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Dan Patt
Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
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Join Hudson for a three-part event discussing the challenges and opportunities facing Western militaries and defense industries as they attempt to achieve relevant capability at scale.
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![A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II assigned to the F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Team performs a practice airshow performance at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Jan. 11, 2023. The F-35 Demo Team performs rehearsal flights regularly to maintain flying certifications and to uphold and maintain their mission and Air Force recruiting standards. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kaitlyn Ergish)](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/2024-05/8199062.jpg?h=8c4aa55e&itok=Xw9IfJ3w)
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Join Senior Fellows Bryan Clark and Dan Patt for a discussion with General Charles A. Flynn, commanding general of the US Army, Pacific, about how long-term campaigning can help the US compete with and deter China.
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Join Hudson Senior Fellows Bryan Clark and Dan Patt for a discussion on the US Air Force’s plans to improve its cyberspace and spectrum superiority with Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Programs Lt. Gen. Richard G. Moore Jr. and Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Cyber Effects Operations Lt. Gen. Leah G. Lauderback of the US Air Force.
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A decade ago venture capitalist Marc Andreessen argued that software was eating the world. Please join Hudson Institute and DoD experts for a discussion on how the US military is wrestling with that reality.
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Please join Hudson Senior Fellows Bryan Clark and Dan Patt for a conversation with Representative Seth Moulton regarding the challenges and opportunities facing the US Department of Defense.
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While the 2018 National Defense Strategy and the updated 2022 National Defense Strategy emphasize the urgent need to deter a conflict in the Pacific, most plans involve shoring up military capacity immediately or waiting for new, modernized weapons.
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![An employee works on the production line of LED epitaxial wafer on March 25, 2022, in Jiangsu Province, China. (Zhao Qirui/VCG via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/2023-03/10.7%20Clark%20Event.jpg?h=631b927c&itok=09yLUBJZ)
With more than half of all semiconductors and nearly all high-end chips coming from Taiwan or South Korea, disruptions are likely and can have devastating economic consequences.
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![US Air Force Capt. Ross Kohler closes the canopy of an F-15 before take-off during Exercise Pitch Black 2022 at Royal Australian Air Force Base Darwin, Australia, on August 24, 2022. (US Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Savannah L. Waters)](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/events/thumb/2156/feature_990fit_9_27_clark_event.png?h=ae002e9f&itok=ce1yEtUM)
The US military faces an adversary in China with the geographic, technological, and industrial strength to meet and potentially exceed the capability
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Please be advised: This event will premiere on this page at 12:00 p.m. EDT, Monday, November 15. Register for the event here.
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Join Hudson Institute Center for Defense Concepts and Technology Director Bryan Clark and Adjunct Fellow Dan Patt for a conversation with Acting Army
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Join Hudson Institute for a conversation with Rep. Jim Banks and Rep. Seth Moulton on the recently released results from the Congressional Future of D
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![A-10 software engineers work together in teams to verify functionality of organically developed operational flight program software on November 5, 2020, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, before it is released to the warfighter. (US Air Force photo by Alex R. Lloyd)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-01/01.23.2023%20Clark%20Weiss%20WotR.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=a9VENehw)
![An MQ-9 Reaper is parked on a taxiway during sunset at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, Nov. 17, 2020. The Reaper is an armed, multi-mission, long-endurance Remotely Piloted Aircraft that is managed and flown by Airmen who provide persistent attack and reconnaissance capabilities to keep our nation safe. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Haley Stevens)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-01/01.23.2023%20Clark%20Patt%20The%20Hill.jpg?h=19526ede&itok=BTodgAwU)
![A General Atomics MQ-20 Avenger unmanned vehicle prepares to start up at El Mirage Airfield, Calif. June 24, 2021. The Skyborg team conducted a multiple-hour flight test of the Skyborg Autonomy Core System aboard the General Atomics MQ-20 Avenger unmanned vehicle during Edwards Air Force Base’s Orange Flag 21-2. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tabatha Arellano)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2022-12/12.15%20Clark%20Patt.jpg?h=a07a984f&itok=clQHSGtk)
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