TacEdge 2026: International Workshop on Tactical Edge Technologies

TacEdge 2026 is a one-day, in-person workshop on sensing, communications and autonomy in contested environments, run by the School of Engineering and Technology at UNSW Canberra. The subjects are RF and optical surveillance, tactical telecommunications, and applied AI in the field.

The workshop is for people who are not specialists in these fields. It suits Defence and defence-industry staff, researchers and students who want to understand current methods and their limits.

The morning is free and open to everyone. Doors open at 08:30 and the first talk starts at 09:00. There are two keynotes and four short talks before lunch. Session times include introductions and questions. Registration is still required.

The afternoon tutorials are in addition to the talks. A paid ticket covers the whole day, the morning talks and the tutorials, and is limited to 80 participants. Group registration is possible. Four hands-on tutorials run in parallel, one in each room, and each runs twice. Every participant attends two of the four, and gives a first and second choice when registering. Each room takes up to 20 people per session. No prior experience with radio, radar or machine learning is assumed. Bring a laptop.