Connecting People. Driving Businesses Forward.

November 7 - 9, 2023

Long Beach, CA

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Learn. Collaborate. Connect. More opportunities to learn means more opportunities for success.

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Four Strategic Events. One Transformative Experience.

Each Manufacturing Technology Series event draws together key decision makers, major tool and technology suppliers and thought leaders from across a broad spectrum of manufacturing disciplines for an unparalleled three-day experience.

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Four Regions. One Mission.

By creating opportunities for connection — makers and users, thinkers and doers, sellers and buyers — our events have a role in advancing manufacturing progress.

The Manufacturing Technology Series connects decision makers from diverse industries with leading suppliers of advanced manufacturing technology, equipment and tooling. Now we are bringing together these four leading manufacturing events within one unified identity.

Event Features

SME ZONE

The SME ZONE is the nerve center of everything SME at WESTEC and AeroDef.

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Student Competition Awards

Student awards and competitions will be showcased at AeroDef 2021 in Long Beach.

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Composites Awards Presentation

Celebrate composites manufacturing achievements.

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Aerofied Preferred Supplier Pavilion

Identify new suppliers and make connections with potential buyers.

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Event and Industry News

September 29, 2022

Aerospace: Which is Better for Metal-to-Metal Bonding?

When it comes to processes used to develop products for aerospace, “Which is better for metal-to-metal bonding?” is a common question for manufacturers. There are several different processes for bonding different metals together.
August 29, 2022

Army Partnership with Vanderbilt Yields Tech Innovations to Support Troops

Researchers have unveiled the product of a technology research partnership between the Army and researchers at Vanderbilt University this week: a lightweight exosuit to boost soldiers’ weightlifting capability while reducing the risk of a back injury.
July 13, 2022

Is Additive Manufacturing the Answer to Obsolescence in Aerospace?

The aerospace and defense industry was one of the first to adopt additive technology – thanks to the many applications of AM, the sector become one of the market’s biggest player, contributing $3.58bn in 2020.