Future Fires & Munitions Summit 2027

The Future Fires & Munitions Summit 2027 will bring together more than 300 senior leaders from the U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, allied and partner forces, and industry to discuss the technologies, strategies, and priorities shaping future fires capabilities.

Formerly the Future Indirect Fires Summit, the fourth annual event has expanded its focus to cover cannon artillery, mortars, rocket artillery, long-range systems, and munitions. The program will also include perspectives relevant to unmanned systems technology, with a confirmed U.S. Army speaker responsible for Launched Effects.

Discussions will examine next-generation capability development and fires recapitalization, including modernization, production, sustainment, and supply chain priorities. A layered fires approach will be a central focus, with sessions considering requirements for increased lethality, survivability, range, and precision.

Launched Effects at Future Fires & Munitions Summit 2027

Across two days, military leaders, operational-level commanders, technical specialists, and industry representatives will discuss capability requirements and developments across the fires community.

The program will address modern warfare and the requirement for increased firepower, as well as artillery and munitions technologies, modernization, and production. Sessions will also examine current capability gaps and the direction of U.S. Army and Marine Corps fires.

Among the early confirmed speakers is the U.S. Army’s Product Manager for Launched Effects, CPE Aviation, bringing unmanned and launched-effects capabilities into the wider discussions surrounding future battlefield systems.

Attendees will also have opportunities to meet and network with representatives from the U.S. military, allied and partner forces, NATO, and the defense industry.

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Future Fires & Munitions Summit 2027 Speakers

Early confirmed speakers include Major General Viktor Kalnitski, Deputy Commander of the Estonian Defense Forces; Brigadier General Robert Mikesh, Portfolio Management Executive, Offensive Fires, U.S. Army; and MG Stephen J. Maranian USA (Ret.), former CG, 56th AC; FA Cmdt; LRPF CFT Dir., U.S. Army (Retired).

U.S. Army representatives also include:

• Colonel Tyler Donnell, Fires Transformation and Lessons Learned Manager
• Colonel Gregory M. Tomlin PhD, Assistant Commandant, U.S. Army Field Artillery
• Colonel Charles M. Seaberry, Commander
• Colonel Samuel Nirenberg, Commander, 1st Armored Division Artillery (DIVARTY)
• Colonel Paul Lashley, Commander, 75th Field Artillery Brigade
• Colonel Alicia Johnson, PM CAS, CPE Ammunition and Energetics
• Colonel Bryan Fanning, Commander, 25th Division Artillery (DIVARTY).

Lieutenant Colonel Hunter Gray, Product Manager, Launched Effects, CPE Aviation, U.S. Army, is also among the confirmed speakers.

Further U.S. Army speakers include Dave Musgrave, Chief Engineer for DEVCOM-AC’s Artillery Fire Control Systems Division; Ryan Gorman, Senior Scientific Technical Manager, Indirect Fire Munitions, DEVCOM AC; and Charles Roede, Deputy Director, Integrated Offensive and Defensive Fires FCD.

International speakers include: Colonel Ryan Stimpson of the Canadian Armed Forces; Colonel Roman Bobal, Commander, Slovak Fires Center of Excellence, NATO; and Ms. Christelle Collet, Land Munitions Officer, Defence Industry, Innovation and Armaments Division, LMS, NATO Headquarters.

Industry speakers include: Cobb Laslie, Program Director, Howitzer Programs, Twenty-Six Defense; Jon Milner, Senior Director, Tiberius Aerospace; Carl Poppe, Director, Business Development, Hanwha Defense USA; and Shatiel Edwards, Chief Growth Officer, AM General.

Paul Daniels, President of P. Daniels Consulting, is confirmed as chair.

What to Expect at the Future Fires & Munitions Summit

The conference will examine how emerging and modernized capabilities are influencing the future of Army and Marine Corps fires.

Sessions will cover the U.S. Army’s new Self-Propelled Howitzer, mortars, munitions modernization and production, and long-range artillery systems. The agenda will also consider the challenges associated with rapidly evolving technology and requirements for common software and fire support systems.

Other areas of discussion will include cannon and rocket artillery, fires recapitalization, sustainment, supply chain priorities, and the role of the defense industrial base in supporting fires, munitions production, and system advancements.

Previously The Future Indirect Fires Summit

The 2027 conference is the fourth annual edition of the event and has been renamed from the Future Indirect Fires Summit.

For 2027, its scope has expanded to encompass cannon, mortars, rocket artillery, and munitions, alongside the modernization, production, sustainment, and supply chain priorities affecting future fires capabilities.

Dates & Location of Future Fires & Munitions Summit 2027

The Future Fires & Munitions Summit 2027 will take place Wednesday 20th and Thursday 21st January 2027.

The event is being held at the Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel in Arlington, Virginia.

Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel
900 South Orme Street
Arlington, VA 22204
United States

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