ARLINGTON, VA – Hawk Carlisle, president and CEO of the National Defense Industrial Association, will testify Tuesday, Feb. 23, before the Senate Armed Services Committee, addressing the importance of emerging technologies and their impact on national security, the Arlington, Virginia-based trade group announces.
The hearing will begin at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday and will be broadcast live at this link<https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/hearings/21-02-23-emerging-technologies-and-their-impact-on-national-security>. Carlisle will appear with Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google and cofounder of Schmidt Futures, and Brad Smith, president of Microsoft Corp.
A former four-star general with nearly 40 years in the Air Force, Carlisle is an expert on emerging technologies, particularly those that are key to the U.S. military’s success. He also knows well the development of these technologies in what has become the “great power competition” with U. S. adversarial nations. He will discuss the main applied sciences needed now, their timeline to development and what obstacles there may be.
This will be the first hearing under Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) newly appointed committee chairman. About 20 committee members are expected to attend.
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