A Unified Voice for Defense
AUVSI’s Defense Advocacy Committee brings together diverse industry perspectives across domains – air, ground, maritime, and cyber – to focus on challenges the industry faces; seize opportunities across the DoD, service branches, and Congress; and support a strong defense industrial base to ensure that the U.S. remains at the forefront of autonomous defense technologies.
Reach out to Adriana Rivera arivera@auvsi.org to get involved.
ABS
Actus
Advanced Systems
ADS
Advanced Navigation
Aerolane
AeroVironment
AgEagle
Agrippa Industries
Airbus
Airspace Link
Amazon
Anduril
Applied Intuition
ARA
Ascent Aerosystems
ATI
AURA
Austal USA
AX Enterprize
BETA
BlackSea Tech
BlueHalo
Blue Water Autonomy
BNSF
Boeing
Booz Allen Hamilton
Boston Dynamics
BRINC
Censys
Centropolis Accelerator
Chance Maritime
Cherokee Nation
Cutriss-Wright
Darkhive
Dark Wolf Solutions
D-Fend Solutions
DZYNE
Draganfly
Echodyne
Epirus
Eureka Naval Craft
Fincantieri Marine
Firestrom Labs
Fly Zipline
Forterra
Fotokite
Gecko Robotics
General Atomics
General Dynamics
Ghost Robotics
HAVOCai
Honeywell
Integer Tech.
Inspired Flight
Jaia Robotics
Joby
Kaman
Kongsberg
Kratos
Leidos
Leonardo DRS
Lilium Aerospace
Lockheed Martin
MARTAC
Matrixspace
Merlin Labs
Metron
MTSI
Mission Systems
NAMC
Near Earth Autonomy
Neya Systems
Northrop Grumman
Ocius
Ondas Holdings
OPT
Ouster
Packet Digital
Parallax
Parrot
PDW
Pierce Aerospace
PteroDynamics
QinetiQ
Quantum Systems, Inc.
Red Cat Holdings
RTX
Sagetech Avionics
SAIC
Saronic
Sea Machines
SpiderOak
SEACORP
Seasats
Secmation
Shield AI
Skydio
Skyfire AI
SSCI
SwissDrones
Terradepth
Textron Systems
Trigon Cyber
Tridentis Advanced Marine Trillium Engineering
Tulsa Innovation Labs
uAvionix
UPS
UXV Technologies
Vulcan Elements
Wing
Winter Strategic Solutions
Wisk
WISPR
- Chair: Steve Boraz (Leidos)
- Vice Chair: Matt Dooley (Forterra)
Our current policy priorities
- The National Defense Authorization Act, defense appropriations, and Defense Production Act
- Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) reform
- Challenges in interoperability, interchangeability, human-machine teaming, and data and software strategy
2025 Initiatives:
- Provide members with opportunities to engage service branches at the Pentagon, key committees and lawmakers on Capitol Hill, and experts in academia and the commercial sector
- Secure opportunities for members to showcase their uncrewed and autonomous systems capabilities to program managers and connect with warfighters within the DoD
- Provide members with legislative and regulatory tracking updates, high-level briefings, and the fostering of information sharing and collaboration across sectors and domains
- Supports, reviews, and drafts Congressional testimonies, legislation, amendments, and letters to Congress and key agencies within the national security apparatus
Your Voice on Capitol Hill
Through collaboration and consensus, we shape policy positions that speak for the entire industry. Join AUVSI at the Advocacy Level.
