Registration is open for an Association of the U.S. Army Hot Topic on Army aviation.

The theme for the Sept. 4 event at AUSA headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, is “Decisive in the Air-Ground-Littoral.” It will feature a keynote presentation by Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. James Mingus.

Maj. Gen. Clair Gill, commanding general of the Army’s Aviation Center of Excellence, and Lt. Gen. David Francis, deputy commanding general of Army Training and Doctrine Command and commander of the Army Center for Initial Military Training, are scheduled to speak.

Also on the agenda are Brig. Gen. Matthew Braman, director of Army aviation, Maj. Gen. Lori Robinson, commanding general of Army Aviation and Missile Command, Brig. Gen. Cain Baker, director of the Future Vertical Lift Cross-Functional Team, and Brig. Gen. David Phillips, program executive officer for aviation.

For more information or to register, click here. On-site registration is available beginning at 8 a.m. Eastern Sept. 4.

There is no cost for members of the military, government civilian personnel and the media.

After the event, there will be a media roundtable featuring many of the day’s speakers, including Gill, Robinson, Phillips, Baker and Braman.

During the Hot Topic, presentations and panel discussions will focus on the Army’s approach to manning, equipping, training and sustaining its aviation force—all while continuing to support commitments around the world and transforming for the future.

Leaders will share their thoughts on aviation requirements, operations, logistics and acquisitions for the future aviation warfighter.

Gill is scheduled to provide an aviation branch update, Braman will brief the audience on the latest aviation developments within the Army’s operations directorate, and Robinson will talk about aviation sustainment.

There also will be panel discussions on future aircraft technology enhancement, capability integration and aviation’s role in counter-small unmanned aircraft systems.

AUSA’s daylong Hot Topic comes as the Army is rebalancing its aviation portfolio and is pursuing a new aircraft to replace parts of its UH-60 Black Hawk fleet.

There is an “ever-changing battlefield as demonstrated recently by real-world events in Ukraine and the Middle East,” Douglas Bush, assistant Army secretary for acquisition, logistics and technology, said earlier this year. It is becoming “increasingly clear that the Army must be able to adapt and respond to a changing battlefield,” he said.

Major investments in new airframes technology, unmanned systems and the aviation industrial base are needed if the Army is to achieve overmatch against near-peer competitors, Bush said at the time. The Army also will produce more UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters; begin production of the CH-47F Block II Chinook helicopter and modernize the current Chinook fleet; increase research and development to expand and accelerate the Army’s unmanned aerial reconnaissance capabilities; and continue the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft program.

“Army aviation is a decisive capability in domain interdependence, operating in the nexus between the air, ground and maritime domains,” Bush said.