New Eagle, an Ann Arbor-based provider of embedded control systems for intelligent vehicles and machines, is convening the Raptor Innovation Summit 2026, on Sept. 30-Oct. 1, at the Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center in Detroit.
Under the overall theme “Engineering for What Comes Next,” the summit is bringing together engineering leaders, OEMs, technology partners, and industry experts to examine the rapid growth of autonomy, electrification, and intelligent vehicle systems, and the engineering strategies required to move these technologies from concept to production.
“Autonomy and electrification are fundamentally changing what vehicle engineering teams are being asked to deliver,” says Kevin Alley, chief commercial officer at New Eagle. “The Raptor Innovation Summit brings together the technologies, engineering expertise, and ecosystem needed to turn those challenges into practical, production-ready systems.”
The summit is structured around two sub-themes: The Big Picture and The Build Plan.
Day 1: The Big Picture will examine where the mobility industry is headed, the technologies driving change and the engineering ecosystem evolving alongside them. Discussions will examine the technologies reshaping intelligent vehicles and machines, with a particular focus on the accelerating adoption of autonomous systems and the controls, compute, connectivity and integration required to deploy them at scale.
Day 2: The Build Plan shifts the focus to execution, featuring production-ready tools, OpenECU and Raptor control strategies, and hands-on technical sessions designed to accelerate the path from concept to deployment.
The summit will showcase how New Eagle, Helix, Xtrac, and Zoerkler are combining complementary engineering capabilities to address increasingly complex vehicle and machine development requirements. The event also will highlight New Eagle’s expanded technology portfolio following the integration of Pi Innovo and the continued convergence of the OpenECU and Raptor ecosystems.
As autonomous systems move from development programs toward real-world deployment, engineering teams face growing challenges across control, safety, connectivity, compute, and system integration. The Raptor Innovation Summit is designed to provide a forum for customers, partners, and industry experts to explore the technical and commercial forces accelerating autonomous development and the engineering challenges that must be addressed to bring these systems into real-world operation.
The event will feature perspectives from industry leaders, including a keynote address by Peter Schihl, a senior research scientist for Ground Vehicle Propulsion and Mobility, U.S. Army DEVCOM. Andrew Lambert, chief product and supply chain officer with Czinger also will deliver a keynote address sharing his past experience in rocket development and production while at SpaceX to his current role in transforming how hypercars are manufactured through the use of 3-D printing.
Panel discussions will explore the evolving landscape of autonomy and adjacent markets. The summit also will feature a presentation on high-voltage inverter innovations that are enabling electric motor applications in the space market.
Registration is free and space is limited. To register, visit here.
For more information about New Eagle, visit neweagle.net.
