West 2026

Sustaining Maritime Dominance and Warfighting Readiness

WEST 2026, the premier naval conference and exposition on the West Coast, takes place February 10-12, 2026, bringing together Sea Service leaders from the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard alongside industry and academia experts. This extraordinary gathering addresses the profound and rapidly changing threats confronting maritime forces in an increasingly complex challenge landscape while exploring solutions to enhance operational capabilities and overcome evolving threats.

Why Attend

Sea Service leaders today face unprecedented complexity as threats evolve rapidly across multiple domains. Traditional approaches to maritime operations must adapt to emerging technologies, adversary capabilities, and operational environments requiring new platforms, systems, and operational concepts. This conference provides essential forums for discussing challenges, networking with peers, and collaboratively devising solutions that sustain maritime dominance while ensuring warfighting readiness for future conflicts.

Conference Focus

WEST 2026 addresses critical issues confronting maritime forces while showcasing latest platforms, cutting-edge technologies, and advanced capabilities crucial to supporting maritime operations. The conference facilitates substantive engagement between military leadership, industry partners, and academic experts on operational requirements, technological solutions, and strategic approaches necessary for maintaining maritime superiority in contested environments.

What to Expect

This comprehensive three-day conference and exposition combines high-level discussions with practical demonstrations of technologies and capabilities supporting maritime operations. Participants engage directly with Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard leaders while exploring how industry and academia contribute to solving complex operational challenges. Through keynote presentations, panel discussions, exhibition floor interactions, and networking sessions, attendees gain knowledge about emerging threats, innovative solutions, and collaborative approaches essential for sustaining maritime dominance while building professional connections across the Sea Services, industry, and research communities.