Week ahead

Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford are scheduled to host a joint press conference today on the heels of an international coalition meeting dedicated to accelerating the campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Congress is in recess.

Monday

Carter and Dunford are scheduled to brief the press at the Pentagon.

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry is scheduled to participate in a roundtable discussion with reporters.

Tuesday

Carter is scheduled to begin a three-day domestic trip that includes Boston, MA, Fort Bragg, NC, and Naval Station Great Lakes, IL.

Air Force Secretary Deborah James is scheduled to speak at a Defense One event about the state of the service.

United Technologies will hold a call to discuss quarterly earnings.

Wednesday

Boeing, Booz Allen Hamilton, General Dynamics, NCI, Northrop Grumman and ManTech International plan to hold calls to discuss quarterly earnings.

Thursday

The Air Force Association is scheduled to host an 8 a.m. event at the Capitol Hill Club featuring Gen. Robin Rand, chief of Air Force Global Strike Command.

Raytheon executives are slated to discuss the company's quarterly earnings.

Friday

The American Enterprise Institute will host a discussion on Marine Corps aviation.