Event
Mission Ready AI: Navigating the Path to Measurable Outcomes
Date:
June 24, 2026
Time:
3:00 PM - 7:00 PM ET
Venue:
Hotel Melby Downtown Melbourne, Florida
Event Overview
AI is reshaping the aerospace and defense industry at speed. Yet, the true differentiator is no longer experimentation, it is the ability to scale intelligence securely, responsibly, and with outcomes that matter.
Mission Ready AI: Navigating the Path to Measurable Outcomes is an exclusive, in person gathering that brings together senior leaders across the aerospace and defense industry to explore how organizations are moving decisively from experimentation to execution. The focus is clear: turning AI ambition into real world impact across acquisition, engineering, supply chains, manufacturing, and sustainment.
This curated afternoon of insights and dialogue will throw a spotlight on how leading organizations across this industry are charting a clear AI flight path, balancing innovation with security, responsibility, and resilience, while keeping outcomes front and center for the warfighter, the customer, and the enterprise.
Through keynotes, executive conversations, and interactive working sessions, participants will exchange perspectives on what it truly takes to make AI mission ready.
Agenda
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 3:00 – 3:30 PM | Meet & Greet: Arrival, registration, and networking. Light refreshments served. |
| 3:30 – 3:45 PM | Opening Keynote: The Intelligent Flight Path |
| 3:45 – 4:10 PM | Keynote: AI and the Future of Aerospace & Defense Speaker: Venice M. Goodwine, CIO &AI Product Owner, Arlo Solutions & Former CIO, U.S. Air Force |
| 4:10 – 4.40 PM | Executive Panel: From Strategy to Scale Panelists: Kristin Colacchio, VP, Information Technology, L3Harris Technologies Venice M. Goodwine, CIO &AI Product Owner, Arlo Solutions & Former CIO, U.S. Air Force Erik Swedberg, EVP, Americas, Dassault Systèmes Moderated by: Rakesh Gollapalli, SVP & Industry Head, Aerospace and Defense, Infosys |
| 4:40 – 5.10 PM | Partner Presentation - Cognition: Enabling the AI Flight Path |
| 5:10 – 5.55 PM | AI Canvas Workshop Hosted by: Rajiv Puri, VP – AI GTM & Manufacturing Strategy, Solutions & Partnerships, Infosys |
| 5:55 – 6:00 PM | Closing Remarks |
| 6:00 PM onwards | Executive Cocktail & Dinner |
Featured Speakers
Venice M. Goodwine
CIO & AI Product Owner, Arlo Solutions I Former CIO, U.S. Air Force
Keynote: AI and the Future of Aerospace & Defense
In this session, Venice brings a rare, frontline perspective on how leaders can operationalize AI securely, responsibly, and at scale, without slowing mission outcomes. Expect candid insights, real world lessons, and practical takeaways from someone who has led AI and cyber decisions where the stakes could not be higher.
Kristin Colacchio
VP, Information Technology, L3Harris Technologies
Panel: From Strategy to Scale - AI That Delivers Customer Impact
Kristin will be part of an executive panel discussion where she will share hard-won lessons in moving AI from experimentation to enterprise-scale impact across engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, and sustainment.
Rajiv Puri
VP – AI GTM & Manufacturing Strategy, Solutions & Partnerships, Infosys
Session: AI Canvas - Turning AI Vision into Measurable Value
Rajiv will guide an interactive working session mapping AI opportunities across the full A&D value chain — Acquire, Build, Sustain, that will help attendees align AI strategy with measurable business and mission outcomes, and walk away with pointers that will help them build a concrete roadmap for their enterprise AI journeys.
Our Technology Partners
About us:
Infosys is a Global Leader in Next-Generation Digital Services and consulting. We enable clients in 59 countries to navigate their digital transformation.
With over four decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises, we expertly steer clients, in 59 countries, as they navigate their digital transformation powered by cloud and AI. We enable them with AI-first core, empower the business with agile digital at scale and drive continuous improvement with always-on learning through the transfer of digital skills, expertise, and ideas from our innovation ecosystem. We are deeply committed to being a well-governed, environmentally sustainable organization where diverse talent thrives in an inclusive workplace.
