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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David Zagaynov

CEO, Poseidon Aerospace
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Jim Young

Head of Federal Sales, Niantic Spatial
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Gene Yoo

CEO, Resecurity Inc.
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Colonel Ryan Wylie

Director, Close Combat Lethality Task Force, Department of War
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Dusty Wilson

Command Solutions Architect, Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center
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Matt Willis

Director, Army Fuze, ASA(ALT)
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Jason Weed

SVP, Commercial Sales, Ocean Power Technologies
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Timothy Walton

Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
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Colonel Michael Wagner

Director of Concepts, Future and Concepts Center, U.S. Army T2COM
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Vice Admiral Michael Vernazza

Commander, Naval Information Forces, U.S. Navy
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Barry Tishgart

Entreprenuer in Residence, Army Applications Laboratory, US Army Futures Command
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Kyle Thomas

Co-Founder, SAIF Autonomy
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Tim Stringer

VP Defence, Gravity Industries
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Shelly Stoneman

Founder & CEO, StonePoint Solutions
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Michael Stewart

Former Director, Disruptive Capabilities Office, U.S. Navy
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Chad Steelberg

CEO, Tiberius Aerospace
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Kirk Spangenberg

President, Aerospace & Defense Division, Accio3D
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Luke Sommer

CEO, Paratus
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Greg Simer

Chief Technology Officer, Northrop Grumman
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Mike Shortsleeve

VP, Strategy Business Development, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc
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Vitali Shkliarov

Senior Vice President, Destinus
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Yuta Shiina

Co-founder & COO, Bulwark Dynamics
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Artem Sherbinin

Chief Technology Officer, Commander Naval Surface Forces, U.S. Navy
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Adam Shamam

Business Development Lead, AIR VEV
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Colonel Scott Shaffer

Project Manager PM Electronic Warfare & Cyber, Department of the Army
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Dr Bob Seely MBE

Head of Strategy, Trypillian
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Garry Schwartz

Chief Operating Officer, HII Mission Technologies
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Jeff Schrader

VP of Strategy & Business Development, Lockheed Martin Space
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Dr Kirstin Schauble

VP of Systems Engineering, Anello Photonics
Speaker profile image for Nadia Schadlow

Nadia Schadlow

Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
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Diem Salmon

VP Air Dominance and Strike, Anduril
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Brigadier General Matthew Ross

Director, JIATF 401, G3/5/7, U.S. Army
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Captain Scott Rosetti

Surface Warfare Deputy Director for Weapons and Sensors, OPNAV N96
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Ben Van Roo

CEO & Co-Founder, Legion
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Dr. Thomas Rondeau

Principal Director for FutureG & 5G, OUSW(R&E) FutureG
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Greg Roesch

Director, Public Sector, WireScreen
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Joe Rixey

VP for Navy and Marine Corps, Lockheed Martin
Speaker profile image for Mira Resnick

Mira Resnick

Senior Director for Global Policy, Saronic
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Rani Plaut

CEO & Co Founder, AIR VEV
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Phillip Pitsky

SVP Growth, Tycho.AI
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Stacie Pettyjohn

Senior Fellow and Director, Defense Program, CNAS
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Zach Peterson

Director of Business Development, Vigilant Aerospace
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George Perez

Chief Operating Officer, Specialty Machine
Speaker profile image for Amitai Peleg

Amitai Peleg

Co-Founder & CEO, SEALARTEC
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Josh Pavluk

Director of Industry Affairs, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Industrial Base Policy
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Pritesh Patel

Founder & CEO, Ad hoc Research
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Dan Packer

Director, AUKUS, Commander, Submarine Force Atlantic
Speaker profile image for Tim O'Connor

Tim O'Connor

Chief Strategy Officer, BlackSea Technologies
Speaker profile image for Brigadier General Tara Nolan

Brigadier General Tara Nolan

Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, Air Forces Southern

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