Defense and aerospace systems are becoming more connected, software-driven, and increasingly complex. Meeting today's mission requirements demands an integrated engineering approach that enables teams to design, simulate, validate, secure, and manage complex systems with confidence.

Join us at the Keysight Design Forum: Huntsville for a day of technical presentations, live demonstrations, and interactive discussions focused on solving today's most pressing engineering challenges. Explore how modern engineering workflows help accelerate the development of radar systems, embedded software, secure electronics, and mission-critical platforms while reducing program risk and improving collaboration across the engineering lifecycle.

Whether you're developing next-generation defense systems, validating embedded software, optimizing system performance, or managing engineering data across distributed teams, you'll gain practical insights from Keysight experts and see technologies in action that can help bring innovative solutions to market faster, with greater confidence and mission readiness.

Who Should attend this event?
Whether you're developing next-generation defense systems, simulating using digital twins, validating embedded software, optimizing system performance, or managing engineering data across distributed teams, you'll gain practical insights from Keysight experts and see technologies in action that can help bring innovative solutions to market faster, with greater confidence and mission readiness.

Agenda

9:30 AM – Doors Open
10:00 AM – Keynote
10:10 AM – Lightning Session 1: Design and Validate Modern Radar Systems Discover how modeling and simulation accelerate radar and RF system development.
10:35 AM – Lightning Session 2: Connect System Design with Mission Validation Learn how integrated workflows help validate complex defense systems.
11:00 AM – Lightning Session 3: Test Embedded Software for Mission Success Explore modern approaches to testing mission-critical embedded software.
11:25 AM – Lightning Session 4: Predict Performance Before You Build See how virtual testing improves confidence while reducing physical prototypes.
11:50 AM – Lightning Session 5: Prepare Engineering Data for the Future Learn how teams improve collaboration, traceability, and AI readiness.
12:25 PM – Lightning Session 6: Predict Performance Before You Build Discover how virtual validation helps optimize designs earlier in development.
12:50 PM – Lunch & Demo Stations

Breakout Sessions (1:30 PM – 4:00 PM)
Build and Validate Modern Radar Systems Advanced modeling and simulation for radar and RF design.
Featured Technology: SystemVue
Connect System Design with Mission Validation
Integrated workflows for system, network, and software validation.
Featured Technologies: SystemVue, Exata, Eggplant
Embedded Software Testing for Mission-Critical Applications
Modern testing techniques for high-reliability defense software. Featured Technology: Eggplant
Predict System Performance Before Hardware Exists
 Virtual testing methods that reduce risk and accelerate development.
Engineering Better Acoustic Performance
Use simulation to identify vibration and acoustic issues early.
Build an AI-Ready Engineering Data Foundation
Improve governance, traceability, and engineering data reuse.
Featured Technology: SOS Enterprise
Validate Embedded Device Security
Advanced techniques for identifying vulnerabilities in embedded systems.
Featured Technology: Riscure Embedded Security Test Bench