June 24 - 25, 2025 | Detroit, Michigan
CONFERENCE DAY ONE
7:00 am - 7:50 am
MORNING REGISTRATION AND NETWORKING COFFEE
7:50 am - 8:00 am
CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS
General (Ret.) David G. Perkins -
Former Commanding General,
US Army Training and Doctrine Command
General (Ret.) David G. Perkins
Former Commanding GeneralUS Army Training and Doctrine Command
8:00 am - 8:30 am
MAKING SURE SOLDIERS HAVE WHAT THEY NEED, BEFORE THEY NEED IT, TO PROTECT TOMORROW…TODAY
· Modernizing the Army for the future
· Integrating the future operational environment
· Developing and delivering future force requirements
· Designing future force organizations
· Delivering materiel capabilities
RESERVED: US Army Futures Command
8:30 am - 9:00 am
ARMORED VEHICLES IN THE STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENT
· The role of armored vehicles within the U.S. Army’s broader modernization strategy
· Modern combat vehicle fleet: A critical component of Joint Force success
9:00 am - 9:30 am
UPDATE ON LAND 400 PROGRAM – TRANSITION TO ARMOURED VEHICLE DIVISION
· Risk Mitigation Activity (RMA) of Project Land 400 Phase 3
· Outcome of the testing and evaluation on the contenders for the ADF’s Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) requirement
· Plans for greater operational readiness and investment in supporting infrastructure and training ranges specific to the IFV
9:30 am - 10:00 am
FROM CAMOUFLAGE TO AN INTERDOMAIN CAPABILITY, PREREQUSITES TO WIN
· All warfare is based on Deception” Sun Tzu, The Art of War
· Deception is a state of mind that gives the prerequisites to win.
· High-tech Deception including signature management and decoys is one of few disruptive technologies available today, that together with an adopted operational behavior and precise information can break the sensor-enabled kill-chains of a pier adversary
10:00 am - 10:30 am
MORNING COFFEE AND NETWORKING
10:30 am - 11:00 am
THE MARINE CORPS' FORCE DESIGN 2030 DEVELOPMENTS AND UPDATES
11:00 am - 11:45 am
PANEL DISCUSSION: LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE RECENT CONFLICTS IN UKRAINE AND THE NAGORNO-KARABAKH REGION
- What can the US military learn from these recent conflicts?
- Does evidence from the battles in Ukraine and the Nagorno-Karabakh region support claims that armored vehicles are generally vulnerable on the modern-day battlefield?
- Does new technology and the rise of unmanned aerial vehicles, trump the old technology of the armored vehicle? What role did other factors including training, terrain and tactics play in Ukraine and the Nagorno-Karabakh region?
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
CARMEL FUTURE COMBAT CONCEPTS – MOVING FORWARD
· Current maneuver force – background
· CARMEL Phase I – conclusions and insights
· CARMEL Phase II – vision, technologies and challenges
12:15 pm - 1:00 pm
PANEL DISCUSSION: EMPLOYING ARMOR IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS
- What is the current role of armor in urban conflict? What will its role be on the future urban battlefield?
- What are the current disadvantages of attacking an urban defense? How can armor help overcome these challenges?
- Maintaining freedom of maneuver, enhancing tank survivability, and adapting tank firepower for urban warfare
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
NETWORKING LUNCH
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
SUPPLY CHAIN OPTIMIZATION
Major General (Ret.) Darren Werner -
President,
SAPA Transmission
- Contingency Readiness
- Contested Logistics
- Protecting the Supply Chain
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
MANEUVERING ARMOR IN THE MULTI-DOMAIN BATTLESPACE
Brigadier General Thomas M. Feltey -
Armor School Commandant,
US Army Maneuver Center of Excellence
· AirLand Battle and Multi-Domain Operations: What is the Difference?
· Identifying trends in the current operational environment and the capability modernization required
· Contested in all domains
· Increasingly lethal and expanded battlefield
· Increasingly complex environment
· Challenged deterrence
Brigadier General Thomas M. Feltey
Armor School CommandantUS Army Maneuver Center of Excellence
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
CLOSING KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: THE ARMY OF 2030
- The United States Army is entering an unprecedented period of major transformation
- Based on a holistic review of the Operational Environment, two decades of persistent and evolving conflict, and an evolving National Defense Strategy, the United States Army has determined a need to achieve Multi-Domain Capability by 2030
- Training and Doctrine Command is developing recommendations in terms of doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel, and facilities that will achieve this capability
LTG Ted Martin is the Commanding General of the Combined Arms Center and serves as the Training and Doctrine Command lead for this effort. Remarks today will discuss focus on describing the inflection point the Army finds itself, and the current vision for achieving an MDO Capable Army of 2030.
4:00 pm - 4:05 pm
CHAIRMAN’S CLOSING REMARKS
General (Ret.) David G. Perkins -
Former Commanding General,
US Army Training and Doctrine Command
General (Ret.) David G. Perkins
Former Commanding GeneralUS Army Training and Doctrine Command
