AeroDef 2013

The Industry Convenes at AeroDef 2013

AeroDef is the one event solely devoted to aerospace and defense manufacturing. AeroDef has unprecedented support from OEMs to find solutions to the industry’s complex challenges. Browse this website for information about the 2011 event. Visit our LinkedIn group to continue the dialogue and for updates about AeroDef Manufacturing 2013, to be held March 19-21, at the Long Beach (CA) Convention Center.

The Place for Big Ideas

An executive and conference committee of senior executives from the prime contractors partnered with the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) to create a new type of experience – one that fosters collaboration, explores the newest technologies and processes, and explores new ways to integrate the supply chain.

The AeroDef exposition includes keynote speakers who are top decision makers in industry and government. Keynotes are followed by panel discussions that build on the morning’s keynote themes of driving innovation in aerospace and defense manufacturing.

The AeroDef technical conference features 27 sessions across four tracks:

-Manufacturing.

-Quality, measurement and inspection

-Advanced materials

-Supply chain

A New World for Aerospace & Defense Manufacturing

AeroDef Manufacturing is the industry pulling together to design, build and deploy innovation, encourage supply chain collaboration, and assess the next generation of technologies. Planned in partnership with Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, General Dynamics, Bell Helicopter, and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining.

You’ve Never Experienced Anything Like This

AeroDef isn’t just a trade show. It’s an industry-wide gathering to re-think aerospace and defense manufacturing – from design, to product, to lifecycle sustainment. Created with the suppor