We are excited to invite you to an exclusive event co-hosted by NDIA’s Emerging Technologies Institute (ETI) and Hudson Institute’s Center for Defense Concepts and Technology on the future of joint experimentation and the Rapid Defense Experimentation Reserve (RDER) initiative. This event will take place at the Hudson Institute in Washington, DC on October 29. Bringing together top defense and industry leaders to explore how the U.S. Department of Defense is rapidly driving innovation across service boundaries through integrated experimentation and capability development.

About the Event

As the Department of Defense (DoD) continues to face increasingly complex and dynamic security challenges, initiatives like RDER are pivotal in accelerating the development of technology-enabled operational concepts. This event will provide an in-depth look at how RDER is influencing the DoD’s approach to joint experimentation and prototyping, emphasizing the transition from concept to fielding in support of urgent warfighting needs.

You’ll gain valuable insights into the efforts aimed at ensuring that the U.S. military can maintain its strategic edge through cross-service collaboration, rapid capability integration, and innovation in an era of great power competition.

Key Topics Include

• The Role of RDER in Joint Experimentation: How RDER is fostering operational innovation by breaking down silos across services and enabling joint capability integration.
• Pathways from Experimentation to Fielding: A closer look at the processes and strategies for transforming innovative ideas and experiments into deployable, operational capabilities.
• Strategic Competition and Joint Integration: How joint experimentation is evolving to address pressing global challenges, with a focus on maintaining the U.S. military’s competitive advantage against peer competitors.

Featured Speakers

We are honored to have two key leaders in defense technology and strategy who will share their expertise:

Thomas Browning
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Research & Engineering) for Mission Capabilities (PTDO)

Mr. Browning will discuss the DoD’s priorities for mission capabilities and the critical role that joint experimentation plays in shaping the future force.

Robert Stephenson
Director for Capabilities and Resource Integration (J8), INDOPACOM

Mr. Stephenson will highlight INDOPACOM’s approach to leveraging joint experimentation for regional security, with a focus on the Indo-Pacific theater and its unique strategic challenges.

Why You Should Attend

This event offers a unique opportunity to hear directly from senior DoD leaders about the future of joint experimentation and rapid capability development. Attendees will:

• Learn how the DoD is driving innovation across services to meet emerging joint warfighting challenges.
  
• Gain practical insights into how RDER is facilitating the rapid development and deployment of new technologies and capabilities.
  
• Engage with key decision-makers and thought leaders shaping the next generation of defense innovation.

Whether you are a defense industry professional, policy maker, or military leader, this event is an invaluable opportunity to stay at the forefront of military innovation and understand how joint experimentation is influencing the future of U.S. defense capabilities.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to be part of the conversation that is shaping the future of U.S. military capabilities. We look forward to welcoming you to the event!

Date

October 29, 2024
1:00 – 3:00 pm

Location
Hudson Institute,
Fourth Floor,
1201 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC

Contact

Daniel Park
(703) 247-9476
dpark@NDIA.org

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