Agenda Day 2

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8:00 am - 8:50 am REGISTRATION AND NETWORKING IN THE EXHIBITION HALL

8:55 am - 9:00 am Chairman’s Opening Remarks

9:00 am - 9:30 am UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING FROM A MILITARY INTELLIGENCE PERSPECTIVE

Brig Gen Ryan Gunst - Military Intelligence Readiness Command Commanding General, Department Of Defense
  • Why the intelligence community is interested in advanced manufacturing 
  • The importance of advanced manufacturing in keeping the US military at optimal operational readiness 
  • Ensuring collaboration between the Department of Defense and industry for advanced manufacturing capabilities 


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Brig Gen Ryan Gunst

Military Intelligence Readiness Command Commanding General
Department Of Defense

9:30 am - 10:00 am OSD-MANTECH 101

  • How OSD-ManTech partners with organizations across the DoD 
  • Challenges OSD-ManTech is currently facing in implementing advanced manufacturing 
  • Understanding how industry can work with DoD ManTech to improve its advanced manufacturing capabilities 


10:00 am - 10:30 am TUNGSTEN 3D PRINTING – NEW MANUFACTURING CAPABILITY FOR DEFENSE APPLICATIONS

Jonathan Buckley - AM Applications Engineer, JEOL USA
  • How Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion (EB-PBF) technology enables the reliable 3D printing of pure tungsten components—overcoming traditional manufacturing and laser powder bed fusion limitations for high-density, high-temperature applications like hypersonics, kinetic penetrators, and radiation shielding 
  • This presentation will include initial mechanical property data, part density, and additional technical details showing the stability and consistency of EB-PBF printed tungsten 
  • Exploration of how this advanced manufacturing capability can potentially support defense applications by producing complex, refractory metal parts 


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Jonathan Buckley

AM Applications Engineer
JEOL USA

10:30 am - 11:00 am Morning Coffee and Networking in the Exhibition Hall

11:00 am - 11:30 am ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING FOR EVERY “SEA” STATE

 

  • Understanding the need for joint AM qualifications for interoperability supporting the US Navy  
  • Additive manufacturing for current and future platforms  
  • The constraints and challenges that the US Navy faces with additive manufacturing 


11:30 am - 12:00 pm SCALABLE COMPOSITES ROBOTIC ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING (SCRAM) FABRICATED CONTINUOUS FIBER COMPOSITE STRUCTURES

David Ivankovich - Technical Program Manager, Continuous Fiber Additive Manufacturing Technology De, Northrop Grumman

 

  • Fully automated factory in a cell 
  • Toolless, or hard tooled, manufacturing for rapid prototyping and high-rate production 
  • Preform fabrication for C/C composites 
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David Ivankovich

Technical Program Manager, Continuous Fiber Additive Manufacturing Technology De
Northrop Grumman

12:00 pm - 12:30 pm DEVELOPING ADVANCED DIGITAL MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY FOR THE US AIR FORCE

  • Updates on the work of the Manufacturing, Industrial Technologies and Energy Division’s Collaborative Automation for Manufacturing Systems, or CAMS, Laboratory 
  • Enabling rapid refitting of systems in the field for quick turnarounds 
  • How the US Air Force is partnering with industry to further digital manufacturing 

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm LUNCH AND NETWORKING IN THE EXHIBITION HALL

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm INNOVATING MATERIAL SOLUTIONS

Christopher Allison - Technology Manager, GKN Aerospace
  • Overview of the additive manufacturing research done at University of Southern California 
  • Research institutions partnerships with industry 
  • Current material innovation efforts 
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Christopher Allison

Technology Manager
GKN Aerospace

2:00 pm - 2:30 pm ADVANCED MANUFACTURING FOR THE MARINE CORPS

  • Are warfighters even utilizing advanced manufacturing during operational exercises? 
  • How will these capabilities increase readiness and lethality in INDOPACOM? 
  • What capability gaps still need to be fulfilled? 


2:30 pm - 3:00 pm NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK IN THE EXHIBITION HALL

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm TRANSITION FROM DEVELOPMENT TO PRODUCTION FOR METAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

  • Scaling metal additive manufacturing  
  • Challenges to scaling to production for metal additive manufacturing 
  • Understanding the needs of the DoD in regards to metal additive manufacturing 


  • How institutes such as ARMS Institute, LIFT and MxD are partnering with DOD Mantech to push advanced manufacturing innovation in the DOD 
  • Ways institutes are partnering with industry to improve advanced manufacturing supply chains for the Department of Defense 
  • How institutes are helping the Department of Defense implement advanced manufacturing faster 
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Clark Dressen

Technical Fellow / CTO
Manufacturing x Digital (MxD)

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Dr. Mohsen Seifi

Vice President, Global Advanced Manufacturing Programs
ASTM INTERNATIONAL

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Noel Mack

Chief Technology Officer
Lift

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Dr. Mohsen Seifi

Vice President, Global Advanced Manufacturing Programs
ASTM INTERNATIONAL

3:35 pm - 3:35 pm END OF CONFERENCE