Commercial UAV Expo 2025

Com­mer­cial UAV Expo, pre­sent­ed by Com­mer­cial UAV News, is the world’s lead­ing com­mer­cial drone trade show and con­fer­ence focus­ing on the inte­gra­tion and oper­a­tion of com­mer­cial UAS in select ver­ti­cal mar­kets.

The 2025 edi­tion of Com­mer­cial UAV Expo has been demon­strat­ing a pas­sion­ate con­tin­ued com­mit­ment to the com­mer­cial UAS indus­try. Since its incep­tion, Com­mer­cial UAV Expo has aimed to serve as an essen­tial plat­form for col­lab­o­ra­tion and knowl­edge exchange amid the ongo­ing growth and rev­o­lu­tion of the com­mer­cial UAS sec­tor – and this year is set to be its biggest yet.

Com­mer­cial drone pro­fes­sion­als are eager­ly antic­i­pat­ing Com­mer­cial UAV Expo 2025, where they can look for­ward to crit­i­cal, time­ly edu­ca­tion deliv­ered by indus­try lead­ers, oppor­tu­ni­ties to net­work and engage with peers, and the best oppor­tu­ni­ty of the year to see and learn about the newest tech­nol­o­gy through con­fer­ence ses­sions, work­shops, and the Indoor Air­space demon­stra­tions.

The show floor fea­tures an expand­ed exhib­it hall with an expect­ed 225 indus­try-lead­ing providers show­cas­ing their lat­est UAS solu­tions includ­ing air­frames, soft­ware, sen­sors, and ser­vices. The event is expect­ed to attract 4,000 com­mer­cial drone pro­fes­sion­als from around the world and is backed by more than 300 asso­ci­a­tions and media com­pa­nies.

The 2025 Con­fer­ence Pro­gram will spot­light real-world use cas­es that dri­ve effi­cien­cy, safe­ty, and oper­a­tional suc­cess. Whether you’re build­ing a drone pro­gram, refin­ing work­flows, or nav­i­gat­ing com­pli­ance, you’ll find prac­ti­cal insights tai­lored to your needs. Focused tracks will address the unique chal­lenges and oppor­tu­ni­ties faced by drone pilots, project man­agers, ser­vice providers, sur­vey­ors, air­space man­age­ment, and pub­lic safe­ty.

These tracks will offer tar­get­ed edu­ca­tion designed to help pro­fes­sion­als take the next step with UAV technology—whether that means scal­ing oper­a­tions, explor­ing new appli­ca­tions, or align­ing with reg­u­la­to­ry best prac­tices.

Atten­dees will also gain insights on cross-func­tion­al top­ics includ­ing FAA reg­u­la­tion for BVLOS oper­a­tions, AI inte­gra­tion, data work­flows, bat­tery life, and the evolv­ing future of UAV oper­a­tions. The pro­gram deliv­ers val­ue for all lev­els— from new learn­ers to sea­soned experts.

The Drone Pilot Hub is a dynam­ic space in the Com­mer­cial UAV Exhib­it Hall that will fea­ture con­tent tai­lored for atten­dees who are new or cur­rent pro­fes­sion­al drone pilots. Learn­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties include drone pilot prepa­ra­tions for Part 107 tests, dis­cus­sion of stan­dard oper­at­ing pro­ce­dures and best prac­tices for flights, and details of reg­u­la­tion and doc­u­men­ta­tion.

Com­mer­cial UAV Expo is pro­duced by Diversified’s tech­nol­o­gy port­fo­lio, which also includes Com­mer­cial UAV News, Com­mer­cial UAV Forum, Geo Week, Geo Week Newslet­ter, Geo Busi­ness (UK), and Dig­i­tal Con­struc­tion Week (UK).

Keynotes:
This year’s Com­mer­cial UAV Expo keynote ses­sions will explore glob­al­ly sig­nif­i­cant projects, the risks and costs asso­ci­at­ed with delay­ing inno­va­tion, and strate­gies for oper­a­tional effi­cien­cy and stan­dard­iza­tion. Speak­ers will pro­vide in-depth insights into effec­tive drone strate­gies, the con­se­quences of inac­tion, and approach­es to scal­ing oper­a­tions both before and after BVLOS inte­gra­tion. These keynotes will high­light crit­i­cal devel­op­ments poised to shape the future of the drone indus­try.

Pod­casts
Twice each month, the Com­mer­cial UAV News pod­cast, Uncrewed Views, takes a can­did and live­ly look at the drone indus­try, the inte­gra­tion of uncrewed sys­tems and geospa­tial tech­nol­o­gy, the future of AAM, and com­pre­hen­sive analy­sis of drone indus­try news and trends.

Spe­cial Onsite Events
 Indoor Air­space
 Work­shops and Train­ing
 Sum­mit Stage Pro­gram­ming
 “Pitch the Press” Event in the Exhib­it Hall The­ater
 Wel­come Recep­tion and Net­work­ing Hap­py Hour
 Drone Pilot Hub
 Lev­el Up Lounge – Ele­vate your brand and mar­ket­ing strat­e­gy

STORY ANGLES
1. Under­stand­ing the price of stand­ing still
As the drone indus­try accel­er­ates for­ward with new tech­nolo­gies and part­ner­ships, stand­ing still means falling behind. The Com­mer­cial UAV Expo con­fer­ence pro­gram includes ses­sions that pro­vide insights on how to active­ly plan ahead so your com­pa­ny doesn’t fall behind. Ses­sions such as “Cre­at­ing a Drone Inte­gra­tion Roadmap” and “Bal­anc­ing Price, Plat­form, and
Per­for­mance” will address the spe­cif­ic prac­tices atten­dees can use to make sure their drone oper­a­tions are on track to scale.

2. New itin­er­aries
This year, the Com­mer­cial UAV Expo Con­fer­ence Pro­gram fea­tures ded­i­cat­ed ses­sion itin­er­aries to help guide atten­dees through what con­tent will be most valu­able to them based on their cur­rent role or where they want to be in the future. Itin­er­aries include Air­space Man­age­ment, Drone Pilots, Project Man­agers, Pub­lic Safe­ty, Ser­vice Providers, and Sur­vey­ors. These ses­sions will be address­ing crit­i­cal issues in each field, best prac­tices for data col­lec­tion, and an out­look on the future for all sec­tors. These cat­e­gories are meant to help atten­dees make the most out of all the con­tent pro­vid­ed at Com­mer­cial UAV Expo, but they are open to all back­grounds to attend. There is some­thing to be learned by all in each of the ses­sions.

3. Pilot Hub pro­gram­ming
The pilot hub returns this year with an empha­sis on the evolv­ing role of drone pilots. Just being able to fly the drone is no longer enough to make pilots desir­able. As the mar­ket shifts and tech­nol­o­gy evolves, how can pilots stay ahead of the curve? Our ses­sions and pro­gram­ming in the pilot hub will dis­cuss the real­i­ty of these shifts. Atten­dees can net­work with oth­er pilots and hear from com­pa­nies who have drone pro­grams dis­cuss what is hap­pen­ing.

4. Big­ger focus on the end user per­spec­tive
End users of drone tech­nol­o­gy hold a wealth of infor­ma­tion on what is work­ing well and what needs to be improved upon for drone oper­a­tions. Com­mer­cial UAV Expo Con­fer­ence ses­sions this year fea­ture more end users to pro­vide insight into those details. What soft­ware col­lects the most accu­rate and clear data? Why choose a cer­tain mod­el of drone for a land sur­vey over
anoth­er? View­points such as these will be dis­cussed through­out the event.

5. The essen­tials of col­lab­o­ra­tion
Despite your spe­cif­ic role or sec­tor, there are cross-sec­tion­al oppor­tu­ni­ties for atten­dees to learn from one anoth­er at Com­mer­cial UAV Expo. It is like­ly that a ser­vice provider faces sim­i­lar chal­lenges that a project man­ag­er does, or that one com­pa­ny has the process to adopt­ing drone tech­nol­o­gy that anoth­er could take notes from. Ses­sions like “Democ­ra­tiz­ing Coop­er­a­tion and Col­lab­o­ra­tion Across the Air­space” open these con­ver­sa­tions up across the show to encour­age atten­dees to dis­cuss how they can work togeth­er to advance indus­try across all sec­tors.

6. What’s next for the drone indus­try
The indus­try is evolv­ing at a rapid pace, with new tech­nolo­gies and the pos­si­bil­i­ty of new reg­u­la­tions that would open doors, there is excite­ment and uncer­tain­ty. What does the advance­ments in AI mean for oper­a­tions, what new tech­nolo­gies will pro­pel the indus­try for­ward? What will enable oper­a­tions to scale up? The Com­mer­cial UAV Expo Con­fer­ence Pro­gram fea­tures ses­sions that will address the future of the indus­try and will invite atten­dees to par­tic­i­pate in this larg­er con­ver­sa­tion through round­table dis­cus­sions. These ses­sions serve as an oppor­tu­ni­ty to learn how to use the knowl­edge gained at the show and apply that to your company’s mis­sion.

Press Reg­is­tra­tion
Com­mer­cial UAV Expo is pleased to offer com­pli­men­ta­ry reg­is­tra­tion for mem­bers of the media. Reg­is­tra­tions are for edi­to­r­i­al staff only (includ­ing pub­lish­ers) and are not avail­able for sales con­tacts. Press cre­den­tials will be required in advance and/or upon badge pick-up. Accept­able cre­den­tials include press badge, busi­ness card with edi­to­r­i­al title, mast­head, arti­cle with byline. To reg­is­ter as press, vis­it: https://www.expouav.com/press-registration/

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