Digital Engineering for Defense Summit
- June 25-26, 2025
- National Housing Center, Washington DC
EVENT OVERVIEW
Defense Strategies Institute’s 3rd Digital Engineering for Defense Summit will bring together leaders from across the DoD, federal government, industry, academia, and other relevant stakeholders to modernize defense engineering and acquisition practices with digital engineering tools, technologies, and processes.
Confirmed Speakers
Download the Agenda for the Full Speaker Line-Up.
Agenda current as of 5.20.25
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Elmer L. Roman, SES
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Mission Integration, OUSD R&E -
Lily Arcusa, SES
Director of Engineering and Technical Management Chief Engineer, AFLCMC -
Rear Admiral Peter D. Small, USN
Chief Engineer and Deputy Commander of Naval Systems, NAVSEA -
Daniel Hettema
Director, Digital Engineering, Modeling & Simulation, OUSD R&E -
Dr. Owen Eslinger
Digital Engineering Lead, DASA (DES) -
Col Jon Strizzi, USSF
Director, Space Enterprise Integration, Space Systems Integration Office (SSIO), Space Systems Command -
Kyle Hurst
Director, Digital Transformation Office, Department of the Air Force -
Terry Hill
Digital Engineering Program Manager HQ Office of the Chief Engineer, NASA
About the Digital Engineering for Defense Summit
TOPICS TO BE COVERED
- Leveraging Digital Tools to Transform How the DoD Approaches Integrated Mission Success
- Championing Digital Engineering Strategies, Policies, and Practices Across the DoD
- Leveraging Digital Transformation to Support DAF Acquisitions and Materiel Management
- Transforming Test & Evaluation to be Faster, More Reliable, and More Efficient with Digital Engineering
- Efforts to Advance Digital Engineering and Deliver Capabilities to the Warfighter with Speed and Agility
WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND THIS SUMMIT
To remain competitive against increasingly advanced adversaries, the United States is committed to delivering the warfighting advantage at speed and scale. To do so, the Department of Defense is prioritizing the modernization of its engineering practices to streamline and accelerate the development of advanced warfighting technologies, weapons, and platforms. DoD Instruction 5000.97 implements the use of digital engineering across acquisition and sustainment lifecycles to enhance efficiency, reduce risk, and drive innovation in defense systems.
To remain competitive against increasingly advanced adversaries, the United States is committed to delivering the warfighting advantage at speed and scale. To do so, the Department of Defense is prioritizing the modernization of its engineering practices to streamline and accelerate the development of advanced warfighting technologies, weapons, and platforms. DoD Instruction 5000.97 implements the use of digital engineering across acquisition and sustainment lifecycles to enhance efficiency, reduce risk, and drive innovation in defense systems.
Defense Strategies Institute’s 3rd annual Digital Engineering for Defense Summit will focus on the integration of digital engineering tools, technologies, and practices that improve the design, development, acquisition, and life cycle management of complex defense systems. Attendees will hear from DoD leaders, innovative engineers, academia-members, and industry experts on the best ways to implement digital engineering practices for mission success. Topics of discussion will highlight advancements in modeling and simulation, digital twins, digital threads, AI/ML, and emerging technologies that are transforming the field of digital engineering. Join us at the 2025 Summit to engage with, ask questions of, and collaborate with key stakeholders to share best practices and discuss overcoming barriers to digital engineering adoption.
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.
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 & Tech Talk Sponsor
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STC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Arcfield, was founded to do systems engineering differently. As an industry-leading solutions provider in digital engineering and model-based systems engineering (MBSE), the company delivers MBSE-as-a-Service, integrated digital engineering environment deployments, training and consulting to both commercial and public sector customers. STC’s team of expert engineers are unleashing the power of digital engineering to navigate complexity, increase understanding and inform decision-making. Learn more at stc.arcfield.com.
Platinum Sponsors
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Aras is a leading provider of product lifecycle management 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 product lifecycle management applications connect users in all disciplines and functions to critical product data and processes across the lifecycle and throughout the extended supply chain.
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ManTech provides mission-focused technology solutions and services for U.S. defense, intelligence and federal civilian agencies. In business for more than 55 years, we are a leading provider of AI solutions that power full-spectrum cyber, data collection & analytics, enterprise IT, high-end engineering and software application development solutions that support national and homeland security. Additional information on ManTech can be found at www.mantech.com.
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RTX is the world’s largest aerospace and defense company. With more than 185,000 global employees, we push the limits of technology and science to redefine how we connect and protect our world. Through industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney and Raytheon – we are advancing aviation, engineering integrated defense systems for operational success, and developing next-generation technology solutions and manufacturing to help global customers address their most critical challenges. The company, with 2024 sales of more than $80 billion, is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.
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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, systems model exchange between various MBSE tool vendors, traceability, and engineering data integration in mission-critical and safety-sensitive industries.
Tech Talk Sponsor
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With SysGit, engineering teams can achieve agile hardware development, fielding capabilities faster by treating hardware as software. Engineering teams use SysGit to create, refine, and review system models and requirements to develop defense systems. SysGit stores system data as code while presenting familiar user interfaces for hardware and systems engineers.
Exhibitor
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For more than 50 years, Ansys software has enabled innovators across industries to push boundaries by using the predictive power of simulation. Across the aerospace and defense industry, Ansys is a leading voice in digital transformation and the adoption of digital engineering. 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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TriMech’s Enterprise Solutions Team brings together experts from Adaptive, Forward Vision, Design Rule, Desktop Engineering, and Majenta Solutions Dassault Systems Division to form an elite solutions team. The team is dedicated to delivering the Dassault Systèmes portfolio of products, including CATIA, DELMIA, ENOVIA, SIMULIA, and the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform.
Media Partners
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Aerospace Defense Review is the only print magazine read by over 45,000 qualified readers in the U.S. that includes Corporate Management executives, senior executives from Design/R&D, Scientists, engineers, system integrators, program managers, procurement division executives, and other senior-level technology decision-makers. Following a peer-to-peer learning pattern, our magazine has been a reference point to industry insiders to learn about the new technology trends and share with the community how they are leveraging technology to accomplish various programs. https://www.aerospacedefensereview.com/
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