2020 Events

Our Nation’s Strategic Nuclear Deterrent Over the Next Four Years

Joint NNSA Strategic Nuclear Deterrence Forum Series Presented by ANWA DC and the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies: November 2, 2020

Speakers:

Honorable Madelyn Creedon,

Principal Deputy Administrator NNSA (Retired), Assistant Secretary of Defense Global Strategic Affairs (DoD) (Retired)

and

Honorable William Ostendorff, Principal Deputy Administrator, NNSA (Retired), Commissioner, NRC (Retired), Captain, U.S. Navy (Retired)

ICBM modernization and GBSD Development

Forum: October 1, 2020

U.S. Air Force outlines ICBM modernization, Ground Based Strategic Deterrent, while maintaining Minuteman III

Speakers:

Col. Jason Bartolomei, GBSD Systems Director, Hill AFB, Utah

Col. Erik Quigley, Minuteman III Systems Director, Hill AFB, Utah

NNSA Nuclear Weapons Complex Infrastructure Modernization

Joint NNSA Strategic Nuclear Deterrence Forum Series Presented by ANWA DC and the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies: October 29, 2020

Maintaining a Credible Strategic Nuclear Deterrent: Modernizing the NNSA Nuclear Weapons Complex Infrastructure

Speakers:

Mr. James J. McConnell, Associate Administrator for Safety, Infrastructure and Operations, NNSA

Mr. Robert B. Raines, Associate,

Administrator for Acquisition and Project Management, NNSA

Legislative Activities Concerning Our Nation’s Strategic Nuclear Deterrent for FY2021

Roundtable: July 21, 2020 Legislative Activities Concerning Our Nation’s Strategic Nuclear Deterrent for FY2021

Speaker: Hon. Robert R. Hood, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs

Understanding the Next Generation Buildout of the Sea-based Leg--Part II

Forum: June 8, 2020

Understanding the Next Generation Buildout of the Sea-based Leg of the U.S. Strategic Nuclear Deterrent USS Columbia Class Ballistic Missile Submarine (SSBN 826) and Trident II D-5 Missile Programs, Part II

Speakers:

Kate Käufer, U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense

Phil MacNaughton, U.S. House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces

Franklin C. Miller, The Scowcroft Group

Ron O’Rourke, Congressional Research Service

Understanding the Next Generation Buildout of the Sea-based Leg--Part I

Forum: June 1, 2020

Understanding the Next Generation Buildout of the Sea-based Leg

of the U.S. Strategic Nuclear Deterrent USS Columbia Class Ballistic Missile Submarine (SSBN 826) and Trident II D-5 Missile Programs, Part I

Speakers:

Vice Admiral Johnny R. Wolfe, Jr.,

Director, Strategic Systems Programs

United States Navy Trident II D-5

Missile Program

Rear Admiral Scott W. Pappano,

Program Executive Officer, Columbia

United States Navy Columbia Class Program

Nuclear Nonproliferation & Strategic Nuclear Deterrence

Joint NNSA Strategic Nuclear Deterrence Forum Series Presented by ANWA DC and the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies: August 27, 2020

Nuclear Nonproliferation and Strategic Nuclear Deterrence: Together Keeping America and our Global Partners Safe

Speaker:

The Honorable Brent K. Park

Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation

National Nuclear Security Administration

U.S. Department of Energy

Nuclear Weapons Complex Modernization

Joint NNSA Strategic Nuclear Deterrence Forum Series Presented by ANWA DC and the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies: July 29, 2020

Nuclear Weapons Complex Modernization, the cornerstone of our strategic nuclear deterrent

Speaker:

Dr. Charles P. Verdon

Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs

National Nuclear Security Administration

U.S. Department of Energy