Review/Analysis: Top A&D Programs
Here' s where the dollars are. AVIATION WEEK will review the most current dollar figures across commercial, defense and space sectors. And a leading national financial analyst will analyze the numbers.
Moderator: Anthony L. Velocci, Editor in Chief, Aviation Week & Space Technology
9:15 a.m.
Emerging Program: KC-145 Represents $1.5 B in Opportunity
Northrop Grumman and EADS are standing up the KC-45 Tanker Program, based in Mobile, Ala. The program award of $1.5 billion covers four Systems Design and Development aircraft, based on the KC34A airframe. Conference attendees will hear about how this program will operate, supply chain requirements, and critical milestones.
Paul K. Meyer, Sector VP, Air Mobility Systems, Northrop Grumman
9:45 a.m.
Emerging Program: Joint Cargo Aircraft
Speaker: James Burkhardt, VP-JCA, L-3 Communications Integrated Systems
10:15 a.m.
Emerging Program: BAMS
Carl Johnson, Program Manager, BAMS, Northrop Grumman
11:00 a.m.
Break
12:00 p.m.
Program Excellence Awards LuncheonSponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers
Annual Awards Luncheon honors program leaders excelling in leading system-of-system and sub-system programs with unique, innovative solutions to challenges. Finalists to be honored during luncheon, and winners announced.
Emcees: Anthony L. Velocci, Editor in Chief, Aviation Week & Space Technology, and Carole Rickard Hedden, Project Leader -AVIATION WEEK Program Excellence
2:00 p.m.
Leading Complex Programs: Lessons Learned
Program complexity is a reality that affects customers, major companies and the entire supply chain. In this session we'll look at the most significant pain points in program performance and the implications for the entire global industry. Two well-known leaders of complex programs will analyze the technological, transition of design to production, visibility through a multi-tiered supply chain and financial perspectives when program complexity reaches boundaries previously unknown and unplanned.
Moderator: Tom Kilkenny, GM Global A&D, IBM
Charles T. "Tom" Burbage, EVP and GM-F35 Integration, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Howard Chambers, former GM Boeing Space & Intelligence Systems and on special assignment to Boeing 787 Program
Welcome
Reading the Tea Leaves: Election Impact for A&D Industry
A week after the 2008 Presidential Election, AVIATION WEEK hosts a cross fire discussion among leaders about what the change of administration could mean to commercial, space and defense sectors of the industry.
Speaker: Jerry W. Cox, Managing Director, Forerunner Foundation
10:00 a.m.
Complex Programs: The Supply Chain's Response
While OEMs and large scale integrators take on the challenges of leading complex programs, members of the supply chain are responsible for helping define new products and technologies and then responding with the velocity, skill and capacity required to meet challenging program performance goals. In this session, four supply chain leaders will discuss shifting their programs into production, assuring supply chain visibility, constraints in terms of materials and skills, and the impact of schedule slippage on suppliers.
Moderator: Ralph W. Carpenter, IBM
Speakers: Don Morrow, VP Advanced Programs, GE Aviation/Systems
11:00 a.m.
Acquisition Priorities for the Future
Leaders of NASA and DoD share their perspective on priorities as they move through the next budgetary cycle.
Noon
Conference Adjourns
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