Digital Engineering for Defense Summit
- June 26-27, 2024
- Sunset Room, National Harbor, MD
EVENT OVERVIEW
The Digital Engineering for Defense Summit will bring together leaders from across the DoD, military services, industry, academia, and other relevant stakeholders to support the integration of digital engineering tool and technologies to modernize the engineering practice of defense systems and support a digital transformation across the DoD.
Featured Speakers
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Jennifer Swanson, SES
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Data, Engineering, and Software DASA(DES) -
Chris Collins, SES
Executive Director, DTE&A, OUSD(R&E) -
Robert Fookes, SES
Director of Engineering and Technical Management; Chief Engineer, Air Force Materiel Command -
Lily Arcusa, SES
Director of Engineering and Technical Management/ Chief Engineer Air Force Life Cycle Management Center -
Timothy Gramp, SES
Chief Engineer and Deputy to the Commander, Systems Engineering and Acquisition Logistics, Marine Corps Systems Command -
David McNeill, SES
Director, Systems Engineering & Integration (SE), Deputy Director Engineering, Missile Defense Agency -
Eric Mattessich
Chief, Systems Engineering & Integration, Resilient Missile Warning, Tracking, and Defense, Space Systems Command -
Scott Ruppel
Chief Engineer – Digital Engineering, NGA
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TOPICS TO BE COVERED
- Driving Digital Innovation at Air Force Materiel Command
- Harnessing Digital Transformation to Advance Army Innovation and Readiness
- Driving a Digital Transformation Across the Navy’s Engineering Practices to Strengthen Maritime Dominance
- Advancing Digital Engineering Practices and Capabilities Across DoD
- Implementing Policies and Guidance to Promote the Validation and Verification of Digital Systems
- How to Champion Digital Engineering in Your Organization
WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND THIS SUMMIT
The Department of Defense recognizes the need to modernize engineering practices to accelerate the delivery of innovative, advanced warfighting capabilities at the speed of relevance. In December 2023, the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering released the DoD Instruction 5000.97, mandating the use of digital engineering in the design, development, delivery, acquisition, and sustainment of complex defense systems. This year’s Digital Engineering for Defense Summit will explore the integration of digital engineering practices to optimize efficiencies in the design and development of defense systems, speed up the acquisition of advanced capabilities, support better life cycle management and sustainment of complex systems, and champion digital transformation across the DoD.
The 2024 Digital Engineering Summit will discuss the benefits of integrating digital tools such as modeling and simulation, computer aided design (CAD), 3D printing, AI, big data analytics, and digital twins to reduce costs, risk, and time in the design and development of defense systems. Attendees at this event will have the opportunity to hear from leaders on the panel discuss actionable steps to champion the use of digital tools and technologies across their organization to support faster, higher-quality decision making in the digital engineering environment. Join us at this year’s Digital Engineering for Defense Summit to network with innovators, engineers, decision makers, and key military officials from across the community and contribute to the discussion on the future of digital engineering innovation for the advancement of defense capabilities.
DSI’s team specializes in the extensive research and development of our Summits’ content and focus areas, and we will assemble the most respected minds in digital engineering and digital transformation across military, academia, and industry. Our non-partisan approach allows us to reach across all services and organizations to bring together a truly holistic group of decision makers and solution providers.
AT OUR SUMMIT YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO
- Gain Education & Insight: Walk away with knowledge gained from our senior level speakers on some of the complex challenges facing the digital engineering community.
- Build Partnerships: The agenda is designed to allow for ample networking opportunities and the ability to engage in constructive dialogue among all in attendance.
- Influence: Help foster ideas! Share your own insight and knowledge during our interactive sessions. All attendees are encouraged to address our speaker faculty and each other with their questions, comments or ideas.
2023 PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDED
Lockheed Martin, Defense Acquisition University, Rolls-Royce Corporation, DoD, Aerojet Rocketdyne, University of Georgia, SimVentions, Marine Corps Systems Command, MITRE, US Navy, L3Harris, US Coast Guard, Northrop Grumman, US Army – Ground Vehicle Systems Center, BAE Systems, NNSA, Raytheon, Department of Defense Office of Inspector General, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., Naval Air Systems Command, Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions, The Boeing Company, DEVCOM C5ISR, Modern Technology Solutions, Inc (MTSI), Department of Defense Office of Inspector General, Siemens, Norwich University, Honeywell, Industry and Defense Programs – Wichita State
Operating Guidance for Government Attendees
DSI’s Summit directly supports DoD and Government priorities by providing a conduit for officials to efficiently reach audiences outside of their respective offices that directly impact their department’s mission success, at no charge to the government, and in an efficient expenditure of time.
DSI’s Summit will provide a forum to address and improve internal and external initiatives, meet with and hear from partner organizations, disseminate vital capability requirements to industry, increase visibility within the larger community, and generally support their mission.
The Summit is open and complimentary to all DoD and Federal employees and is considered an educational and training forum.
(Industry and academia members are charged a fee for admission)
Summit is CLOSED TO PRESS / NO RECORDINGS
SPONSORS & EXHIBITORS
The Digital Engineering for Defense Summit provides opportunities including exhibit space, round table discussions, product demonstrations, and networking receptions.
BECOME A SPONSOR or ExhibitorPLATINUM SPONSORS
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LinQuest delivers performance excellence across the Air, Land, Sea, Space, and Cyberspace domains. We provide highly valued, state-of-the-art and cost effective technical solutions to the U.S. government, civil and commercial customers. LinQuest’s services and products span the engineering, testing, operation and sustainment of critical capabilities and programs ranging from intricate systems and architectures to highly complex enterprises comprised of families of systems. LinQuest integrates technical and operational domain expertise with process discipline and delivers superior performance across the life cycle of programs.
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Sodius Corp., a subsidiary of the SodiusWillert Group, is a U.S. company specializing in cutting-edge software solutions for classified and non-classified environments. As the global leader in data transformation, we excel in facilitating enterprise interoperability and model-based code generation. Our expertise supports digital engineering workflows by enabling seamless data exchange, transformation, traceability, and engineering data integration in mission-critical and safety-sensitive industries.
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STC was founded to do systems engineering differently. Every day, we realize the power of formalized modeling to navigate complexity, increase understanding, and inform decision-making. As the industry leader in model-based systems engineering and digital engineering, STC’s expert team provides a premier set of services and products to hundreds of customers and programs in both the government and commercial domains. STC delivers critical MBSE and DE program support, integrating into the customer’s engineering team to achieve maximum synergy, as well as development of custom digital engineering and MBSE ecosystems, enabling seamless connectivity amongst engineering domains. STC’s mission is to make the complex understandable and to empower innovation that solves the challenges of tomorrow.
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VETS, LLC, a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, excels in digital transformation and engineering, specializing in nuclear systems and digital engineering. Leveraging Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), our veteran-led team addresses comprehensive digital transformation challenges, benefiting from deep industry and military insights. Our expertise, validated by our partnership with Dassault Systèmes, positions VETS, LLC at the forefront of advanced engineering solutions.
GOLD SPONSORS
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Aras is a leading provider of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and digital thread solutions. Its technology enables the rapid delivery of flexible solutions built on a powerful digital thread backbone and a low-code development platform. Aras’ platform and PLM applications connect users in all disciplines and functions to critical product data and processes across the lifecycle and throughout the extended supply chain. Visit www.aras.com to learn more. Follow us on YouTube, X, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
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BlueSky Innovations is a technology company dedicated to delivering products and solutions that close mission-critical capability gaps for the warfighter. From concept to deployment, we provide a comprehensive approach to digital engineering and manufacturing, utilizing advanced tools like PTC Windchill within a Zero Trust FedRAMP-certified environment. Our commitment to innovation, agility, and customization ensures that our solutions not only meet but exceed the expectations of the modern warfighter.
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EXHIBITORS
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Our Mission: Powering Innovation That Drives Human Advancement™
When visionary companies need to know how their world-changing ideas will perform, they close the gap between design and reality with Ansys simulation. For more than 50 years, Ansys software has enabled innovators across industries to push boundaries by using the predictive power of simulation. From sustainable transportation to advanced semiconductors, from satellite systems to life-saving medical devices, the next great leaps in human advancement will be powered by Ansys.
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DAU is the acquisition learning, development and talent management organization for the Department of Defense. Nearly 160,000 acquisition professionals across all Military Services and Defense agencies have access to career-long learning and support from DAU faculty and staff. We connect people, ideas and information across the government, industry and academia to ensure our military has the capabilities needed to outmatch our adversaries.
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ESTECO is an independent software vendor who develops digital engineering technology for MDAO (multidisciplinary design analysis & optimization) and SPDM (simulation process data management). Its COTS products VOLTA and modeFRONTIER are used to integrate and automate simulation workflows, conduct design of experiments, trade – and numerical optimization studies, and collaborate among geographically dispersed engineering teams.
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Founded in 1993, SPEC Innovations helps the most innovative companies around the world develop complex systems and products through our consulting, training, and software. Our flagship software, Innoslate, is the first cloud-native, model-based systems engineering software tool, that supports the entire system or product lifecycle. Innoslate combines modeling, simulation, requirements management, testing, and program management in one place, plus added integrations to enable your development of an Authoritative Source of Truth (AsoT). Sopatra, powered by Innoslate, provides simulated-human performance metrics through AI technology. See where mission and systems engineering can take you. at www.specinnovations.com.
MEDIA PARTNERS
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The pace of innovation is set by design engineers using revolutionary technologies to improve how they design, simulate, prototype and test. Digital Engineering is on the front lines of the revolution. Via an online magazine, four e-newsletters, roundtable webcasts, social media and our website www.digitalengineering247.com, we deliver need-to-know information on the combination of high-performance computing and simulation-based modeling that is driving up-front design, DfAM, additive manufacturing and testing technologies that are improving the bottom line, and the engineering services our audience needs to thrive.
For a free subscription to our magazine and e-newsletters: DE Subscriptions
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DefenseAdvancement.com (DA) is a defense marketing and supplier sourcing platform, showcasing supplier capabilities across aerospace, land, naval and security domains. Operated by the team behind UnmannedSystemsTechnology.com, DA connects governments, armed forces and the entire defense and security supply chain, giving suppliers an online platform to showcase their technologies and capabilities.
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