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On April 9, President Trump signed Executive Order (EO) “Modernizing Defense Acquisitions and Spurring Innovation in the Defense Industrial Base.” The order includes several directives for DoD leadership intended to reform the “antiquated defense acquisition system” and establish new processes that will speed and scale procurement to establish a military edge. The order was the first in a series of actions from the White House that will reshape the defense industrial base in the US.

Read the latest report from IDGA to gain insights into President Trump's executive orders and their impact on the defense industry.

To learn more about how executive orders are changing the defense industrial base, register for IDGA’s Defense Logistics & Support Summit taking place this September 16-17 in Reston, Virginia. The two-day summit will explore the resilience challenges faced by the defense industrial base, along with the current efforts to stay ahead of near-peer nations.

The Defense Logistics Agency recently published its Digital Strategy 2025-2030 which lays out the agency’s critical focus areas and supporting initiatives for government and industry partners for the next five years.

Adarryl Roberts is the agency’s Chief Information Officer and director for DLA Information Operations, and the lead architect behind DLA’s Digital Strategy. Prior to his selection as CIO in 2023, Mr. Roberts was appointed to the Senior Executive Service and selected as the DLA Program Executive Officer. In his PEO role, Mr. Roberts was instrumental in leading DLA’s Digital Business Transformation efforts to modernize, transform, and fundamentally change the way DLA provides value to its customers.

This September 29-30, Mr. Roberts will be on-site at IDGA’s Defense Logistics & Support Summit to share insights on DLA’s artificial intelligence strategy. Before the summit, IDGA sat down with Mr. Roberts to discuss how AI is mitigating supply chain risks, the ways DLA supports its industry partners, and much more.

The two-day Defense Logistics & Support Summit in Reston, Virginia, will feature leaders such as Mr. Roberts from across the defense ecosystem to discuss the cutting-edge technology shaping the future of defense logistics and procurement to support the warfighter, including the use of AI, data analytics for prediction and maintenance, unmanned delivery, and more.

IDGA’s 3rd annual Defense Logistics & Support Summit returned to the D.C. area this past October, and was the largest iteration of the event to date, with 250+ professionals representing the U.S. military, industry, and academia assembled in one room to discuss winning multi-domain battles through the lens of technology-driven defense logistics.

The 2024 summit featured a speaker lineup that represented all corners of DoD, and included presentations that ranged from maritime logistics to cybersecurity threats in the supply chain and much more.

In this 8-page report, you can find the results of on-site surveying, daily summaries from the conference, and a full list of attending organizations.