Special notice NAWCAD-SN-26-PAE(A)SI_AI invites government, industry and academic teams to an unclassified industry day on autonomy and artificial intelligence for naval aviation, hosted by the Portfolio Acquisition Executive Aviation’s autonomy and super intelligence/AI leadership team. The event runs Dec. 8 and 9, 2026, at the UMD SMART Conference Center in California, Maryland. Goals include matching capabilities to Naval Aviation requirements, finding capability gaps and informing future acquisition approaches. The Navy is weighing the Naval Air Systems Consortium for prototype work under other transaction agreements, but attendance is not limited to consortium members. Each organization may send up to three people, and the notice is not a solicitation. Registration closes Nov. 20, 2026, 5 p.m. Eastern, or earlier if the event fills.