leaders, but building the right force, with the right technology, personnel, weapons, and...

Facing increased global competition, the U.S. military is taking an active interest in bolstering hypersonics weapons and defense systems, and with hypersonics spending nearly doubling by 2025, the Department of Defense must develop comprehensive security strategies complemented by the most cutting-edge technology. In this session, Defense One will cut through the buzz surrounding hypersonics and take a closer look at the challenges and opport...

New technology will play a vital role in future military aircraft, satellites and rockets. How are organizations planning to use these critical technologies and what challenges are standing in the way? This webcast will explore aerospace modernization and what it will take to make innovation a reality. Global Business Editor Marcus Weisgerber will sit down with experts across the military, academia and industry to discuss the technology that w...