--- title: Join the CET Sandbox at AUSA image: https://secure.cetsandbox.com/hubfs/linkedin%20Banner.png --- [Skip to content](https://secure.cetsandbox.com/join-the-cet-sandbox-at-ausa#main-content) [![Wide](https://secure.cetsandbox.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Wide.webp?width=180&height=61&name=Wide.webp "Wide")](http://cetsandbox.com) ![CET Sandbox AUSA 2026 Banner V3](https://secure.cetsandbox.com/hubfs/CET%20Sandbox%20AUSA%202026%20Banner%20V3.png "CET Sandbox AUSA 2026 Banner V3") ### AUSA Week 2026: Meet Israel's Battle-Tested Defense Technologies **October 12–15 | Washington, D.C.** Israel's most advanced defense startups are coming to AUSA — and they're bringing solutions that have already been proven in real-world operational environments. This is your opportunity to evaluate technologies that have moved beyond the lab and into the fight, in settings designed for serious conversation with the founders behind them. Each event is hosted by organizations you already know and trust in the defense space, bringing together their own networks to make these introductions count. --- ### Monday, October 12 — Cocktail Reception **Hosted by Fluet** Fluet is one of the leading defense and national security law firms in Washington, and they're opening their network for this one. If you work with Fluet or their clients across the Defense Industrial Base, you already know the caliber of the room. This reception is built for U.S. prime contractors, integrators, and program offices looking to identify Israeli technologies that solve capability gaps today — not five years from now. *If you're in acquisition, business development, or technology scouting for a prime or mid-tier defense contractor, this is your evening.* **5:30 PM onwards - [Register to this event](https://cetsandbox.com/event/cet-sandbox-ausa-welcome-reception-with-fluet/)** --- ### Tuesday, October 13 — U.S.–Israel Defense Policy Panel & Cocktail Reception **Co-hosted by AWS, Mission Cultivate, the Foundation for Defense of Democracies FDD's National Security Network (FDD), and the Defense Tech Alliance (DTA)** Four heavyweight organizations are coming together for a focused panel on U.S.–Israel defense policy — what the bilateral relationship means for technology cooperation, interoperability, and the future of allied defense innovation. Following the panel, stay for a cocktail reception where the conversation moves from policy to practical: meet the Israeli founders whose technologies align with the priorities just discussed. *If you're tracking how allied technology policy shapes your supply chain, partnerships, or international programs, this panel puts the right voices in one room — and the reception puts the right founders in front of you.* **Panel + Cocktail Reception - 5:30 PM onwards - [Register to this event](https://cetsandbox.com/event/cet-sandbox-ausa-nsn-reception-and-panel/)** --- ### Wednesday, October 14 — Networking Evening **Hosted by Holland & Knight and Tenna Systems** Holland & Knight is one of the most connected law firms in U.S. defense and government contracting. Their client base spans the full defense ecosystem - primes, mid-tiers, investors, and government affairs leaders. They're hosting an exclusive evening that puts Israeli founders directly alongside their network in an unscripted, relationship-first setting. No panels, no pitches - just the kind of genuine access that turns a handshake into a partnership. *If you operate in the government contracting space and want early, informal access to technologies before they hit the crowded exhibition floor, Holland & Knight is making that possible* Tenna Systems is a spectrum intelligence startup delivering real-time visibility into the electromagnetic domain through a software-only platform. The company fuses existing sensor data to detect interference, geolocate emitters, and maintain operational resilience in GPS-denied and contested RF environments. **5:30 PM onwards - [Register to this event](https://cetsandbox.com/event/cet-sandbox-ausa-capital-hill-reception/)** --- ### Thursday, October 15 — CET 2026 Summit: Post-AUSA Full Day Program **Making Israeli Founders Ready to Work With You** AUSA is over — this is the day that makes the rest of the week stick. Leaders from Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, BAE Systems, and other primes will walk Israeli founders through exactly how to engage with U.S. prime contractors — what the teaming process actually looks like, how vendor evaluations work, and what separates a cold intro from a real opportunity. On the government side, DIU, Army Futures Command, and the Pathfinder program will lay out the onboarding pathways into the U.S. Defense Industrial Base — from contracting vehicles to compliance frameworks to what it takes to get from foreign technology to fielded capability. The value to you: every Israeli founder you met this week will leave Washington understanding your language, your process, and your expectations. That means the follow-up conversation is faster, the friction is lower, and the founders who reach back out will come prepared to engage on your terms. *If you're a prime, integrator, or program office that identified promising Israeli technology this week, this day ensures those founders know how to come back to you ready to do business.* **8:30 AM – 5:00 PM - [Register to this event](https://cetsandbox.com/event/cet-sandbox-ausa-cet-summit-2026/)**   --- ![CET+SAndbox+Logo+Slim](https://secure.cetsandbox.com/hubfs/CET+SAndbox+Logo+Slim.webp "CET+SAndbox+Logo+Slim") The CET Sandbox is a U.S.-Israel “innovation hub” for Critical and Emerging Technologies. Based in Washington, D.C., and Tel Aviv, Israel, The CET Sandbox features exhibitions, technology showcases, collaborations, networking, research, and opportunities for engagement between U.S. and Israeli companies focused on national security and Critical and Emerging Technologies. **United States** Scott Cohen, [scott@cetsandbox.com](mailto:scott@cetsandbox.com?) **Israel** David Yahid, [david@cetsandbox.com](mailto:david@cetsandbox.com?)