Hypersonic Innovation Conference

Defense Strategies Institute’s 4^th Annual Hypersonic Innovation Conference will support the United States’ ability to develop & operationalize hypersonic weapons as well as defend against incoming missile threats. The 2025 Conference will highlight hypersonic technology research, development, and innovations across the United States that will enable strategic and operational superiority for the Joint Force.

Hypersonic weapons, which are developed and engineered to fly faster than Mach 5, be highly maneuverable against enemy air defenses, and able to attack time-sensitive targets — are and continue to be a critical technology area for the Pentagon as U.S. military services try to match rapidly modernizing adversaries. Speakers from across the DoD will stress how building & defending against hypersonic weapons will be vital to preserving national security & ensuring Warfighters have the capabilities needed to win in the multi-domain battlespace.

750+

SENIOR-LEVEL ATTENDEES

40+

SPONSORS & EXHIBITORS

20+

SPEAKER

SESSIONS

8hrs

DEDICATED NETWORKING

EVENT MODERATOR

Gen (Ret) Glen VanHerck, USAF

Former Commander, USNORTHCOM/NORAD

James Weber, ST

Principal Director for Hypersonics,

OUSD R&E

Garry Bishop, SES

Deputy Director,

Land and Expeditionary Warfare,

DOT&E

Robert Baurle, PhD, ST

Senior Scientist for Hypersonics, Aerospace Systems Directorate,

Air Force Research Laboratory

 Kerri Phillips, PhD

Chief Scientist, Air and Missile Defense Sector, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Dr. Yogendra Joshi

Microsystems Technology, Program Manager,

DARPA

Dr. Rodney Bowersox

Director, Texas A&M National Aerothermochemistry and Hypersonic Flight Laboratory and Deputy Director, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station 

Kareem Ahmed, PhD,  Professor, Center for Advanced Turbomachinery and Energy Research Faculty; Director, UCF Center of Excellence in Hypersonics and Space Propulsion

Wesley Harris, PhD

Lab Advisor, Hypersonics Research Lab, MIT Lincoln Lab

Dr. Christopher Goyne

Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Director of the Aerospace Research Laboratory,

University of Virginia

Dr. Erica Corral

Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Associate Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Arizona