DIGITAL BATTLEFIELD PART ONE

Aerospace & Defense (A&D) Town Hall Agenda
RECORDED - April 15, 2026 | 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT

9:00 AM – 9:15 AM | Opening & Theme Introduction
Hosts:
David Shaw and Dan Isaacs
Co-Chairs, DTC Aerospace and Defense Town Hall

9:15 AM – 10:00 AM | Keynote Address - Challenging the Status Quo
(30-minute presentation followed by 15-minute Q&A)
Daniel Hettema
Director, Digital Engineering, Modeling & Simulation (DEMS)
Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E))

Presentation PDF File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-MKqjfy6WhzTgOUI9yiWVwtxjSQofr5z/view?usp=sharing

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM | Panel Discussion - Collaborate to Innovate
(Interactive Session)
Moderator:
Sue R. Nowicki
Managing Director, Bridgeport Partners LLC
Digital Integration Strategy Lead, F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO)
External Advisor, McKinsey & Company

Panelists:
Dr. Michael Grieves
Executive Director & Chief Scientist, Digital Twin Institute
Chief Scientist, Advanced Manufacturing
Professor, University of Central Florida

Adam Sherer
Senior Technical Leader, Cadence
Focused on semiconductor design and defense-related applications, including the modernization of microelectronics development

Tom Alappat
Associate, McKinsey & Company
Former FPGA Designer at Raytheon Technologies and Northrop Grumman

Dr. Mark Pflanz
Director and Technical Engineer, Booz Allen Hamilton
Lead for engineering activities supporting the F-35 program, including Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) initiatives

11:00 AM – 11:45 AM | Featured Speaker Session - Driving Interoperability
(30-minute presentation followed by 15-minute Q&A)
Mohammad Zoualfaghari, PhD, MEng
Global Head of Emerging Technologies, AWS and AWS Telecom

Presentation PDF File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kyApxkY1Zp78bLyRCffl8UJksxc-g6VF/view?usp=drive_link

11:45 AM – 12:00 PM | Wrap-Up & Closing Remarks

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