DIGITAL BATTLEFIELD PART ONE

Aerospace & Defense (A&D) Town Hall Agenda RECORDED - April 15, 2026 | 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM | Opening & Theme Introduction Hosts: David Shaw and Dan Isaacs Co-Chairs, DTC Aerospace and Defense Town Hall 9:15 AM – 10:00 AM | Keynote Address - Challenging the Status Quo (30-minute presentation followed by 15-minute Q&A) Daniel Hettema Director, Digital Engineering, Modeling & Simulation (DEMS) Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)) Presentation PDF File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-MKq... 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM | Panel Discussion - Collaborate to Innovate (Interactive Session) Moderator: Sue R. Nowicki Managing Director, Bridgeport Partners LLC Digital Integration Strategy Lead, F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) External Advisor, McKinsey & Company Panelists: Dr. Michael Grieves Executive Director & Chief Scientist, Digital Twin Institute Chief Scientist, Advanced Manufacturing Professor, University of Central Florida Adam Sherer Senior Technical Leader, Cadence Focused on semiconductor design and defense-related applications, including the modernization of microelectronics development Tom Alappat Associate, McKinsey & Company Former FPGA Designer at Raytheon Technologies and Northrop Grumman Dr. Mark Pflanz Director and Technical Engineer, Booz Allen Hamilton Lead for engineering activities supporting the F-35 program, including Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) initiatives 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM | Featured Speaker Session - Driving Interoperability (30-minute presentation followed by 15-minute Q&A) Mohammad Zoualfaghari, PhD, MEng Global Head of Emerging Technologies, AWS and AWS Telecom Presentation PDF File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kyAp... 11:45 AM – 12:00 PM | Wrap-Up & Closing Remarks