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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16Speakers
69Sponsors
154Exhibitors
9On the bill · sessions
183Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at 2026, in alphabetical order.
Beard
Brown
Collins
Dr. Brian E. Grantham
Gainey
Gen Mike Guetlein
Gen. Stephen N. Whiting
Lt. Gen. Heath Collins
LTG Richard L. Zellmann
Mr. Roger Baird
Ms. Sarah Parker
Rasch
Stewart
Strider
Whiting
Yelverton
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Sponsors

The houses 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
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Agenda

Selected from 9 sessions on the bill.
  • Thursday

    Collins

  • Tuesday 13:30

    Yelverton

  • Tuesday 14:30

    Brown

  • Tuesday 8:30

    Gainey

  • Tuesday 9:15

    Whiting

  • Wednesday 14:05

    Beard

  • Wednesday 15:45

    Strider

  • Wednesday 8:45

    Stewart

  • Wednesday 9:30

    Rasch

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 183 companies show up — and 40 bet on three roles at once?

183 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
0Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Amentum·Arcfield·Aurex·Auria·Bank of America·Boeing·Bowhead·Canvas·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
  • Other roles16100%

Of 16 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01AmentumSp·PEx
  2. 02ArcfieldSp·PEx
  3. 03AurexSp·GEx
  4. 04AuriaSp·SEx
  5. 05Bank of AmericaSp·PEx
  6. 06BoeingSp·TEx
  7. 07BowheadSp·SEx
  8. 08CanvasSp·SEx
  9. 09Cummings AerospaceSp·SEx
  10. 10DeloitteSp·PEx
  11. 11DeltekSp·PEx
  12. 12DESE Research, Inc.Sp·SEx
  13. 13DryTechSp·SEx
  14. 14Equator CorporationSp·PEx
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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