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Army Best Drone Warfighter Competition

"Agile, Adaptive, Lethal"

February 17-19, 2026 | Huntsville, AL


Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Design/Build/Repair Considerations
Moderator: BG Tim Edens, Ret., AAAA Senior VP
CW4 John J. Brown, 101st Airborne Division (AASLT)
CW2 Kolby Smith, 101st Airborne Division (AASLT)
MSG William R. Cope, 101st Airborne Division (AASLT)
Presentation

UAS Marketplace
LTC Jeff Bess, Product Manager, Tactical UAS
Presentation

Thursday, February 19, 2026

Ukraine Lessons Learned
Moderator: MG Todd Royar, Ret., AAAA Treasurer
LTC Mary Katherine O. Schuster, Dep. Dir., Directorate of Evaluation and Standardization, USAVCOE
CW5 Micah Amman, Aviation Future Capability Directorate
Presentation

SkyFoundry Program
Moderator: COL James Crocker, U.S. Army Materiel Command
Mr. Rick Lusk, SkyFoundry Program Drone SME
Mr. Richard Holifield, SkyFoundry Systems Engineer
Presentation

Lethality Tactics Techniques and Procedures
Moderator: Mr. Mike Goodwin, Textron Systems
COL Shaun Conlin, USAMCOE
MAJ Wolf Amacker, USAACE
MSG Morgan Wallace, USAMCOE
Ms. Nicole Sapp, USADEVCOM
Mr. Troy Brannon, USADEVCOM

Presentation Video

Drone Competition Highlights

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