Where Defense Meets Innovation.

Apex Defense brings together warfighters, acquisition teams, technology startups, industry leaders, investors and SMEs to tackle urgent operational challenges - from seabed to space. 

This isn’t a “see-what’s-coming” expo. Apex is action-oriented - built to accelerate delivery of real-world, mission-critical solutions now. 

2026’s mission sets include sustaining dispersed or contested force operations, interoperable autonomous systems for multi-domain operations, countering undersea and missile threats, defending deployed forces and critical infrastructure, and more. 

Secure your spot now and join the decision-makers, innovators, and problem-solvers shaping immediate defense capability.

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Vince Dutcavich

Co-Founder & CTO, Atropos
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Arthur Dubois

CEO, Grid Aero
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Colonel George Dougherty

Director of Innovation, PEO C3BM, U.S. Air Force
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Meredith Doran

Vice President, Vannevar Labs
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Derrick Davis

Director, Industrial Cyber Security, Department of Defense Office of Small Business
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Captain Jerry Daley

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Robotics & Autonomous Systems, U.S. Navy

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