Golden Age of Space

The Threat Status Golden Age of Space event will convene senior military leaders, members of Congress, acquisition officials, and key space and defense industrial base stakeholders to examine how the U.S. can maintain its edge in an increasingly contested space domain. As China and Russia expand their capabilities and a new commercial and dual-use space economy takes shape, the event will focus on the policy, technology, acquisition, and budget decisions needed to strengthen America’s leadership in space with greater speed, scale, and capability.

Light Breakfast and Coffee

Welcome Remarks

Remarks from Major General Stephen G. Purdy, U.S. Space Force Program Acquisition Executive for Advanced Capabilities

Panel: National Security Space

Keynote Address and Fireside Chat with Jared Isaacman, NASA Administrator

Panel: The Future of Launch - Setting the 21st Century Pace

Keynote Address from Marcia Holmes, Deputy Director for Golden Dome for America (GDA)

Panel: The Cislunar Economy

Fireside Chat with Chief Master Sergeant John F. Bentivegna, Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force

Fireside Chat with Kristin Houston, Chief Executive Officer, Rocketdyne

Fireside Chat: From Ambition to Action: What Congress Must Do Next

Closing Remarks

Coffee and Networking

Invited and Confirmed Speakers

Jared Isaacman, Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Gen. Douglas Schiess, Chief of Space Operations

Marcia Holmes, Deputy Director for Golden Dome for America

Dr. Gurpartap “GP” Sandhoo, Director of the Space Development Agency

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL)

Sen. Ashley Moody (R-FL)

Rep. George Whitesides (D-CA)

Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT)

Rep. Jeff Crank (R-CO)

Chief Master Sergeant John F. Bentivegna, Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force

Maj. Gen. Steven Purdy, Program Acquisition Executive for Advanced Capabilities

Brig. Gen. Eric Zarybnisky, Acting Space Force Portfolio Acquisition Executive for Space Access

Mark Peller, President and Chief Executive Officer for United Launch Alliance

Cliff Beek, Chief Executive Officer at SpaceChain

Kristin Houston, Chief Executive Officer of Rocketdyne

Clayton Swope, Deputy Director of the Aerospace Security Project and Senior Fellow in the Defense and Security Department at the Center for Strategic and International Studies

Gold Sponsors:

• Lockheed Martin
• Rocketdyne
• United Launch Alliance
• Vantor

Partners

• Higher Orbits
• Obviant