AUVSI Defense 2026 is built on a single premise: the demand signal has arrived. What happens next depends on who can execute.
The program aligns U.S. military priorities, executive order implementation, and congressional funding realities with the acquisition pathways, industrial base capacity, and operational requirements that determine what actually gets fielded. Sessions are led by Administration officials, Department of War leaders, congressional voices, acquisition executives, and warfighter representatives across air, ground, maritime, and space, with counter-UAS addressed as a cross-cutting priority throughout.
The two days build a deliberate arc. Day One follows the money, the mandates, and the executive orders driving the largest autonomous systems investment in American history. Day Two follows the warfighter: what the joint force needs, what Congress is funding and overseeing, and what it takes to field, sustain, and deploy autonomous systems at the speed of war.
This is more than just insight. It is access.
AUVSI Defense connects industry directly to the priorities, people, and programs shaping procurement and deployment, giving companies the clarity to compete, the relationships to execute, and the intelligence to deliver.
