ChirpE - AFCEA/USNI WEST 2026: Sessions

DON DWS - Acquisition Transformation: What's on the Horizon for the DON (Room 2)

10 Feb 26

9:15 AM - 10:15 AM

Tracks: DON Digital Warfighting Symposium, DON Optimize Track

Speaker(s): Louis Koplin, Program Executive Officer (Acting), PEO Digital; CAPT Andrew Gibbons, USN, Senior Military Acquisition Advisor, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition; Mary Thoms, Executive Director, PEO Manpower, Logistics, and Business Solutions; Sam Hanaki, Executive Director, PEO C4I; Nic Bergeron, Deputy PAE RAS, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition

This panel explores the Department of the Navy’s acquisition transformation efforts, highlighting the DoW Acquisition Transformation Strategy, the PAE standup, the software acquisition pathway, and tools like the Innovation Adoption Kit shaping what’s next for DON acquisition.