Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International

The Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) is a nonprofit, volunteer-led trade association advancing uncrewed systems, autonomy, and robotics across air, ground, maritime, space, and cybersecurity domains. Founded in 1972 as the National Association of Remotely Piloted Vehicles, AUVSI represents more than 400 organizations and over 7,000 professionals in defense, civil, and commercial markets. It advances safe and responsible adoption through advocacy, education, research, workforce and community programs, standards and policy engagement, and a year-round program of conferences and webinars including XPONENTIAL and AUVSI Defense. Its current headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia.