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ACCELERATE AND INNOVATE! Actualizing the Nation’s Need for Dominant Air and Space Forces FEBRUARY 22 23 24Phase One 24 25 26Phase Two AFA.org This Attendee Guide is sponsored by A Professional Development Event ACCELERATE AND INNOVATE! Actualizing the Nation’s Need for Dominant Air and Space Forces Table of Contents Welcome Message 2 AFA Supporting Partners 3 Navigating vAWS 4 Individual Benefactors 4 Mission Domain Participating Partners 6 Agenda 8 Speaker Biographies 16 Spark Tank 28 Always on Your Wing! February 22-26, 2021 | AFA.org 1 AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION’S 2021 VIRTUAL AEROSPACE WARFARE SYMPOSIUM Welcome On behalf of 95,000 Air Force Association members worldwide, welcome to our Aerospace Warfare Symposium. This symposium breaks exciting new ground. First, it bears a new name: AFA’s “AEROSPACE Warfare Symposium,” reflecting our excitement in welcoming the Guardians of the United States Space Force, who join tens of thousands of Air Force Airmen in expanding their knowledge and capabilities by attending our events. The symposium focus also reinforces our absolute commitment to the Department of the Air Force in supporting, with our industry partners, our Air and Space warfighters to deter and, when necessary, defeat America’s enemies in the air, space, and cyber domains. Second, this year’s symposium theme, “Accelerate and Innovate: Actualizing the Nation’s Need for Dominant Air and Space Forces” features a record-breaking 40 sessions with the topmost Air Force and Space Force leaders, industry experts, and aerospace professionals. Third, this year we debut a new kind of interactive conversation, 15 Mission Domain Engagement Sessions, which will be presented live each afternoon. These conversations feature industry experts moderated by military and civilian defense leaders. Finally, we will host our first-ever Mission Domain Hub, offering participants access to topically organized interactive demonstrations, videos, and other content from the world’s leading aerospace and technology firms. More than half of the sessions will be live-streamed each day, including fireside chats with General Charles Q. Brown Jr., Air Force Chief of Staff; and The Honorable John Roth, Acting Secretary of the Air Force. Sharing the stage with Chief of Space Operations General John W. “Jay” Raymond will be the renowned Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, head of the Hayden Planetarium and research associate of the Department of Astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History. We will also hear from the highest-ranking enlisted member of the Department of the Defense, SEAC Ramon Colon- Lopez, the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force JoAnne Bass; and the newly titled Chief Master Sergeant of the United States Space Force Roger Towberman. Throughout this Symposium, we invite you to learn more about our Air Force Association and how much you can benefit from becoming a member yourself. Joining AFA is a valuable way to expand the professional development of every Airman, Guardian, and aerospace industry professional. Thank you for being here. Gerald R. Murray Bruce "Orville" Wright Chairman of the Board President 2 AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION SUPPORTING PARTNERS The Air Force Association thanks the following companies for their generosity as sponsors of the Aerospace Warfare Symposium. Mission Systems As of February 21, 2021. For updated information please go to www.afa.org 3 NAVIGATING vAWS GET THE MOST OUT OF THE 2021 MISSION DOMAIN HUBS VIRTUAL AEROSPACE WARFARE SYMPOSIUM Your interests are varied as the missions undertaken by our Air This year’s symposium is composed of live and on- and Space forces. That’s why we organized the 2021 virtual demand sessions. Registering for the full symposium gives Aerospace Warfare Symposium around 21 Mission Domain you access to more than 40 live and on-demand sessions— Hubs. Here, starting February 22, you can find industry more than twice as many as any prior year. partners and the systems, technologies and solutions they offer to support each mission domain. Each hub provides With a full registration, three types of sessions will be a focused starting point for navigating the symposium and available throughout the three-day event: finding relevant sessions, video, insights, and more. • Morning Livestreams. Featuring top uniformed and There are 21 Mission Domains Hubs in all: civilian leaders, our morning sessions will stream from 9 am to noon EDT each day. Miss one? You can catch up • Airframes later – we’ll post all sessions on the symposium platform • Aircraft Systems later the same day. • Autonomous Systems • Panels On-Demand. New panel discussions will be • Avionics & Mission Systems posted on the platform each morning beginning at 7 • C4ISR Eastern Time. Check the agenda to see when each session • Digital Engineering & Advanced Manufacturing will be available. • Electronic Warfare • Mission Domain Engagement Sessions. New this • Hypersonics year, these live Zoom discussions will feature high- • Joint All-Domain Command & Control/ level government officials leading expert industry Advanced Battle Management System panels. Sessions will run consecutively each afternoon • Logistics/Sustainment throughout the three days of the virtual Aerospace • Member & Family Support Warfare Symposium. Find the sessions most relevant to • Mission Support (security, power generation, shelter, etc.) your area of interest, tune in, and pose questions. This • Munitions is your chance to engage with presenters! Miss one? It’s • Networks/Cyber Operations/Cybersecurity never too late! You can watch it later, on demand. • Propulsion • Rotary Wing Miss a session? Don’t worry. All sessions will be available on • Software Engineering/AI/Analytics demand exclusively on the vAWS platform for 30 days. Once • Space Launch & Support Systems recordings are posted, usually within hours of taking place, • Space/Overhead Platforms sessions may be viewed at your convenience, 24/7, on our • Strategic Deterrence virtual conference platform. • Training INDIVIDUAL BENEFACTORS The Air Force Association is grateful for the generous support from these individuals whose contributions have allowed us to offset a portion of the significant costs we incurred in providing no-cost access to our virtual event to Active Duty military and DoD civilian personnel. These individuals have contributed $150 or more. Anthony Lee Bauer ll Col (Ret.) Jack Forsythe Col (Ret.) Bob George, AFA National Director, West Geographic Area Col (Ret.) and Mrs. Mark Hess Dr. John D. Matyjas, ACC/ST, Langley AFB, Va As of 2/16/21 4 5 As of February 16, 2021. MISSION DOMAIN PARTICIPATING PARTNERS AGI GE Aviation C4ISR • EW • Hypersonics • JADC2/ABMS • Space/Overhead Platforms Propulsion Air University General Atomics Aeronautical Training Autonomous Systems • Digital Engineering/Advanced Manufacturing JADC2/ABMS AT&T JADC2/ABMS • Networks/Cyber Operations/Cybersecurity • Training General Dynamics Mission Systems Aircraft Systems • Avionics & Mission Systems • C4ISR • JADC2/ABMS BAE Systems Strategic Deterrence Autonomous Systems • EW • JADC2/ABMS Gulfstream Bell Airframes Rotary Wing L3Harris Technologies Boeing Company Avionics & Mission Systems • C4ISR • EW • Hypersonics • JADC2/ Airframes • Autonomous Systems • Digital Engineering/ ABMS • Logistics/Sustainment • Munitions • Space/Overhead Platforms Advanced Manufacturing • Hypersonics • JADC2/ABMS • Space/ Training Overhead Platforms • Training Liteye Systems, Inc. Collins Aerospace Mission Support (security, power generation, shelter, etc) • Space Launch Aircraft Systems • Avionics & Mission Systems • C4ISR • JADC2/ABMS and Support Systems Training Lockheed Martin COVID-19 Airman's Assistance Fund (CAAF) Airframes • Autonomous Systems • Avionics & Mission Systems • C4ISR Member and Family Support Digital Engineering/Advanced Manufacturing • Hypersonics • JADC2/ ABMS • Logistics/Sustainment • Munitions • Space/Overhead Platforms CyberPatriot Training Networks/Cyber Operations/Cybersecurity MBDA Dataminr Munitions JADC2/ABMS • Software Engineering/AI/Analytics Meggitt Defense Systems Draken International, Inc. Aircraft Systems EW • Training MFGS, Inc. Elbit America C4ISR • Networks/Cyber Operations/Cybersecurity • Software Engineering/ Aircraft Systems • Autonomous Systems • Avionics & Mission Systems AI/Analytics Digital Engineering/Advanced Manufacturing • EW • JADC2/ABMS Logistics/Sustainment • Munitions • Rotary Wing • Software NextEra Energy Engineering/AI/Analytics Mission Support (security, power generation, shelter, etc) Essex Industries, Inc. Northrop Grumman Aircraft Systems C4ISR • JADC2/ABMS • Strategic Deterrence 6 MISSION DOMAIN PARTICIPATING PARTNERS (continued) Pratt & Whitney Terma North America Propulsion EW Raytheon Missiles & Defense Textron Aviation Defense Hypersonics • Munitions Airframes Rolls-Royce Top Aces Digital Engineering/Advanced Manufacturing • Propulsion Training SAIC USAA Digital Engineering/Advanced Manufacturing • JADC2/ABMS • Networks/ Member and Family Support Cyber Opers/Cybersecurity • Space Launch and Support Systems • Training Wounded Airman Program StellarXplorers Member and Family Support Space/Overhead Platforms SAVE THE DATE March 2 - 4, 2022 Rosen Shingle Creek Orlando, FL For more information on any AFA conference and exposition or to become a sponsor at any AFA event please contact: Perry Currier email: [email protected] phone: 703-247-5838 7 AGENDA As of February 16, 2021. TIME EVENT / SPEAKER / PARTICIPANT Phase