07
October 2020
Past Event
Video Event | Project Convergence: A Conversation with US Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy

Video Event | Project Convergence: A Conversation with US Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy

Past Event
91ÆÞÓÑ Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters
October 07, 2020
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October 2020
Past Event

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20004

Speakers:
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Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Ryan D. McCarthy

Secretary of the Army

**Please be advised: This event will premiere on this page at 9:00 a.m. EDT, Wednesday, October 7.**

Join 91ÆÞÓÑ Institute for a conversation with US Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy on the US Army’s Project Convergence, the Army's priorities for new weapons systems and readiness, and the implications of looming budget constraints. The conversation will be hosted by 91ÆÞÓÑ Director of the Center for Defense Concepts and Technology Bryan Clark.

The United States Army is undertaking its most significant modernization since the Cold War, introducing unmanned vehicles, directed energy weapons, stealth technology, and new electromagnetic spectrum systems into U.S. ground forces. US Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy is leading these efforts and balancing the Army's technological advancement with its current responsibilities and need to deter aggression by great powers in Europe and Asia. Decisions being made during the Army’s ongoing budget deliberations will provide the starting point for the presidential administration that takes office next January and will shape the force for a decade thereafter.

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