UNMANNED SYSTEMS WEST
An International Forum for Capability Advancement and Collaboration
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2023 Unmanned Systems West Highlights:
The event is well prepared! I think the way it was presented is spot on. I’m going to recommend this for the future.
Very insightful... Great to hear about the challenges and goals from varying players within Unmanned stakeholders.
Very Satisfied with the caliber of speakers, particularly on government side
Diving Analyst NDCS Naval Safety Command
NAVWAR UMS NAVWAR
Director of AI Elbit America
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Esteemed Speakers Included: CHAIR BRYAN SCURRY
SES, Former Executive Director, Commander Naval Air Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet
NEIL ZERBE
CEO Aerospace & Defense Industry Partners
DR. ERIC TERRILL
KEYNOTES CHRISTOPHER COLLINS, SES
Executive Director, Developmental Test Eval, and Assessment Office of the Undersecretary of Defense Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E))
REAR ADMIRAL STEPHEN TEDFORD
USN, Program Executive Officer Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons
CAPT SHEA S. THOMPSON
USN, Commodore Surface Development Squadron ONE (CSDS 1)
Director, Marine Physical Laboratory, UC San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography
ADAM OUTLAW
Senor Program Manager, Maritime Undersea Boeing Maritime & Intelligence Systems
LTC JEFF BESS, USA
Product Manager, TUAS (Shadow and FTUAS) Program Executive Office, Aviation
TED MACIUBA
Former Deputy Director US Army Robotics Requirements
GERALD JAMES “JAY” CAVALIERI
Director, SoCal Tech Bridge (NavalX), NUWC Division Keyport
DR. SOPHIA MERRIFIELD
Research Marine Physicist & Engineer, Marine Physical Laboratory UC San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography
DR. MAIA COOK
Director, Human-Autonomy Integration, & Chief Scientist Pacific Science & Engineering
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CAPT JEFF HOYLE, (USN-RET)
Vice President, Maritime Elbit Systems of America
NICK ERNEST, PHD
Chief Architect Thales Avionics
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Esteemed Speakers Included: DOUG HASKIN
ANDREW CAPODIECI
Director of Robotics Neya Systems
NEIL CRIBB
Human Machine Integration (FDH) Division Chief, GS-15, G-8 U.S. Army
CAPT SCOTT HATTAWAY, USN
Director, Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) Mine Countermeasures Technical Division (MCMTD)
LT COL (USA-RET) JERRY L. FRAZIER, JR.
Managing Partner & Director, Integrated Air and Missile Systems Amalgam Defense Solutions, LLC
GAD SHAANAN
CEO and Founder Unmanned-Aerospace
Product Manager, Aerial Enhanced Radars, Optics, and Sensors (AEROS) Program Executive Office Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors (PEO IEW&S)
BRIAN KEITH
Protective Security Advisor US. Department of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
LTCOL NICHOLAS LAW, USMC
Commanding Officer Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 3 (VMU-3)
COLONEL (USAF-RET) STEPHEN “LUX” LUXION
Executive Director ASSURE FAA UAS CoE
CAPT DENNIS MONAGLE, USN
Program Manager Multi-Mission Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems NAVAIR
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GRAHAM PLASTER
Director Nautilus, A DEFENSEWERX Partnership with NavalX
DR. GREGORY POWER
Program Manager, Senior Research Engineer HQ, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
DR. ROBERT SADOWSKI, SES
Chief Roboticist U.S. Army
SCOTT SHYNE
Chief of the Information Warfare Division Air Force Research Laboratory
MR. SEAN TYNAN
Product Manager, EUAS (Gray Eagle) Program Executive Office, Aviation
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Esteemed Speakers Included: LT COL BRADFORD “CRUSH” WADE
USAF, Director of Operations 17th Attack Squadron, 732d Operations Group, 432d Wing, Creech AFB, NV
KEVIN MONK
Research Engineer in the Human Systems Integration Division NASA Ames Research Center
DR. STEVEN WILLS
Navalist United States Navy League Center for Maritime Strategy
ALEX ZIMMER
Underwater EOD AI/ML Program Lead Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific (NIWC)
DOC JACOBS
National Ambassador Gary Sinise Foundation
LICHEN “SCUBA” PURSLEY
Director, USAF Programs (StratDEV) General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
JAMES MCPHERSON
Program Manager General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
JIM RYAN
Senior Director, Global Military Sales Air Domain Systems, Textron
ANDREW CARTER
Senior Director, Strategy Anduril Industries
SPECIAL AGENT KARA ZINK
San Diego UAS Working Group, FBI
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Key Numbers
150+
ATTENDEES
40+
UNMANNED SYSTEMS EXPERT SPEAKERS
12
EVENT PARTNERS
UNIVERSITY 3
GOVERNMENT KEYNOTE ADDRESSES
8
HIGH LEVEL PANEL DISCUSSIONS
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Attendees Travelled From:
40% WEST COAST
10% MID WEST
5%
SOUTH
43% EAST COAST
2%
INTERNATIONAL
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2023 Unmanned Systems West Keynote Presentations:
Emerging Unmanned Aviation and Navy Strike Weapons Capabilities
Unmanned Surface Vessels
Unmanned Systems Multi-Domain DT&E Strategies Needs & Requirements
REAR ADMIRAL STEPHEN TEDFORD
CAPT SHEA S. THOMPSON
CHRISTOPHER COLLINS, SES
USN, Program Executive Officer Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons
USN, Commodore Surface Development Squadron ONE (CSDS 1)
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Executive Director, Developmental Test Eval, and Assessment Office of the Undersecretary of Defense Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E))
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