Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for International Affairs Kelli L. Seybolt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development & Acquisition James F. Geurts, Heidi H. Grant, director, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, and other senior DOD officials speak throughout the day, at the virtual Common Defense Conference (ComDef 2020). Register at http://www.ideea.com/comdef20/index.html.
Rear Adm. Casey Moton, program executive office, unmanned and small combatants, provides virtual remarks at 11 a.m. EDT at the Navy League Special Topic Breakfast series. Register at navyleague.org.
Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Dr. James Anderson and Air Force Lt. Gen. David Allvin, director, Strategy, Plans, and Policy, Joint Staff, provide testimony at noon on U.S. defense posture changes in the European Theater at the House Armed Services Committee. Their testimony will be livestreamed on defense.gov.
Katie Arrington, chief information security officer to the assistant secretary of defense for acquisition, provides the keynote presentation on cybersecurity maturity model compliance at 1 p.m. EDT at the Atlantic Canada Aerospace & Defense Association (ACADA) ADS Expo Atlantic 2020. Register at ads-expo-atlantic.ca.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development & Acquisition James F. Geurts and Marine Maj. Gen. Gregory L. Masiello, program executive officer for air anti-submarine warfare, assault & special mission programs, Navy Air Systems Command, participate in a panel at 1:55 p.m. EDT at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2020 Navy Forum. Register at potomacofficersclub.com.
Mike White, assistant director for hypersonics, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, speaks at 3 p.m. EDT at the Defense One "Hyperspeed" digital event. Register at defenseone.com.