vAWS 2021: Mission Domain Live Engagement—Digital Engineering/Advanced Manufacturing, Feb. 25

April 1, 2021
Video: Air Force Association on YouTube

Watch panelists Paul Ferraro, vice president of air power at Raytheon Missiles & Defense; Andy Kuhn, digital engineering deputy at Aerojet Rocketdyne; John F. Matlik, engineering digital transformation lead at Rolls-Royce Corporation Defense Business; Dave Stagney, senior director of GATORWORKS at Pratt & Whitney; and moderator and Air Force Chief Modeling and Simulations Officer Richard Tempalski take part in the “Mission Domain Live Engagement – Digital Engineering/Advanced Manufacturing (Thursday)” session from AFA’s 2021 virtual Aerospace Warfare Symposium.

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