14
January 2021
Past Event
Video Event | A Discussion on the Defense Industrial Base with Government Leaders

Video Event | A Discussion on the Defense Industrial Base with Government Leaders

Past Event
Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters
January 14, 2021
14
January 2021
Past Event

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

Speakers:
Ellen Lord
Ellen Lord

Senior Fellow, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

Jeb Nadaner, PhD-JD

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Policy, Office of the Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, U.S. Department of Defense

Senator Mark Warner

U.S. Senator from Virginia

Robert Work

Former Deputy Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense

bryan_clark
Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

**__Please be advised: This event will premiere LIVE on this page at 4:00 p.m. EST, Thursday, January 14.__**

Join Hudson Institute for an expert panel discussion on the FY20 Industrial Capabilities Report and the issues confronting the Defense Industrial Base. This conversation will be moderated by Jeb Nadaner, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Policy.

The FY20 Industrial Capabilities Report transcribes the defense department’s priority industrial base risks and vulnerabilities; major developments and impacts of the coronavirus pandemic; and industrial base investments and initiatives executed in the previous fiscal year. The report promotes a strategy for a robust, resilient, secure, and innovative industrial base, which will require a substantial commitment of capital investment and resources, and continuation of the reforms undertaken in the past several years.

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