Joint Statement From the 2026 Submarine Conference of the Americas

Official Statements

• Commander, Submarine Force Atlantic, November 9: “This year, the Submarine Conference of the Americas (SCOTA) was held in Cartagena, Colombia, November 4-6.

  Allied and partner undersea leaders convened to address domain capabilities, interoperability challenges, and coordinated operations against strategic competitors.

  This year, attendees from Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and the United States of America came together under the theme of “safety through collaboration.”

  Each participating nation showcased the formidable strengths of their submarine forces through focused national briefings, charting decisive pathways for enduring multilateral partnership and collective deterrence.

  The submarine force executes the Department of the Navy’s mission in and from the undersea domain. Beyond expanding overall maritime capacity, submarine forces leverage the decisive advantages of undersea concealment and stealth to deliver operational, deterrent, and combat effects that safeguard sovereign waters and reinforce collective security.

  The submarine force and supporting organizations constitute the vanguard of regional undersea capability, with submarines and their crews remaining the tip of the undersea spear.”