AFCEA LA Chapter In-Person Event
*Note new time, location, & price/seat*
Ms. Erin Carper
March 17, 2026
Please join us on 17 March to hear about the Military Satellite Communications (MILCOM) & Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) portfolio. Ms. Erin Carper will be prepared to speak for about 20 minutes and then take questions.
This is an in-person event in the Gordon Conference Center (GCC). Enter the building near The South Bay Grill and turn right once inside to enter the GCC. Check in for the luncheon to get your table assignment and proceed into the room! The event starts at 11:30am on 17 March with networking. We will have opening remarks around 11:45am followed by lunch. The guest speaker’s remarks will start around 12:15, and we’ll conclude Q&A around 1:00pm.
Cost is: $35 for members and $45 for non-members
Register by 9 March!
To register go to the AFCEA LA homepage, https://afcea-la.org/, and at the top of the page under the “Upcoming Events” heading, click on this event.
While we will do everything we can to get you access to base, things happen. *If you do not have base access, be sure to bring your Real ID or passport with you and arrive a little early in case you need to go through the Visitor Control Center.*
If you have any questions, please contact Todd Wiest, AFCEA LA Chapter, VP Programs at todd.wiest@kratosdefense.com or Lane Gilchrist, AFCEA LA Chapter President, at lane.gilchrist@alphaogroup.com
Ms. Erin Carper is the Program Executive Officer (PEO) for Military Satellite Communications (MILCOM) & Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) at Space Systems Command, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California. As the PEO, she manages and oversees the development, production, delivery, and maintenance of critical and innovative Communications and PNT systems worth more than $22.3 billion. She is responsible for multi-service, multinational systems executed by more than 1,800 military and civilian personnel.
Corporate sponsorships for this event are currently available. If you are sponsoring *and* attending, please ensure you register and include whether you need or have base access. We also ask that sponsors have *all attendees registered* (up to 4) by 9 March.
Space Industry Days
January 22-23, 2026
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Sponsorships Available
22-23 January 2026
UPDATE
Hello Colleagues,
Due to the on-going government shutdown, we are postponing Space Industry Days originally planned for 22-23 Oct 2025.
However, we worked with our venue host (LAX Marriott) to move the dates to 22-23 Jan 2026. All registered attendees, exhibitors and sponsors will be automatically transitioned to the new dates. We will take cancellations for registered attendees and exhibitors up to 9 Jan 2026. Please contact us at support@afcea-la.org for a full refund.
Please note, we plan to have the same agenda with the same organizations speaking, and most of them have already confirmed their availability for January.
For awareness, the Space Enterprise Consortium General Membership Meeting is now scheduled for 20-21 Jan 2026 and the NDIA Peter B. Teets Awards Dinner is scheduled for the evening of 22 Jan 2026. Please contact each organization for further details.
Please contact the LAX Marriott concerning any hotel reservations.
Thank you again for your continued support and we look forward to seeing everyone in January!
Your Los Angeles Area NFE Leadership
- AFA Schriever Chapter
- AFCEA LA
- NDIA Greater LA Chapter
- SCAPR
We will post updates as we have them to this registration site.
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Upcoming AFCEA-LA Events
| Date | Luncheon Speaker/Event | Topic | Location |
| 22-23 Jan | Space Industry Days | Space Force Opportunities | LAX Marriott |
| 27 Jan | Todd Nygren (T) | Aerospace’s new focus | GCC-1 |
| 10 Feb | TBD | TBD | GCC-1 |
| 17 Mar | TBD | TBD | GCC-1 |
| 14 Apr | TBD | TBD | GCC-1 |
| 19 May | TBD | TBD | GCC-1 |
| 16 Jun | TBD | TBD | GCC-1 |
| 11 Jul (T) | Cycling for STEM | TBA | |
| 21 Jul | TBD | TBD | GCC-1 |
| 18 Aug | TBD | TBD | GCC-1 |
| 22 Sep | TBD | Scholarship Luncheon | GCC-2 |
| 17 Nov | TBD | TBD | GCC-1 |
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