13
May 2025
Virtual Event
Building Weapons that Adapt and Scale

In-person attendance is by invitation only. The event will also air live on this page.

 

 

Inquiries: [email protected].

Building Weapons that Adapt and Scale

Virtual Event
Online Only
May 13, 2025
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A 40th Flight Test Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon flies with a Stand-in Attack Weapon on its rail on November 7, 2024, near Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. (US Air Force photo)
13
May 2025
Virtual Event

In-person attendance is by invitation only. The event will also air live on this page.

 

 

Inquiries: [email protected].

Speakers:
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Colonel Tim Fuhrman

Senior Material Leader, Air Force Material Command

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Diem Salmon

Vice President for Air Dominance and Strike, Anduril Industries

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Mike Rucker

Head, General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems Weapons Programs

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Trent Emeneker

Program Manager, Defense Innovation Unit

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Eric Nelson

Vice President, Business Development, Space, Intelligence, and Weapon Systems at Boeing

Moderator:
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Nadia Schadlow

Senior Fellow

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Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

The war in Ukraine and the United States’ operation to defend shipping against Houthi attacks in the Red Sea highlight how weapons inventories can make the difference between deterring aggression and losing a war. But the US military’s munitions portfolio is weighted toward sophisticated missiles whose tightly integrated designs and bespoke supply chains cannot be produced—or modified—at the pace modern conflict demands. As a result, current operations are depleting the magazines US forces will need in a potential confrontation against China.

But today’s conflicts also demonstrate that a new generation of less-sophisticated missiles and drone/missile hybrids is increasingly effective on the modern battlefield. The proliferation of advanced software and commercial microelectronics has helped enable Houthi rebels and Ukraine’s defenders to stress or overcome more capable adversaries. The US military could exploit these same innovations to field a new family of munitions that can provide scale and adaptability and complement the lethality and reach of its most capable weapons.

Join Hudson Senior Fellows Bryan Clark and Nadia Schadlow for a discussion of the opportunities and challenges in establishing a new weapons design and development approach with leaders from the US Air Force, Defense Innovation Unit, and US defense industry.

In-person attendance is by invitation only. The event will also air live on this page.

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