A&D Programs 2022 Event Guide

Dear Colleague,

Welcome to the 2022 A&D Programs Conference, the 20th year Aviation Week Network has planned an event dedicated to the strategy and requirements for aerospace, defense and space businesses and programs.

For the next 1.5 days, we’ll provide two tracks of information—where we are going as an industry and, second, what is needed to meet the challenges ahead. Along the way, you will meet the best-of-the-best as we hear about global defense and NASA budgets, programs ranging from hypersonics to establishing a lunar base, from digital transformation to dealing with the current supply chain issues. You’ll also hear from several of the finalists for this year’s Program Excellence Awards as they share their best practices. We’ll wind up the conference with the annual Program Excellence Awards Banquet.

We are honored to have a terrific line up of speakers for you again. This includes an opening address from U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall and a keynote from Matt Bromberg, Chief Operating Officer at Northrop Grumman. And we’ll continue a conference tradition: an onstage conversation between four leading analysts on the opportunities and challenges the industry faces in the coming two years.

None of this would be possible without the commitment and suppor t of our sponsors: Siemens Digital Industries Software, Capital One, Elbit Systems of America, Interos, KPMG, Salesforce and CIT.

We learned as we began A&D Programs in 2002 that the primary benefit to our attendees is the opportunity to hear, to share and to learn. I hope you’ll benefit from all three again this year.

It’s great to welcome you to Washington, D.C. Thank you for joining us!

Joe Anselmo

SVP Content & Editorial Director Aviation Week Network

Joe Anselmo SVP Content & Editorial Director Aviation Week Network

11:30am Registration & Sponsored by Refreshments

12:30pm Welcome Remarks

Jen DiMascio, Executive Editor, Defense & Space, Aviation Week Network

Juliet Trew, Business Development Director – Commercial/A&D, Aviation Week Network

WHERE WE’RE GOING

12:35pm Opening Address — Setting The Stage for The Future

Secretary Frank Kendall is leading major changes in the technological and programmatic landscape that paves the way for a very different future for the defense industrial base. In this opening keynote speech, he will be sharing the key challenges to which industry must respond in the coming months.

Moderator: Jen DiMascio, Executive Editor, Defense & Space, Aviation Week Network

The Honorable Frank Kendall, Secretary, U.S. Air Force

1:05pm Parsing the Budget

Aviation Week delves into defense and space budgets, both in the US and around the world to provide understanding of where the growth opportunities lie. This session will take a detailed look at the US budget for FY23 and beyond, changes to NATO defense spending after the war in Ukraine, and provide insight into how this new funding will be spent.

Moderator: Jen DiMascio, Executive Editor, Defense & Space, Aviation Week Network

Craig Caffrey, Head – Defense Markets & Data, Aviation Week Network

Steve Trimble, Sr. Defense Editor, Aviation Week Network

1:50pm Panel Discussion: The Four Horsemen — Outlook & Trends Within the A&D Industry

For more than a decade, the A&D Programs Conference has brought together four of the top analysts in the business to discuss among themselves what their perceptions are about what’s going on inside the Pentagon and NASA.

Moderator: Michael Bruno, Senior Business Editor, Aviation Week Network

Byron Callan, Managing Director, Capital Alpha Partners

Pierre Chao, Founder, Renaissance Advisory

Steven Grundman, Principal, Grundman Strategic Advisors

John Stack, Managing Director, Head of Aerospace & Defense Investment Banking (US), Canaccord Genuity

2:50pm Networking Break Sponsored by

3:20pm Programs to Watch: Military Space Efforts

The U.S. now has a formal Space Force service branch and significant efforts to better use and protect the country’s assets in space. This session will provide an overview of space strategy and developments from The Aerospace Corp., a federally funded research and development center that recently announced the opening of the new Space Warfighting Center.

Moderator: Brian Everstine, Pentagon Editor, Aviation Week Network

Dr. Jamie Morin, VP Defense Systems Operations, The Aerospace Corp.

4:00pm Programs to Watch: Hypersonic

As the U.S. accelerates plans to field hypersonic missile capabilities, changes are being required for the military customer and industry—including the delivery of a product while its development continues.

Moderator: Steve Trimble, Sr. Defense Editor, Aviation Week Network

Vice Admiral Johnny Wolfe, Director Strategy Systems Programs, U.S. Navy

4:30pm Programs to Watch: The Artemis Era

With Artemis poised to return the U.S. to the lunar surface, this session will look to the next missions, including NASA’s plans to colonize the Moon.

Moderator: Jen DiMascio, Executive Editor, Defense & Space, Aviation Week Network

Kathy Lueders, Associate Administrator, NASA Space Operations Directorate

5:00pm Close of Day One

5:05pm Networking Reception

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7:30am Registration &

Sponsored by Continental Breakfast

8:30am Welcome Remarks

Jen DiMascio, Executive Editor Defense & Space, Aviation Week Network

Juliet Trew, Business Development Director – Commercial/A&D, Aviation Week Network

HOW WE’LL GET THERE

8:45am Digital Transformation

Over the past six months, Aviation Week has talked with dozens of prime contractors, government leaders and suppliers about digital transformation. The findings point to one thing: building an industrial base ready to reach the technology and speed challenges put forth by the U.S. Defense Department and NASA.

Moderator: Carole Rickard Hedden, Executive Editor Custom Content, Aviation Week Network

Barry Chapman, Vice President, A&D, Siemens Digital Industries Software

Joyce Myers, Data/System Architecture Team Lead, Alta Via Consulting LLC, a cBEYONData company

John H. Schmidt, Sr. Managing Director, Global A&D Lead, Accenture

Torsten Welte, Global VP and Head of Industrial Business Unit for Aerospace & Defense, SAP

9:45am Networking Break

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10:15am From Digital Engineering to Physical Production

Meeting the need for speed in delivery to customers with advanced technologies is a primary challenge as national security efforts continue to ramp up in the face of near-peer adversaries. In this session, three leaders provide insight into how the digital transformation is changing the industry—for new programs as well as legacy platforms.

Moderator: Steve Trimble, Sr. Defense Editor, Aviation Week Network

Duane Hawkins, President, Defense and Space, Spirit AeroSystems

Prat Kumar, Vice President & F-15 Program Manager, Boeing Renee Pasman, VP Integrated Systems, Lockheed Martin Skunk

11:15am Keynote Speaker

Though Northrop Grumman has been a bit quieter than some of the prime contractors in A&D, the corporation has made significant strides in digitalization, in technology development, and in maintaining a strong presence across both the defense and space sectors. We’ll hear more about that progress and what Northrop Grumman is looking for in the coming months.

Moderator: Steve Trimble, Sr. Defense Editor, Aviation Week Network

Matt Bromberg, Chief Operating Officer, Northrop Grumman

12:00pm Networking Lunch Sponsored by

SUPPLY CHAIN IN CRISIS

1:00pm Supply Chain In Crisis: Analysis of Supply Chain Recovery

In a post COVID era, the supply chain continues to carry the brunt of challenges - financial, workforce, and execution. Three of the people who watch the industry and where it’s going will share their analysis of how the recovery of the supply chain is progressing, and where key gaps remain.

Moderator: Juliet Trew, Business Development Director –Commercial/A&D, Aviation Week Network Jon Raviv, Managing Director, Capital One Raj Shankar, VP, Digital Transformation and GTM, Salesforce Timothy White, Aerospace & Defense Industry Principal, Interos, Inc

1:30pm Supply Chain In Crisis: Identifying Coming Challenges

The people who are addressing supply chain challenges in an up close and personal way are the leaders of those companies. In this discussion, they will share what keeps them up at night, but also what gives them optimism about the future.

Moderator: Kevin Michaels, Managing Director, AeroDynamic Advisory Rena Barrow, Program Manager, Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages, L3Harris Technologies Raanan Horowitz, President and Chief Executive Officer, Elbit Systems of America

Walter Pinto Jr., Vice President Defense & Security Programs, Embraer

2:15pm Networking Break

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2:45pm Supply Chain In Crisis: Workforce

When the economy is going well, there’s one definite shortage—talented people. In the midst of the pandemic, layoffs were aplenty. But now, the competition for talent is among top supply chain challenges. KPMG will provide a data-based look at what A&D’s workforce looks like today and where the key gaps for talent exist.

Moderator: Michael Bruno, Senior Business Editor, Aviation Week Network

Jim Adams, National Aerospace and Defense Industry Leader, KPMG

3:15pm Supply Chain In Crisis: Best Practices

In Designing In Supply Chain Quality

As part of the Aviation Week Program Excellence initiative, members of industry conduct deep dive evaluations of more than 30 programs of record per year. This year’s entries provided a wealth of information around true management of the supply chain—even in times of crisis.

Moderator: Carole Rickard Hedden, Executive Editor Custom Content and Program Excellence, Aviation Week Network

Justin Appel, Program Director Long Range Hypersonic Weapon, Lockheed Martin

Missy MacDonald, Value Stream Manager F-35 BEST Team, Collins Elbit Vision Systems

Niraj Nayak, Program Director Protected Tactical SATCOM, Northrop Grumman

Chris Newman, Program Lead F-35 Electric Power Management System, GE Aerospace

4:15pm Conference Wrap Up & Closing Remarks

4:30pm– Networking Sponsored by 6:00pm Reception

6:15pm Program Excellence Dinner and 8:45pm Awards Presentation

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National Aerospace and Defense Industry Leader, KPMG US

Justin Appel Program Director Long Range Hypersonic Weapon, Lockheed Martin

Rena Barrow Program Manager, Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages, L3Harris Technologies

Chief Operating Officer, Northrop Grumman

Senior Business Editor, Aviation Week Network

Craig Caffrey

Head – Defense Markets & Data,Aviation Week Network

Byron Callan Managing Director, Capital Alpha Partners

Pierre Chao

Founder, Renaissance Strategic Advisors

Duane Hawkins

President, Defense and Space, Spirit AeroSystems

Raanan Horowitz

President and Chief Executive Officer, Elbit Systems of America

Executive Editor, Defense & Space, Aviation Week Network

Founder and Principal, Grundman Advisory

Associate Administrator, NASA Space Operations Directorate

Missy MacDonald Value Stream Manager F-35 BEST Team, Collins Elbit Vision Systems

The Honorable Frank Kendall Secretary, U.S. Air Force

Prat Kumar

Vice President & F-15 Program Manager, Boeing

Kevin Michaels Managing Director, AeroDynamic Advisory

Data/System Architecture Team

Lead, Alta Via Consulting LLC, a cBEYONData company

Barry Chapman

Vice President, A&D, Siemens Digital Industries Software

Jim Adams

Steven Grundman

Matt Bromberg

Michael Bruno

Jen DiMascio

Kathy Lueders

Brian Everstine Pentagon Editor, Aviation Week Network

Joyce Myers

Niraj Nayak Program Director, Protected Tactical SATCOM, Northrop Grumman

Chris Newman Program Lead, F-35 Electric Power Management System, GE Aerospace

Walter Pinto Jr. Vice President Defense & Security Programs, Embraer

Jon Raviv Managing Director, Capital One

Carole Rickard Hedden Executive Editor Custom Content & Program Excellence, Aviation Week Network

John H. Schmidt Sr. Managing Director, Global A&D Lead, Accenture

Raj Shankar VP, Digital Transformation and GTM, Salesforce

John Stack Managing Director, Head of Aerospace & Defense Investment Banking (US), Canaccord Genuity

Juliet Trew Business Development Director – Commercial/A&D, Aviation Week Network

Steve Trimble Sr. Defense Editor, Aviation Week Network

Torsten Welte Global VP and Head of Industrial Business Unit for Aerospace & Defense, SAP

Dr Timothy White Aerospace & Defense Industry Principal, Interos, Inc

Vice Admiral Johnny Wolfe Director Strategy Systems Programs, U.S. Navy

Renee Pasman VP Integrated Systems, Lockheed Martin Skunk

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Elbit Systems of America

Elbit Systems of America, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, is a leading provider of high-performance products, system solutions, and support services focusing on the defense, homeland security, law enforcement, commercial aviation, and medical instrumentation markets. We are a trusted and highlycapable partner, committed to ensuring the success of our customers to depend on our solutions to accomplish their missions.

With 3,500 engineering, production and sustainment employees working at 14 locations in 10 states, Elbit America is dedicated to supporting those who contribute daily to the safety and security of the United States. Focused on serving our customers, we work alongside them to design, engineer and manufacture creative solutions here in the U.S. to give them decisive advantage.

Our products are found in nearly every major weapon system in the Pentagon’s arsenal, and as systems exported by the U.S. government to its closest allies. We have expanded our American engineering workforce and deepened our technical expertise in recent years, increasing our classified engineering development infrastructure and capabilities at many of our major locations. We employ more than 500 American engineers – a 50 percent increase during last few years – and we routinely invest tens of millions of dollars in research and development of future products. All of this is increasingly aligned to, and growing in concert with, U.S. customer needs.

We are honored to be considered as a finalist for the 2022 Aviation Week Program Excellence Awards. As a global leader in providing C5ISR Solutions, our Command Post Integrated Infrastructure (CPI2) vehicles provide mobile and survivable Command Posts (CP) to the U.S. Army and replaces large, static tent-based CPs that are vulnerable to detection and destruction. CPI2 enables multi-domain operations (MDO) by providing mobile CP infrastructure capable of dispersion in support of Joint Operations across the range of military operations. CPI2 will be fielded from echelons, corps to battalion.

We are also proud to support a fellow Program Excellence Award finalist and partner – Top Aces. Elbit America’s M7 sustainment and support solutions subsidiary is an experienced aircraft Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) company in San Antonio, Texas. They installed the Advanced Aggressor Mission System (AAMS) aboard Top Aces’ F-16A prototype aircraft, enabling Top Aces’ fighter jets to replicate the most advanced capabilities of contemporary air-to-air combat opponents. Elbit America is an advanced technology solutions provider with decades of experience supplying the F-16 with Helmet Mounted-, Head Up- and cockpit displays, processors, and depot level avionics support, including repair of its APG-66 and -68 radars.

For additional information, visit: www.ElbitAmerica.com or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram

Greg Caires info@elbitsystems.com +1 817 234 6600 www.elbitamerica.com

Interos Inc

Last year’s disruptions opened everyone’s eyes to potential risks and threats to their supply chain and business relationships: COVID, SolarWinds, China tech and trade wars, regulatory compliance, ESG-based ethics in resourcing and labor, and more.

In addition to operational pressures from these converging hazards, business leaders told us their frustrations at being stuck in a backward-looking approach to managing supply chain risk for operational resilience: having people manually comb through databases and directories for months to make snapshot spreadsheets and surveys with dated, incomplete information.

At Interos, we saw a smarter way towards a better future. Our Interos Operational Resilience Cloud maps your entire business ecosystem in seconds, using artificial intelligence to get smarter every day. This helps you precisely detect vulnerability and distress across digital and physical supply chains in time to prevent disruptions and achieve dramatically superior enterprise adaptability and responsiveness.

Plus, with an instant global view of every relationship scenario you can imagine, you and your team can focus on exciting new ways to create value and transform your company. More than just making things a little better, we’re here to change the way the world’s companies see, learn and profit from their relationships.

Jennifer Guen marketing@interos.ai +1 703 745 5578 www.interos.ai

KPMG LLP

KPMG LLP is the U.S. firm of the KPMG global organization of independent professional services firms providing audit, tax and advisory services. The KPMG global organization operates in 145 countries and territories and has close to 236,000 people working in member firms around the world. Each KPMG firm is a legally distinct and separate entity and describes itself as such. KPMG International Limited is a private English company limited by guarantee. KPMG International Limited and its related entities do not provide services to clients. KPMG is widely recognized for being a great place to work and build a career. Our people share a sense of purpose in the work we do, and a strong commitment to community service, inclusion and diversity, and eradicating childhood illiteracy. Learn more at www.kpmg.com/us and browse our latest Aerospace & Defense insights at home.kpmg/us/aerospace

Jim Adams

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Salesforce

Salesforce is the global leader in CRM, bringing companies and customers together in the digital age. Founded in 1999, Salesforce enables companies of every size and industry to take advantage of powerful technologies—cloud, mobile, social, voice, and artificial intelligence—to connect to their customers in a whole new way. Companies trust Salesforce to help them transform their businesses around the customer in this digital-first world.

Salesforce Customer 360 is our vision for how we help customers with their digital transformations. With Customer 360, every team — sales, service, marketing, commerce, and beyond — can have a single, shared view of their customers on an integrated CRM platform powered by AI. This single source of truth enables employees to work together to build lasting, trusted relationships and deliver the intelligent, personalized experiences their customers expect.

Salesforce is committed to a set of core values—trust, customer success, innovation, and equality of every human being. Salesforce is one of the leaders on Fortune’s Change the World list, and has been one of Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For, for twelve years in a row. For information, please visit www.salesforce.com. +1 415 901 7000 www.salesforce.com

CIT, a division of First Citizens Bank

CIT’s Aerospace, Defense & Government Services group, part of the Commercial Finance division, provides integrated financial solutions for manufacturers, suppliers and service providers in the aerospace, defense, homeland security and government services markets.

CIT is a division of First Citizens Bank, the largest family-controlled bank in the United States, continuing a unique legacy of strength, stability and long-term thinking that has spanned generations. Parent company, First Citizens BancShares, Inc. (NASDAQ: FCNCA) is a top 20 U.S. financial institution with more than $100 billion in assets. The company’s commercial banking segment brings a wide array of best-in-class lending, leasing and banking services to middle-market companies and small businesses from coast to coast. First Citizens also operates a nationwide direct bank and a network of more than 600 branches in 22 states, many in high-growth markets. Industry specialists bring a depth of expertise that helps businesses and individuals meet their specific goals at every stage of their financial journey. Discover more at cit.com/firstcitizens.

John Heskin

citcommercialfinance@cit.com +1 212 461 5200 www.cit.com/adg

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With Salesforce, enhance mission effectiveness, increase productivity, and keep teams more connected than ever before with a single platform for business and manufacturing systems.

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Congratulations to the 2022 Program Excellence Award Finalists

OEM SYSTEM DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT

Elbit Systems of America Command Post Integrated Infrastructure (CPI2)

Jeff Brown, Program Lead

L3Harris Technologies Advanced Low Cost Munitions Ordnance (ALaMO)

Michael Molohon, Sr Principal, Program Management

Lockheed Martin Precision Strike Missile Program (PrSM) Oscar De La Barcena, Director-PrSM Program Execution

Raytheon Missiles and Defense Hypersonic Air Breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC)

Kevin T. Bredehoft, Associate Director, HAWC Program Manager

OEM PRODUCTION

Boeing Defense, Space & Security

F-15 Full Size Determinant Assembly (FSDA) Prat Kumar, VP and Program Manager, Boeing F-15 Programs

Embraer

A-29 Super Tucano Quality Improvement

Marcelo F. Consorte, Sr Program Manager

Lockheed Martin Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW)

Justin Appel, Program Director

Top Aces Corp.

Top Aces F-16 Ed Woodruff

OEM SUSTAINMENT

Boeing Global Services F-15 Radar Enterprise Performance Based Logistics Program

Tim Flohrschutz, F-15 Sustainment Sr Program Manager

Embraer E190-E2/E195-E2 EIS Program

Carlos Augusto Fernandes Filho, Program Director

Lockheed Martin H-53E Performance Based Logistics Program Andrew Gandia, Program Manager

SPECIAL PROJECTS

Collins Aerospace Software Programmable Open Mission Systems Compliant Radio Program Ranji Issac, Sr Program Manager

Embraer ONE Embraer Program

Paulo Roberto Moritz Stolf, Program Director

Lockheed Martin

Lucy Spacecraft Ari Vogel, Director-Deep Space Exploration Northrop Grumman

Protected Tactical SATCOM Niraj Nayak, Program Director

L3Harris Technologies

Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS)

Rena Barrow, Program Manager

2022 Program Excellence Evaluation Team

SUPPLIER SYSTEM DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT

Collins Aerospace Tactical Combat Training System Increment II Paulette M. Petersen, Director Value Stream Management, Air Combat Test and Training Solutions

Honeywell Aerospace Micro-Vapor Cycle Systems Program Mukesh Kumar, Program Director Moog Inc. Gremlins Program Gregory S. Callahan, Sr Program Manager

SUPPLIER PRODUCTION

Collins Elbit Vision Systems F-35 BEST Team

Missy MacDonald, Value Stream Leader Tom Barker, Program Director GE Electrical Power Management System— F-35 Program Chris Newman, Program Lead Sparton/An Elbit Systems of America Company Sonobuoy Production Program Randall Redondo, Program Lead

Program Excellence Evaluation Team

Boeing

As a leading global aerospace company, Boeing develops, manufactures and services commercial airplanes, defense products and space systems for customers in more than 150 countries. As a top U.S. exporter, the company leverages the talents of a global supplier base to advance economic opportunity, sustainability and community impact. Boeing’s diverse team is committed to innovating for the future, leading with sustainability, and cultivating a culture based on the company’s core values of safety, quality and integrity.

For more information, visit: www.boeing.com

Collins Aerospace Systems

Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Created in 2018 by bringing together UTC Aerospace Systems and Rockwell Collins, Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio and expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market.

For more information, visit: www.CollinsAerospace.com

Program Excellence Evaluation Team

Elbit Systems of America

Elbit Systems of America, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, is a leading provider of high-performance products, system solutions and support services focusing on the defense, homeland security, commercial aviation and medical instrumentation markets.

With facilities throughout the United States, Elbit Systems of America is dedicated to supporting those who contribute daily to the safety and security of the United States.

Elbit Systems of America, LLC is wholly owned by Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESLT and TASE: ESLT), a global high technology company engaged in a wide range of programs for innovative defense and commercial applications.

For more information, visit: www.ElbitAmerica.com

Embraer

Embraer is a global aerospace company headquartered in Brazil. Embraer has businesses in Commercial and Executive aviation, Defense & Security and Agricultural Aviation. The company designs, develops, manufactures and markets aircraft and systems, providing Services & Support to customers after sales.

Since it was founded in 1969, Embraer has delivered more than 8,000 aircraft. On average, about every 10 seconds an aircraft manufactured by Embraer takes off somewhere in the world, transporting over 145 million passengers a year.

Embraer is the leading manufacturer of commercial jets up to 150 seats and the main exporter of high value-added goods in Brazil. The company maintains industrial units, offices, service, and parts distribution centers, among other activities, across the Americas, Africa, Asia and Europe.

For more information, visit: www.embraer.com

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optic and related mission system solutions, including the Predator® aircraft series and the Lynx® Multi-mode Radar. With more than seven million flight hours, GA-ASI is taking the industry to new levels of performance, reliability, and operational capability. Since it was established more than 30 years ago, GA-ASI has expanded the acceptance and application of RPA systems within the United States and among allied forces around the globe. The company is dedicated to providing longendurance, mission-capable aircraft with the integrated sensor and data link systems required to deliver persistent, wide-area situational awareness.

Predator, GA-ASI’s flagship RPA, has been operational in every U.S. conflict since 1995, providing persistent intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) and full mission capability. Since its development, Predator’s capabilities have evolved rapidly, with the company’s aircraft family now encompassing a variety of additional systems, including Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper®, Gray Eagle, Predator C Avenger®, Predator XP, and the MQ-9B SkyGuardian and SeaGuardian. Predator-series aircraft are in constant daily operations, supporting the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, NASA, the Italian Air Force, the UK Royal Air Force, the French Air Force, the Spanish Air Force, the Royal Netherlands Air Force, the UAE Armed Forces, and the Government of India.

Honeywell Aerospace

Honeywell Aerospace products and services are found on virtually every commercial, defense and space aircraft. The Aerospace business unit builds aircraft engines, cockpit and cabin electronics, wireless connectivity systems, mechanical components and more. Its hardware and software solutions create more fuel-efficient aircraft, more direct and on-time flights and safer skies and airports.

For more information, visit: www.honeywell.com or follow us at @Honeywell_Aero.

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L3Harris Technologies

L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across space, air, land, sea, and cyber domains. L3Harris has more than $17 billion in annual revenue and 47,000 employees, with customers in more than 100 countries.

For more information, visit: www.L3Harris.com

Lockheed Martin Corporation

Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin Corporation is a global security and aerospace company that employs approximately 114,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services.

Please follow @LMNews on Twitter for the latest announcements and news across the corporation.

Moog Inc.

Moog Inc. is a worldwide designer, manufacturer, and integrator of precision control components and systems. Their high-performance systems control military and commercial aircraft, satellites and space vehicles, launch vehicles, missiles, automated industrial machinery, medical, and marine products. Moog business is organized via three Operating Groups.

AIRCRAFT

Moog Aircraft Group offers a complete range of technologies and unparalleled customer service to the following markets: military aircraft, commercial aircraft, and military and commercial aftermarket support.

INDUSTRIAL

Moog Industrial Group designs and manufactures high performance motion control products, solutions and services combining electric, hydraulic, and hybrid technologies. Their range of applications include: industrial machinery, energy, medical devices, marine, simulation and test.

SPACE AND DEFENSE

Space and Defense Group (SDG) is committed to innovation, talent development, and on-time delivery of quality solutions to the global aerospace and defense markets. The Defense Sector designs and manufactures products and system solutions across air, land, and sea defense platforms. Precision missile steering, weapon stores management systems, field-reconfigurable turreted weapons, surveillance systems, and quiet undersea actuation are included in their defense solution set. The Space Sector designs and manufactures systems and components for spacecraft and launch vehicles providing solutions in propulsion, actuation, mechanisms, avionics, structures, power, and spacecraft delivery vehicles.

For more information, visit: www.moog.com

Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing innovative systems, products and solutions in autonomous systems, cyber, C4ISR, space, strike, and logistics and modernization to customers worldwide.

For more information, visit: news.northropgrumman.com and follow us on Twitter, @NGCNews.

Program Excellence Evaluation Team

Raytheon Technologies Corporation

Raytheon Technologies Corporation is an aerospace and defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. With four industry-leading businesses—Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, Raytheon Intelligence & Space and Raytheon Missiles & Defense—the company delivers solutions that push the boundaries of avionics, cybersecurity, directed energy, electric propulsion, hypersonics, and quantum physics. The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.

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Juliet Trew

Business Development Director, Commercial/A&D

Juliet is responsible for business development for Aviation Week Network’s global event portfolio, focusing on expanding our footprint into new locations and markets as well as developing and diversifying existing events. She looks after both the commercial portfolio (including our MRO and Aero-Engines series) as well as our Aerospace & Defense events, ensuring we deliver best-in-class conferences and exhibitions with market leading content and exceptional ROI.

Jennifer Roberts Marketing Director

Jennifer is responsible for delivering and further developing the marketing strategy for the Aviation Week events portfolio, including A&D. She works to connect business priorities, objectives and key messages to content delivery and ensure a collaborative and cohesive presentation of offerings.

Sergii Khalepa

Digital Marketing Specialist

Sergii supports the Aviation Week events team with the creation, implementation

analyzing of digital campaigns to drive attendance at our conferences and exhibitions. He works closely with the campaign managers to ensure optimal positioning for all of our events via digital channels including social media. His responsibilities include digital account management, web management and analytics.