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...

Multi-mission capabilities, inherent to unmanned autonomous vehicles (UAVs), expand operational flexibility. A new effort to connect multi-mission capabilities to tactical missile systems is just one example of current UAV innovations. This digital event will explore concepts of the future, from operations and loitering drones to ISR and tactical strike capabilities. We’ll investigate ethical challenges surrounding unmanned autonomous ve...

The most important element in the battlefield of the future won’t be rockets, bullets, or robots, but data, the ability to collect it at any point and send it precisely to where it needs to be. The shareability of data is at the heart of the U.S. military’s next-generation Multi-Domain Operations concept, a vision of the future in which every tool in the U.S. arsenal, in the land, air, sea, space and cyberspace, can communicate ins...

With the COVID crisis keeping people out of the office and working from home, this webinar focuses on the challenges unique to the intelligence and national security workforce as it pivots to increase and expand the use of telework. The discussion will focus on teleworking at the DOD and the IC during the COVID crisis, including the technology challenges and resources, opportunities to perform classified work in non-traditional environments,...

Cloud adoption is a strategic priority of the Department of Defense’s IT modernization initiatives. From the introduction of milCloud and the headline-grabbing JEDI contract, to the ongoing consolidation of cloud networks and pursuit of an enterprise cloud strategy, the Defense Department has committed to supporting the warfighter in the cloud. Looking ahead, how are advances in cloud computing technology affecting the Department of Def...

Tune in for a discussion brought to you by Defense One and INSA where a panel of public and private subject matter experts will discuss the need for both soft and hard skills to build successful AI teams in and out of government. While the increased use of AI requires a workforce specialized in digital skills and data science, success also requires strong critical thinking, problem solving and the use of interdisciplinary methods -- skills tha...