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Digital Engineering for Defense Summit

Defense digital engineering conference (DoD acquisition, digital thread/twin)

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About this event

The Digital Engineering for Defense Summit brings together US defense acquisition and engineering professionals in Washington DC for two days. Organised by the Defense Strategies Institute, the 2026 programme covers digital engineering adoption within DoD acquisition, including digital thread and digital twin implementation across defense programmes.

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Speakers

Assistant Deputy for Acquisition and Systems Management (Data, Engineering, and Software)

Department of Defense

James Amato, SES

Executive Technical Director/Deputy to the Commander

US Army Test and Evaluation Command

Director of Systems Engineering

Assistant Secretary of the Navy for RDA

Defense Standardization Program Office

Col Eric Reagan, USAF

Director, Agile Development Office

Air Force Life Cycle Management Center

Col Robert Enrico, USSF

Space Systems Integration Office

Space Systems Command

Col Ian Slazinik, USAF

Director, STAT COE, DIICE & HS COBP

Air Force Institute of Technology

Chief Engineer, Air Dominance Architectures

Deputy Chief Engineer, Architecture and Systems Engineering

Director, Policy and Workforce

Jennifer Swanson, SES (Ret)

VP Digital & Next-Gen Solutions

Cypress International

RDML (Ret) Jason Lloyd, USN

VP Maritime Engineering and Design; former Chief Engineer and Deputy Commander for Ship Design, NAVSEA

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