Unmanned Aircraft Systems West Symposium - UAS West 2018

“Unmanned Aircraft Systems West” is a very valuable investment in your time. Attendees will obtain invaluable information on the emerging opportunities in the Military, Government, Commercial and Civil Markets found nowhere else. Key program offices will examine UAS from first hand experiences and address the Needs, Requirements and Opportunities needed. Key issues will include:

Emerging Defense and Government UAS Needs & Requirements
DoD UAS Joint Program Updates, Emerging Platform & Sensor Capabilities, Training & Testing
UAV Program Updates and Platforms
Developing Counter UAS & Detect & Avoid Technologies
sUAS Innovations, Growth, Capabilities and Opportunities
FAA NAS Regulatory Updates

Speaker and Presenter Information

Mr. Bryan Scurry

SES, Executive Director, Commander, Naval Air Forces, Commander, Naval Air Force US Pacific Fleet

Ms. Anh Duong

SES, Program Executive for Unmanned Aerial Systems, Department of Homeland Security, S&T Directorate

LTC (USA-ret) Barney Owens

DoD Certificate of Authorization (COA) Manager, U.S. Army Aeronautical Services agency (USAAS)

Ms. Jennifer Gillum

Director, U.S. Army Rapid Integration and Acceptance Center (RIAC)

CAPT (USN-ret), George Galdorisi

Director, Strategic Assessments and Technical Futures, SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific

COLONEL Paul A. Cravey, USA

Director, TRADOC Capabilities Manager, Unmanned Aircraft, Systems, US Army Aviation Center of Excellence (tentative)

CAPT Terence “Tree” Hoeft

USN, CNAP Deputy, Force Requirements (N8A)

Mr. Robert Winn

Airworthiness Inspector, FAA/UAS Integration Office AUS-420

Colonel Joe – Commander

432d Operations Group, 432d Wing, Creech Air Force Base, Nevada

Colonel Courtney Cote

USA, Project Manager, Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Program

Executive Office, U.S. Army Aviation, Redstone Arsenal

Mr. Timothy Sutherland

Deputy Director Air Operations
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
CBP, AMO, NASOC-SV

LTC Todd A. Moe, USA

Infantry/Functional Area-57 (Simulation Operations) Acting Command Science Advisor & Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD) Coordinator J7/9-1, Science, Technology & Innovation Division USSOUTHCOM

Mr. Michael Lyons

Global Hawk Business Development, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems

Mr. Adam McDonald

Director, Business Development and Tactical Missile Systems, AeroVironment

Mr. Andrew Gibson

President, /Aerospace Engineer, Empirical Systems Aerospace

Dr. Leah Rowe

Senior Research Psychologist, Warfighter Readiness Research Division, Air Force Research Laboratory’s Airman Systems Directorate, 711 Human Performance Wing and Mr. Logan Fuller, Rickard Consulting Group

Major David “Charge” Zyga

USMC, UAS Operational Test Director VMX-1 (tentative)

Mr. Andy von Stauffenberg

Founder & CEO, VStar Systems, Inc.

Mr. Chip Yates

Founder, CEO, Yates Electrospace Corporation

Eric Johnson

Senior Program Manager at the Flight Test and Training Center, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

Expected Number of Attendees

200

Relevant Government Agencies

Air Force, Army, Navy & Marine Corps, Intelligence Agencies, DOD & Military, Dept of Homeland Security, Dept of Justice, Dept of State, NASA, County Government, FEMA, Coast Guard, FAA, National Guard Association, Federal Government, State & Local Government, Foreign Governments/Agencies