The week ahead

The week ahead features many high-profile think tank conferences and panel discussions with top officials from the Pentagon, Congress and the defense industry.

Monday

The Center for a New American Security hosts its annual conference in Washington featuring Vice President Joe Biden and Defense Secretary Ash Carter.

Tuesday

The American Enterprise Institute hosts the staff directors of the House and Senate Armed Services committees to discuss their respective defense authorization bills.

The Center for Strategic and International Studies hosts a panel discussion on the future of Army missile defense.

The Senate Armed Services Committee will consider the nominations of Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Thomas Waldhauser to become chief of U.S. Africa Command and Army Lt. Gen. Joseph Lengyel to become chief of the National Guard Bureau.

Wednesday

The House Armed Services Committee hosts a panel of U.S. defense officials to discuss military cyber operations.

Thursday

The Center for Strategic and International Studies hosts Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley to discuss the service's priorities.

Deltek hosts its Federal MarketView 2016 conference, featuring Ken Brennan, deputy director for services acquisition within the Pentagon's defense procurement and acquisition policy office.

Booz Allen Hamilton and the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments hold the Directed Energy Summit, featuring Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski, commander of Air Force Materiel Command, and Vice Adm. James Syring, director of the Missile Defense Agency, among others.

Friday

The Center for Strategic and International Studies hosts Navy Adm. Philip Davidson, chief of U.S. Fleet Forces Command, to discuss fleet design in the current environment.