How Advanced Manufacturing is Bringing Speed to the Fleet

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM PT

Location: Sharpening Our Competitive Edge Stage - Hall B

Confirmed Speaker(s)

CAPT Jason Deichler, USN

Commodore, COMSUBRON TWO
U.S Navy
Satyandra K. (SK) Gupta, Ph.D.

Co-Founder and Chief Scientist
GrayMatter Robotics
Matthew Krueger

Vice President, Government, Aerospace and Defense Solutions
Lincoln Electric
Larissa Smith

Advanced Manufacturing Director
Maritime Industrial Base Program, US Navy

Confirmed Moderator(s)

John Wilczynski

Executive Director
America Makes

Advanced Manufacturing technologies are already changing the way the Navy and its industry partners deliver ship constructions and repairs – transforming part production and procurement by using cutting-edge technologies, innovative processes, and data-driven methods. Learn more about how the Maritime Industrial Base Program is tackling the hard work of qualifying new technologies and processes – everything from additive manufacturing to automation, and digital environments to data processing – so they can be adopted at scale in the industrial base.

Learning Objectives:

identify U.S. Navy priorities for the application of advanced manufacturing technologies and processes, to align industry and academia investments with the Navy's top needs and priorities.
understand current successful partnerships between the MIB Program and private companies on advanced manufacturing, such that their company could consider its own partnership and know how to propose that idea.
understand the opportunities and limitations of MIB Program funding and support for initiatives with industry, academia, and capital to strengthen and expand the shipbuilding and ship repair industrial base.