nTop Summit 2026

Join leading aerospace and defense engineers accelerating requirements-driven design workflows.

See how teams are compressing design cycles from months to weeks (and weeks to days) using methods that let you explore hundreds of design variants instead of being limited to a handful. Learn production-proven techniques for automated design exploration, robust MDO processes, and AI-assisted optimization that are delivering results on real programs today.

April 21, 2026 | El Segundo, CA

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I was especially impressed by the collective years of experience in computational geometry and its application to industry problems that the nTop team brings to the table. It came across that the presenters really knew what they were talking about and had a lot to offer.
Senior Staff Engineer
Conceptual Aircraft Design
Defense Aerospace Prime

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Event Agenda

Strategy & Aircraft Design

10:30AM

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Opening Keynote

Faster Iteration, Earlier Insight to Accelerate Complex System Development

11:00AM

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Roundtable | DARPA / DoW Perspective

From 10-Year Cycles to 3-Year Delivery: Adapting Engineering Workflows for Modern Defense Programs

11.30AM

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Customer Case Study | Defense

Specter Aerospace - Rapid Hypersonic Vehicle Design with nTop

MDO / nTop Accelerating Current Eng. Processes

1:00PM

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nTop / Partner Presentation | MDO

Unbreakable Geometry Meets Multi-Physics Optimization - nTop + Ansys for Automated Design Exploration

1:30PM

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Customer Case Study | Turbomachinery

Siemens Energy - Powering a Robust MDO Process with nTop for Turbine Blade Optimization

2:00PM

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Roundtable | Partner Ecosystem

The Power of Integration: How Connected Tools Enable Faster, More Confident Design Decisions

Hands-on / Technical

3:00PM - 4:00PM

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Breakouts

Option #1 Build, Simulate, Iterate - A Complete Aircraft Design Workflow from Concept to Optimized Design

Option #2 AI-Driven Design Exploration: What Works Today and What's Next

4:30PM

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Partner Presentations | Physics AI

Physics AI Inference for Real-Time Design Optimization

5:00PM

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Closing Keynote | AI Focus

The Future of AI-Assisted Engineering and Lessons from Blue Origin's Early Adoption

5:30PM

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Post-Event Networking Reception

6:30PM

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Event close

7:30PM

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nTop Summit 2026

Join leading aerospace and defense engineers accelerating requirements-driven design workflows.