The tech and talks of Sea-Air-Space 2024

  • Sea-Air-Space attendees step out of the naval conference in National Harbor, Maryland, to observe the solar eclipse April 8, 2024.
  • A model of a vessel, draped in blue-and-grey camouflage, is seen suspended at the Fincantieri booth at Sea-Air-Space on April 10, 2024.
  • U.S. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro waves at the crowd gathered for his speech at the 2024 Sea-Air-Space defense conference in Maryland.
  • Shield AI's V-Bat drone stands upright at the company's 2024 Sea-Air-Space booth.
  • Rear Adm. Doug Small, the U.S. Navy’s Project Overmatch boss, pauses before answering a question about unmanned technologies at the 2024 Sea-Air-Space conference in National Harbor, Maryland.
  • A model of Northrop Grumman's Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar, or G/ATOR, is perched at the company's booth at the 2024 Sea-Air-Space defense conference in National Harbor, Maryland.
  • U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Ron Piret, the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command boss, speaks at the IW Pavilion at the Sea-Air-Space defense conference in April 2024.
  • A Switchblade 300 Block 20 loitering munition, made by AeroVironment, is staged at the company's Sea-Air-Space booth in 2024.
  • Lance Cpl. Chesty XVI, the Marine Corps’ official mascot, makes an appearance April 9, 2024, at the Sea-Air-Space conference in Maryland.
  • A Lego model of the USS John F. Kennedy is displayed at the 2024 Sea-Air-Space defense conference in National Harbor, Maryland.
  • U.S. Rep. Rob Wittman, a Virginia Republican, listens to a fellow representative April 9, 2024, at the Sea-Air-Space naval conference.
  • Models of Saildrone unmanned surface vessels are seen at the company's booth April 8, 2024, at the Navy League's Sea-Air-Space conference in Maryland.
  • Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti scans the crowd April 8, 2024, at the Sea-Air-Space naval conference in Maryland.
  • Parts made by additive manufacturing are displayed at a U.S. Navy booth at the Sea-Air-Space conference in Maryland on April 9, 2024.
  • Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Christopher Mahoney takes his seat April 8, 2024, at the Sea-Air-Space conference in Maryland.