Industry Insights

Delivered by David Musgrave, Artillery Chief Engineer, DEVCOM Armaments Center, U.S. Army, at our 2026 Summit, this presentation explores:

• The vision and objectives behind Accurate Affordable Indirect Massed (AAIM) Fires
• Why extended-range artillery and increasingly prevalent GPS jamming are driving the need for AAIM
• Approaches to reducing ballistic dispersion and improving conventional artillery performance
• How incremental improvements could reduce ammunition use, logistics demands, equipment wear and risk to gun crews
• Opportunities for industry to contribute ideas, prototypes, testing capabilities and historical data
  

During his 24-year tenure in the Army, Colonel Gregory Tomlin has seen his fair share of transformation efforts. A career Field Artillery officer, he has served in four divisions—the 1st Armor, 1st Infantry, 2nd Infantry, and 7th Infantry—and commanded both M109A6 and M777 units. His operational experience spans deployments to Iraq, where he served as a rifle platoon leader and later as a military advisor, and Kosovo, where he was task force Information Operations officer.

Beyond command, Colonel Tomlin has held key staff assignments on the Army and Joint Staff, including Chief of Targeting Doctrine and Policy on the Joint Staff J-2 and Chief of Army Readiness in the Army Staff G-3/5/7. He has also served as a White House Military Social Aide during the Obama administration and as an assistant professor of history at West Point. In July 2024, he assumed his current role as Army Capability Manager for Division Artillery Formations.

Now, with a new administration in the White House and new leadership in the DoD, Colonel Tomlin is embracing the latest Army Transformation Initiative, which includes plans to modernize the force, increase lethality, and restructure formations. In the latest interview from IDGA, Colonel Tomlin sat down to share his role in the Army’s Transformation Initiative as well as the value of international collaboration, and much more. The views he expresses are his own and do not necessarily represent those of the U.S. Army or the Department of Defense.

Delivered by Colonel Leon L. Rogers II, Project Manager, Combat Ammunition Systems (PM CAS), JPEO Armaments & Ammunition, U.S. Army, at our 2025 Summit, this presentation delves into:

• PM-CAS Vision
• PM CAS Modernization Priorities
• Exploring Options to Improve Survivability and Mobility
• Mortars Modernization
• The Enduring Value of Tube Launched Artillery
  

IDGA’s Future Fires & Munitions Summit is committed to supporting the DoD as it develops next generation capabilities and fires recapitalization. The two-day event will provide two days of thought leadership discussion on modern warfare and the quest for increased firepower. Leaders from across the indirect fire community will gather to discuss the latest innovations and modernizations in indirect fire systems, support systems, munitions, and the role of indirect fires in Europe and the Indo-Pacific.

Before the conference, IDGA is proud to bring the fires community the “Artillery Market Report 2025-2029: United States”. The following is a U.S.-specific version of Defence IQ’s International Artillery Market Report 2025-2029. In this report we will look at the general trends in the international artillery market, before narrowing the focus on the United States, which includes an overview of over twenty different artillery initiatives ongoing within the U.S. DoD.

Delivered by Dave Musgrave, Chief Engineer for DEVCOM-AC’s Artillery Fire Control Systems Division, U.S. Army, at our 2025 Summit, this presentation delves into the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center.

Download to find out: 

• DEVCOM AC Overview
• Armaments Center Core Competencies 
  
• Assured Armaments Reference Architecture (AARA) for Fire Control
• Software Reuse vs Design for Modularity Upfront
• AARA, Rapid Indirect Fires Procurement and US Network Interoperability
• Why Should You Care?