Sea-Air-Space 2027 · April 4–7, 2027 · Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, National Harbor
Sea-Air-Space 2027 booth design & build in National Harbor
Custom and rental exhibits for maritime, naval and defense technology companies, built so a program office understands your capability from the aisle. Protected model mounts, approved-content graphics, private briefing space, and Audie Exhibitor Services drayage handled by your Purple project manager on the Gaylord's carpet.
- April 4–7, 2027
- Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center
All fees listed upfront, in full, on paper, before Sea-Air-Space. Since 2015 · 10,000+ booths built · 3,000+ exhibitors served · 4.9★ client rating
Built by Purple Exhibits for 4 Marine Services LLC · inline booth
01 Purple at Sea-Air-Space 2027
What makes Sea-Air-Space different, and how we build for it
Sea-Air-Space is the Navy League's Global Maritime Exposition, and the floor is built around program decisions rather than retail browsing. The SECNAV Keynote Address, the Sea Services Luncheon and the Michelson and Nimitz Awards bring flag officers and senior civilians into the Gaylord National, and the 4-Star sponsor list, BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin, HII, General Dynamics and Northrop Grumman among them, sets the visual bar in the Maryland Exhibit Hall and the Prince George's Exhibit Hall. The STEM Expo and the Transition Connection Hiring Event add students and transitioning service members to the aisles. Your booth has to brief a program office in ninety seconds, then hold an international delegation for a longer conversation without leaving the aisle edge unattended.
A single model or console that shows where your capability sits in the platform, labeled in their language, and a host who can move them from the aisle to a scheduled conversation in under a minute.
A short guided walk through the exhibit with approved visuals only, seating for a group of six to ten, and a quiet spot for a translator and a business card exchange.
Hardware they can inspect up close, a system diagram that shows the interface, and a technical specialist on the floor who can answer supplier questions on the spot.
Your team in National Harbor
Built in two shops, run by one project manager
We build in our own production shop in Fishkill, NY, and our Las Vegas hub, ship to the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, and install with our own project manager on the floor and vetted local labor. Builds take a predictable 30 to 45 days, with secure storage and pre-show QA.
Your staff walks onto the Sea-Air-Space floor and the booth is already lit and stocked. You just show up.
02 Booths & pricing for Sea-Air-Space 2027
Popular booth sizes at Sea-Air-Space
Sea-Air-Space is an island show at the top end, with the primes taking large footprints in the Maryland Exhibit Hall and the Prince George's Exhibit Hall, and a dense run of inline booths for suppliers, shipyards and sensor companies. Exhibitors here usually choose a 10×20 with a single hero model or a 20×20 with a meeting core.
A hero model or console with a screen for the specialist's diagram, plus a small table for a scheduled program conversation.
Shown: a Purple inline booth for ANAJ Czech, a.s.
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The platform model and its host hold the center bay, the specialist's diagram runs on a screen to one side, and a screened table on the other takes the program conversation off the aisle.
Above: Genetec, a Purple inline booth
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A central platform display, two capability briefing points on the aisle edges and an enclosed meeting room for delegations under a hanging sign.
Pictured: Trillium, a Purple island exhibit
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Multiple platform or mission stories, hosted meeting rooms, a demo station with live playback and storage for models and crates.
Shown: SHC Heavy Industry, a Purple island exhibit
See 20×30 rental booths →In Purple's Sea-Air-Space price
- Design work and a 3D rendering, with revisions until the Sea-Air-Space layout is right
- The structure, printed graphics, counters and storage your Sea-Air-Space plan specifies
- Lighting plus power distribution within the booth at Sea-Air-Space
- Install and dismantle at Sea-Air-Space, led by our project manager on the floor
- We track each show-service order and deadline for you
What Sea-Air-Space and its contractor bill
- Your Sea-Air-Space booth space, paid to the organizer
- Material handling / drayage, if the Sea-Air-Space space rate leaves it out
- Electrical, internet and rigging orders for Sea-Air-Space
- Booth cleaning and whatever union labor the Sea-Air-Space venue requires
Your proposal estimates all of these, so the total for Sea-Air-Space is on paper before you sign anything.
The prices above are all-in 2026 rental ranges covering design, structure, graphics, installation and dismantle; custom builds for Sea-Air-Space are quoted per project. For an exact Sea-Air-Space figure, try the booth cost calculator; the 2026 booth cost guide has the ranges.
Share the booth size you have at Sea-Air-Space and what you need the space to do. Expect a reply within one business day and, usually within a week, a rendering and a fixed proposal for Sea-Air-Space. No charge.
03 Built by Purple
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04 Designing for maritime, naval and defense technology companies at Sea-Air-Space
Four things we get right for Sea-Air-Space exhibitors
1Let the model orient, not explain
We decide with you what the model must reveal, a platform, an installation point or a system relationship, then set viewing angles and labels for that one job. The nearby screen carries the detail so the plinth stays clean and the object reads from the aisle.
2Keep public content and private talk apart
Approved demonstrations sit on the open aisle edge; scheduled conversations move inside. We build the enclosed room for privacy of conversation, not for classified material, and we put every graphic through your public-release approval before it goes to print.
3Engineer the mount before the graphics
We take the scale, weight, removable features and mounting points of every model and design the plinth, case and lighting together. Fragile ship and aircraft models get fitted foam crates and a defined installation order so the model lands before the furniture.
Put a host at the meeting point
Models, simulations and hands-on interfaces invite the question of how a capability fits. We place a knowledgeable host where the physical display and the technical story meet, with a rehearsed offline presentation ready if the network drops.
Concept rendering
Every Sea-Air-Space proposal includes a rendering like this
See the Sea-Air-Space booth in 3D first: layout, graphics, lighting and where products sit, revised until it is right and before any panel is cut. Pictured: a Purple concept for Erzia.
Start my Sea-Air-Space concept05 Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center · National Harbor
Logistics for Sea-Air-Space 2027, handled
The Gaylord National is a hotel, so every Sea-Air-Space booth goes up on ballroom carpet with floor protection, and exhibits spread across five areas, the Maryland Exhibit Hall, the Prince George's Exhibit Hall, the Potomac Lobby, the Prince George's Terrace and the Prince George's Lobby, each with its own move-in and move-out window. Audie Exhibitor Services runs material handling, and we plan drayage at about $170 per hundredweight with a 200-pound minimum. We read the exhibitor kit, file every form, book your Audie targets, ship to the advance warehouse and send your project manager to run the install. Your team stays in the 2,000 on-site rooms, twenty minutes from Reagan National.
Hall rules, drayage estimates and freight deadlines for this building are in our Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center exhibitor guide.
What Purple handles
- Exhibitor kit, Audie Exhibitor Services orders and target dates
- Model mounts, protective cases and a defined installation order
- Graphics printed in house and proofed against your approved release
- Freight to the advance warehouse and drayage on the Gaylord's carpet
- Installation and dismantle under your project manager's direction, then return shipping
Counted back from move-in
- Late January 2027Design sign-off, model mounting drawings approved and public-release graphics locked.
- February 2027Production in Fishkill, NY; plinths, cases and lighting tested with your actual models.
- Mid-March 2027Booth and crated models ship to the Audie Exhibitor Services advance warehouse.
- April 2–4, 2027Move-in by area; your project manager leads the install, sets models and runs the pre-show checklist.
- April 4–7, 2027Show days; a Purple project manager is on call for the whole run.
- April 7–8, 2027Dismantle in your area's window, models repacked in fitted crates, booth to storage or the next show.
Purple planning timeline. Move-in, freight target and order deadlines are set by the Sea-Air-Space exhibitor kit and your assigned schedule; we confirm them for your booth once you book.
Printable Sea-Air-Space budget & deadline sheetSea-Air-Space exhibitor questions
Questions exhibitors ask us before Sea-Air-Space
How much does a 20×20 at Sea-Air-Space cost?
A 20×20 custom island lands between $50,000 and $120,000 all in for design, structure, graphics and installation, and a 20×20 rental between $16,000 and $40,000. Custom model mounts, AV and an enclosed meeting room move the number; send us your model list and we return a fixed quote.
Can you install at the Gaylord National?
Yes. We install on the Gaylord's carpet every season with floor protection, work the separate windows for the Maryland Exhibit Hall, the Prince George's Exhibit Hall and the lobby areas, and set fragile models ourselves before the surrounding furniture goes in.
Can we rent a booth for Sea-Air-Space?
Yes. A 10×20 rental with your graphics runs $7,500 to $15,000 and a 10×30 rental $12,000 to $22,000. Many first-time Sea-Air-Space exhibitors rent the structure and add a custom plinth and case for the one model that carries the story.
When do we need to decide?
Design sign-off by late January gives a comfortable 30 to 45-day build, time for your public-release approval on every graphic, and a mid-March ship date. Later is possible; the trade-off is model-mount engineering time and freight cost.
Do you handle Audie Exhibitor Services orders and drayage?
Yes. We order material handling, electrical and rigging through Audie Exhibitor Services, book your targets, ship to the advance warehouse and keep you copied on every deadline so nothing depends on a form you did not know about.
Before you sign for Sea-Air-Space
Ask any Sea-Air-Space exhibit builder these five questions:
- Will the proposal show every Sea-Air-Space fee, including show contractor charges?
- Who actually builds it for Sea-Air-Space: your shop or a subcontractor?
- Does your project manager stay on the floor through install and dismantle in National Harbor?
- For Sea-Air-Space, what is in the rental and what is billed by the show?
- Where does the booth go after Sea-Air-Space, and what does storage cost?
Common situations
Already own a booth? Your existing booth gets refreshed graphics and repairs, then we ship it to National Harbor, install it and store it between shows. The structure you paid for stays in use.
Exhibiting from outside the US? We handle the ground work for Sea-Air-Space: freight to the advance warehouse, show-service orders, installation and storage, with one project manager replying to your emails in your time zone.
Short on time? A Sea-Air-Space rental carrying your graphics can be ready in two to three weeks. On the first call, we tell you what is realistic for Sea-Air-Space.
Get a proposal
Tell us about your Sea-Air-Space booth
What happens next
- You get a reply within one business day, asking about your products, goals and footprint at Sea-Air-Space.
- Usually within a week, you receive a concept rendering and a fixed Sea-Air-Space proposal. All fees listed upfront, in full, on paper, before Sea-Air-Space.
- We build in 30–45 days, ship to the Sea-Air-Space advance warehouse and install before the hall opens.