Counter-uas Summit

The Premier Event for the Counter-UAS Community

August 25 - 26, 2026 | MGM Hotel in National Harbor, MD

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August 25 - 26, 2026

Exchange Ideas and Expertise at the Forefront of Counter-UAS Efforts

The 8th annual IDGA Counter-UAS Summit provides a forum comprised of key decision-makers and senior military leaders for discussions on ways to collaboratively combat the threat of UAS to the United States military and civilians.

Across two days of learning and collaboration we will engage our audience with high level discussions surrounding kinetic and non-kinetic approaches for countering drones, including exploring case studies on specific incidents, insights into the latest innovative CUAS technologies, the impact of shifting legal authorities, and much more.

IDGA’s Counter-UAS Summit will provide you the unique opportunity to network, connect, and learn from the most influential thought leaders and practitioners, all tirelessly dedicated to mitigating this multi-domain challenge.

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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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Sponsorship and Exhibition Opportunities

Sponsorship is the most effective solution to share your company’s idea to senior leaders across the entire Counter-UAS community, who are looking to invest in a variety of key areas to counteract the rising threat of UAS.
 
With the rapid growth of the C-UAS market, our platform provides you with the opportunity to engage directly with leaders facing challenges and seeking opportunities in line with your expertise and offering.

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Testimonials

A Word From Our Attendees

Director of Global Sales

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.

Echodyne

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