WIH will be attending the IDGA Hypersonic Weapons Summit in September. The summit brings together experts from the DoD, academia and industry to better achieve the goals of the US in hypersonics. Join us, and pick up a limited edition Women in Hypersonics pin.
Welcome to the 4th Annual Hypersonic Weapons Summit. Hypersonic weapons development in the US has seen significant growth. The US has actively pursued the development of hypersonic weapons as since the early 2000s. In recent years, the US has focused such efforts on hypersonic glide vehicles and hypersonic cruise missiles with shorter and intermediate ranges for use in regional conflicts.
Although funding for these programs has been relatively restrained in the past, both the Pentagon and Congress have shown a massive interest in pursuing the development and near-term deployment of hypersonic systems through almost $4 billion in federal funding for 2022. This is due to the growing interest in these technologies in Russia and China, leading to a heightened focus in the United States on the strategic threat posed by hypersonic flight.
With recent successful tests, the path to hypersonic deployment seems closer than ever for the United States. However, there are many technological and operational decisions to be made before fielding operational weapons. Meeting the pace at which the Services wants to test and field a hypersonic offensive capability will be a challenge, but doing so is critical to the National Defense Strategy of the United States Military. The conference provides an opportunity for stakeholders from across the the DoD, academia and industry to get together for two days of networking, information sharing, thought leadership and problem solving to better achieve the goals of the US in hypersonics.
NEW SPEAKERS ANNOUNCED:
Major General James Adams, USMC, Deputy Director for Requirements and Capability Development, Joint Staff J8
Lieutenant Colonel Michael Smith, Assistant Deputy Program Manager, Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon, US Air Force Materiel Command
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Rasmussen , Program Manager, Hypersonics Defense Tracking, Space Development Agency
Dr. Eric Marineau, PhD, Program Officer, Hypersonics, Office of Naval Research
Dr. W. Allen Kilgore, PhD, Director, Research Directorate, Langley Research Center, NASA
Michelle Munk, Chief Architect, Space Technology Mission Directorate, NASA
>> View the latest event program for the full line-up of speakers and sessions
ATTEND THE HYPERSONIC WEAPONS SUMMIT AND BENEFIT FROM:
Updates from program managers and leaders of the major DoD hypersonics programs
Networking and collaboration with major DoD decision-makers and industry innovators
Insights into current and upcoming hypersonic program tests
Understanding how offensive and defensive hypersonic capabilities will be integrated into the joint force
Learning how to overcome the latest challenges on key hypersonics topics in the field being tackled by university experts