Challenges and Opportunities in the Defense Budget, with Todd Harrison
April 28, 2022 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT
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| Join BENS for a conversation on Thursday, April 28 as we host Todd Harrison, Director, Defense Budget Analysis and the Aerospace Security Project at the Center for Strategic and International Security. Todd will discuss his perspective on the FY 2023 defense budget, DoD’s strategic priorities in the FY23 request, and long-term challenges and opportunities in the defense budget. Todd Harrison is the director of Defense Budget Analysis and director of the Aerospace Security Project at CSIS. As a senior fellow in the International Security Program, he leads the Center’s efforts to provide in-depth, nonpartisan research and analysis of defense funding, space security, and air power issues. He has authored publications on trends in the defense budget, military space systems, threats to space systems, civil space exploration, defense acquisitions, military compensation and readiness, and military force structure, among other topics. He teaches classes on military space systems and the defense budget at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Mr. Harrison joined CSIS from the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, where he was a senior fellow for defense budget studies. He previously worked at Booz Allen Hamilton, where he consulted for the U.S. Air Force on satellite communications systems and supported a variety of other clients evaluating the performance of acquisition programs. Prior to Booz Allen, he worked for AeroAstro Inc. developing advanced space technologies and as a management consultant at Diamond Cluster International. Mr. Harrison served as a captain in the U.S. Air Force Reserves. He is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with both a B.S. and an M.S. in aeronautics and astronautics. |
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AVolp@bens.org
703-969-1185
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