MxD Summit 2026

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Theme: “Ready Now: Manufacturing at Mission Speed,” focused on deploying proven manufacturing capabilities that strengthen the U.S. industrial base. Programming covers deployment and scale, workforce and capacity, technology maturity and readiness, supply chain resilience, public funding and private capital, secure manufacturing readiness with private 5G, engineering change and production reality, digital manufacturing strategies for the defense industrial base, and emerging technologies from MxD member companies. Additional sessions address AI adoption in the industrial base, AI deployment in regulated and cloud-blocked environments, AI productivity in manufacturing, AI-enabled digital threads for defense sustainment parts, quantum technologies for defense manufacturers, supplier discoverability, MRO intelligence, compliance, and cybersecurity. The program includes keynotes, panels, breakout tracks, an MxD CEO Town Hall, and a member technology showcase. Named speakers include Michael Cadenazzi, Assistant Secretary of War for Industrial Base Policy, U.S. Department of War; Patrick Kelleher, Deputy Assistant Secretary of War for Materiel Readiness, U.S. Department of War; James Mismash, Deputy Assistant Secretary of War for Industrial Base Growth and Director of Small Business Programs; Berardino Baratta, CEO, MxD; Saurabh Mehta, CEO, Belcan, a Cognizant Company; Justin Siebert, COO, Ursa Major; and Alison Magyari, Vice President of Information Technology and Global Business Relationship Management, Eaton.

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