DroneX Trade Show & Conference 2027
DroneX is where global innovation meets real-world uncrewed systems deployment. It brings together novel innovators, OEMs, supply chain leaders, regulators, and industry operators shaping the ecosystem. Across two days, explore dual-use technologies and field-tested solutions spanning defence, infrastructure, logistics, and emergency response.
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DroneX 2026 is a UK event focused on the development and deployment of uncrewed systems and autonomous technologies across commercial, defense, infrastructure, and emergency services sectors.
Taking place at ExCeL London on 29-30 September 2026, the event is expected to bring together more than 4,000 industry professionals, alongside 300 exhibitors and 50 hours of conference content.
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The event will cover applications including ISR, counter-UAS, surveying, inspection, drone delivery, autonomous logistics, advanced air mobility, emergency response, and maritime systems. Attendees are expected to include operators, OEMs, regulators, government agencies, defense organizations, infrastructure providers, and technology developers involved in the evolving uncrewed systems ecosystem.
DroneX 2026 will feature keynote presentations, technical conference sessions, networking opportunities, industry interviews, and exhibitor showcases focused on operational deployment, integration, and regulation of autonomous systems technologies.
When is DroneX 2026?
DroneX 2026 will take place on 29-30 September 2026.
Themes
Conference sessions and exhibition activity at DroneX 2026 will focus on the operational use and future development of uncrewed systems across commercial and defense sectors.
Key topics include BVLOS operations, airspace integration, counter-UAS technologies, AI-enabled autonomous systems, ISR, advanced air mobility, eVTOL regulation, autonomous logistics, and resilient navigation in GPS-denied environments. The event will also examine infrastructure inspection, emergency response operations, surveillance systems, and dual-use technologies supporting both civilian and military applications.
What’s On?
DroneX 2026 will feature a multi-stage conference program, industry networking spaces, exhibitor showcases, and live discussions covering developments across the uncrewed systems sector.
The conference programme includes dedicated Commercial, Surveillance, Future of Flight, and Keynote stages with more than 50 hours of conference sessions focused on autonomous systems, future airspace integration, operational deployment, and defence applications. Planned seminar topics include AI-enabled drone operations, autonomous swarms, resilient positioning and navigation, eVTOL regulation, BVLOS operations, inertial navigation systems, and UAS testing and certification.
DroneX Connect will serve as the event’s central networking area, providing space for meetings and informal discussions between exhibitors, operators, regulators, and technology providers. Sponsored by Wing, the networking hub includes the DroneX Connect Café located on the exhibition floor.
The event will also host the DroneX Innovation Awards, where shortlisted exhibitors present new technologies to an industry judging panel. Previous panels have included representatives from Boeing, the Ministry of Defence, and the Department for Transport.
Alongside the conference, more than 300 exhibitors are expected to showcase technologies spanning UAV platforms, software, autonomy systems, sensors, payloads, supply chain solutions, and dual-use technologies for commercial and defense applications.
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Speakers
DroneX 2026 will feature speakers from industry, government, defense organizations, and technology companies involved in autonomous systems and future flight technologies.
Confirmed seminar speakers include Cyriel Kronenburg of uAvionix, Patrick Shannon of TrustPoint, Jonathan Duff of Centinus, Alison Brown of NAVSYS Corporation, Bryan Lawless of BlueWave Robotics, Amanda Smith of ARPAS-UK, and Jared Burns of Arctic Horizons.
Where is DroneX 2026?
ExCeL London
London
United Kingdom
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