AFA Air, Space & Cyber Conference
Air Force and Space Force leaders and nearly 300 exhibitors; prime and sub contractors meet requirements owners.
- Dates
- Sep 20 to Sep 22, 2027
- Where
- National Harbor, MD
- Cost
- Paid ticket. Fees not listed on page; virtual option offered in 2026.
- Type
- Conference · Paid ticket
- Organizer
- Air & Space Forces Association
- Last checked
- October 23, 2026 against the event’s own site
Official site and registration
Speaking opportunities
Has sessions, ask how speakers are chosen
Who goes
Roles and segments the organizer or our research tag this event for.
Segments: Defense and government contracting, Space industry
Roles: capture manager, defense program manager, contracts manager
The field it serves: Aerospace & Defense
- Verified open jobs
- about 23,042
- Typical posted salary
- $127,000 a year (middle half $101,000 to $159,000)
- Entry or early-career level
- 32% of openings
- Employment, year over year
- +0.3% in manufacturing, the closest BLS sector
Source: NextChapter job data, jobs verified live in the last 7 days.
Source: NextChapter job data: salary ranges employers posted, midpoint of each range, 1,263 of the newest 5,000 verified open jobs.
Source: NextChapter job data: level read from the full posting, newest 5,000 verified open jobs.
Source: BLS Current Employment Statistics, seasonally adjusted payroll employment, September 2026.
Full Aerospace & Defense snapshot: jobs, pay, layoffs and conferences
Employers at this conference
Exhibitors, sponsors and speakers we have found on the event’s own lists.
- Accenture Federal Services Exhibiting 2026
- Advanced Technology International Exhibiting 2026
- AeroCore Technologies Exhibiting 2026
- Aeronix Technologies Group Exhibiting 2026
- AFIT School of Systems and Logistics Exhibiting 2026
- AFRL Exhibiting 2026
- AFWERX/SpaceWERX Exhibiting 2026
- AGI Exhibiting 2026
- Air & Space Forces Aid Society Exhibiting 2026
- Air Force Enlisted Village Exhibiting 2026
- Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center Exhibiting 2026
- Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) Exhibiting 2026
- Air Force Special Operations Command Exhibiting 2026
- Air Force Villages Charitable Foundation Exhibiting 2026
- Air National Guard Exhibiting 2026
- Air Warrior Courage Foundation Exhibiting 2026
- Amazon Business Exhibiting 2026
- Amentum Exhibiting 2026
- American Data Solutions Exhibiting 2026
- Ampex Data Systems Exhibiting 2026
- Anduril Industries Exhibiting 2026
- ANELLO Photonics Exhibiting 2026
- Applied Intuition Exhibiting 2026
- Armada Exhibiting 2026
- Army & Air Force Exchange Service Exhibiting 2026
- ASRC Federal Exhibiting 2026
- Association of Old Crows (AOC) Exhibiting 2026
- Astronautics Corporation of America Exhibiting 2026
- Atombeam Technologies Exhibiting 2026
- Aviation Week Network Exhibiting 2026
- Aviture Inc Exhibiting 2026
- Babel Street Exhibiting 2026
- BAE Systems Exhibiting 2026
- Baxter Aerospace Exhibiting 2026
- BCM Advanced Research Exhibiting 2026
- Beehive Industries Exhibiting 2026
- Belkin International Exhibiting 2026
- BetterUp Exhibiting 2026
- WilliamsRDM Exhibiting 2026
- wolfSSL Exhibiting 2026
Read from the event’s own pages: www.afa.org.
Industries and functions
Where it is and who it is for
Held in National Harbor, MD. Local jobs, employers, layoffs and other conferences nearby are on the place pages.
Past and planned editions
- 2027: September 20, 2027 to September 22, 2027, National Harbor, MD
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