Information & Organizers

The 2025 forum, to be held 15–18 April at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, MD, covers the strategic, programmatic, and technical topics and policy issues pertaining to the aerospace and defense community.

Highlights from previous AIAA DEFENSE Forums can be found in the Archives.

AIAA DEFENSE Forum Executive Steering Committee

• Scott Allison, Raytheon
• Dave Denhard, Missile Defense Agency
• Aaron Dufrene, CUBRC
• Jordan Feidler, The Aerospace Corporation
• Dean Gehr, Bravo Zulu Consulting
• Darren Hayashi, RTX
• Barry Ives, Lockheed Martin
• Anjaney Kottapalli, Lockheed Martin
• Ryan Leo, Leidos
• Laura McGill, Sandia National Laboratories
• Tony Mitchell, Honeywell
• Kerri Phillips, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
• Ali Raz, George Mason University
• Katherine Rink, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
• Robie Samanta Roy, Cerberus Capital Management
• Andrea Scouras, MIT Lincoln Laboratory (Technical Program Chair)
• Ed Swallow, The Aerospace Corporation
• David Van Wie, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
• Mike White, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (Retired)

Forum Technical Chair

• Andrea Scouras, MIT Lincoln Laboratory

The Technical Program Committee is listed on the Call for Technical Briefings page.