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Breakout Session: Accelerating Innovation Track

Monday 9 March 2026
South Pacific

This panel will explore the Department of Defense’s Manufacturing Technology Programs focused on advancing expeditionary manufacturing and repair (AdvM&R) capabilities to sustain Joint and Coalition Forces in contested environments. Topics include organic mobile Additive Manufacturing (AM) capabilities, recent fielding plans and outcomes.

Speakers
Keith DeVries, Director of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Manufacturing Technology Program - OUSD R&E
Dr. Hunter Martin, Program Manager, Strategic Technology Office - Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Justin McRoberts, Program Manager, Manufacturing Science and Technology Program, Office of the Secretary of Defense - OUSD R&E
Dr. Robert Smith, Principal Technologist, Artificial Intelligence and Autonomy, Science and Technology Division - U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
Stephen Recchia, Program Manager, Manufacturing Innovation Institute - Office of the Secretary of War for Research & Engineering