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Future Forces Capabilities 2024

September 30 - October 3, 2025 |  Fort Worth, TX

Future Forces Capabilities 2024

September 30 - October 3, 2025 |  Fort Worth, TX

Call for Abstracts

Future Forces Capabilities 2025

NDIA will be hosting the 2025 Future Force Capabilities Conference & Exhibition, September 30 - October 3, 2025 at the Fort Worth Convention Center in Fort Worth, TX. This conference brings together NDIA’s Armaments, Robotics, Munitions Technology Fuze, Integrated Precision Warfare and Global Demilitarization communities. These diverse interest groups will cover capabilities across a wide spectrum from armaments, missiles and space effects to modern robotics, and fuzing technology. 

Individuals wishing to present are required to submit a concise abstract (less than 4,000 characters) no later than Friday, May 16, 2025. Authors will be notified if their proposed abstract has been accepted for presentation in mid-June 2025.  

Please upload your abstract here and complete ALL required information. All abstracts must be submitted electronically in accordance with specific instructions below.

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The following subjects are suggested, although submissions are not limited to subjects in these categories:

Armaments & Munitions (Small Arms and GARM)

Armaments & Munitions (Small Arms and GARM)

Artillery and Tank Gun Improvements and Modernization | Artillery and Tank Ammunition Improvements and Modernization | Rocket Propulsion, Guidance, and Warhead Technology Improvements and Modernization | Missile Propulsion, Guidance, and Warhead Technology Improvements and Modernization | Armament Modernization, Readiness, Threat Response Overmatch | Armament Systems which Provide Joint Lethality in Contested Environments | Armament Systems Initiatives and Future Requirements of the US Army, USAF, U.S. Navy, USMC, and DARPA | Legacy Armament System Enhancements in Lethality, Readiness and/or Training to Build a more Lethal Force | Platform Integration (Land, Sea, Air, Manned and Autonomous) | Improvements to Armament System and Component Manufacturing | Armament Systems Energetics Materials Advancements and Requirements | Armament System Training Systems Improvements | New Signature Suppression Technology | Internal Ballistics – Pressure limits now and in the future | External ballistics – The adjustment of predictive models to match reality | Terminal ballistics – Advancements in terminal ballistics

Fuze

Fuze

Development | Devices | Production | Explosive Trains | Demilitarization | Initiation Methods | Materials/Processes/Testing | EOD Consideration | Fuze Qualification | Design Descriptions | Fuzing Systems | Fault-Tolerant Safety Architectures | Fuze Component Technology | Electronic Components | Analyses | Environmental Sensors | Materials | MEMS | Processes | Power Sources | Safety & Arming Devices | Programmable Logic Implementation | Proximity Sensors | Fuze Setters | Safety & Reliability | Data Recorders | Commercial & Government Standards | Software Safety Validation & Verification | Testing Methods and Results

Integrated Precision Warfare (IPW)

Integrated Precision Warfare (IPW)

Military Use Cases for Autonomy/AI | Using AI/Autonomy in Command Decision Making | Rapid Capability Updates (Retraining Embedded AI/ML Algorithms) | Sensor and Data Management, to Include Prioritization of Alerts/Alarms | Military Use Cases for 5G | Command and Control | Sensor to Shooter Networks | Maintenance and Sustainment | Quality of Life | Digital Twinning | From Digital Design to Digital Training to Digital Maintenance/Sustainment Support, to Digital Platforms allowing the Force to Develop Innovative Solutions to Operational Challenges | Maintenance/Sustainment | Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Capabilities | Expeditionary Refit and Repair | Training | Effectiveness of Live-Virtual-Constructive Training | Structured deployers Training Relevant for Europe and the Middle East | Other Enduring Challenges | Fostering and Rewarding Innovation at the Squad Level/on the Deck Plates | Optimizing Joint All-Domain Command and Control | Basic Research Problems that “we” haven’t Solved | Adapting Commercial Products and Solutions to Operational Challenges | Future Workforce Requirements: Education & Training | Achieving Multi-Domain Simultaneity

Robotics

Robotics

Ideas for overcoming supply chain issues for robotics | Defining MOSA | Innovative capabilities for HMIF | Communications in a hostile E/W environment | Robotic Combat Vehicle Autonomy | Robotic Logistics Vehicle Autonomy | Robotic Armaments | Autonomy Enabling Technologies (Optical Sensors, LiDAR, PNT, Sensor Cleaning, Processing, Power Management) | Platform Integration Challenges | Multi-Agent Control Autonomy | Robotics on the Modern Battlefield- Lessons Learned and Predictions | Robotic-Enabled Breaches

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