UNC2026: Civil–Military Collaboration – Security, Resilience and New Requirements
As unmanned aviation becomes mission-critical, civil and defence stakeholders are increasingly solving the same challenges together. These sessions explore how shared requirements around security, data control, supply chains and operational robustness are shaping both development and deployment.Although UNC2026 is a civil focused conference, defence and security considerations run throughout the programme. As drones are increasingly used in sensitive environments, expectations around reliability, data control and trust have changed dramatically.
Organisations such as Forsvarsbygg, the Norwegian Police, NVE and Equinor discuss how civil drone operations are now conducted under constraints traditionally associated with defence and critical infrastructure. These include secure data handling, supply chain awareness and operational robustness.
The topic is particularly relevant now because Europe’s resilience increasingly depends on autonomous and unmanned systems. Research institutions such as SINTEF and NORCE together with euRobotics explore how drones and robotics contribute to strategic autonomy, emergency preparedness and protection of critical assets.
These sessions are relevant for professionals working at the intersection of civil operations, security, infrastructure and policy. They show how unmanned aviation is no longer a niche technology, but a core component of modern resilience planning.
