2027 AUSA Global Force Symposium and Exposition

A professional development event for the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, and the aerospace and defense industry, focused on critical concerns and challenges of joint warfare. The symposium draws speakers from the Air Force, Space Force, combatant commands, industry, and the joint force, and includes dynamic exhibits. A 2027 agenda and named speakers were not listed on the event pages reviewed.

The program focuses on weapon-system maintenance and sustainment, readiness, and defense industrial base revitalization. Plenary and breakout sessions examine acquisition authorities and faster capability delivery; domestic manufacturing, industrial-base investment, and workforce capacity; contested logistics and forward maintenance; munitions lifecycle management; resilient supply chains; and the application of AI, advanced manufacturing, software, and digital engineering to sustainment. Specific discussions include the Portfolio Acquisition Executive authorities under the Warfighting Acquisition System; the Major Weapon Systems and Critical Munitions Readiness Campaign Plan; EO 14415 supply-chain mapping and illumination; and public-private co-production, technical data and right to repair, intellectual property, and capital requirements for industrial-base expansion. The Weapon Systems Software Summit covers applied AI and autonomous systems, DevSecOps and software factories, cybersecurity and Zero Trust, digital engineering, data and cloud architecture, acquisition policy, and workforce and talent management. Associated forums address corrosion prevention, provisioning and cataloging, defense working-capital funds, depot capabilities, allied co-sustainment, and supply-chain risk management. The program also includes a Maintenance Innovation Challenge and a co-located Maintenance and Logistics Exhibition with a Maintenance Yard.

Theme: “Winning on the Factory Floor: Rebuilding the Arsenal of Freedom.” The conference focuses on logistics, sustainment, and supply chain excellence, including industry partnerships, innovation, and operational efficiency aimed at delivering capabilities to warfighters. Discussions address challenges and solutions driving defense readiness across logistics and acquisition, aviation, and land and maritime sectors.

The forum focuses on the Army Aviation Roadmap and the industrial base, sustainment, and acquisition. Its program includes discussion of Army transformation and the organic industrial base, with opportunities for briefings involving project managers, Army aviation transformation and future-capability leaders, original equipment manufacturers, and other industry leaders. Professional sessions address the industrial base, the Army Aviation Roadmap, sustainment and the organic industrial base, acquisition, integration of the Portfolio Acquisition Executive for Maneuver Air portfolio, force modernization, the operating environment, the Pentagon landscape, and future warfighting concepts. Exhibit-hall open-mic panels cover cargo; attack and reconnaissance; utility aircraft; uncrewed aircraft systems; next-generation command and control; AMCOM sustainment; counter-drone systems; aviation mission systems and architecture; tactical aviation and ground munitions; and MV-75 Cheyenne opportunities.

The summit brings together the Army Aviation community for professional sessions, leadership panels, project manager program updates, open-mic workshops, and an exhibit hall. Program topics include increasing Army combat power; the Army in transition; future combat; driving innovation; sustaining combat power; special operations aviation; Cheyenne capabilities and opportunities; cavalry heritage and combined-arms, all-domain maneuver; evolving the combat aviation brigade for joint all-domain maneuver; allied-nation defense; airspace management; next-generation command and control; joint targeting; and contested logistics. Project updates cover Attack, AMSA, Utility, Cargo, and FLRAA-Cheyenne programs. The program also includes aviation warrant officer readiness and an enlisted branch update. The opening professional session features a keynote on increasing Army combat power. The exhibit hall and professional sessions are listed as free for attendees; separately ticketed meals and events have additional prices.

Annual convention for the SOF community, co-hosted by Global SOF Foundation and U.S. Special Operations Command. The campus includes exhibition and demonstration areas for SOF Warrior, Special Air Warfare, maritime, information systems, government, space capabilities, human performance, and digital applications. The 2027 All Domain Autonomous Systems Zone is planned for demonstrations of UAS, counter-UAS, unmanned surface vessels, ground robots, and AI/ML technologies across air, land, and sea. Listed 2027 industry priorities include autonomous unmanned platforms, multi-domain defensive countermeasures for air and maritime environments, and AI/ML algorithms to support decision-making and operational efficiency. Conference sessions require a Full Conference and Exhibition pass.

Focuses on military ground mobility and tactical vehicle modernization. Brings together leaders from the Department of Defense, military services, industry, and academia to discuss requirements, technologies, and strategies for tactical wheeled vehicles and warfighter readiness. The program includes presentations and panel discussions on modernization priorities, emerging technologies, acquisition strategies, and challenges shaping military mobility. Open to press.

The program aligns U.S. military priorities, executive-order implementation, congressional funding, acquisition pathways, industrial-base capacity, and operational requirements for uncrewed systems. Sessions address defense acquisition reform; FY27 funding and investment signals; the Drone Dominance Program; domestic manufacturing capacity and supply-chain resilience; small-business pathways into defense markets; and export markets, financing, and export controls. Other themes include Army and Air Force autonomy fielding, congressional oversight, lessons from Ukraine, maritime security, undersea infrastructure, and scaling uncrewed surface and undersea systems. The program identifies Executive Orders 14265, 14268, 14307, 14372, and 14415 among the policy frameworks discussed. Featured speakers include Admiral Thomas Allan, Jr., Vice Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard; William Kimmitt, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade; and Emil Michael, Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering and Department of War Chief Technology Officer. Registration is restricted to U.S. citizens and citizens of allied or partner nations; the event is closed to media.

The theme is “One Logistics Enterprise.” Government, industry, academia, and allied and partner nations will examine how national and allied capabilities can strengthen readiness, resilience, and sustainment. The program is described as featuring perspectives from the Department of War, military services, Defense Logistics Agency, Intelligence Community, Department of State, other federal agencies, and international partners.