The conference will be hosted at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.
Panel videos will become available on this page after the event.
In concert with Clarion Defence, Hudson Institute will host Apex, a dynamic defense technology conference that unites warfighters, acquisition professionals, startups, small and medium businesses, investors, and industry leaders to tackle the United States military’s operational challenges from the seabed to space.
Apex’s mission is to accelerate the delivery of high-impact, mission critical solutions to American warfighters and allied forces, addressing urgent needs with near-term solutions.
To do this, Apex Defense places key operational problems at the center of the program, within an environment that is built for collaboration and action-orientated dialogue.
For more information or to register for the conference, click here.
US Navy Keynote Address: Admiral Daryl Caudle
Admiral Daryl Caudle opens the APEX Conference with a speech that emphasizes the necessity to sustain the future of the United States competitive edge, and what US Naval forces must get right to fight and win in the complex geopolitical theater of today.
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Creating a More Adaptable Force
Panelists discuss adaptability, the centerpiece of future military advantage. Ensuring forces are adaptable is key in high-performance operations and great-power military competition.
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Operational Problem A: Sustaining Forces on a Contested and Dispersed Theater of Operations
Panelists discuss key demands and opportunities in distribution and contested sustainment, addressing the needs for attritable logistics platforms, operationalizing advanced manufacturing at the tactical edge, and assured command and control of logistic network nodes.
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Scaling the Industrial Base at Speed, Scale, and for Protracted Warfare
Panelists participate in a cross-cutting discussion between the eight operational concepts of the APEX conference. Providing attempts to find holistic answers to the question: What do warfighters need to win? They apply an emphasis on the defense industrial base, being key to driving future military advantage.
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In Conversation: Thomas J. Lawhead, Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff
Thomas Lawhead discusses the Air Force's efforts to build an advantage and respond to the calls Secretary Dr. Troy Meink and General Kenneth Wilsbach have issued to fix, fly, and fight United States forces in new ways.
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In Conversation: Industrial Base Resilience
Panelists discuss focal points to boost resilience of the industrial base, such as battery standardization to ramp up scale and production, incorporating new investors by opening up to the commercial world, and the importance of a sustained demand signal.
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Countering Against Next-Gen Undersea Threats and Protecting Critical Infrastructure
Rear Admiral Paul Flos discusses the most challenging environments for maritime operations and the role of autonomous systems versus crude systems in undersea surveillance in the North Sea and the Baltic.
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In Conversation: Achieving Battlefield Information Dominance
Vice Admiral Michael Vernazza discusses strategic challenges facing naval and joint forces, the role of technology and acquisition reform when facing those challenges, and what leaders in government and industry must do in order to deliver speed and scale.
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Operational Problem E: Generating Combat Power Inside the Enemy’s Weapons Engagement Zone
Panelists discuss the necessary capabilities and forces needed to operate successfully in contested environments.
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Join Senior Fellow Dr. Rebeccah Heinrichs and Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) for a fireside discussion on how Congress can guide American strategy, the need to modernize the defense industrial base, and the vital role of allies and partners in an unstable international environment.
Join Senior Fellow Michael Doran for a candid conversation with H.E. Narek Mkrtchyan, ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to the United States of America, as they discuss the developments, challenges, and opportunities defining the US-Armenia relationship.
Please join Hudson Institute’s China Center as Miles Yu hosts a panel with key members of Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan and the Democratic Progressive Party to examine Taiwan’s mobilization efforts against the CCP’s increasing threats.
