# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Emerging National Security Challenges: AI and Drones
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 26 Feb, 2026 at 05:00 pm – Thu, 26 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Coastal Carolina University's Department of History presents
EMERGING NATIONAL SECURITY CHALLENGES:
AI AND DRONES

Guest lecturer Matthew McDonough, advanced instructor of history at Virginia Tech, discusses how artificial intelligence and drones shape the course of national security and modern warfare. Drawing on his experience as visiting professor at the United States Military Academy at West Point, McDonough explores how these innovations are reshaping strategy, operations, and defense policy. His presentation highlights the opportunities and ethical risks posed by technological advances in national security. 

Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026
5 p.m.
Alford Ballroom, Atheneum Hall 105 (104 Independence Dr, Conway, SC 29526)
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/conway/emerging-national-security-challenges-ai-and-drones/200029513555315
- **Event Categories**: workshops, art, fine-arts, artificial-intelligence
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 2

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029513555315?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=conway-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Conway
- **state**: SC
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Coastal Carolina University Atheneum Hall
- **lat**: 33.793852148866
- **long**: -79.012314385341
- **full address**: Coastal Carolina University Atheneum Hall, 104 Independence Drive Alford Ballroom,Conway,SC,United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Cultural Arts at Coastal Carolina University (https://allevents.in/org/cultural-arts-at-coastal-carolina-university/26346773)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 26 Feb, 2026 at 05:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Coastal Carolina University Atheneum Hall, 104 Independence Drive Alford Ballroom,Conway,SC,United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Cultural Arts at Coastal Carolina University
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** workshops, art, fine-arts, artificial-intelligence
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Emerging National Security Challenges: AI and Drones ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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