Aerospace Power in the Information Age 

You are invited to attend the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies 2015 New York Aerospace Forum. This year we are excited to discuss what United States military combat power projection means in the information age—a concept we term the “Combat Cloud.”

Today, wireless connectivity, powerful personal computing devices, and cloud-based applications are integral to daily life. These revolutionary information-age developments are also prompting a similar transformation in the US military.

Faster and more capable networks and computing capabilities are turning information into the dominant factor in modern warfare. Information and its management is just as important today as the traditional tools of hard military power— airplanes, satellites on orbit, infantry, amphibious elements and warships at sea. Information and data is the force evolving all these tools from isolated instruments of power into a highly integrated enterprise where the exchange of information and data will determine success or failure in 21st Century warfare.

We will explore this subject with a variety of speakers -- Airmen who have recently engaged ISIS forces in the Middle East, individuals who are pioneering remotely piloted aircraft—aka “drone”—operations, pilots of combat aircraft ranging from the venerable B-52 to the modern F-22, market experts explaining what the “Combat Cloud” portends for defense acquisition, and aerospace power thought leaders. Air Force Chief of Staff General Mark Welsh will be our keynote speaker.

We look forward to seeing you there.

AGENDA

• 8:30-8:45: Welcome and Introduction 
  • Lt Gen David Deptula, USAF (ret); Dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies  

• 8:45-9:30: A Revolution in Military Affairs: The Rise of Combat Cloud
  • Lt Gen Steve Kwast, USAF; Commander Air University
• 9:30-10:15: Striking ISIS and Beyond: Information’s Operational Ascent in the Battle Space 
  • F-22 Pilot
  • Col Greg Semmel, ANG; MQ-9 Reaper RPA Wing Commander
  • Lt Col John Bleil, USAF; B-52 pilot
  • Maj Matt Psilos, USAF; Air Force Special Operations Special Tactics Officer
• 10:30-11:15: Flying and Fighting is not Enough: Modernizing Acquisition in the Information Age 
  • Col Clint Hinote, USAF; AF Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations (moderator)
  • Jim McAleese; Defense Contracting Expert, McAleese and Associates
  • Josh Wolfe; Investment Expert,  Co-Founder of Lux Capital
  • Stephen Rodriguez; Aerospace and Defense Industry Analyst, Managing Partner, Coldon Strategic Advisers 

-LUNCH SERVED-

• 11:30-1:30: State of the Air Force: A Command Perspective
  • Gen Mark Welsh, USAF; United States Air Force Chief of Staff

This Event is Officially Co-Sponsored with the United States Air Force

The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies is an Affiliate of the Air Force Association

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