INTERPOL Unmanned Expert Summit 2026 – IXES2026

Dates: 10 – 11 of June 2026

Location: Norway. Venue location will be provided when registration opens.

The INTERPOL Unmanned Expert Summit 2026 (IXES2026) brings together global leaders, innovators, and practitioners to address one of today’s most pressing priorities — the Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS) imperative. As unmanned systems advance across air, land, and sea, the technologies and strategies designed to detect, assess, and defeat these threats must evolve with equal speed.

This year’s summit focuses on advancing integrated C-UAS capabilities through operational insight, real-world demonstrations, and collaborative testing. Participants will witness live Red/Blue Team exercises, designed to stress-test the latest detection, tracking, and defeat technologies that protect critical infrastructure and essential services.

By uniting law enforcement agencies, defense specialists, critical infrastructure operators, and technology innovators, IXES2026 creates a unique global meeting ground. The goal is clear: to strengthen preparedness and resilience against increasingly sophisticated unmanned threats, wherever they emerge.

Why Attend?

Confront evolving unmanned threats
Gain strategic understanding of how integrated C-UAS systems are transforming protection across air, land, and sea domains.

Learn from global experts
Hear directly from operational leaders and technical specialists driving development in C-UAS, unmanned systems, and cross-domain security.

Experience live demonstrations
Observe real-time system performance through Red/Blue Team scenarios, showcasing how detection, tracking, and interdiction work in operational conditions.

Bridge innovation and field operations
Explore how agencies and industry can co-develop scalable, interoperable, and mission-ready solutions to meet today’s complex challenges.

Build meaningful international partnerships
Connect with decision-makers, practitioners, and innovators shaping global policies, standards, and collaborative frameworks for unmanned security.

What to Expect at IXES2026

• Keynotes from Global C-UAS and UXS Experts
  Hear from international leaders shaping the future of counter-UAS capabilities, integrated unmanned systems, cross-domain security and protection of critical infrastructure. Gain insight into how agencies and operators worldwide are confronting rapidly evolving unmanned threats across air, land and sea.

• Live Demonstrations and Red/Blue Team Exercises
  Experience real-world testing of detection, tracking and interdiction technologies. See how integrated C-UAS systems perform under pressure through live Red/Blue scenarios designed to expose strengths, limitations and operational realities.

• Operational Insight Across Domains
  Go beyond theory with examples of how unmanned threats are emerging in multi-domain environments and how agencies are responding. Explore how combined sensors, data fusion and autonomous capabilities are reshaping situational awareness and operational decision-making.

• Workshops and Knowledge-Sharing
  Participate in sessions focused on practical methods, from threat assessment to system deployment and evaluation. Learn how critical infrastructure operators, law enforcement, and technology developers can work together to strengthen resilience.

• Global Collaboration

  Connect with peers, decision-makers and innovators from law enforcement, defence, government, academia and industry. Build partnerships that will define tomorrow’s standards, policies and integrated counter-UAS solutions.

The Goal

IXES2026 is more than a conference, it is a collaborative platform for shaping the integrated C-UAS landscape of the future.
By bringing together expertise across sectors and nations, the summit aims to accelerate innovation, strengthen operational readiness, and build collective capacity to protect people, infrastructure, and environments across air, land, and sea.