Aerospace & Defense Europe Community Page

Building momentum across the aerospace and defense community

The A&D community comes together to exchange ideas, challenge assumptions, and move from strategy to execution. That dialogue began in Hamburg at the A&D Executive Exchange, where leaders gathered for candid discussions on innovation, resilience, and operational impact. Now, the focus is sustaining that momentum—keeping leaders connected and sharing practical insights shaping aerospace and defense.

Upcoming community events in europe

The conversation doesn’t end with a single exchange. Upcoming Europe events bring aerospace and defense leaders together to reconnect with peers and explore the challenges shaping mission readiness, innovation, and execution.

Ground Based Air Defense Summit 2026

Join defense leaders at the GBAD for focused discussions on air and missile defense, security policy, and emerging technologies shaping modern defense operations.

AFCEA in Bonn

Meet the defense and security community at AFCEA to explore digitalization, interoperability, and technology priorities for armed forces and public sector IT.

Space Meetings Veneto

Connect with aerospace and defense leaders at Space Meetings Veneto, a high‑level forum focused on targeted meetings and collaboration across the European A&D ecosystem.

ILA Berlin

Join the global A&D community at ILA Berlin to explore innovations across aviation, defense, and space, and connect with industry leaders shaping the future of flight.

Ground Based Air Defense Summit 2026 Join defense leaders at the GBAD for focused discussions on air and missile defense, security policy, and emerging technologies shaping modern defense operations.

AFCEA in Bonn Meet the defense and security community at AFCEA to explore digitalization, interoperability, and technology priorities for armed forces and public sector IT.

Space Meetings Veneto Connect with aerospace and defense leaders at Space Meetings Veneto, a high‑level forum focused on targeted meetings and collaboration across the European A&D ecosystem.

ILA Berlin Join the global A&D community at ILA Berlin to explore innovations across aviation, defense, and space, and connect with industry leaders shaping the future of flight.

Highlights of PTC’s Aerospace & Defense Executive Exchange Europe 2026

Get an inside look at the Executive Exchange 2026 in Hamburg, where A&D leaders share practical insights on turning digital transformation into execution—and what it takes to drive real operational impact.

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Inside the Executive Exchange in Hamburg

Opening the Executive Exchange

A community engaged in shared challenges

Candid panel discussions

Exploring the new reality for aerospace and defense

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Customer success in action

Leading aerospace and defense organizations are modernizing how they engineer, manufacture, and sustain complex systems. These case studies show how industry leaders are using digital thread and PLM strategies to accelerate execution, improve traceability, and manage growing complexity across the lifecycle.

MBDA: Building a digital backbone for defense engineering

MBDA is accelerating defense engineering by unifying global workflows while maintaining sovereign data control across regulated programs.

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Lufthansa Technik: Connecting engineering, manufacturing, and service

Lufthansa Technik uses a digital thread to connect engineering, manufacturing, and MRO—improving traceability and collaboration at scale.

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Explore high‑value resources for aerospace and defense leaders focused on accelerating readiness, reducing risk, and modernizing programs through digital continuity.

Defense modernization at speed

As defense programs grow more software‑driven, a connected digital backbone helps teams accelerate delivery, reduce risk, and maintain compliance.

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As defense programs grow more software‑driven, a connected digital backbone helps teams accelerate delivery, reduce risk, and maintain compliance.

Proving readiness in software-driven A&D programs

As software complexity grows, A&D leaders need visibility across requirements, verification, and change to prove readiness and reduce risk.

Discover how modern ALM practices support readiness.

As software complexity grows, A&D leaders need visibility across requirements, verification, and change to prove readiness and reduce risk.

Why speed determines operational capability

Operational advantage depends on speed. This paper shows how to enable faster decisions, stronger interoperability, and continuous compliance.

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