2025 Co-Chairs

Dr. Mark Lewis

President & CEO Purdue Applied Research Institute

Steven Dunn

Senior Fellow
Chief Scientist: Intermediate Range Conventional Strike Weapons
Lockheed Martin Space

Keynote

Dr. James Weber

Principal Director for Hypersonics Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E))

Rear Admiral Michael S. Richman, USN

Deputy Director
Hypersonics
Navy Strategic Systems Programs

Lieutenant General Robert A. Rasch, Jr., USA

Director Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO)

Christoph Müller

Chair
Applied Vehicle Technology Panel
Collaboration Support Office
NATO Science & Technology Organization

DoD/Gov

Dr. Gillian Bussey

Deputy Chief Science Officer U.S. Space Force

Dr. Michael Brown

Principle Scientist
High Speed Division
AFRL Aerospace Systems

Lt Col Jared Thompson, USAF

Chief, Advanced Capabilities Integration Branch USSTRATCOM J875

Jon Ludwigson

Director, Contracting and National Security Acquisitions Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Mark Glenn

Director, OSD Joint Hypersonic Transition Office Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, (OUSD R&E)

Dennis Helmich

Director of Integrated Military Systems Sandia National Laboratories

Dr. Charles Camarda

Hypersonic Researcher and Innovator & Author Former NASA Astronaut & Sr. Advisor for Innovation
Office of Chief Engineer
Johnson Space Center

Paul Mann

Program Executive, Sea Based Weapons, Director, Aegis BMD (PD-452) Missile Defense Agency (MDA)

Dr. Sarah Armstrong

SSTM,
Distinguished Engineer for Advanced Hypersonics
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division

Industry

Lieutenant General (USA-ret) Neil Thurgood

Senior Vice President
Air and Ground Deterrence Division
Anduril

Marty Hunt

Vice President, Hypersonics Systems Leidos Dynetics

Dave McFarland

Director, Missile Defense Solutions Northrop Grumman

Muk Pandian

Director Strategic Partnerships and Advanced Concepts
Varda Space Industries

Geoff Adams

Senior Mission Architect, Missile Defense L3 Harris Space & Airborne Systems

Mike Beltrani

Vice President, Strategic Systems General Dynamics Mission Systems

Janna Mitchke

Deputy Program Manager Raytheon Missiles and Defense

Mark Ogren

Senior Director of Strategy and Technology
Launch Vehicles
Northrop Grumman

Association

Todd Harrison

Senior Fellow American Enterprise Institute

Academia

Dr. Joseph Jewell

John Bogdanoff Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics College of Engineering, Purdue University

Dr. Greg Scofield

Hypersonics Laboratory Director Purdue Applied Research Institute

Dr. Erica Corral

Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Associate Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Associate Professor, BIO5 Institute, University Distinguished Scholar in Materials Science and Engineering University of AZ Tucson