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Understanding Critically Important DoD/Government & Industry

Innovation, Emerging Capabilities, and Acquisition Plans and Programs

3rd National Congress on COUNTER-UAS TECHNOLOGY

May 23–24, 2024

Cooperative Plaza Conference Center Arlington, VA

CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN:

MAJOR GEN (USAF-RET)

JAMES POSS CEO ISR Ideas

Former Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for ISR, Headquarters U.S. Air Force

JAMES “JT” THOM

Acting Executive Director U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Domain Awareness Security Operations (AMO) Silver Sponsor

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

MAJOR GENERAL (UKR-AIR FORCE)

BORYS KREMENETSKYI

Defense Attache Embassy of Ukraine to the USA

Sponsor

THE HONORABLE DR. DOUGLAS SCHMIDT Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E), Office of the Secretary of Defense OSD/DOT&E

Luncheon Sponsor

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WHY ATTEND

American Conference Institute (ACI) is pleased to announce the 3rd Annual National Counter UAS Congress taking place May 23-24 in Washington, DC. This must attend Congress is recognized as the premiere CUAS program designed with an interactive two day program agenda highlighting current Legislative Rules & Emerging Regulations and NATO and Allied Countries CUAS needs and program requirements that are impacting operators of Class I for the micro, mini and small drones, Class II medium-sized, tactical systems, Class III for Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance) and (High-Altitude Long-Endurance) platforms.

Additional program content will encompass the latest and most thorough CUAS necessities and prerequisites plus keynotes and multiple panel discussions that will focus on in depth examinations of DoD & Government, Civil & Commercial CUAS challenges and capabilities. Delegates will experience timely interactive discussions with all presenters as our discussions progress between Legal Plans & Policy and into global events.

Themes include:

• Emerging DoD & U.S. Government CUAS Strategies and Opportunities for Industry

• Counter UAS: Hard Lessons Learned from Ukraine to Israel

• Understanding the Growing Threat – National Air Space & Beyond: Detection, Avoidance and Countering Systems Capabilities

• Latest Breakthroughs & Technological Detection & Mitigation Advancements within DoD & Gov (S&T), Test and Evaluation

• FAA Regulatory Rules to Detect, Mitigate and Counter the Growing sUAS Threat in the NAS and Airports

• DHS and Protecting the Infrastructure, Joint Protocols & Interoperability

• Law Enforcement, Civil & Large Commercial Public Situational Requirements, Privacy Needs, Challenges and Opportunities

Sampling of organizations that have supported prior CUAS Congress include:

- Federal Bureau of Investigation

- U.S. Central Command

- Federal Bureau of Prisons

- Air Force Materiel Command

- Federal Aviation Administration

- Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

- U.S. Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office

- Boeing

- Raytheon

- Joint Counter sUAS Office

- Plus, many others organization with experts from the Drone Industry, Government, and Military from the Homeland, NATO & Allied Countries

It is my privilege to serve as Congress Chairman again this year and hope you will consider joining us for this unique professional event with quality social, networking, sponsorship and exhibiting opportunities. I look forward to seeing you there!

Respectfully,

Conference Chairman

Major General (USAF-ret) James Poss

Former Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for ISR, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C CEO, ISR Ideas

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THE CONFERENCE CHAIR

MAJOR GEN USAF-RET JAMES POSS

CEO ISR Ideas

Former Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for ISR, Headquarters U.S. Air Force

KEYNOTES

JAMES “JT” THOM

Acting Executive Director

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Domain Awareness Security Operations (AMO)

MAJOR GENERAL (UKR-AIR FORCE)

BORYS KREMENETSKYI

Defense Attache Embassy of Ukraine to the USA

THE HONORABLE DR. DOUGLAS SCHMIDT

Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E), Office of the Secretary of Defense

OSD/DOT&E

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GOVERNMENT SPEAKERS

DR.

ROBERT W. SADOWSKI, SES

U.S Army Chief Roboticist (Roboticist ST), United States Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Ground Vehicles Systems Center

COLONEL MIKE PARENT, USA

Chief, Joint Counter sUAS Office

Acquisition and Resource Division

MICAH CAMPBELL

Executive Director

UAS & Emerging Entrants Security, AXU

Security & Hazardous Materials Safety (ASH)

JEREMY KOFSKY

Senior Fellow

Information Warfare Institute for AI Research

Former AI Implementation DoD Fellow, USMC

MAJOR ANDREW DURFEE, USA

Assistant Program Manager, PdM Medium Caliber, (PM MAS)

Picatinny Arsenal

MATTHEW SMITH

Supervisory Special Agent, Program Manager

Surveillance and Emerging Technologies Unit (SETU)

Federal Bureau of Investigation

JULIAN JAMES ATENCIO

U.S. Department of Energy

CUAS Program Manager, U.S. Department of Energy

Office of Science and Technical Information

Los Alamos National Laboratory

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GOVERNMENT SPEAKERS

L. SCOTT PARKER

Deputy Associate Director, Office of Security Programs, Infrastructure Security Division

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

BRANDON YOUNGBLOOD

Group Manager – UAS Security and C-UAS Integration

FAA

TRAVIS MORAN

Senior Reliability & Security Advisor

Federal Energy and Regulatory Commission (FERC)

DJ SMITH

Technical Surveillance Agent, Unmanned Aerial Systems

Program Coordinator, High Tech Crimes Division

Bureau of Criminal Investigations

Virginia State Police

SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE

National Security Council

U.S. Congress

AMBASSADOR LINCOLN BLOOMFIELD JR.

Stimson Center Chairman Emeritus

Former Assistant Secretary of State, Political Military Affairs

Deputy Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense

International Security Affairs, U.S. Special Envoy

ANGELISSA SAVINO

Attorney, Office of Law & Policy, National Security Division

U.S. Department of Justice

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GOVERNMENT SPEAKERS

WREN RAY

CUAS & Technology Program Manager

(Ret-Supervisory Special Agent, Operational Support Unit (STSO)

Office of Investigative Technology (ST))

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)

CARY UNDERWOOD

Executive Director

Southern Nevada Counter Terrorism Center

C APTAIN JIM BAMBERGER

Branch Chief of Requirements and Analysis

Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

TEDDY DAMOUR

National Urban Security Technology Laboratory

Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate

BEN SCHUBERT

Staff Member

U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

QUERON THOMPSON

Manager, Program Design and Analytics Division

UAS & Emerging Entrants Security, FAA

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DOD SPEAKERS

COL JOHN WHELAHAN, USA

Executive Director of Transformation

Combined Joint All Domain C2, {Partner Nations (CJADC2-P)

XVlllth Airborne Corps 3rd Infantry Div/10th Mountain Division

82d Airborne Div/101st Airborne Division

COL SCOTT WENCE, USA

CDR 2 Brigade Combat Team, 10th MTN Division

COL JOHN WHITEFIELD, USA

Lead, CUAS

XVIIIth Airborn Corps

DENE FARRELL

Chief Data Officer

XVIIIth Airborn Corps

GIHAN ORABY

Senior Scientific Technical Manager

Networked Lethality & Systems Readiness Technical Director Armaments Center

U.S. Army DEVCOM

CRAIG RIEDEL

Project Manager

Tactical Aviation and Ground Munitions (TAGM Project Office)

PEO Missiles and Space

COL CHAE GAYLES, USA

Acquisition Director

ASA (ALT), Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics & Technology)

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UKRAINE SPEAKERS

COLONEL PAVLO KHAZAN, PHD.

Electronics Support Department, General Directorate of Electronic and Cyber Warfare of the General Staff Armed Forces of Ukraine

KATE MCKENNA

Director of Government Relations Ukraine’s Army of Drones/United 24

SENIOR DEFENSE OFFICIAL Defense Intelligence of Ukraine

SENIOR DEFENSE OFFICIAL Defense Intelligence of Ukraine

ASSOCIATION SPEAKER

CAPTAIN WOLFGANG KOCH

Aviation Security Chair

Airlines Pilots Association (ALPA)

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INDUSTRY SPEAKERS

JONATHAN RUPPRECHT, ESQUIRE

Rupprecht Law

LISA ELLMAN

Partner, Hogan Lovells

Executive Director, Commercial Drone Alliance

SHAWN S. BULLARD

Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (FRAeS)

Founder, Duetto Group

Specialist in Disruptive Technologies – Policy Integration –Future Risk Assessment

JEFFREY STARR

Chief Marketing Officer

D-Fend Solutions

COLONEL DAWN ZOLDI (USAF-RET)

CEO & Founder P3 Tech Consulting

LUKE FOX

Founder & CEO, White Fox Defense

Vice Chair, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Drone Committee

D R. MARK MAYBURY

Vice President, Commercialization, Engineering & Technology

Lockheed Martin

Special Government Employee in support of the Defense Science Board

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AGENDA

DAY ONE MAY 23, 2024

8:15 Opening Remarks and Welcome from Chairman

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Major Gen USAF-ret James Poss, CEO, ISR Ideas

Former Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for ISR, Headquarters U.S. Air Force

8:30 Presentation: Counter UAS – Hard Lessons Learned from Ukraine to Israel

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Major Gen USAF-ret James Poss, CEO, ISR Ideas

Former Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for ISR, Headquarters U.S. Air Force

8:45

Special Ukraine CUAS Panel: Countering the sUAS Threat in the Russian War in Ukraine – Lessons Learned

microphone-alt MODERATOR: Kate McKenna, Director of Government & International Relations, Ukraine's Army of Drones/United24

Major General (UKR-Air Force) Borys Kremenetskyi, Defense Attache, Embassy of Ukraine to the USA

Senior Defense Official, Defense Intelligence of Ukraine

Senior Defense Official, Defense Intelligence of Ukraine

Colonel Pavlo Khazan, PhD., Electronics Support Department, General Directorate of Electronic and Cyber Warfare of the General Staff, Armed Forces of Ukraine

9:45 Keynote: Countering the Threats – CUAS Advancements in Drug Interdiction at the Border

microphone-alt James “JT” Thom, Acting Executive Director, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Domain Awareness Security Operations (AMO)

• sUAS Interception & defeat minimizing collateral damage

• CUAS Technology Enabling Threat Detection

• Surveillance & Countermeasures

10:15 Special Presentation: Army Combat Capabilities Development Command CUAS Robotics Innovation

microphone-alt Dr. Robert W. Sadowski, SES, U.S Army Chief Roboticist (Roboticist ST), United States Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, Ground Vehicles Systems Center

10:45 Networking Break

11:15 Special Presentation: JCO Material Development Strategy

microphone-alt Colonel Mike Parent, USA, Chief, Joint Counter sUAS Office, Acquisition and Resource Division

• The JCO is working alongside the Army Fires Center of Excellence to establish Joint training and doctrine for Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-sUAS) operations

• The JCO is leading the development of a C-sUAS University at Fort Sill, Oklahoma

• There are currently four training modules on Joint Knowledge Online that include Basic C-sUAS Awareness, System Familiarization, Installation C-sUAS

• Activities, and C-sUAS Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures. A fifth module under development will cover Joint C-sUAS Policy

• The JCO’s Joint Guide, currently under development, will provide leaders with planning and operational considerations for the C-sUAS mission

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AGENDA DAY ONE MAY 23, 2024

11:45 Panel Session: Preventing Emerging UAS Threats in the United States –Homeland Perspective

microphone-alt MODERATOR: Shawn S. Bullard, Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (FRAeS), Founder, Duetto Group Specialist in Disruptive Technologies – Policy Integration – Future Risk Assessment

Lucian Sikorskyj, Special Advisor for Transborder Policy, National Security Council, The White House

Captain Jim Bamberger, Branch Chief of Requirements and Analysis, Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

• TSA’s C-UAS Test Bed Program

• Lessons learned and trends from C-UAS testing and observation at and around airport environments

• How TSA shares the results of C-UAS testing

Teddy Damour, National Urban Security Technology Laboratory, Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate

Ben Schubert, Staff Member, U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Wren Ray, CUAS & Technology Program Manager (Ret-Supervisory Special Agent, Operational Support Unit (STSO), Office of Investigative Technology (ST), Drug Enforcement Administration

Cary Underwood, Executive Director, Southern Nevada Counter Terrorism Center

• Update on risks to homeland security and public safety posed by UAS threats

• Rapid UAS technological development and impact on C-UAS

• Key policy developments in Congress and Federal Agencies

1:00 Networking Luncheon Sponsored by

2:00 Keynote: Counter UAS – Emerging Technologies, Testing and Evaluation Update

microphone-alt The Honorable Dr. Douglas C. Schmidt, Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E), Office of the Secretary of Defense, OSD/DOT&E

2:30 Panel Discussion: Federal Aviation Administration – National Air Space Plans Emerging Policies

microphone-alt Micah Campbell, Executive Director, UAS & Emerging Entrants Security, AXU, Security & Hazardous Materials Safety, Federation Aviation Administration

Brandon Youngblood, Group Manager – UAS Security and C-UAS Integration, FAA

Captain Wolfgang Koch, Aviation Security Chair, Airline Pilots Association (ALPA)

• FAA Efforts for Safely & Security Integrating UAS and Advanced Air Mobility Operations in the US National Air Space

• TSA Counter UAS Policy for Air Traffic

3:30 Networking Break

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AGENDA

DAY ONE MAY 23, 2024

3:45 Panel Discussion: Counter-UAS Law, Policy and Innovation

microphone-alt Jonathan Rupprecht Esquire, Rupprecht Law

Lisa Ellman, Partner, Hogan Lovells Executive Director, Commercial Drone Alliance

Angelissa Savino, Attorney, Office of Law & Policy, National Security Division, U.S. Department of Justice

• Current CUAS Laws and Policies

• CUAS Legislative Efforts

• Policy and Legal Challenges to CUAS Integration

• Commercial Drone Alliance Priorities, Policy & Advocacy`

• What existing laws and policies currently impede government and law enforcement from conducting C-UAS efforts?

• How can laws and policies help address counter uncrewed aerial system training, certification, and authorities?

• How can responsible expansion of C-UAS authorities contribute to the broader federal program for safe and secure integration of the UAS into the National airspace?

4:45 Panel Session: Emerging Technologies, Capabilities and Acquisition Needs in Weapons and Munition Based CUAS for UAS Groups 1-3

microphone-alt Craig Riedel, Project Manager, Tactical Aviation and Ground Munitions (TAGM Project Office), PEO Missiles and Space

Gihan Oraby, Senior Scientific Technical Manager, Networked Lethality & Systems Readiness Technical Director, Armaments Center, U.S. Army DEVCOM

Major Andrew Durfee, (USA), Assistant Program Manager, PdM Medium Caliber, PM MAS, Picatinny Arsenal

5:45 Presentation: Making Dollars & Sense Out of

C-UAS

microphone-alt Shawn S. Bullard, Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (FRAeS), Founder, Duetto Group Specialist in Disruptive Technologies – Policy Integration – Future Risk Assessment

• Funding $: When does 1+2 = 1,000 C-UAS systems?

• Affordability: Expendable, Cheap & Effective – What’s your (PE) Line?

• Industrial Base: Not Ready? Really? – Congress two-step “Catch-Up”

6:15 End of Day One and Evening Cocktail Reception

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AGENDA DAY TWO MAY 24, 2024

8:00 Opening Remarks from Chairman

microphone-alt Major Gen USAF-ret James Poss, CEO, ISR Ideas

Former Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for ISR, Headquarters U.S. Air Force

8:15 Presentation: Defense Science Board Study on Counter Autonomy

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Dr. Mark Maybury, Vice President, Commercialization, Engineering & Technology, Lockheed Martin, Special Government Employee in support of the Defense Science Board

8:45 Panel Session: Next Generation C-UAS – Special Considerations and Advanced Topics from Real-Life Scenarios

microphone-alt Jeffrey Starr, Chief Marketing Officer, D-Fend Solutions

Ambassador Lincoln Bloomfield Jr., Stimson Center Chairman Emeritus, Former Assistant Secretary of State, Political Military Affairs, Deputy Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, International Security Affairs, US Special Envoy

Colonel Dawn Zoldi (USAF-ret), CEO & Founder, P3 Tech Consulting

9:45 Panel Session: CUAS A.I. Emerging Capabilities – Formulating UAS AI integration and Enhancing Protection Strategies with Random flight Algorithms

microphone-alt Julian James Atencio, CUAS Program Manager, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science and Technical Information, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Jeremy Kofsky, Senior Fellow, Information Warfare Institute for AI Research, Former AI Implementation DoD Fellow, USMC

Luke Fox, Founder & CEO, White Fox Defense, Vice Chair, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Drone Committee

• AI-driven Detection and Classification Systems

• Autonomous Interception Solutions

• Drones to protect, collect data in anticipation of inevitable AI integration

• Drones to deter potential threats based on repetitive, random, autonomous flights

10:45 Networking Break

11:00 Panel Discussion: CUAS Policy for State, Local, and Commercial Entities

microphone-alt DJ Smith, Technical Surveillance Agent, Unmanned Aerial Systems Program Coordinator, High Tech Crimes Division, Bureau of Criminal Investigations, Virginia State Police

Matthew Smith, Supervisory Special Agent, Program Manager, Surveillance and Emerging Technologies Unit (SETU), Federal Bureau of Investigation

• Current CUAS Laws and Policies

• Expand Existing Preventing Emerging Threats Act

• Needs & Requirements for Drone Disruption by Unauthorized Drones

• Governmental Drone Detection and Mitigation Services to law Enforcement at State and Local Levels

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AGENDA

DAY TWO MAY 24, 2024

12:00 Presentation: Counter sUAS Technologies for Protecting Critical Infrastructure

microphone-alt L. Scott Parker, Deputy Associate Director, Office of Security Programs, Infrastructure Security Division, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

• Monitor and Assess Critical Infrastructure

• Countering Weaponized Threats

• Prohibited Surveillance and Reconnaissance

• Challenges to Intentional Disruption or Harassment

12:30 Networking

1:30 Panel Session: XVlllth Airborne Corps Innovation and Technology: Counter Adversarial Tactical sUAS Threats

microphone-alt Col John Whelahan, USA, Executive Director of Transformation, Combined Joint All Domain C2, Partner Nations (CJADC2-P), XVlllth Airborne Corps 3rd Infantry Div/10th Mountain Division, 82d Airborne Div/ 101st Airborne Division

COL Scott Wence, USA, CDR 2 Brigade Combat Team, 10th MTN Division

Dene Farrell, Chief Data Officer, XVIIIth ABN Corps

2:30 Presentation: The Problem of CUAS for Critical Energy Facilities

microphone-alt Travis Moran, Senior Reliability & Security Advisor, Federal Energy and Regulatory Commission (FERC)

• A historical problem set education regarding critical infrastructure

» The slow recognition

» Nuclear vs. traditional generation

• A discussion of the realities of protecting critical infrastructure from aerial threats

• The realities of regulation

» What regulation can and cannot do to protect critical infrastructure

• What are the best protection strategies?

» Legal problems

» Tactical problems

» Intelligence

3:00 Ajournment and Closing Remarks

Thank you for allowing me to be a part of a great and extremely informing conference. You definitely put together one of the best conferences this year with the right blend of industry, SME’s, and end users that allowed for some amazing conversations.

—Technical Surveillance Agent, Virgina State Police

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