JOINT FIRES SUMMIT
- February 26-27, 2025
- Jackson Center | Huntsville, AL
Event Overview
All information pertains to the 2025 Summit; 2026 Coming Soon!
The 4th annual Joint Fires Summit will bring together DoD, Military Services, Combatant Commands, Acquisition Authorities, Industry, and Academia to discuss how they are jointly working toward fielding next-gen, surface-to-surface precision fires that will significantly increase range, effects, and lethality over current systems. This forum will further examine innovative fires initiatives and technologies that are being integrated across all domains in a dynamic, highly competitive operational environment.
FEATURED Speakers Included
Download the Agenda for the Full Speaker Line-Up.
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Lt Gen Michael Lutton, USAF
Deputy Commander, Air Force Global Strike Command Deputy Commander, Air Forces Strategic-Air, U.S. Strategic Command -
MG Frank Lozano, USA
PEO Missiles and Space -
MajGen Daniel Shipley, USMC
Deputy Commander, USMC Forces Pacific -
BG Rory Crooks, USA
Director, Long Range Precision Fires CFT, Army Futures Command -
Laurence Mixon, SES
Defense Intelligence Senior Level (DISL) - Special Assistant to the PEO, PEO IEW&S -
Chris Grassano, SES
Director, Armaments Center, U.S. Army DEVCOM -
COL Michael Englis, USA
Army Capabilities Manager, Fires Cells and Targeting Fires, Center of Excellence at Fort Sill -
COL Joseph Swinney, USA
Director of Operations, Future Vertical Lift Cross Functional Team, Army Futures Command
About the 2025 Joint Fires Summit
TOPICS TO BE COVERED
- Ensuring a Lethal, Modernized and Survivable Fires Force That is Prepared for the Evolving Nature of Global Conflicts
- Delivering Advanced Capabilities Such as the Joint Fires Network to Help Bolster Deterrence in the INDOPACOM AOR
- Building Missile Defense Capacity With Urgency to Help Spearhead Army Modernization Efforts
- Driving the Development of the JTIC2S to Help Provide Fires Targeting Capability and a Joint Fires Targeting Common Operational Pictures Across Forces
- Fielding Emerging Commercial Technologies to Address USMC Capability Gaps for Loitering Munitions and Fires Capabilities
- Providing Strategic Deterrence, Global Strike, and Combat Support to Increase USAF Fires Capabilities
- Leading Army Initiatives Toward Improving the Strength and Agility of Field Artillery Systems & Munitions to Deliver More Precise, Punishing Effects on the Future Battlefield
- Enabling Higher Capability at a Lower Cost: Revamping DoD’s Foreign Military Sales Process to Balance Speed, Efficiency, and Technology Security
Why You Should Attend This Summit
The DoD’s highest defense priority remains to deter an attack against the United States. Our adversaries are fielding conventional long-range and hypersonic weapons that can threaten our allies, partners, and U.S. forces. Therefore, the FY 2025 budget requests $28.4 billion to enhance integrated air & missile-defense capabilities to defend the homeland, U.S. deployed forces, and our allies and partners against this growing missile threat. The Army’s FY 2025 budget requests $9.8 billion has been allocated for long-range fires to hold adversary targets at risk from operationally relevant ranges and reduce risks to U.S. forces and assets. DSI’s Joint Fires Summit aims bring together DoD, Military Services, Combatant Commands, Acquisition Authorities, Industry, and Academia to discuss how they are jointly working toward fielding next-gen, surface-to-surface precision fires to both keep pace with our adversaries & significantly increase range, effects, and lethality over current systems.
The DoD’s highest defense priority remains to deter an attack against the United States. Our adversaries are fielding conventional long-range and hypersonic weapons that can threaten our allies, partners, and U.S. forces. Therefore, the FY 2025 budget requests $28.4 billion to enhance integrated air & missile-defense capabilities to defend the homeland, U.S. deployed forces, and our allies and partners against this growing missile threat. The Army’s FY 2025 budget requests $9.8 billion has been allocated for long-range fires to hold adversary targets at risk from operationally relevant ranges and reduce risks to U.S. forces and assets. DSI’s Joint Fires Summit aims bring together DoD, Military Services, Combatant Commands, Acquisition Authorities, Industry, and Academia to discuss how they are jointly working toward fielding next-gen, surface-to-surface precision fires to both keep pace with our adversaries & significantly increase range, effects, and lethality over current systems.
The Joint Fires Summit will offer senior level discussions from across the military services centered around providing a lethal, modernized and survivable fires force that is prepared for the evolving nature of global conflicts. Innovative technologies necessary to advance such weapons systems across the Joint Force, such as enhanced strike targeting, as well as increased efforts to field cutting edge fires capabilities will also be covered. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear from Combatant Commands and key acquisition authorities about critical programs and systems being tested and integrated to create a more interoperable, common operating picture. These include: the Joint Fires Network, JTIC2S, Indirect Fire Protection Capability Increment 2 and Mid-Range Capability. Additionally, this Summit will offer insight into how enemies are continuing to bolster their air and missile defense capabilities making it critical for the US Military to address specific capability gaps through exercises such as Valiant Shield, which help in developing precision strike weapons, indirect fires, artillery/munitions, and other standoff weapons systems in anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) environments.
DSI’s 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 Joint Fires community acquisition authorities to key policymakers across military and civilian offices. Our non-partisan approach allows us to reach across all services and organizations to bring together a truly holistic group of decision makers and solution providers.
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 fires communities.
- 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.
Operating Guidance for Government Attendees
DSI’s Summit directly supports DoD priorities by providing a conduit for officials to efficiently reach audiences outside of their respective offices that directly impact their department’s mission success, at no charge to the government, and in an efficient expenditure of time.
DSI’s Summit will provide a forum to address and improve internal and external initiatives, meet with and hear from partner organizations, disseminate vital capability requirements to industry, increase visibility within the larger community, and generally support their mission.
The Summit is open and complimentary to all DoD and Federal employees and is considered an educational and training forum.
(Industry and academia members are charged a fee for admission)
SPONSORS & EXHIBITORS
The Joint Fires Summit provides opportunities including exhibit space, round table discussions, product demonstrations, and networking receptions. Download the Sponsorship and Exhibiting Prospectus Here.
BECOME A SPONSOR or ExhibitorPlatinum Sponsors
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Smack Technologies Inc. offers a unique blend of elite defense services and successful commercial software development expertise. Our team excels in utilizing deep domain expertise to create AI-enabled Joint Fires systems that enhance situational awareness and context, optimize resource allocation, and support multi-domain operations. We are wholly committed to advancing modern operations by seamlessly integrating with existing and future systems, ensuring enhanced operational effectiveness and decision-making capabilities in the most dynamic and challenging environments
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VETS, LLC, a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, is the one-stop solution for all your digital engineering needs. From Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and tool integration to training, collaboration environments, and data management, we support the entire digital engineering ecosystem. Backed by deep military expertise and a trusted partnership with Dassault Systèmes, VETS delivers seamless, scalable solutions that drive innovation and accelerate transformation.
Gold Sponsors
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PeopleTec, Inc. is an employee-owned small business founded in 2005, dedicated to a people-centric culture and technical excellence. Guided by the tagline “People First. Technology Always.,” PeopleTec delivers innovative solutions across engineering, cyber, and mission operations to support the Warfighter. By investing in advanced technologies and high-fidelity modeling, PeopleTec empowers defense and government customers like MDA and USASMDC, ensuring mission success through expertise, innovation, and exceptional customer service. Learn more at www.peopletec.com
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SiTime, the precision timing company, offers Endura™ ruggedized oscillators for aerospace and defense applications that demand resiliency in harsh environmental conditions. These silicon MEMS-based devices deliver the best acceleration sensitivity, shock and vibration resistance, and dynamic performance under airflow, thermal gradients, pressure, and power supply noise. Endura products can be factory-programmed within a wide range of parameters, eliminating the long lead times and customization costs associated with quartz products.
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Theta’s OpenAthena™ software enables common drones to spot precise locations instantly. It introduces a novel terrain-raycast technique which can geolocate any single pixel of any single drone image. Founded on principles of open-source innovation and broad compatibility, Theta Informatics is committed to delivering cutting-edge solutions that improve decision-making and operational efficiency in both civilian and defense sectors.
Exhibitor
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Miltope Corporation is a leading U.S. manufacturer of rugged computers and computer peripherals for tactical and aviation applications in the military, industrial, and commercial sectors. These ruggedized computers are designed for use in the most demanding and challenging land, sea, and airborne environments and are fully tested to comply with stringent military and commercial aviation standards.
Media Partners
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Aerospace Manufacturing & Design is the only trade publication exclusively dedicated to the design, manufacturing, assembly, and MRO of aircraft and components. Every recipient on our 20,572 BPA-audited circulation is a qualified decision-maker in the aerospace industry. This vertical focus gives you direct access to the engineers and manufacturers who need your products to succeed. No other trade publication can match the power of our vertical reach in the aerospace manufacturing, design, and MRO market
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Aerospace Defense Review is the only print magazine read by over 45,000 qualified readers in the U.S. that includes Corporate Management executives, senior executives from Design/R&D, Scientists, engineers, system integrators, program managers, procurement division executives, and other senior-level technology decision-makers. Following a peer-to-peer learning pattern, our magazine has been a reference point to industry insiders to learn about the new technology trends and share with the community how they are leveraging technology to accomplish various programs.
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Defense and Munitions provides current information about the latest manufacturing processes and design innovations occurring in the industry. Defense and Munitions explores best practices, regulatory requirements, materials, and the latest manufacturing innovations used for producing everything from ammunition to land, sea, and air equipment used by military, law enforcement, and enthusiasts.
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Defense Advancement (DA) provides the latest information about technical developments and innovation in #defense and security systems and equipment. We strive to highlight the capabilities of businesses and organisations operating in this sector. DA is the global ecosystem for defense and security technology and innovation. We provide global exposure for +200 industry-leading technical and engineering organisations, allowing them to gain maximum visibility of their innovations, products and capabilities in front of an audience of +500,000 visitors each year. Get in touch to find out how we can use our expertise to improve global visibility of your business.
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The Redstone Rocket is the official newspaper of Redstone Arsenal. https://www.theredstonerocket.com/
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UST is the world’s largest supplier ecosystem connecting leading unmanned systems technology and equipment businesses with active in-market buyers across defense, commercial and industrial sectors.
We provide global exposure for +200 industry-leading technical and engineering organisations, allowing them to gain maximum visibility of their innovations, products and capabilities in front of an audience of +1.2million visitors each year.
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