Main Session

Main Session

Wednesday, AUGUST 14, 2024

Time Event
8:00 a.m.

Welcome — GVSETS Chair and NDIA Michigan Chapter President

Jim McManus, GVSETS Chair

Valde Garcia, President NDIA-Michigan

8:10 a.m.

Welcome TACOM CG and US Army DEVCOM GVSC Director

BG Michael Lalor, Commanding General (CG), Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM),

Detroit Arsenal (DTA)

Michael Cadieux, SES, Director, US Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC)

8:20 a.m.

Models-Based Systems Engineering & Digital Preliminary Design Review

XM30 Combat Vehicle Prototype Development Team

Presentation

9:00 a.m.

Keynote Speaker

Young Bang, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, Acquisition, Logistics, & Technology

9:45 a.m.

Exhibitor Break

10:45 a.m.

Digital Engineering Panel

Moderator: Jennifer Swanson, SES, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Data, Engineering, & Software)

Susan Cashero, Director, Combat Support & Combat Service Support Readiness & Sustainment

Directorate (CS&CSS R&S), Integrated Logistics Support Center (ILSC)

COL Jeffery Jurand, Project Manager XM30, PEO GCS

Traci Webb, Director of Business Development and Marketing, GS Engineering

Stacy Paul, Aerospace Engineer and CEO, Array of Engineers (AoE)

12:00 p.m.

Lunch

1:15 p.m.

Detroit Arsenal Senior Leadership Panel

Moderator: Valde Garcia, President, NDIA-Michigan

COL Kevin Bradley, Director, Next Generation Combat Vehicle, Cross Functional Team (NGCV CFT)

Michael Cadieux, SES, Director, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC

COL John Cooper, Acting Executive Director, Army Contracting Command (ACC)-DTA

MG Glenn Dean, Program Executive Officer, Program Executive Office Ground Combat Vehicles (PEO GCS)

BG Camilla White, PEO Combat Support & Combat Service Support (PEO CS&CSS)

BG Michael Lalor, CG, TACOM

2:30 p.m.

Exhibitor Break

3:30 p.m.

Warfighter Panel

Moderator: MG Julian “JB” Burns, USA (Ret.), Warfighter Panel

LTC Jordan Martinelli

MAJ Nathan Justin

CSM Dehoyas Rodriguez

SFC Nathan Webster

4:50 p.m.

Conclusion

Jim McManus, GVSETS Chair

5:00 p.m.

Exhibitor Reception: GVSETS Gold Rush