Manufacturing & Industrial

12th Annual American Aerospace & Defense Summit 2026

The American Aerospace & Defense Summit (AAD) is a premier executive-level aerospace and defense conference, bringing together senior leaders from top A&D organizations and leading solution providers. Join 200+ senior leaders, 50+ speakers, and 60+ solution providers for two days of strategic insight and high-value networking. Discussions focus on accelerati…

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12Speakers
1Sponsors
24Exhibitors
0On the bill · sessions
34Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at 12th, in alphabetical order.
Annabel Flores
Deputy President, Land and Air Defense Systems · Raytheon | An RTX Business
Chris Brady
President · General Dynamics Mission Systems
Daryl Taylor
SVP, Commercial Operations · Airbus
Jennifer Walsmith
President, Intelligence and Cyber Group · Amentum
Joe Miller
President, Government Operations · BWX Technologies
John Baylouny
EVP and COO · Leonardo DRS
Kate Kelly
President, Advanced Technologies · BWXT
Ken Brown
Chief Supply Chain Officer · Northrop Grumman
LaTonya Powell
Deputy Chief Information Officer · Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA
Marc Fischer, Ph.D.
SVP, Engineering, Cabin and Cargo Engineering · Airbus
Peter Lengyel
President and CEO · Safran USA
Scott Alexander
President, Missile Solutions · L3Harris
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Generis Group
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 34 companies show up — and 2 bet on three roles at once?

34 companies. two are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
2All threespeak · spons · exh
1Sponsoringsponsor only
22Exhibitingexhibitor only
9Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Airbus·Northrop Grumman

Speakers by seniority

50% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite433%
  • VP-level217%
  • Other roles650%

Of 12 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01AirbusEx2V
  2. 02Generis GroupSp
  3. 03Northrop GrummanEx1V
  4. 04AeroVironmentEx
  5. 05Archer AviationEx
  6. 06BAE SystemsEx
  7. 07Blue OriginEx
  8. 08BoeingEx
  9. 09BombardierEx
  10. 10Collins AerospaceEx
  11. 11Curtiss-WrightEx
  12. 12GE AerospaceEx
  13. 13General AtomicsEx
  14. 14L3Harris TechnologiesEx
Sponsors by tier
unspecified1
100% of 1