Developing and Delivering Decisive Capability at Speed and Scale

AIAA DEFENSE Forum is a Secret/NOFORN event providing a venue for leaders from government, military, industry, and academia to advance and accelerate innovation. 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. This year’s theme will delve into how the science and technology community addresses operational needs through rapid innovation and deployment. By enhancing efficiency and readiness, this approach enables warfighters to adapt to dynamic conditions and sustain a tactical advantage. The forum’s program consists of two main parts: a technical program offering a deep analysis on research and technologies geared to solve specific problems, and high-level plenary sessions tackling the most pressing issues impacting the future of national security.