Exploring Next Generation Hypersonic Weapons Efforts Across The Military & Enabling Advancements Through Industry Partnerships
The 6th Annual
Next Generation Missiles and Hypersonics Summit is here for 2025!
Hypersonic weapons and advanced missile systems are transforming the future of warfare and global defense priorities. In the U.S., continued investment in hypersonics programs like the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile (HACM), Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW), and Navy Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) reflects a strategic urgency to outpace threats in speed, precision, and survivability. With billions committed and key testing milestones underway, the path to operational deployment is accelerating.
Yet, as momentum builds, so do the challenges; ensuring joint service integration, standing up layered counter-hypersonic defenses, and securing a resilient kill chain across domains. In parallel, the Department of War has launched the Golden Dome for America, a bold initiative to develop a comprehensive homeland missile defense architecture that unifies offensive and defensive capabilities for the modern threat environment.
The 2025 Summit will bring together senior leaders from the Department of War, industry, allied governments, and academia to drive mission-aligned innovation and operational readiness. From acquisition roadmaps to test range modernization, university research collaboration to strategic deterrence policy, this year's Summit offers a uniquely holistic look at where missile and hypersonic capability development is headed, and how the US plans to engage in defending against the latest missile threats.
With participation from the US Air Force, Army, Navy, Missile Defense Agency, Space Force, and more, this event will deliver the most complete picture yet of how the U.S. and its partners are building the next generation of missile dominance and integrated defense.
Key Themes at the Summit
- Implications of the Golden Dome: Explore developments surrounding the new Golden Dome for America and the path forward to development and deployment
- Encompass the Entire Scope: Expanded focus to encompass the entire scope of next generation missiles and hypersonic capabilities, including defensive capability development, and sub-Mach 5 missiles
- Actionable Insights: Walk away with actionable insights to shape your organiziation's R&D, production, and acqusition strategy
- Forum for Collaboration: Hear first hand from Congressional leaders on the future of hypersonics and missile defense funding
- Space-based Tracking: Gain insights into space-based tracking and communication advancements, including SDA's Tracking and Transport Layer and related satellite initiatives critical to the hypersonic kill chain
2025 Conference Chair
- Dr. Mark J. Lewis PhD, CEO, Purdue Applied Research Institute
2025 Speaker Roster
- Dr. James Weber, Principal Director, Hypersonics, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)
- Marcia Holmes, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Mission Capabilities, Department Of Defense
- Major General Frank Lozano, Program Executive Officer, PEO Missiles and Space, United States Army
- Dr. Gillian Bussey, Deputy Chief Science Officer, US Space Force
- Colonel Matthew Johnson, Commander, White Sands Test Center, US Army
- Geoff Wilson, Program Manager, T&E/S&T Program, Test Resource Management Center (TRMC), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
- Dr. Jesse Maxwell, Head, Hypersonic Aerodynamics and Propulsion, Spacecraft Engineering Division, N, US Navy
- Dr. Robert Baurle, Senior Scientist, Hypersonics, Air Force Research Labatory (AFRL), US Air Force
- Dr. Mark Benedict PhD, Senior Scientist, Advanced Manufacturing, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), US Air Force
- Dr. Rodney Bowersox, Executive Director, University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics
- Richard Ast (pending final approval), (Hypersonics, Munitions, Unmanned Systems) Sector Lead, IBAS Program, OUSD Acquisition and Sustainment
- Zachary Gent, Liaison Officer, Joint Hypersonics Transition Office
- Dr. Prashant Khare Ph.D., Professor, Bradley Jones Chair & Department Head, Dept.of Aerospace Engineering, University of Cincinnati
- Dr. Kareem Ahmed Ph.D., Professor, Director, UCF Center of Excellence in Hypersonics & Space Propulsion, UCF Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Dr. Greg Scofield Ph.D., Hypersonics Laboratory Director, Purdue Applied Research Institute
- David Bertz, Senior Project Manager, Hypersonics Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center, Purdue Applied Research Institute
- Dr. Julio Hernandez Ph.D., Characterization Engineer/Researcher, Purdue?Applied Research Institute LLC (PARI)
- Dr. Mohammed Zikry, Zan Prevost Smith Professor, N.C. State University, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Dylan Crump, Ceramics Research Engineer, Purdue?Applied Research Institute LLC (PARI)
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Venue
Sheraton Reston Hotel
11810 Sunrise Valley Drive, 20191
Reston, VA
Tel: +1 (703) 620-9000
Group Rate: $199 per night, excluding applicable taxes and fees
Reservation Method: Reserve your room by clicking on the reservation link below. We have reserved a selection of rooms at a discounted group rate, subject to availability.
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Cut-off date: November 20th, 2025 (After that time, the group rate will be offered based on hotel availability only.) Rate is available 3 days prior, and 3 days post the event dates. However, these rates are subject to availability and will not be available past the group cut of date.
