Unmanned Aircraft Systems West Symposium for DoD and Government

Name: Unmanned Aircraft Systems West Symposium for DoD and Government
Start: 2019-02-07
End: 2019-02-08
Location: Wyndham Bayside San Diego

Program Themes Include:

Emerging UAS/sUAS DoD & Government Needs, Requirementsand Opportunities
DoD UAS Joint Program Updates, Emerging Sensor Capabilities & Testing
Hands-on User Perspectives on UAS Training
AI & Autonomy R&D
Emerging Major UAV Program Weaponization Updates and Platforms
Counter UAS Emerging Technologies & Policies
sUAS & Nano System Innovations and Payloads
Civil and Commercial Drone Platforms, Payloads Imaging Opportunities
Latest FAA Air Traffic Integration Programs Status Updates
UAS Swarming MUM-T Capabilities
GOGO vs. COCO Decision Making Capabilities
Acquisition and New Technology Adoption Programs….and much more!

Conference Logistics: (Wyndham Bayside San Diego)

The agenda will include 20-25 General Session presentationsfrom DoD, Government & Industry

Speaker and Presenter Information

DoD Keynote Address

VICE ADMIRAL DeWOLFE MILLER, III, USN, Commander, Naval Air Forces/Commander, Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet

CAPTAIN (USN-ret), GEORGE GALDORISI, Director, Strategic Assessments and Technical Futures, SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific

Networking and Refreshment Break

CAPTAIN (USN-ret) TED VENABLE, CNT/UAS Program Manager at Commander, U.S. Fourth Fleet Counter Illicit Trafficking PM (COMUSNAVSO/C4F)

COLONEL THOMAS M. NELSON, Director, Robotics Requirements, U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence (MCoE)

RICK LOBER, Vice President and General Manager

Defense and Intelligence Systems

Hughes Network Systems, LLC

Lunch Break

ROB WINN, Aviation Safety Inspector - Airworthiness, UAS Integration Office, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

LTC DAVID BENJAMIN, USA, Medium Altitude Endurance

Product Manager, Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Program Executive Office, U.S. Army Aviation, Redstone Arsenal

Networking & Refreshment Break

DR ADAM MACDONALD, Director, Business Development, Tactical Missile Systems,

AeroVironment Inc.

Lt Col TREVOR "PHANTOM" MERRELL, USAF, Commander,

9th Attack Squadron

Lt Col CHRISTOPHER, USAF, 432nd Operations Group,

Creech AFB, NV

Cocktail Reception

Day2

Industry Keynote Address

MATTHEW BARTOW, Chief Technology Officer, Insitu

HEATHER BRENDLE, VP Endurance Systems, Aurora Flight Sciences,

A Boeing Co.

LtCOL NOAH “SPOOL” SPATARO, USMC, Commanding Officer, Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 1 (VMU-1)

Networking and Refreshment Break

COMMANDER (USN ret) Chris “PYRO” FITZGERALD, USN, Contract Support, Commander Naval Air Forces Pacific (N809A), UAS Requirements

FABRICE KUNZI, Detect & Avoid Lead, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc

MATTHEW BALDERREE, Chief, UAS Pilot, Idaho

National Laboratory

Lunch Break

JASON MAESTRI, Chief Engineer Lockheed Martin

Procerus Technologies

DAVID THIRTYACRE, Col (Ret), Chair, Department of Flight, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Worldwide Campus

CATHY CHIEZE, Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division Unmanned Systems IPT Deputy

Networking and Refreshment Break

DR. & LTC (USA-ret) CHRIS WALACH, Director, FAA Designated Nevada UAS Test Sites, NUANCE Center & Senior Dir., NV Institute for Autonomous Systems

COL MICHAEL DEMIRJIAN, USA, Dir., TRADOC Capabilities Manager

- Recon/Attack - (Tentative)

Closing Comments and Adjournment

Expected Number of Attendees

175

Relevant Government Agencies

Air Force, Army, Navy & Marine Corps, Intelligence Agencies, DOD & Military, Office of the President (includes OMB), Dept of Homeland Security, Dept of Justice, Dept of State, Dept of Transportation, GSA, NASA, Legislative Agencies (GAO, GPO, LOC, etc.), State Government, County Government, City Government, Municipal Government, CIA, FEMA, Coast Guard, FAA, National Guard Association, Federal Government, State & Local Government, Foreign Governments/Agencies