Invent inventor, somebody that made a blood testing machine or something without checking it out first. When i first invited blake schull in 2016, i had doubts about his ability to build a super sonic airliner. After all, his previous job was at groupon and he thought he could build a 21st century concord. I talked to those in the know and he said he could do it because he assembled a dream team. So at the end of a 2016 segment im about to show you, i said to blake, come back when you have an actual airplane. Blake schull come back when you have an airplane. I believe in you. Goodness knows, elon musk did it and so many others. Blake is black. Im guessing the fact youre here almost exactly four years later, you built an airplane. We did. The xb 1. In 2016 we unveiled it in mockup form and today its a real airplane. It hasnt flown yet, though, right . You will fly it later . Well fly it next year. The rollout we had marks the hand off from building the aircraft to testing the aircraft.
Should be talking to you about today. But i know we just have a limited amount of your time. I really want to focus more than anything on the pacific. I know you come from the regent relatively recently prayed the National Defense strategy prioritized the competition and especially china and russia. But i think most people when they think about the army, they are thinking obviously of ground intensive environment like europe. They are not thinking about those effects. Is the pacific really a priority for the army . And what does it mean if it is . Yes, historically we are focused on europe. The National Defense strategy to put the indo pacific at the top priority. It is certainly a priority for us. And we take a look without the pacific that was my first overseas trip as a chief in september 2019. That was my first trip with covid out into the region. Emily look at the region theres a great competition is about the people. The people reside in the land domain. The secret the solution t
His new book, this is chance the shaking of an allamerican city am voice that held it together talking with jasmine hughes. Youre in for an excellent evening. Want to give a huge thanks to everybody who is happening, jon and jasmine and all of you showing up. Green lot storefronts are closed but the community is still here and that means so much to us so thank you. Just a couple of housekeeping orientation kind of things. Were in a webinar which means you can hear and see the speakers but they cannot see and hear you but they can see your name. If you have anything you want to share, use the chat icon and type your message nets chat windows. If you specifically have a question that youd like to have answered in the q a you canny the q a icon. Jasmine will be pulling questions from there start thinking about them now. We are recording tonights event so look for video or audio versions on website and social Media Channels and books. This is the porsche part. Our book stores are closed fo
Secretary and chief and i will have a little chaff about the defense strategy. About their president s budget request that just came out. As well as the emerging concept. We will save about 15 minutes at the end to take questions from the audience here. First, i want to throw it over to the secretary and chief to give some opening remarks. Thank you, suzanne. The closest to switzerland. As we discussed in the green room, wonderful opportunities for us to try to talk about how we are trying to transform the army. We are in year three on a very aggressive effort of transforming the army and not only how we train the force, modernize and ultimately help our people reach their maximum potential. Emphasizing through a year of massive restructuring like we have not been in over the years in the army, creating an organization specifically to modernize the force, but staying against the fundamentals. We use reform as a tool to finance and help us evolve. On the readiness standpoint, we are nor
Chamber of commerce. Ajit pai andude steph dickson. At sea tech, the chambers Technology Engagement center, we are working to establish a National Data privacy standard that protects all americans equally and promote policies that enable emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, automated vehicles, and Unmanned Aircraft to thrive. Workforces to see a that is skilled and prepared for the digital economy. The Common Thread running through our work is the issue of data. Without a thriving modern communications network, none of this is possible. That is why i am happy to be here today to introduce chairman pai. He is the son of immigrants that rose through Harvard University and the university of chicago law school. He has worked at the department of justice. He was first appointed to the fcc by president obama and later was appointed by President Trump to be chairman. Under his leadership, he has worked diligently to remove regulatory barriers and streamlined permitting for Comm