5th DoD Unmanned Systems Summit

Advancing Unmanned Systems Capabilities in Multi-Domain Environments

DSI’s DoD Unmanned Systems Summit is designed as an educational and training “Town Hall” forum, where thought leaders and key policy-makers across military and civilian organizations can come together for actionable discussions and debate. The Summit will offer a full spectrum viewpoint towards air/land/sea systems.

Why Attend?

Military Services and Operational Commands continuously look to unmanned systems in order to expand capabilities and maximize the success of operations across multi-domain environments. Accordingly, leaders within the US Military, Federal Government, industry, and academia are continuously tasked with providing the innovative strategies, concepts, and technologies needed to rapidly solve many of the current and foreseeable future challenges

From policy and procedures to requirements and technical capabilities, expanding the capabilities and strategic benefits of unmanned systems is not just about solving the near term challenges, but thinking beyond the abilities of today, to how and where these systems can be used in the fight for tomorrow.

2017 Summit Topics Include

Current strategies to increase the interoperability of unmanned systems across multi-domain environments
Status of current research in autonomous and swarming capabilities
Enhancing Warfighter capabilities through autonomous multifunctional, mobile microsystems
Key focus areas for the DoD’s Unmanned Systems Roadmap
Exploring innovation in the private sector that can be used for Military application
Addressing frequency and bandwidth availability, link security, link ranges, and network infrastructure to ensure availability for operational/mission support of unmanned systems
Efforts to improve on-board data processing
Current status of research in autonomous capabilities
Near-term strategies to ensure that unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) have routine access to the National Air Space (NAS) needed for operations
Leveraging manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) operations to obtain a decisive competitive advantage in the combat environment

Speaker and Presenter Information

Confirmed Speakers for 2017

BGen (Ret.) Frank Kelley

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (DASN) for Unmanned Systems Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (RD&A)

RADM Mark Darrah

USN, Program Executive Officer, PEO Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons

BGen Julian Alford

USMC, Commanding Officer, Marine Corps Warfighting Lab, Futures Directorate, and Vice Chief of Naval Research

Hatfield, Stuart

Stuart Hatfield

Chief, Robotics, U.S. Army G-8 (LTC, Ret.)

Dr. Edgar G. Waggoner

Director, Integrated Aviation Systems Program, Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, NASA

Dr. Brett Piekarski

Chief, Micro and Nano Materials and Devices Branch, Army Research Lab

Paul Scharre

Senior Fellow and Director of the Future of Warfare Initiative, Center for a New American Security

Relevant Government Agencies

Air Force, Army, Navy & Marine Corps, Intelligence Agencies, DOD & Military, Dept of Homeland Security, GSA, NASA, Other Federal Agencies, State Government, FEMA, FAA, USAID, Federal Government, State & Local Government