{"id":243599,"date":"2026-07-15T02:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T02:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/243599\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T02:00:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T02:00:24","slug":"trump-to-speak-at-defense-and-innovation-summit-in-carlisle-what-to-expect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/243599\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump to speak at defense and innovation summit in Carlisle: What to expect"},"content":{"rendered":"

CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) \u2014 President Trump will return to central Pennsylvania this week, where he will headline the 2026 Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit.<\/p>\n

The summit will be held through July 15 at the U.S. Army War College and will bring together government officials, military leaders, and more.<\/p>\n

A news release highlighted how the summit will help advance the president’s global commitment to peace through strength.<\/p>\n

PREVIOUS | Trump to headline July defense summit in Carlisle, according to Sen. McCormick<\/a><\/p>\n

According to Sen. Dave McCormick<\/a>, Trump is scheduled to speak Wednesday and is expected to comment on current and future investments and partnerships in defense innovation.<\/p>\n

These investments are expected to create good-paying jobs for Americans across the Commonwealth and the rest of the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast July, the President came to Pennsylvania and together we announced more than $90 billion in investments to strengthen America\u2019s energy dominance and AI leadership. This July, I look forward to welcoming President Trump back to build on this momentum with a focus on strengthening and advancing our national defense,\u201d McCormick said in June. \u201cThe Commonwealth stands ready to lead and deliver the innovation, manufacturing, and skilled workforce necessary to advance the President\u2019s vision and strengthen our military edge.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other speakers include McCormick, Temple University President John Fry, Joan Gabel, who serves as chancellor at the University of Pittsburgh, and Pennsylvania State University President Neeli Bendapudi.<\/p>\n

To view the full scheduled itinerary, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) \u2014 President Trump will return to central Pennsylvania this week, where he will headline…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242997,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-243599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}