Joint Fires Modernization & Scaled Precision Strike Take Center Stage in Huntsville

The Defense Strategies Institute will host its 6th Annual Joint Fires Summit on February 24-25, 2027, bringing together military decision-makers, technical researchers, and industry executives at the Jackson Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

As the Department of War modernizes fires for contested, multi-domain environments, the Joint Force is prioritizing the ability to rapidly identify targets, share operational information across service branches, and deliver coordinated effects before windows of opportunity close. The forum brings together stakeholders from the Joint Staff, combatant commands, military services, acquisition agencies, academia, and industry to evaluate how integrated fires capabilities are fielded and delivered to operational units.

2027 Confirmed Speakers:

• Miranda Oden, SES – Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology, ASA(ALT)
• RADM Joaquin J. Martinez de Pinillos, USN – Vice Commander and Flag Lead for Maritime Fires Executive Agent, U.S. Pacific Fleet
• Col Alex Constantine, USAF – Senior Materiel Leader, Joint Fires Network Integrated Program Office, PAE C3BM
• COL Corrie Brice, USA – Director, Army Multi-Domain Targeting Center, Fires Center of Excellence, Fort Sill
• COL Shannon Thompson, USA – Directed Energy, CPE Defense Fires, PAE Fires
• COL Charles Kean, USA – Commander, 1st Multi-Domain Task Force
• LTG (Ret) Neil Thurgood, USA – SVP, Army Strategy, Anduril Industries; Former Director, Army RCCTO
• LTG (Ret) Robert Rasch, USA – Founder & President, R3 – Rasch Advisory Group, LLC; Former Director, Army RCCTO
• VADM (Ret) Jon Hill, USN – Vice President & General Manager, Air Dominance & Strike Weapons, Lockheed Martin; Former Director, MDA
• Dr. Patrick Stadter – Mission Area Executive, Theater Defense, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
• Scott Lee – Director, Chief Engineer, Army Multi-Domain C2 and Operations, MITRE
• MG (Ret) Al Shoffner, USA (Event Moderator) – Former Commanding General, Fires Center of Excellence and Fort Sill

DSI is now welcoming Sponsors and Exhibitors for the forum. To learn more, please contact Markos Andriotis at [email protected]

Active-duty US military and government personnel attend complimentary. Those interested in participating in the Joint Fires Summit can visit Defense Strategies Institute’s website at fires.dsigroup.org. Anyone interested in learning more or sending questions please contact Nikole Barto at [email protected].