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The National Defense Industrial Association’s (NDIA) Undersea Warfare Division invites authors of high-quality professional abstracts to submit their work for technical presentation at the 2025 Undersea Warfare Fall Conference. This year’s Fall Conference will now be conducted at FVEY classified level with AUKUS government and industry participation, as both speakers and attendees, in the plenary and technical sessions We will be able to accommodate briefs that are not releasable to AUKUS.  

Material presented by U.S. industry, in the presence of foreign nationals, is considered an export and is subject to International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR).  Speakers will be required to submit an ITAR exemption request to the Navy International Programs Office (NIPO).    Once NIPO approves the ITAR exemption requests, speakers will need to self-certify (2-4 weeks prior to event).  Additionally, all U.S. presentations that will be presented to REL UK, REL AUS must be reviewed and approved by the Foreign Disclosure Officer (FDO) prior to the conference.  The deadline for all briefing material to be submitted to NDIA is August 25 at 8:00 am EDT to allow time for FDO review.

Briefs submitted by UK or AUS government or industry speakers must follow their national requirements.

Each UK | AUS attendee will need to submit a Foreign Visit Request (FVR) via their embassy in the United States to pass their clearance to the host via the process on the website.     

The National Defense Industrial Association’s (NDIA) Undersea Warfare Division invites authors of high-quality professional abstracts to submit their work for technical presentation at the 2025 Undersea Warfare Fall Conference. This year's theme is “Undersea Warfare - Enhancing the Navy’s long-term advantage.”

Each abstract must be UNCLASSIFIED and cleared for public release with unlimited distribution (Distribution A). Each abstract should fit into one of the following Technical Sessions:

  • Aviation: “Multi-platform, coordinated Anti-submarine warfare operations and employment of enabling interoperable sensors, weapons, & processing technologies”
  • Combat System/C4I: “Combat system or C4I improvements in the ASW Kill Chain that can be made by January 2027”
  • Mine Warfare: “Closing capability gaps to facilitate mine warfare in a non-permissive environment”
  • Undersea Sensors: “New or repurposed ASW / MIW / SSW undersea sensors that enable operations in contested areas”
  • Undersea Vehicles: “Lower cost, more flexible, and smarter vehicles to address missions with mass and interoperability”

For each U.S. industry speaker, the following information should be included at the top of your abstract to facilitate inclusion in ITAR exemption request:       

  • Company Empowered Official (name and contact information)
  • Company Department of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) Registration Code
  • Company DDTC Registration Expiration

Individuals are required to submit a concise abstract of 4,000 characters or less here by June 6th at 11:59 pm EDT. Authors will be notified whether their abstract has been accepted about July 11, 2025. For complete details on the abstract submission process, visit the event website or contact Jarrod Nelson at jnelson@NDIA.org.

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