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...

Service to the Flag Award: Bestowed annually, the Service to the Flag Award recognizes extraordinary leadership, strategic impact and potential to inspire other women to serve in national security. Each year, it is awarded to two women who identify and address some of our nation’s most vexing national security challenges through their work in and outside of government. 2016 Service to the Flag Honorees: The Honorable Christine E. Wormuth...

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...

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...

Information sharing and information overload challenges continue to dominate operational and acquisition planning within the Department of Defense, Intelligence, Homeland Security, and Law Enforcement communities. Increasingly, government agencies are looking for the latest tools and capabilities in big data and predictive analytics to provide the means to analyze, exploit and draw conclusions sourced from the seemingly overwhelming inputs fro...

Todays Military faces an abundance of challenges. Few are as devastating as those that rain down from the sky. With today’s proliferation of missile technology to even the most extreme groups and governments, missile defense has become an ever increasing priority for the Military. By developing next generation defensive capabilities, the Military drastically erodes the ability of hostile actors to do America, or her allies, harm while si...

Future Requirements – Missions – Capabilities – Opportunities The need for more and technologically superior ISR assets now permeates government planning across a broad range of critical missions. Today, from the Middle East to the increasingly tumultuous Asia-Pacific region and even home to CONUS, the urgent need for a diverse and evolving leap-ahead ISR Automated Technology is paramount to counter increasingly sophisticated...

Building on the successful ComDef 2014, where 35 nations participated with the United States in a lively and informative presentation and Q&A format, ComDef returns to Washington, DC in the Springtime to provide further insight, discussions and networking for government, military, academia and industry with a more strategic emphasis. The goals for the upcoming ComDef are as follows:- Understand how US DoD Policy is generated and implicatio...