# Global Defence Aviation

- Dates: 20 October 2026 to 22 October 2026
- Location: Warsaw, Poland
- Organizer: Defence Leaders
- Industry: Aerospace & Defense
- Expected attendance: 950

## About

Global Defence Aviation is an event in Warsaw, Poland, focused on exploring the future of rotary-wing aircraft and unmanned systems, attended by participants invited to the event.

## Who attends

Join over 950 professionals from 85+ nations, including military leaders, procurement experts, and industry innovators, for an unmatched event that will shape the future of defence aviation.

_As described by the organizer._

## Official links

- [Official website](https://defenceleaders.com/global-defence-aviation/)
- [Registration](https://defenceleaders.com/attend-gda/)
- [Agenda](https://defenceleaders.com/gda-agenda/)
- [Call for speakers](https://defenceleaders.com/speak-at-gda/) (deadline unverified, check the call)

## Topics

- Manned-Unmanned Teaming (MUM-T)
- Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)
- rotary-wing aircraft
- autonomous systems
- interoperability challenges

## Speakers

- Stergios Isakidis
- Meirion Roscoe
- Major Samuel Mulliez
- Major Ole Andersen
- Major Jan Malmgren
- Luca Gargiulo, EDA Project Officer Air Superiority, European Defence Agency
- Lieutenant Colonel Will France
- Lieutenant Colonel Jordy van Resien
- Lieutenant Colonel Jean Citerne, UH Programme Officer, French Army Aviation Command
- Lieutenant Colonel Deividas Mikalonis, Maintenance Depot commander, Lithuanian Air Force
- Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin J. Link
- Lieutenant Colonel Anna Huuva
- Francisco Ortiz de Zarate, Programme Manager Tiger -Programme Division, OCCAR
- Dr Brendan Mulvaney, Director China Aerospace Studies Institute, US Air College
- Commander Andrew Henderson, Wildcat Maritime Force Commander, Royal Navy
- Colonel Sebastien Charpentier
- Colonel Lars Hedemark
- Colonel Krisztián Kovács
- Colonel Francis Lavertu
- Colonel Benjamin Ingham, AH Adapt, Joint Aviation Command

## Ticket pricing

GBP 2950

## Where to stay

- **Novotel Warszawa Centrum**: 100 m from the venue, 4 stars, 94/98 Marszałkowska, Warszawa, 00-510
  - [Hotel website](http://www.novotel.com/)
  - Phone: +48 22 596 00 00
- **Hotel Metropol**: 100 m from the venue, 3 stars, 99A Marszałkowska, Warszawa, 00-693
  - [Hotel website](https://www.hotelmetropol.com.pl/)
  - Phone: +48 22 32 53 100
- **Hotel Polonia Palace**: 120 m from the venue, 4 stars, 45 Aleje Jerozolimskie, Warszawa, 00-692
  - [Hotel website](https://www.poloniapalace.com/)
  - Phone: +48 22 318 28 00
- **Level rooms**: 250 m from the venue, 87 Marszałkowska, Warszawa, 00-683
  - [Hotel website](https://levelrooms.pl)
  - Phone: +48 730 008 150
- **Puro Warszawa Centrum**: 280 m from the venue, 4 stars, 9 Widok, Warszawa, 00-023
  - [Hotel website](https://purohotel.pl/en/warszawa)
  - Phone: +48 22 89 98 000
- **SCSK Żurawia**: 290 m from the venue, 47/49 Żurawia
  - [Hotel website](http://warszawa.scsk.pl/)
  - Phone: +48 22 630 05 00
- **No.4 Residence**: 440 m from the venue, 4 Nowogrodzka
  - Phone: +48 22 380 37 18
- **Mamaison Residence Diana**: 450 m from the venue, 13A Chmielna, Warszawa, 00-021
  - [Hotel website](https://www.mamaisondiana.com/)

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Source: https://www.luminik.io/events/global-defence-aviation-warsaw/