WEBINAR: Weaponizing the Supply Chain

March 11, 2026
11:00 am ET / 08:00 am PT

In this webinar, PwC specialists will discuss how sovereign supply chains have become a strategic and national security imperative for the aerospace and defense industry.

As material shortages, supplier fragility, and workforce constraints persist, companies must move beyond short-term stabilization toward long-term resilience. As countries strengthen their industrial bases and the global economy becomes fragmented, A&D organizations must reduce external exposure and develop the agility needed to respond to shifting national priorities.

PwC practitioners will highlight vulnerabilities and actions to improve multi-tier visibility, invest in sovereign capacity, and align with incentives and industrial policy to strengthen supply chain security, protect programs, and sustain industrial advantage.

This webinar will discuss:

• How geopolitical fragmentation is changing supply chain strategies and how to reduce external exposure as other nations strengthen domestic industrial bases
• How material constraints, supplier fragility, and workforce shortages are creating critical vulnerabilities across the A&D supply chain
• How to drive deeper supply chain visibility to secure sovereignty by improving insight into lower-tier suppliers and aligning with government incentives and industrial policy
• What practical actions A&D leaders can take now to strengthen resilience, protect program execution, and sustain industrial advantage

Speakers:

Scott Thompson
Partner, Global Aerospace & Defense Leader, PwC

Ashley Ransom
Director, Aerospace & Defense, PwC

Aaron Cooke
Director, Aerospace & Defense, PwC

Mike McClary - Moderator
Writer and Editor, Aviation Week Network

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