AIAA DEFENSE Forum 2026

Welcome to AIAA DEFENSE Forum 2026—the Institute’s secret/NOFORN event covering the strategic, programmatic, and technical topics and policy issues pertaining to the aerospace and defense community.

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2025 Featured Speakers Included

Bryan Clark

Hudson Institute

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Dave Denhard

U.S. Space Command

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Lt. Col. Charles LeDeatte, USAF

AFCENT

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Martin Lindsey

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command

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Christine Michienzi

CSIS

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Thomas Powers

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

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Meggan Schoenberg

Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Critical Technologies, OUSD R&E

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Neil Thurgood

Anduril Industries

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James W. Weber

Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering

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Eric Wollerman

Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies (FM&T), LLC

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AIAA DEFENSE Forum 2025 by the Numbers

473

Attendees

133

Organizations

30

Government Agencies

136

Technical Briefings

16

Technical Disciplines

24

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