National Congress on Counter-UAS Technology

• Navigating the New Authorities: Operationalizing legislative milestones, such as the Safer Skies Act, which transition state and local agencies from passive observers to more active airspace defenders.
• The Readiness Countdown: Accelerating the procurement, training, adoption, and integration of C-UAS systems to close the security gap ahead of massive global gatherings like the 2026 World Cup and 2028 Olympics.
• The Sensitive Environment Challenge: Understanding shortcomings of legacy mitigation approaches, and how next generation surgical methods address the risks of disruption and collateral damage in dense environments.
• Preserving Site Continuity: Ensuring stadiums, arenas, communities, and critical infrastructure operations can remain undisturbed.
• Building the Modern C-UAS Stack: Safety and continuity-first base layers in a comprehensive multi-tiered airspace defense architecture.

As the character of naval warfare undergoes a rapid transformation, the Surface Force is at the forefront of advancing capabilities to meet increasingly dynamic global threats. Join the Commander of the Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) for a discussion on how the Surface Navy is leveraging the expertise of Warfare Tactics Instructors (WTIs) and data-driven experimentation to bridge the gap between emerging technology and frontline fleet doctrine. This session provides industry partners with a direct look at the CNO’s Hedge Strategy and the urgent requirement for modular, high-volume C-UAS and surface-to-surface solutions essential to maintaining our combat advantage and ensuring the lethality of our distributed force.