DIBX Exhibits, Solutions Proving Ground, and Discovery Hub
The Exhibit Hall Includes Three Must-See Features:
Exhibits: Organizations showcase defense innovations in traditional booths.
Solutions Proving Ground: Industry and government participants have captured a series of challenges affecting manufacturing, readiness, and operations. At SPG, they are opening the proving ground floor for attendees to collaboratively troubleshoot solutions in real time. Experts will be on-site for real-time evaluation of identified approaches.
Discovery Hub: Located in the center of the Exhibit Hall, the Discovery Hub offers a lineup of 20-minute presentations from government and industry partners aimed at “making the DIB go faster.”
Exhibit Hall Hours:
August 25, 2026 11:30am - 7:00pm
August 26, 2026 11:30am - 7:00pm
Exhibit Hall Map
Discovery Hub
The Discovery Hub offers a lineup of 20-minute presentations from government and industry partners from 12:30 – 7:00 pm Tuesday and Wednesday aimed at “making the DIB go faster.” Stop by for one or more presentations as you explore the DIBX Exhibit Hall and learn how our presenters can support your team and your work.
See the list of presentations below, and click here for in-depth descriptions.
Solutions Proving Ground
Industry and government participants have captured six categories of challenges to be solved collaboratively with attendees on-site at DIBX. This is your opportunity to demonstrate how your solutions can address the DIB’s wicked problems. Please see linked overviews below for descriptions of the challenges featured in the Proving Ground.
1) Manufacturing
2) Next Generation Munitions
- Domestic Robots and Sensors: ARIS Technology
- Metrology Kits: ARIS Technology & Letterkenny Army Depot
- Qualify and Scale: ASKA
- Castings and Forgings: The Barnes Global Advisors
- Suppliers Digital Readiness: Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology
- Technical Drawings Clarity and Data Extraction: Letterkenny Army Depot
- Obsolete Low Volume Cast Parts Alternatives: Letterkenny Army Depot
- Deployable Manufacturing: Makers Equipment
- Cloud-based Rendering: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Advanced Additive Manufacturing for Munitions: Rapid Acceleration Capacity Expansion (RACE)
- Common Multi-mode Seeker Architecture: Rapid Acceleration Capacity Expansion (RACE)
- Reusable Munitions Launch Systems: Rapid Acceleration Capacity Expansion (RACE)
- Modular Munitions – Standardize Components for Rapid Production: Rapid Acceleration Capacity Expansion (RACE)
- Critical Munitions Materials Independence: Rapid Acceleration Capacity Expansion (RACE)
- ·Composite Missile Structures: Rapid Acceleration Capacity Expansion (RACE)
3) Power Solutions
4) Supply Chain Independence
- Portable Power Solutions: Naval Expeditionary Sustainment and Repair
- Grounding Wires: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Heat Exchangers: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Expeditionary Portable Power: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Hydrogen Production: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Aluminum Powder: AMPAL
- Filling the Needs: Coactive Science
- Li-Ion Batteries: Cryston Technologies
- Rare Earth Magnets: Energy Fuels Resources
- Lithium Metal Battery Infrastructure: Valgotech
5) Secure AI Integration
6) Additional Challenges
- Hardware Upgrades: Fleet Readiness Center Southeast
- Obsolete Part Search/Crawler: Letterkenny Army Depot
- Software Development: Noah Labs Inc.
- Cybersecurity: Redhorse
- Data Backhaul: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Internal Pipe Scanning and NDT Systems: Naval Expeditionary Sustainment and Repair
- Mold Mitigation: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Surface Prep Without Scaffolding: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Moisture Mitigation: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Ruggedize Existing Modules: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Blast Resistant Coatings: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Obfuscation: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Exhibitor Move-in:
August 24, 2026 1:00pm - 6:00pm
Exhibitor Move-out
August 26, 2026: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
August 27, 2026: 7:00am - 12:00pm
Questions, please contact DIBConsortium@ati.org.