Incheon is positioning itself at the forefront of the next-generation aerospace sector as it prepares to host the 2026 Korea Drone and UAM Expo. The three-day event, running from Wednesday through Friday, will be staged across several major venues, including the Songdo Convensia, the Incheon National University Innovation Center and Songdo Moonlight Festival Park, municipal officials said Tuesday. Now in its sixth year, the expo is co-hosted by Incheon Metropolitan City and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. A consortium of state agencies, alongside Incheon Technopark and Inha University, are organizing the event's specialized programming. A central highlight of this year's expo is urban air mobility (UAM) — an emerging ecosystem of highly automated, electric aircraft designed to transport passengers and cargo over short distances within congested metropolitan areas. The expo kicks off Wednesday at the university's innovation center with the K-UAM Service Showcase. The premier event will feature what organizers bill as Korea's first live flight demonstration of a domes