Military Aviation & Air Dominance Summit 2025

January 22-23, 2025 - Huntsville, AL, United States

The 7th Annual Military Aviation & Air Dominance will convene senior level experts and decision makers from across the U.S. Military Services, DoD, International Partners, Acquisition Authorities, & Industry for a Joint Service discussion on strategies, initiatives, and emerging capabilities critical for equipping and sustaining the future aviation force. The 2025 Summit will discuss how the Military services, in partnership with industry and global partners, are modernizing aviation platforms and enhancing aircraft technology to ensure sustained air superiority.

Topics to be Covered

  • Shaping the Army Aviation force of the future
  • Bolstering international partnerships & collaboration to sustain global aviation dominance
  • Guiding strategy and ensuring effective integration of future capabilities in the air domain
  • Leading Army transformation: strategic concepts & emerging technologies for sustained air dominance
  • Sustaining aviation & missile systems to ensure readiness & reliability
  • Incorporating AI/autonomy to shape the future of aerial dominance
  • Elevating Marine Corps aviation capabilities to achieve air dominance & operational readiness
  • Enhancing USMC & USN ISR capabilities in combat environments
  • Implementing innovative technology solutions to enable Naval Aviation combat

Why You Should Attend This Summit

Amid an era of strategic competition, the Military Services are prioritizing aviation platform modernization and fielding of advanced capabilities to maintain air superiority over increasingly sophisticated adversaries. The 2025 Military Aviation & Air Dominance Summit will gather members from across the Military Services, DoD, International Partner, Acquisition Authorities, & Industry for in-depth discussions on strategic initiatives and operational goals focused on leveraging emerging capabilities to enhance the technological superiority of military aviation platforms and ensure global air dominance.

Discussions at the 2025 Summit will concentrate on the Army's Future Vertical Lift portfolio, cutting-edge innovations in military aviation, cost-effective modernization of air platforms, strategies for maintaining operational readiness in a dynamic threat landscape, collaboration with industry, importance of joint operations, and future air combat strategies. The event will also feature panels on strengthening collaboration and partnership with international partners/allies and incorporating AI/autonomy to enhance capabilities in the air domain. Attendees at the 2025 Military Aviation & Air Dominance Summit will have the unique opportunity to discuss the current and future strategies to modernize military air systems and leverage advanced capabilities to support the Joint aviation warfighter and ensure sustained dominance in a contested air domain.

The team specializes in the extensive research and development of our Summits' content and focus areas, and we will assemble the most respected minds in the military aviation community, to include key acquisition authorities & policymakers across the military commands.

At Our Summit You Have the Ability To

  • Gain Education & Insight: Walk away with knowledge gained from our senior level speakers on some of the complex challenges facing the Military Aviation community.
  • Build Partnerships:The agenda is designed to allow for ample networking opportunities and the ability to engage in constructive dialogue among all in attendance.
  • Influence: Help foster ideas! Share your own insight and knowledge during our interactive sessions. All attendees are encouraged to address our speaker faculty and each other with their questions, comments or ideas.

Sponsors & Exhibitors

The 2025 Military Aviation & Air Dominance Summit provides opportunities including exhibit space, round table discussions, product demonstrations, and networking receptions.
Contact us for sponsorship information

2025 Early Confirmed Speakers Include

  • Lt Gen David A. Harris, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff, Air Force Futures, A5/7
  • BG Matthew Braman, USA, Director of Army Aviation, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7
  • BG David Phillips, USA, Program Executive Officer, PEO Aviation
  • BG Phillip Baker, USA, Director, Future Vertical Lift CFT, U.S. Army Futures Command
  • Brig Gen Douglas P. Wickert, USAF, Commander, 412th Test Wing
  • John F. Vona, SES, Directional of Operational Requirements & Capability Development, Air Force Futures, A5/7
  • Joseph A. Baker, SES, Director of Engineering & Technical Management, F-35 Joint Program Office
  • Keith Bethell, Director General Air, Defence Equipment & Support- UK MoD
  • Colonel Yuka Nakazato, Air & Space Attaché, Embassy of Japan to the United States
  • COL Roger P. Waleski, USA, Commander, U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command
  • CAPT Dennis Monagle, USN, PM, PMA-266, Multi-Mission Tactical Unmanned Systems (UAS), NAVAIR
  • Colonel Yuka Nakazato, Air & Space Attaché, Embassy of Japan to the United States
  • CAPT Jarrod Hair, USN, PM, Air Combat Electronics (PMA 209), NAVAIR
  • CAPT Jerick Black, PM, Strike Planning & Execution Systems (PMA 281), NAVAIR
  • Col Charles Del Pizzo, USMC, Commanding Officer, Marine Operational Test & Evaluation Squadron 1

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Venue

Jackson Center
601 Moquin Dr NW, 35806
Huntsville, Alabama

Parking Details
Free parking is available at the Jackson Center.

Nearby Hotels
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