AUSA Annual Meeting & Exposition 2026 is the Association of the United States Army’s land-power exposition and professional development forum in Washington, D.C. Military leaders, industry, policymakers, and international delegations use it to hear U.S. Army priorities, tour exhibits, and network across the defense sector. Attendance is limited to people with an identifiable relationship to AUSA or the armed forces community.
The AUSA Annual Meeting & Exposition 2026 (October 12–14, 2026) at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC is the premier North American land-power expo and professional forum. It brings together roughly 44,000 attendees, 750+ exhibitors, and international delegations to showcase defense technology, present Army priorities, and enable direct networking between military leaders, industry, and policymakers.
senior military leaders, acquisition and procurement officers, program managers, engineers and technologists, company executives and business development, policymakers and government officials, international defense delegations, soldiers, NCOs, and veterans
Military leaders, DoD acquisition and program personnel, defense industry executives and technical teams, policymakers, international defense delegations, and any organization seeking direct access to U.S. Army priorities, procurement stakeholders, and large-scale defense industry networking.
General-interest attendees with no connection to defense or national security, consumer-focused businesses with no defense relevance, or people seeking purely academic or non-defense trade shows.
