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DAFMSS 2025 Cancellation: Read More

We would like to express our sincere appreciation for your commitment and support of DAFMSS 2025. Additionally, we appreciate your patience and understanding as the United States Air Force (USAF) worked through the process of managing the DAFMSS event.

However, it is with disappointment, that we regret to inform you that USAF has cancelled the DAF M&S Summit on May 5 – 9, 2025.

On February 26, DOGE initiated a Cost Efficiency Initiative. Part of the directive is Non-Essential Travel Justification, wherein the Agency Head shall prohibit agency employees from engaging in federally funded travel for conferences or other non-essential purposes unless the travel-approving official has submitted written justification for the federally funded travel as mission critical. On March 5, 2025, the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness issued a memorandum, “Guidance for the Use of Government Travel Charge Cards by DoD Civilian Employees,” which directed the suspension of Government Travel Charge Cards (GTCCs).

As a result of these government restrictions, the DAF Chief Modeling and Simulation Officer (CMSO) and Space Training and Readiness Command (STARCOM) have decided to CANCEL the 2025 Department of the Air Force Modeling & Simulation (M&S) Summit.

NTSA will cancel all registration, exhibitor, and sponsor participation and are providing further details on the processing procedures to each party, and we sincerely apologize for any inconvenience or disruption this may cause and understand that this news may be disappointing. Please be sure to cancel your hotel rooms and flights to avoid penalties and fees.

What about DAFMSS 2026?
We firmly believe that DAFMSS is a vital event and an invaluable forum for gaining insights, learning about the latest developments, and fostering collaboration between the USAF, USSF, and industry partners. We are looking forward to the return of DAFMSS on May 5 – 8, 2026, in Colorado Springs, CO, and we look forward to seeing all of you there!

DAFMSS will be back in 2026 – use the information below for pre-planning purposes!

Contact Shannon Burch, sburch@NTSA.org, and Holly Gallier, hgallier@NTSA.org, for any exhibit and sponsorship questions. 

WHY EXHIBIT?

The goal of the DAF M&S Summit is to gather Air Force and Space Force M&S experts to learn about new M&S initiatives and techniques, network across military services and with industry experts, and to hear our technological leaders’ perspectives on how M&S can transition more training from the real world to digital.

The exhibits will feature a variety of technologies and solutions to facilitate demonstrations and networking for industry and government. Exhibiting companies are encouraged to provide live demonstrations and hands-on training to show how your tools can be used to address the development of technologies to bring together for multi-domain analysis, test, training, processing, cloud, etc. Opportunities will be available to promote your demo/training in the program guide, event website, and on-site at the event.

MISSION FOCUS

  • Command & Control
  • Digital Engineering
  • Effectors
  • Human-Machine Teaming
  • Modeling and Simulation Techniques/Analysis
  • Resilient Space
  • Sensor Grid
  • Warfighter Integration

TECHNOLOGIES OF INTEREST

  • AI, ML & the Cloud
  • AR, MR, XR, VR
  • Data Analysis/Management
  • Digital Engineering, Multi-Domain Environments
  • Healthcare Simulations
  • Joint Coalition
  • Test Evaluation and Experimentation

and many more!

ATTENDEE DEMOGRAPHICS

dafmss attendee demographics pie chart


The recognition of Exhibitors does not constitute an endorsement by DoD.