The fusion of digital twins and agentic AI is revolutionizing aerospace manufacturing and design by enabling intelligent, adaptive, and autonomous systems. This combination is reshaping how industries operate by enabling real-time decision making, predictive capabilities, and autonomous control. This 60-minute webinar from the editors of Tech Briefs will explore how technologies such as digital twins and agentic AI are being integrated into manufacturing systems to drive real-time decision making and predictive control. Through real-world case studies, attendees will learn how leading organizations are deploying these innovations to transform industrial ecosystems — leading to smarter manufacturing operations.
Attendees will learn:
- Overall industry trends in digital deployment
- Description of which digital twins and agentic solutions are in practice and how the two are used together in sophisticated use cases
- How digital twins are evolving from static engineering models into real-time decision engines for defense aerospace sustainment
- How agentic AI enables digital twins to autonomously prioritize maintenance actions and anticipate supply-chain constraints
- Ways AI-driven systems can reduce cognitive burden and transform fragmented enterprise data into coordinated, readiness-focused decisions
- Why competitive advantage in high tempo, resource limited environments comes from intelligent systems-not more dashboards
- Practical approaches for introducing these capabilities into legacy defense ecosystems without requiring a full architectural overhaul
- How to achieve measurable operational impact using AI enhanced sustainment workflows
- How to use AI to more quickly create comprehensive virtual twins of products, systems, and processes
- How to use AI to uncover and enhance institutional knowledge embedded within existing virtual twins
- How virtual twins and AI will enable the workers of the future
- Best practices for overcoming common challenges in these digital deployments
Speakers:
Sean Camarella, Partner, McKinsey & Company
As a Partner at McKinsey & Company, Sean Camarella is a core leader in the organization’s Advanced Industries sector. In this role, he leads McKinsey’s Manufacturing Industry 4.0 service line in North America and partners with clients on corporate strategy, manufacturing, and supply chain topics including growth, digital, and network strategy, and digital transformations. He has more than 20 years of experience in the aerospace materials and manufacturing, with nearly ten years at McKinsey and more than a decade at Boeing. Sean holds a bachelor’s degree in materials engineering and an MBA from UCLA and a master’s degree in materials engineering from the University of Southern California.
Mariah Otte, Aerospace & Defense Solution Architect, Dassault Systèmes
Mariah Otte serves as an Aerospace & Defense Solution Architect on the Aerospace & Defense Industry team at Dassault Systèmes, specializing in finding the right solutions for aerospace customers looking to leverage virtual twins. She began her career at Dassault as a robot simulation and programming expert, successfully integrating multiple digital twins with real-world work cells. Her focus then expanded to digital manufacturing, exploring how virtual factories can model and plan production processes. Currently, Mariah defines comprehensive solutions tailored to customer needs, with a focus on manufacturing and aftermarket processes.
Art Sellers, President and General Manager, Avathon Government
Art Sellers is the President and General Manager of Avathon Government. Prior to his current role, Art served in the U.S. Army for 27 years as a career infantry officer. He spent his entire career in operational assignments, with more than 12 years in the special operations community, ten years in command billets at every level, and five years in combat deployments. Originally from Keokuk, Iowa, Art graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1995, the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth in 2006, and the Naval War College in 2018. He not only brings his leadership and warfighting reputation to Avathon Government but also provides relevant perspective from recent operational experiences including Iraq and Afghanistan, where he commanded multiple Joint Special Operations Task Forces as well as an Airborne Brigade Combat Team and NATO partners. More recently, Art deployed our U.S. rapid contingency headquarters, the 18th Airborne Corps, and select subordinate units to Europe in response to the Russian aggression in Ukraine. Additionally, he collaborated with private industry, Department of Defense entities, and the interagency to incorporate artificial intelligence and machine learning into large-scale operations, exercises, and real-world contingency operations.
Moderator:
Amanda Hosey, Editor, SAE Media Group
