Future Fleet: Naval Power, Autonomy & Innovation

As the maritime domain becomes increasingly contested, the U.S. Navy faces urgent demands to modernize the fleet, accelerate autonomy, and strengthen decision advantage across every operational environment. From the rapid expansion of peer naval forces to the accelerating pace of technological innovation, the next decade will define the Navy’s ability to deter, compete, and win. Future Fleet: Naval Power, Autonomy & Innovation returns to San Diego as the premier West Coast program dedicated to advancing naval modernization, autonomy integration, and distributed maritime operations. This year’s summit brings together senior Navy leadership, program offices, warfare centers, acquisition authorities, and industry innovators to address the technologies, operational concepts, and industrial base capacity required to build the Fleet of 2035. Through two days of high-level keynotes, mission-focused panels, and technical deep dives, attendees will gain critical insights into force design, C5ISR modernization, AI-enabled maritime operations, undersea threat detection, and the integration of air, surface, and undersea forces into a resilient kill-web.