June 24 - 25, 2025 | Detroit, Michigan
CONFERENCE DAY TWO
7:00 am - 7:50 am
MORNING REGISTRATION AND NETWORKING COFFEE
7:50 am - 8:00 am
CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS
8:00 am - 8:30 am
VICTORY STARTS HERE: MODERNIZING DOCTRINE FOR THE FUTURE OPERATING ENVIRONMENT
· The Future Battlefield: War is changing and Armies must adapt, but many of our core competencies remain important
· Modernizing Threats: From small wars against weak states and non-state groups to large scale combat operations against near-peer threats
· All Domain and Multi Domain Operations: The US doctrines which aim to win in the future operating environment
8:30 am - 9:00 am
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: ENSURING ARMY MATERIEL READINESS FOR A GLOBALLY DOMINANT LAND FORCE
9:00 am - 9:45 am
INDUSTRY LEADERS’ PANEL DISCUSSION: IDENTIFYING TRENDS IN THE MARKET, FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS AND CHALLENGES FACED BY THE CUSTOMER
- How must culture and process within industry adapt to be more effective in the 21st century?
- What can enable closer collaboration between military and industry and how can we better leverage innovation from non-traditional defense entities?
- What are the technological breakthroughs and performance requirements that vehicle users are now looking for/ should be looking for?
9:45 am - 10:15 am
INTEGRATED SENSING ON TODAYS AND TOMORROWS BATTLEFIELD
- This talk will cover how integrated sensors can support multiple missions performed by a single platform alone or with other manned or unmanned platforms, using common standards emerging from the DoD and Industry
- Explore solutions resulting from collaborative activities across government, industry, and academia
10:15 am - 10:45 am
MORNING COFFEE AND NETWORKING
10:45 am - 11:15 am
PREPARING FOR FUTURE BATTLEFIELDS: UPDATE ON THE NEXT GENERATION COMBAT VEHICLE
· Fielding the next generation of combat vehicles: pressing ahead with NGCV
· OMFV Program – Using digital engineering and a new approach to deliver capability
· Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) as a force-multiplier
· Next steps and the way ahead
11:15 am - 11:45 am
ENABLING LAND DOMINANCE FOR AMERICA'S WARFIGHTERS
Major General Glenn A. Dean -
Program Executive Offcer, Ground Combat Systems,
US Army
· Providing world-class affordable, relevant and sustainable ground combat equipment to Joint Warfighters
· Beneficially supporting US national security and foreign policy objectives, allowing our allies to promote peace and stability in their region
· PEO-GCS portfolio overview and hosting the CFT
· Creating standards for ground combat systems in collaboration with industry
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
ARMY ROBOTICS AT THE TACTICAL EDGE
· Offsets in Tactical Ground Maneuve
· Robotics Programs, Initiatives, and Strategy
· Army Maneuver Robotics Strategy
· 10X22 Robotic and Artificial Intelligence Equipped Dismounted Infantry Platoon
12:15 pm - 12:45 pm
UK OPPORTUNITIES AND THE EXPLORATION OF REMOTE AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS IN THE LAND SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT
James Gavin -
Head, Future Capabilities Group, DE&S,
UK Ministry of Defence
· Who the UK MOD DES FCG team are in terms of the wider UK MOD innovation ecosystem
· FCG areas of focus for capability exploration for the UK Front Line Commands
· Opportunities and competitions
12:45 pm - 2:15 pm
NETWORKING LUNCH
1:45 pm - 2:30 pm
PANEL DISCUSSION: HUMAN-MACHINE TEAMING AND CHANGING THE WAY WE FIGHT
- Broadly, how do you see unmanned platforms and RAS transforming the battlefield-in the next 5, 10 and 20 years? What do you see as the biggest roadblock / main challenges for fielding different types of UGVs in the near-term?
- How can industry support efforts to accelerate deliver of unmanned and autonomous technologies?
- The ethical question and communicating the realities of robotic combat vehicles
- The optimal construct of a human-machine team (HMT) Building trust in human-machine teaming
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm
INTERACTIVE ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION GROUPS
An expert moderator will lead each of the roundtable discussion groups and will invite participants to discuss the proposed topic. Participants will have the opportunity to circulate among multiple roundtables as the discussions proceed. At the close of the session, each group moderator will summarize key takeaways from the discussions in front of the audience. Topics include:
- MANNED, UNMANNED AND OPTIONALLY MANNED: CONDUCTING REMOTELY CONTROLLED OPERATIONS
- DELIVERING DECISIVE LETHALITY AND OVERMATCH IN THE FUTURE OPERATING ENVIRONMENT
- TRANSPORTABILITY: DEPLOYABLE BY SEA, WATERWAY, AIR, RAIL AND ROAD
- MOBILITY: COMBAT READY FOR A COMBIBNED ARMS FIGHT THROUGH RURAL AND URBAN TERRAIN
- GROWTH: CONSIDERATIONS FOR SIZE, WEIGHT, ARCHITECURE, POWER AND COOLING TO MEET ALL PLATFORM NEEDS
- VEHICLE PROTECTION: SURVIVABILITY ONTHE CONTEMPORARY AND FUTURE BATTLEFIELD
- POWER GENERATION AND MANAGEMENT: ACHIEVING INCREASED OPERATIONAL RANGE AND FUEL EFFICIENCY
- SUSTAINMENT: INCREASING SILENT WATCH, PART AND COMPONENT RELIABILITY AND REDUCING THE SUSTAINMENT BURDEN
- EMBEDDED TRAINING SYSTEMS AND INTEROPERABILITY WITH THE SYNTHETIC TRAINING ENVIRONMENT
- DENIED TO THE ENEMY: RECOVERY VS. DESTRUCTION OF EQUIPMENT
- ROBOTICS AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS FOR FUTURE BATTLEFIELDS
- CAPACITY: POSSESSINGSUFFICIENT VOLUME UNDER ARMOR
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm
CHAIRMAN’S CLOSING REMARKS AND END OF CONFERENCE
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
