February 21-22, 2024 | Jackson Center | Huntsville, AL
All information below pertains to the 2024 Summit. 2025 details coming soon!
Defense Strategies Institute’s 3rd Annual Joint Fires Summit will bring together the DoD, Military Services, Industry, & Academia to discuss how they are currently working toward delivering cutting-edge surface-to-surface fires systems that will significantly increase range and effects over currently fielded US and adversary systems.
CAPT Richard Gensley, USN
Col Ray Gerber, USMC
COL David S. Lee, USA
COL John Harvey, USA
COL Patrick Farrell, USA
COL Michael J. Englis, USA
LTC Timothy Godwin, USA
Why You Should Attend This Summit:
The 2024 Joint Fires Summit will focus on the technologies and policies necessary to modernize weapons systems and processes across the joint force as well as to develop and field cutting edge fires and strike capabilities to meet the growing challenges of strategic competition across the globe. These efforts are part of a growing priority as potential enemies continue to invest in their defense capabilities while also developing hypersonic and other standoff weapons systems. At one point in time, the U.S. military boasted the best, most lethal, most sophisticated artillery and rocket systems in the world. But over several decades, it has allowed this advantage to erode. The ability to gain and retain air superiority led to increased reliance on fires from aerial platforms, both fixed and rotary wing. The U.S. Military is now pushing an anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) strategy. The need to have reliable and lethal systems capable of penetrating enemy area denial systems is a growing priority as potential enemies continue to invest in their defense capabilities while also developing hypersonic and other standoff weapons systems. ________________________________________________________________________________________2023 Participating Organizations Included:
Army Futures Command, PEO Missiles & Space, Army Multi-Domain Targeting Center, Mission Command Training Program, US Army Forces Command, Cruise Missile Support Activity Atlantic, Army DEVCOM AvMC TDD, NAVAIR, PMA-242, US Army SMDC, USAF/363 ISRW, OUSD A&S, AMTC FCOE, Royal Australian Air Force, SOCOM, 35th IDThe Joint Fires Summit provides opportunities including exhibit space, round table discussions, product demonstrations, and networking receptions.
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Topics to be covered at the 2024 Summit:
- Modernizing Stand-In Force Kill Chains in the Western Pacific
- Driving Army Modernization Efforts through Advanced Air & Missile Defense Capabilities
- Delivering Enhanced Future Capabilities and Supporting Development & Sustainment for Current Field Capabilities
- Providing Strategic Deterrence, Global Strike, and Combat Support to increase Fires Capabilities
- Theater Fires Command in Europe and Observations from Ukraine
- Delivering the Army of 2030 and Designing the Army of 2040 through Continuous Experimentation
- Building Agile & Advanced Systems for the Modernization of PEO C3T Fires & More Precise Effects on Future Battlefields
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Gain Education & Insight: Walk away with knowledge gained from our senior level speakers on some of the complex challenges facing the fires communities.Build Partnerships: The agenda is designed to allow for ample networking opportunities and the ability to engage in constructive dialogue among all in attendance.
Influence: Help foster ideas! Share your own insight and knowledge during our interactive sessions. All attendees are encouraged to address our speaker faculty and each other with their questions, comments or ideas.
Operating Guidance for Government Attendees:
DSI’s Summit directly supports DoD priorities by providing a conduit for officials to efficiently reach audiences outside of their respective offices that directly impact their department's mission success, at no charge to the government, and in an efficient expenditure of time.
DSI’s Summit will provide a forum to address and improve internal and external initiatives, meet with and hear from partner organizations, disseminate vital capability requirements to industry, increase visibility within the larger community, and generally support their mission.
The Summit is open and complimentary to all DoD and Federal employees and is considered an educational and training forum.
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