The crowd gathers for AFA 2024 in Washington, DC on Sept. 6, 2024. (Michael Marrow / Breaking Defense)
AFA 2024 — Air Force leaders, servicemembers and industry officials gathered by the hundreds today here in Washington, D.C. for the start of the annual Air, Space & Cyber Conference.
On the show floor, defense firms put their wares on display, hoping to catch the attention of warfighters and, as importantly, acquisition officials.
Check out a few photos from the Breaking Defense team below, and see full coverage of the headlining news from the show HERE.
Anduril’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) on display at AFA. (Valerie Insinna/Breaking Defense)
GA-ASI’s XQ-67A OBSS on display at AFA 2024 (Valerie Insinna/Breaking Defense)
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc’s CCA on display at AFA 2024 (Valerie Insinna/Breaking Defense)
Blue Halo shows off a family of quadcopters to be used on mobile missions with its truck-based command post at AFA 2024. (Brendon Smith / Breaking Defense)
A couple aerial platforms from Europe’s MBDA on dsiplay at AFA 2024. (Brendon Smith / Breaking Defense)
A seat for getting out of Dodge, Martin-Baker’s F-35 ejection seat is shown at AFA 2024. (Brendon Smith / Breaking Defense)
A model of Airbus’s Arrow satellite playload at AFA 2024. (Brendon Smith / Breaking Defense)
Anduril’s Barracuda family of munitions at the company’s stand at AFA 2024. (Brendon Smith / Breaking Defense)
