Northeast Indiana Defense Summit highlights Purdue’s role in defense industry

Mark Lewis (left), president and CEO of the Purdue Applied Research Institute, leads the panel discussion, “Indiana’s Defense Footprint,” Wednesday, Sept. 4, at the Third annual Northeast Indiana Defense Summit at Purdue Fort Wayne. Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) hosts this half-day forum, which brings together lawmakers, local government officials, defense industry and technology leaders and economic development leaders. This panel (seated from left) are Edward Cook, vice president and general manager at Ultra Maritime US; John Shade, executive vice president of U.S. business development and future programs at Rolls-Royce North America; John Chadbourne, executive vice president and chief business development officer at AM General; Rob Mitrevski, vice president and general manager for special solutions at L3 Harris Technologies.