Sponsoring the Best Drone Team Competition puts your organization's name alongside the founders and investors building in the national interest, at the event where those relationships start.
The Best Drone Team Competition runs a full week at Fort McClellan, Alabama, August 24 to 28, 2026. The first half is the competition, where Army Special Operations teams go head to head in tactical scenarios for the title of best drone team. The second half is the vendor showcase, where companies put their systems in the warfighters' hands. Sponsors back the whole week and carry their name across all of it.
Offices listed are invited. Participation does not imply Government endorsement.
The Army Special Operations teams the nation counts on. Standing with them puts your organization's name on the side of the mission and builds the credibility this community runs on.
The companies building in the national interest and the investors behind them. These are the partners your organization wants to know, and this event is where those relationships start.
Senior military leaders and the UAS program offices shaping the field attend across the week. Sponsoring puts your organization's name in that room, where the relationships that move this market begin.
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Some bring equipment, logistics, or technical support. If it helps the mission, we want to talk. Email us at drone@watchtowerus.org with what you have in mind, and we'll work out the recognition together.
Tell us what your organization has in mind and we'll match it to a tier and follow up with the details. Only a handful of sponsorships are offered, and tiers close as they're claimed.
I'm interested →Watchtower cosponsors the Best Drone Team Competition. Participation does not imply endorsement by 1SFC, the U.S. Army, USSOCOM, or the U.S. Government.