This year’s 53rd Annual International Symposium and Convention is AOC’s premier event to enhance your personal and professional network, while engaging in discussions regarding Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations with military leaders, policy makers and electronic warfare practitioners from an international perspective. Technical papers will be presented to disseminate research findings and increase awareness of emerging technologi...

Held every October, the AUSA Annual Meeting & Exposition is the largest land power exposition and professional development forum in North America. This event consists of informative and relevant presentations, panel discussions on pertinent military and national security subjects, workshops and important AUSA business meetings. There will be dozens of professional development events, seminars and presentations during this event including:...

Join the geospatial experts in Palm Springs for our 3rd UAS Symposium for: Three days of interactive discussions Hands-on workshops on emerging UAS capabilities Workflows to enhance your integration of UAS technologies. Networking opportunities with key agencies and peers Our 2016 symposium theme ‘Learning by Doing’ will provide participants with opportunities to get up close and in person with the latest in UAS technology for prof...

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...

Emerging Opportunities, Needs and Challenges Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs) and Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) 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....

The Symposium provides a national forum for industry and government to work together to help solve the challenges of cybersecurity, community cyber readiness and national defense. Our theme this year is: “Managing Risk in Cyberspace: Defining/Measuring/Mitigating/Operating Through” and we have a great mix of interesting and thought-provoking speakers and panelists planned. We also have a huge Exhibit Hall full of industry, academia...

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....

Emerging Opportunities, Needs and Challenges Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs) and Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) 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....