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Autonomy in the Maritime Domain 2025


Date: November 5, 2025

Location: Indo Pacific 2025 (International Convention Centre Sydney)

AAUS' Autonomy in the Maritime Domain 2025 conference will take place on Wednesday November 5 as an associated conference for the Indo Pacific Maritime Exposition at the International Convention Centre in Sydney.

AAUS' conference focused on autonomy and unmanned technologies relevant to future defence programs, particularly maritime applications.

Indo Pacific 2025 Website

Conference Themes

  • Uncrewed system technology and autonomy as applied in the maritime domain. 
  • Air, surface and subsurface technologies and applications. 
  • Applications including ISR, EW, countermine, cross-cueing, crewed/uncrewed systems. 
  • Operational concepts for autonomous maritime platforms (eg. ISR, adjunct missile magazines, drone motherships, nodular mission packages).
  • Update from key ADF personnel on strategies emerging from DSR and programs utilising autonomy / uncrewed systems. 
  • Update from industry and academia on likely near-term and far-term technologies. 
  • Safety considerations and role of Code of Practice in demonstrating autonomous technologies. 
  • Assurance and accreditation of autonomous systems. 
  • AUV, USV and MASS training and the need for training accreditation
  • Challenges and opportunities for maritime autonomous systems. 
  • Developments on cross domain command & control for autonomous platforms
  • Extending operation envelopes for autonomous platforms (eg sea states, range and reliability).


Event Format

The conference will included both formal presentations and an audience interactive panel sessions.

There will be an included networking function. 


Call for Papers

To be announced soon.


Registration - opening in June

 Delegate TypeEarly Bird Price Normal Price 
 AAUS Member $300 $350
 Non-Member $375 $425
 Government $300 $350

  • All pricing exclusive of GST
  • Early Bird ends 31 July 2025
  • Normal Pricing from 1 August 2025
  • All delegates must agree to AAUS Terms and Conditions and Code of Conduct
  • Registration is via the official Indo Pacific 2025 website


Sponsorship and Exhibition

AAUS has a number of sponsorship and exhibition packages available for the Autonomy in the Maritime Domain 2025 conference. 

Packages will be released soon.



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