Speakers
2025 Co-Chairs
Dr. Mark Lewis
President & CEO Purdue Applied Research Institute
Steven Dunn
Senior FellowChief 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))
Lieutenant General Robert A. Rasch, Jr., USA
Director Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO)
Christoph Müller
ChairApplied Vehicle Technology Panel
Collaboration Support Office NATO Science & Technology Organization
DoD/Gov
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 InnovationOffice of Chief Engineer
Johnson Space Center
Dr. Sarah Armstrong
SSTM,Distinguished Engineer for Advanced Hypersonics Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division
Dr. Thomas Eason
Director of the Structural Sciences CenterAFRL/RQH Principle Scientist
High Speed Systems Division AFRL Aerospace Systems
Dr. Yadunath Zambre
Chief Microelectronics Officer Department of the Air Force
Stan Stafira
Chief Architect Missile Defense Agency (MDA)Industry
Lieutenant General (USA-ret) Neil Thurgood
Senior Vice PresidentAir and Ground Deterrence Division Anduril
Marty Hunt
Vice President, Hypersonics Systems Leidos Dynetics
CAPT David McFarland, USN(ret)
Vice President, Hypersonic and Reentry Test Varda Space Industries
Muk Pandian
Director Strategic Partnerships and Advanced ConceptsVarda Space Industries
Geoff Adams
Senior Mission Architect, Missile Defense L3 Harris Space & Airborne Systems
Mike Beltrani
Vice President, Strategic Systems General Dynamics Mission Systems
Mark Ogren
Senior Director of Strategy and TechnologyLaunch Vehicles Northrop Grumman
Len Orlando
Senior ExecutiveFederal, Aerospace and Defense Business Unit Ansys Government Initiatives
Kevin Greenwood
Program Manager Raytheon Missiles and Defense
Dr. Tim Ferguson
Vice President & Distinguished Engineering Fellow Kratos SREAssociation
Todd Harrison
Senior Fellow American Enterprise InstituteAcademia
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
Distinguished Scholar Professor of Materials Science & Engineering and Aerospace and Mechanical EngineeringDirector, Arizona Research Center for Hypersonics (ARCH) University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
