Joint Undersea Warfare Technology Spring Conference (NDIA #1260)

The theme of this year's Joint Undersea Warfare Technology Spring Conference is "Undersea Warfare – Enabling the Spectrum of UxV, Communication, Sensor, Payload, and Platform Capabilities." This theme covers each unmanned vehicle type (see below) as it relates to undersea warfare.

UUV - Unmanned Undersea Vehicles
UAUV - Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles
USV - Unmanned Surface Vehicles
UAV - Unmanned Air Vehicles

This conference concentrates on the Navy's key core competency mission of countering submarine and mine threats to the free and open flow of sea borne commerce and to the conduct of power projection from the sea.

All Navy platforms and elements of the Navy force structure are involved in undersea warfare: submarines, surface combatants, fixed and rotary wing aircraft, surveillance units, and the Navy's command and control infrastructure. The USW Division has five active Technical Committees: Sensor Systems, Mine Warfare Systems, Undersea Vehicles (including weapons), Aviation, and C4I and Combat Systems.

At this conference, attendees will:

- Gain insight on the latest requirements and developments in undersea warfare; countering submarine and mine threats; and power projection from the sea
- Join professionals from the active duty Navy, key Navy Secretariat, the Pentagon, SYSCOM program offices, Navy & University labs, and the defense industrial base
- Make valuable connections with like-minded professionals at networking social functions like the Mongolian Barbecue

This conference is classified Secret U.S. Only. There are no exhibits at this event.