Building at Scale: Implementing the Defense Industrial Base Reform Agenda | 2026 Global Security Forum

How can the United States rebuild its industrial capacity—from shipyards and semiconductors to munitions and the workforce—to translate innovation into sustained warfighting capability?

Moderated by Morgan Brennan, “Morning Call” Anchor, CNBC, this panel will convene Hon. Michael P. Duffey, Under Secretary of War for Acquisition and Sustainment, U.S. Department of War, John Baylouny, President and Chief Executive Officer, Leonardo DRS, Chris Power, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Hadrian, and Congressman Rob Wittman (R-VA), Vice Chairman, House Armed Services Committee. They will discuss how military advantage today depends not only on developing breakthrough technologies, but on scaling their production and deploying faster than our adversaries.

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This event is made possible by the generous support of Leonardo DRS.