Defense & Industry Symposium
Presented by Northrop Grumman
Where AI, Cyber, & Defense Converge
Hosted by Black Hills MAC
April 8-9, 2026
Military: UOD
Civilian: Business casual
Panelist: Business casual / UOD (military)
Featured Speaker: Business / Service Dress
Agenda
- SD Governor’s Proclamation w/ opening ceremony & 250th Celebration
- From Strategy to Action: The SDNG Adjutant General on Infrastructure Resilience
- Resilience Under Fire: A Wargame Outbrief on Attacks Against America’s Critical Infrastructure
- Lunch/Motivational Speaker - Malcom Chapman - Marines/250th Anniversary
- Partnering with Primes in the AI-Driven Federal Landscape
- What Happens When Infrastructure Is Threatened? Inside the Governor’s GRIT Taskforce
- From Battlefield to Backyard: How Ukraine's Drone War is Redefining Security
- CMMC in the Age of AI: Compliance, Controls, and Real-World Implications
- Deterrence Delivered: Strategic Bombers, National Security, and the Defense-Industry Partnership
- From BRAC to the B-21: Leadership Insights on America’s Next-Generation Long Range Strike
- SD Mines Social
- SD Mines Student War Games Camp Rocker
- What Tomorrow’s Engineers Are Building Today: A Drone Demonstration by South Dakota Mines Students
- Fighting Tomorrow's War with Yesterday's Doctrine: The Drone Adaptation Gap - Lt. Gen (Ret) Mary O'Brian
- UAS/C-UAS Panel: Anno.ai CEO, MMS Products CEO
- AI Update from the Nation’s Capital: What Leaders Are Seeing and Planning-US Senator Mike Rounds
- Building the Future Fight: Military Construction Meets Artificial Intelligence
- Closing Speaker - US Senator Mike Rounds
- Counter the Threat: LIVE Fire Drone Defense in Action at Shooting Range
- Next-Gen Flight in Action: LIVE Student Drone Demo from South Dakota Mines at Shooting Range
* Agenda subject to change










