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Watch the conversations had at Apex Defense 2026 in Washington D.C.
Covering topics including sustaining forces, contested EMS, improving interoperability and much more. Plus keynote and panel sessions delivered by pivotal voices in the ecosystem.
Apex Defense 2026
Keynote Conversation with Admiral Daryl Caudle, Chief of Naval Operations, U.S. Navy
Keynote Address with Hon. Michael P. Duffey, Under Secretary of War for Acquisition and Sustainment, Office of the Under Secretary of War
Operational Problem A: Sustaining forces in a contested and dispersed theatre of operations
- Survivable or attritable logistics platforms
- Operationalising advanced manufacturing at the tactical edge
- Assured command and control of logistic network nodes
Operational Problem B: Advancing interoperability and integration of autonomous systems for multi-domain operations
- Enabling ad-hoc interoperability between disparate systems
- Synchronizing cross-domain command and control
- Managing cyber and EW threats
Operational Problem C: Detecting, identifying and defeating low-cost, rapidly proliferating UxS threats to infrastructure, personnel and manoeuvre force
- Detection and discrimination of small, low signature threats
- Balancing layered and cost-effective defeat mechanisms
- Attritable and mobile C-UxS capabilities
Operational Problem D: Gaining an edge and winning autonomous warfare
- Using autonomous systems for control rather than just denial
- Sustaining autonomous system operations
- Improving autonomous system lethality and reliability
Operational Problem E: Generating combat power inside the enemy's weapons engagement zone
- Equipping and fielding edge/stand-in forces/mission area 1 forces in contested environments
- C3 of forces in highly contested environments
- Use of concealment, camouflage, deception, and EW to survive inside the WEZ
Operational Problem F: Countering against next-gen undersea threats and protecting critical infrastructure
- Detection and defeat of autonomous undersea vehicles
- Surveillance and protection of deep-sea infrastructure
- Using the seabed for military advantage
Operational Problem G: Fighting in a contested EMS and retaining access to space-based capabilities
- Spectrum management in an increasingly contested and congested EMS
- Building cyber and EW effects at scale
- Exploiting and sustaining access to space for C3 and targeting
Operational Problem H: Protecting deployed forces and homelands from advanced air and missile threats
- Real time threat identification and boost-phase engagements
- Implications and challenges of spaced based interceptors
- Interoperability across all domains to enhance detection, tracking, interception and defeat
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