GE Aerospace

The forum focuses on the Army Aviation Roadmap and the industrial base, sustainment, and acquisition. Its program includes discussion of Army transformation and the organic industrial base, with opportunities for briefings involving project managers, Army aviation transformation and future-capability leaders, original equipment manufacturers, and other industry leaders. Professional sessions address the industrial base, the Army Aviation Roadmap, sustainment and the organic industrial base, acquisition, integration of the Portfolio Acquisition Executive for Maneuver Air portfolio, force modernization, the operating environment, the Pentagon landscape, and future warfighting concepts. Exhibit-hall open-mic panels cover cargo; attack and reconnaissance; utility aircraft; uncrewed aircraft systems; next-generation command and control; AMCOM sustainment; counter-drone systems; aviation mission systems and architecture; tactical aviation and ground munitions; and MV-75 Cheyenne opportunities.

The program pairs morning plenary sessions with concurrent Technology and Education & Workforce Development tracks. Topics include AI in manufacturing, manufacturers’ problems and needs, building ARM Institute-funded project teams, funding opportunities, and enrollment in manufacturing training programs. Interactive activities cover moving ARM-funded projects from development to factory-floor deployment; communicating technology needs, risks, and value in proposals; developing education and workforce grant proposals; and creating immersive learning experiences for manufacturing careers. Other program elements include project updates, five-minute member pitches on organizational capabilities, problems seeking collaborators, and products or services, and an introduction to the revamped ARM Member Community. Attendance is limited to ARM Institute members.

The forum focuses on Army Aviation Maintenance & Sustainment and the Organic Industrial Base, including opportunities for Corpus Christi Army Depot and industry to partner on business opportunities and improve awareness and efficiency. Program topics include global aviation supply-chain depth and preparing for peace and war; advanced manufacturing; the Army Materiel Command Organic Industrial Base Integration Office; public-private partnerships; shared challenges and opportunities in the Defense Industrial Base; Army Materiel Command priorities; and the risks and rewards of artificial intelligence in the Defense Industrial Base.

The summit brings together the Army Aviation community for professional sessions, leadership panels, project manager program updates, open-mic workshops, and an exhibit hall. Program topics include increasing Army combat power; the Army in transition; future combat; driving innovation; sustaining combat power; special operations aviation; Cheyenne capabilities and opportunities; cavalry heritage and combined-arms, all-domain maneuver; evolving the combat aviation brigade for joint all-domain maneuver; allied-nation defense; airspace management; next-generation command and control; joint targeting; and contested logistics. Project updates cover Attack, AMSA, Utility, Cargo, and FLRAA-Cheyenne programs. The program also includes aviation warrant officer readiness and an enlisted branch update. The opening professional session features a keynote on increasing Army combat power. The exhibit hall and professional sessions are listed as free for attendees; separately ticketed meals and events have additional prices.

The briefing recounts the HIDE program at North American Aviation in Tulsa and the engineers who worked on low-observable systems for aircraft, missiles, and submarines. Topics include structural radar absorbers used on the AGM-28 Hound Dog missile; radar-absorbing systems on the B-1B; and the HIDE-descended B-1B and Tomahawk programs. The discussion also connects Oklahoma’s aerospace talent development and Tinker modernization to Guard and industry responses to emerging threats such as drone defense. The engineers will share the story publicly together in the city where they built the program.

The discussion traces the HIDE group’s early stealth work in Tulsa, beginning with efforts to reduce the detectability of the AGM-28 Hound Dog cruise missile using structural radar absorbers. The program’s work later touched stealth drones flown in Vietnam, stealth-related submarine technology, and the B-1B bomber. The event connects that history to Oklahoma’s defense industry.