Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Remotely Piloted Aircraft have seen a golden age in the last decade growing to an annual budget of $7 billion. Most of this growth has been through the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but with the drawing down of troops, what’s next? Analysts still predict growth in this industry, estimating a total increase to just over $89 billion in the next decade. Not only is the military expected to sustain its backing...

The global small drone market will reach $10 billion by 2020 according to a forecast by research firm MarketsandMarkets – this reflects a compound annual growth rate of 11.6 percent from 2015. Drone manufacturers who to date have been feeding the huge defense market are being joined by an ever increasing number of non-defense drone developers who are targeting the potentially enormous markets for civil and commercial capabilities. The a...

The Next Generation ISR Technologies & Capabilities Symposium addresses the urgent demand for more ISR assets, platforms and a continued stride for maintaining advantages over U.S. adversaries. The continual push by the services for diversification & leveraging ISR capabilities by U.S. and our coalition partners, permeates government planning across a broad range of critical missions. Next Gen ISR is a plethora of multi-int & inte...

DSI’s DoD Unmanned Systems Summitis designed as an educational and training “Town Hall” forum, where thought leaders and key policy-makers across military and civilian organizationscan come together for actionable discussions and debate. The Summit will offer a full spectrum viewpoint towards air/land/sea systems. *The phrase “unmanned systems” is used to collectively refer to all robotic systems that may be remot...

Defense Industry Outlook: Budget Battles, State of the Market, and a New DOD Oversight Policy for M&A Transactions Bloomberg BNA and Squire Patton Boggs invite you to join our industry experts on February 23 in Washington, DC for a briefing, Defense Industry Outlook: Budget Battles, State of the Market, and a New DOD Oversight Policy for M&A Transactions, that will address the policy developments that will impact your decisions, provid...

52nd Annual AOC International Symposium and Convention December 1-3, 2015 | Marriott Marquis and DC Convention Center, Washington, DC Synchronizing EW and Cyber to Achieve Spectrum Dominance Electromagnetic Spectrum (EMS) Dominance in the future will require that we "Synchronize EW and Cyber to Achieve Spectrum Dominance". The Department of Defense along with its industry partners face an uncertain global security environment driven by advers...

The last decade has seen a significant increase in the domestic use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), often referred to as drones in the media. Join our keynote speaker Mr. Thomas Baker, Director of UAS and CounterUAS Initiatives at NORAD/NORTHCOM in a discussion of the safe integration of UAS into the national airspace and other national level issues. Following our keynote we will host a distinguished panel of experts representing the U.S....

Join us for the 41st Air Armament Symposium Nov 3-4, 2015 Emerald Coast Convention Center in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. The 41st Air Armament Symposium Objectives Include: Two-day interchange for senior DoD, Service and industry leadership to identify and share opportunities for DoD's Armament Innovation and discuss current and planned armament development and modernization Networking opportunities among senior leaders and Eglin R&D, acqu...

Over 20 Experts from FAA/Air Worthiness, Air Transportation (COE), UAS (COE), DOT, NASA, Amazon Prime Air, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Harris, NUAIR, MAAP, Small UAV Coalition, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, AIA, INAOE, Dentons U.S. LLP, Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, AeroVironment, Aurora Flight Sciences, Duetto Group, Arcturus UAV, BPD, PrecisionHawk, Persistent Surveillance Systems, Ultravance, Drone Aviation & and Tayzu Roboti...

The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) and the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) are pleased to announce the 2015 Technical Data Rights Forum & Workshop. This year’s event will be a 2-day event comprised of a Forum with panel discussions on October 15 and a half-day Workshop on October 16. There is no registration fee for the event. The Forum will provide an opportunity for dialogue between government and industry re...