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Near-Peer Competition is Back:
Are We Ready Now and Into the Future
February 6 - 8, 2018  San Diego Convention Center
#WEST2018

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Panel: Near-Peer Competition - What Are We Doing Differently to Acquire and Sustain Systems?

  • Room: Hall H
Wednesday, February 07, 2018: 2:30 PM - 3:45 PM

Speaker(s)

Moderator
RADM Nevin P. Carr, USN (Ret.)
Vice President and Navy Strategic Account Executive, Leidos and
former Chief of Naval Research and Director, Test and Evaluation and Technology Requirements (2008-2012)
Panelist
RADM Christian "Boris" Becker, USN
Commander
Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command
Panelist
VADM Paul A. Grosklags, USN
Commander
Naval Air Systems Command
Panelist
VADM Thomas J. Moore, USN
Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command
Panelist
BGen Joseph Shrader, USMC
Commander
Marine Corps Systems Command
Panelist
RDML Anthony "Jack" Vogt, USCG
Assistant Commandant for Response Policy
U.S. Coast Guard

Description

Current and near future priorities for defense include improving readiness, addressing programmatic shortfalls, and building advanced capabilities and force structure. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard Commanders will discuss what they are doing differently to acquire major systems and platforms more rapidly and more cost effectively. These Commanders will also address how to sustain these capabilities.  

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