Manufacturing & Industrial

2026 Space & Missile Defense Symposium

The SMD Symposium is the leading educational, professional development, and networking event in the space and missile defense community. Widely attended by leaders and professionals from the United States and allied nations, the event features extensive opportunities for learning, professional growth, and engagement with over 300 exhibitors and sponsors. The…

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25Speakers
69Sponsors
154Exhibitors
18Sessions
187Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at 2026, in alphabetical order.

Beard
Brown
Collins
Dr. Brian E. Grantham
Dr. Cynthia Collins
Gainey
Gen. Charles Q. Brown
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff · U.S. Department of Defense
Gen. Glen D. VanHerck
U.S. Space Command · U.S. Space Command
Gen. Michael Garrett
U.S. Army · U.S. Army
Gen Mike Guetlein
Gen. Stephen N. Whiting
Hon. Deborah Yelverton
Assistant Secretary of Defense · Department of Defense
LTG David M. Rasch
U.S. Army · U.S. Army
Lt. Gen. Heath Collins
LTG Richard L. Zellmann
LTG Robert Stewart
Mr. Derek Beard
Mr. John Strider
Mr. Roger Baird
Ms. Sarah Parker
Rasch
Stewart

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

AeroVironmentPlatinum
AmentumPlatinum
ArcfieldPlatinum
Bank of AmericaPlatinum
DeloittePlatinum
DeltekPlatinum
Equator CorporationPlatinum
L3HarrisPlatinum
OdysseyPlatinum
Teledyne Brown EngineeringPlatinum
UnanetPlatinum
VoyagerPlatinum
AstrionGold
AurexGold
CohesionForceGold
CorvidGold
DassaultGold
E-O SolutionsGold
FirehawkGold
General Atomics- EMSGold
GovCIOGold
KBRGold
KratosGold
nou SystemsGold
Sign In SolutionsGold
SNCGold
Systems Planning Analysis (SPA)Gold
Torch TechnologiesGold
URSA MajorGold
ZadenGold
AuriaSilver
BowheadSilver
CanvasSilver
CFDRCSilver
ChugachSilver
Cummings AerospaceSilver
deciBelSilver
DESE Research, Inc.Silver
DryTechSilver
First HorizonSilver

Agenda

Selected from 18 sessions.

  • Thursday

    Collins

  • Thursday- Collins

    Speaker Presentation: Dr. Cynthia Collins

  • Tuesday 13:30

    Yelverton

  • Tuesday 14:30

    Brown

  • Tuesday 8:30

    Gainey

  • Tuesday 9:15

    Whiting

  • Tuesday-Brown

    Speaker Presentation: Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

  • Tuesday- Gainey

    Speaker Presentation: Gen. Michael Garrett, U.S. Army, 'Space and Integrated Missile Defense Modernization Priorities'

  • Tuesday- Whiting

    Speaker Presentation: Gen. Glen D. VanHerck, U.S. Space Command, 'Space Operations in Missile Defense'

Company intelligence

What does it mean when 187 companies show up, and 40 bet on three roles at once?

187 companies. 40 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
40All threespeak · spons · exh
29Sponsoringsponsor only
114Exhibitingexhibitor only
4Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Amentum·Arcfield·Aurex·Auria·Bank of America·Boeing·Bowhead·Canvas+Co·Cummings Aerospace·Deloitte·Deltek·DESE Research, Inc.·DryTech·Equator Corporation·First Horizon·IERUS Technologies·Intuitive Research and Technology·ITC Defense·KBR·Kratos·L3Harris·Leidos

Speakers by seniority
  • Manager / Lead14%
  • Other roles2496%

Of 25 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1AmentumSponsor · PlatinumExhibitor-
2ArcfieldSponsor · PlatinumExhibitor-
3AurexSponsor · GoldExhibitor-
4AuriaSponsor · SilverExhibitor-
5Bank of AmericaSponsor · PlatinumExhibitor-
6BoeingSponsor · TitaniumExhibitor-
7BowheadSponsor · SilverExhibitor-
8Canvas+CoSponsor · SilverExhibitor-
9Cummings AerospaceSponsor · SilverExhibitor-
10DeloitteSponsor · PlatinumExhibitor-
11DeltekSponsor · PlatinumExhibitor-
12DESE Research, Inc.Sponsor · SilverExhibitor-
13DryTechSponsor · SilverExhibitor-
14Equator CorporationSponsor · PlatinumExhibitor-
Sponsors by tier
platinum12
17% of 69
gold18
26% of 69
silver30
43% of 69
titanium9
13% of 69
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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