Military Aviation and Air Dominance Summit
- January 20-21, 2027
- Jackson Center, Huntsville, AL
Event Overview
The 9th Annual Military Aviation & Air Dominance Summit will convene senior-level experts and decision-makers from across the U.S. Military Services, the Department of War, International Partners, Acquisition Authorities, and Industry for a Joint Service discussion on strategies, initiatives, and emerging capabilities critical for enhancing lethality and restoring the warrior ethos in pursuit of total air dominance. Amid a dynamic and shifting global landscape shaped by lessons from, Ukraine, and the Middle East, the U.S. Military Services are undergoing a strategic reorientation to maintain and expand air superiority over increasingly sophisticated adversaries, reshaping the balance between manned aviation, unmanned systems, and the divestiture of legacy platforms.
Notice: No Press. No Recordings. Chatham House Rule.
2026 Confirmed Speakers Included
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COL Jeffrey Poquette, USA
Project Manager, FLRAA, PAE Aviation -
2. COL Timothy Jaeger
USA, Director, Army Aviation, Army Headquarters (HQDA) G-3/5/7 -
COL Mattew Gomlak, USA
Commander, U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command (USASOAC) -
Col Daniel Kaiser
USMC (Confirmed)Commanding Officer, Marine Aircraft Group 26 -
Col David Liu
USAF (Confirmed) Senior Material Leader, AFLCMC -
CAPT Rob Smith
USN, Program Manager, PMA 209, PAE Aviation -
COL Kevin Consedine
USA Commander, Corpus Christi Army Depot -
Colonel Barry Leonard
Air and Space Attaché, Canada -
COL (R) Donald Nitti, SES
Deputy to the Commanding General, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command -
Dr. John Tomblin
Senior Vice President for Industry & Defense Programs, Wichita State University -
MG (R) Walter Rugen
USA, VP, Government Affairs, Textron; Former Director of U.S. Army Aviation -
MG (R) Bill Gayler
USA, Senior Strategic Advisor, PeopleTec; Former Commanding General, U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence
About the Military Aviation & Air Dominance Summit
TOPICS TO BE COVERED
- Keeping Pace with Changing Warfare through PAE Maneuver Air
- Engineering the Future of Air Supremacy Through Digital Dominance
- Accelerating the MV-75 FLRAA Cheyenne into the Future Assault Fleet
- Modernizing the Black Hawk for the Networked, UAS-Enabled Battlefield
- MRO, Advanced Manufacturing, and Industrial Base Readiness for Aging and Next-Gen Airframes
- Allied Air Power in Contest: Interoperability, Innovation, and the Fight for Global Air Dominance
- Warfighting Acquisition for Naval Air Dominance: A Look Inside PAE Aviation
- Providing Air Support, Assault Support, and Aerial Reconnaissance to Sustain the MAGTF Warfighting Edge
Why You Should Attend This Summit
Attend this year’s summit to gain a comprehensive understanding of the strategies, technologies, and partnerships that are shaping the future of military aviation. The summit provides a unique opportunity to hear from senior leaders on how military services, in collaboration with international partners and industry, are modernizing platforms to enhance lethality and ensure air superiority in a dynamic and shifting global landscape.
Attend this year’s summit to gain a comprehensive understanding of the strategies, technologies, and partnerships that are shaping the future of military aviation. The summit provides a unique opportunity to hear from senior leaders on how military services, in collaboration with international partners and industry, are modernizing platforms to enhance lethality and ensure air superiority in a dynamic and shifting global landscape.
This year’s Summit will examine how the military services, in partnership with industry and global partners, are modernizing aviation platforms and enhancing aircraft technology to empower air superiority, with a specific focus on boosting overall air lethality and readiness. Attendees will hear directly from senior leaders on current and future strategies to field the MV-75 FLRAA Cheyenne as the future long-range assault aircraft, modernize the Black Hawk fleet for a networked, UAS-enabled battlefield, and align Naval Aviation’s new Portfolio Acquisition Executive construct with a Warfighting Acquisition System built for high-end maritime conflict. The 2027 Summit will also feature dedicated discussion on the industrial base and readiness challenges underpinning both legacy and next-generation fleets, including MRO throughput, advanced manufacturing, and forging and composite supply chains that keep aircraft mission-capable while new platforms scale into service. Sessions will address how digital engineering, model-based systems engineering, and digital twins are accelerating design, sustainment, and training across the aviation lifecycle.
DSI’s team specializes in the extensive research and development of our Summits’ content and focus areas, and we will assemble the most respected minds in the military aviation community, to include key acquisition authorities & policymakers across the military commands.
At Our Summit You Have the Ability To
Gain Education & Insight: Walk away with knowledge gained from our senior level speakers on some of the complex challenges facing the Military Aviation community.
Build Partnerships: The agenda is designed to allow for ample networking opportunities and the ability to engage in constructive dialogue among all in attendance.
Influence: Help foster ideas! Share your own insight and knowledge during our interactive sessions. All attendees are encouraged to address our speaker faculty and each other with their questions, comments or ideas.
Operating Guidance for Government Attendees
DSI’s Summit directly supports US Military Services, DoW, Government, and Industry partner priorities by providing a conduit for officials to efficiently reach audiences outside of their respective offices that directly impact their department’s mission success, at no charge to the government, and in an efficient expenditure of time.
DSI’s Summit will provide a forum to address and improve internal and external initiatives, meet with and hear from partner organizations, disseminate vital capability requirements to industry, increase visibility within the larger community, and generally support their mission.
The Summit is open and complimentary to all DoW and Federal employees and is considered an educational and training forum
Industry and academia members are charged a fee for admission
Notice: No Press. No Recordings. Chatham House Rule.
Sponsors & Exhibitors
The 2027 Military Aviation & Air Dominance Summit provides opportunities including exhibit space, round table discussions, product demonstrations, and networking receptions.
BECOME A SPONSOR or Exhibitor
Exhibitors
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The NSA Cybersecurity Collaboration Center (CCC) is how NSA scales intel-driven cybersecurity through open, collaborative partnerships. The CCC works with industry, interagency, and international partners to harden the U.S. Defense Industrial Base, operationalize NSA’s unique insights on sophisticated nation-state cyber threats, jointly create mitigations guidance for emerging activity as well as chronic cybersecurity challenges, and secure emerging technologies. NSA offers no-cost cybersecurity services to any company that contracts with DoD (sub or prime) or has access to non-public DoD information. NSA’s services help protect against some of the most common nation-state exploitation vectors and are powered by unique, non-public indicators of known bad activity derived from NSA’s foreign signals intelligence, cybersecurity analytic expertise, and engagements with partners. Visit cybercenter.nsa.gov to learn more.