Exchange Ideas and Expertise at the Forefront of Counter-UAS Efforts
The 8th Annual IDGA Counter-UAS Summit convenes key decision-makers from the US military, federal agencies, allied nations, and industry to collaborate on strategies to respond to the growing threat of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) to both military operations and civilian populations. Recent global conflicts along with the increased presence of drones near US borders and military installations have underscored that dominance in drone warfare—and the ability to defend against it—will play a decisive role in shaping global power. To effectively counter drones, it is essential to clearly define and understand the evolving threat landscape and make targeted investments in the technologies and capabilities needed to address it.
Over two days of in-depth learning and engagement, the Counter UAS Summit offers a critical opportunity to discuss the scale and direction of US military investment in Counter drone technologies. With hundreds of millions of dollars being committed—and the recent launch of the first-ever CUAS military marketplace to streamline procurement and strengthen collaboration between government and industry—this is a pivotal moment to gain insight into evolving priorities.
IDGA’s Counter UAS Summit provides a unique platform to network, connect, and learn directly from the decision-makers shaping the CUAS marketplace and broader counter-drone strategy.
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Counter-UAS 2025 Post Show Report
With over 300 attendees and 22 speakers, the 2025 summit proved to be the largest yet, which led to a more diverse event program, expanded networking opportunities, and a heavily trafficked exhibition hall. This post-show report highlights the key themes of the summit, shares on-site survey results, and provides testimonials from attendees.
The DoD's Latest C-UAS Strategies
The emergence of highly capable UAS, has left law enforcement organizations across the U.S. scrambling to establish new procedures and solutions to mitigate risks posed by drone incursions in U.S. airspace. This report will break down the latest efforts from the DoD to counter drone incursions, including; NDAA funding, new C-UAS procedures from NORTHCOM, and DoD department-wide strategy
How FIFA is Planning to Mitigate Drone Risks at the 2026 World Cup
One of the major threats to security at the World Cup, as well as many major sporting events around the world, is drones, as they can carry harmful objects, disrupt games, and be hard to detect. Before the World Cup,G.B. Jones, Chief Safety & Security Officer of the FIFA World Cup. sat down to discuss how his team is preparing for UAS threats and how they plan to mitigate them.
Counter UAS Market Report 2024-2029
Recent global conflicts, such as the war in Ukraine, have underscored the widespread use of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) in military scenarios. The following report will analyze the currently evolving C-UAS market, examine current trends, technological advancements, and future efforts to address the growing challenges posed by UAS proliferation.
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Wondering What's In Store?
This event is carefully curated for those who wants to gain an advanced understanding of the evolving UAS threat and C-UAS technologies and work towards appropriate solutions for their own unique issues.
With over 300 attendees and 22 speakers, the 2025 summit proved to be our largest iteration yet, which led to a more diverse event program, expanded networking opportunities, and a heavily trafficked exhibition hall. Download the post-show report to see what happened in 2025, and what you could expect from 2026!
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Smoothest event I’ve attended. Very well planned and executed. The (IDGA) team was highly professional, on point, and amazing.
SkySafe
Senior Systems Analyst
Off the charts valuable. Specifically in networking. Accomplishing the recommendations of the Domestic C-sUAS National Action Plan requires dialogue from agencies that often are not usually in the same room. This event allows for thoughts and ideas to be shared which then are brought to disparate locations and socialized. Sometimes that process can assist in speeding up the bureaucracy that stymies innovation.
ACM C-sUAS (Axient)
UAS & CUAS instructor SME
In all honesty I wouldn't be able to express how valuable this knowledge and information is and would also not want to put a price on it. I am from a UAS operator background and having a good understanding of the CUAS issues and also capabilities helps me to inform other from both a CUAS and Counter CUAS perspective.
British Army
Sr. Principal Systems Engineer
The event was highly valuable as it exposed me to the breadth of the C-UAS mission, as well as the challenges, gaps and opportunities associated with this mission. I also enjoyed the fact that the presenters are highly dedicated professionals, who care deeply and want to make a positive difference in protecting the homeland.
Raytheon
VP Marketing
The CUAS Summit does a great job convening the right people to make sure conversations are meaningful to each of the attendees.
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