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5 December | Orlando, FL

USNDA 2024 

1st Annual Conference

Increasing Transparency and Cooperation between International, Government, Industry, and Academic partners to rapidly advance the American Small Drone, Drone Swarm, and Counter Drone Industrial Base

Capitol Building

About the 
USNDA

The United States National Drone Association is a 501(c)3 organization formed to accelerate the rapid and responsible advancement of Small, Swarming, and Counter Drone technologies for national areas of interest, by increasing transparency and cooperation between industry, academia, government, and international partnerships.

 

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Annual DRONEWERX Events

In addition to the annual conference, the USNDA is also the Operational Sponsor of the annual National Drone Games ® and National Drone Wars ®  

2025 National

Drone Games ®

The National Drone Games ® is an open

micro competition for academic partners, designed to encourage Student Experimentation Teams, guided by faculty and technology advisors, to create open architecture prototypes that push the limits of drone and counter-drone technology. Winning student teams will be awarded cash prizes and scholarships 

2025 National

Drone Wars ®

The National Drone Wars ® is a closed, invitation-only event, designed to demonstrate and test the small UAS capabilities of National Security and Defense and encourage rapid adaptation and adoption of sUAS, cUAS, and small unit tactics, demonstrated through a live a Red vs. Blue team match in a replicated contested environment.

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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

The 2024 Key Themes

NATIONAL POLICY & REGULATION

DRONES AS FIRST RESPONDERS 

EDUCATION & EXPERIMENTATION 

INDUSTRIAL DISRUPTION 

VENTURE CAPITAL INVESTMENT

PROTOTYPING AND ACQUISITION 

EMERGING CONCEPTS  

SWARMING: INTEGRATED AI & ML 

COMMERCIAL LOGISTICS 

CONSUMER & RECREATIONAL 

NATSEC & DoD sUAS

NATSEC & DoD COUNTER sUAS

The USNDA is currently accepting submissions and nominations for Chair, Deputy Chair and member roles in each of the 2024 subcommittees.
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