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.
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
Warm Up Conversations
Brought to you throughout the year, to bring pressing topics to industry to spark conversation and provoke creative thinking to enable the ecosystem to come to the table with solutions.
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