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NATIONAL DRONE CONFERENCE
UNLEASHING AMERICAN DRONE DOMINANCE
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
Conference and National Drone Championships: 1-4 December 2025
Military Drone Crucible: 3-6 December 2025
Where America Aligns on the Future of Drones
The nation’s leaders in government, industry, and academia converge at USNDA25 to advance one mission: Unleashing American Drone Dominance.
The USNDA25 National Drone Conference and Championships is focused on the top priorities and topics necessary to accomplish American Drone Dominance. This year’s conference will prioritize ensuring the lethality of America’s foundational building-block national security elements - from fire teams to squads and beyond - through enhancing capabilities, including Group 1-2 UAS and supporting/integration technologies.
This convening is selective, mission-driven, and measured against national priorities. The event is limited to 500 attendees. Here, adaptation is accelerated through competition, collaboration, and operational outcomes that shape the fight ahead.
Who Should Attend
Stakeholders from government agencies, along with industry, academic, and international partners who are focused on:
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Mission Alignment: Shape outcomes endorsed by senior government leaders and tied to national security priorities.
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Operational Relevance: Using competition and experimentation to translate into training standards, TTPs, evolving doctrine and procurement strategies.
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Trusted Ecosystem: Engaging with partners through the DroneWERX White List and Industry Exchange.
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Lasting Impact: Outcomes are tracked, measured, and carried forward into 2026.
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Program Highlights
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Conference: Policy, technology, and operational exchanges.
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National Drone Maneuver Competition: Elite teams in real-world scenarios.
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DroneWERX White List and Industry Exchange: Accelerating capabilities and technical collaboration.
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Military Drone Crucible (Invitation Only): Closed experimentation shaping operational playbooks.
Participation is by Invitation or Approval Only
Participants will be selected based on the following criteria:
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DoD Commands that are moving most deliberately in alignment with the Presidential Executive Order on Unleashing American Drone Dominance and the Secretary of Defense memorandum on Unleashing Military Drone Dominance.
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Non-DoD academic and industry partners, approved for attendance by the DoD selection committee, based on their speed of innovation and alignment with current priorities. Selected participants will include both high TRL capabilities and prototype solutions, and will include full UxV solutions as well as U.S./allied-manufactured drone supply chain components and supporting capabilities.
DoD Areas of Interest from Industry and Academia Participants
Participants will be selected based on the following criteria:
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Drone and counter-drone TTP development and adoption.
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Drone training standards across national security organizations.
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Drone and counter-drone builders and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).
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Drone supply chain builders and OEMS including:
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Drone and C-UAS components
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Batteries and energy solutions
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Command and control systems
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Data and machine learning technologies
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Related command and control, autonomy, swarming, and integration technologies.
Attendance is selective and reserved for approved leaders advancing America’s drone future.
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USNDA25 is a purpose-driven convening where outcomes are measured against national priorities and carried forward into execution.
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