Outstanding opportunity to listen to and speak with government & industry personnel to get insights into requirements and future programs of R&D efforts.
Director Tactical & Embedded Cyber Solutions
Everfox Scientist
Speakers with informative knowledge on current and future threats.
NSWC Corona
Very good conference! Speakers & Facilitators were all very high quality
Business Development
L3 Harris
Outstanding speakers & sessions.
Significant amount of the right interested parties, reception and networking. Logistics Mgmt. Specialist USN UAS
Always a well-attended event, Cross section of experiences, professionalism
This was a great – well rounded event.
Program Chairs: Government Speakers:
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 and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, International Security Affairs, US Special Envoy
Lieutenant General (USMC-ret)
Steven R. Rudder
Former Deputy Commandant for Aviation, USMC
Former Commanding General, United States Marine Corps Forces, Pacific
Keynote Speakers:
David Breede
PEO, C4, Center for Special Operations Forces, Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology (SOF AT&L)
USSOCOM
DR. RAYMOND O’TOOLE, JR.
Acting Director
Office of Secretary of Defense
Director
Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E)
JOHN VONA, SES
Director
Center 2 (Requirements and Capability Development), Air Force Futures AF/A5/7D
LT COL CHASE "MILK TOAST"
THOMPSON, USMC
Cunningham Group, Advanced Development Team
Deputy Commandant for Aviation Headquarters
U.S. Marine Corps
Colonel Clark Bramante
Commander, 163rd Attack Wing, CA ANG March ABF USAF
Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Luger, USMC
Commanding Officer
Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 1 (VMU-1)
Captain Jim Bamberger
Branch Chief of Requirements and Analysis
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
COMMANDER JERRY DALEY, USN
Commanding Officer
Unmanned Surface Vessel Division ONE (USVDIV-1)
CAPTAIN (USN-RET) TED VENABLE
CNT/UAS Program Manager (COMUSNAVSO/C4F)
U.S. Fourth Fleet Counter Illicit Trafficking
Dr. John Matyjas, SES
Chief Scientist, Air Combat Command
Joint Base Langley-Eustis
Gregory Skinner
Program Manager, Small Tactical UAS (sTUAS)
PMA 263, NAVAIR
COLONEL JOHN WHELAHAN, (USA-RET)
Executive Director of Transformation
Combined Joint All Domain Command and Control Partner Nations (CJADC2-P)
XVIIIth Airborne Corps
3rd Infantry Div/10th Mountain Div/ 82d Airborne Div/101st Airborne Division
CRAIG RIEDEL
Project Manager
Tactical Aviation & Ground Munitions (TAGM), PEO Missiles and Space
DARSHAN “DASH” DIVAKARAN
Head of Airspace Innovation & Prime Partnerships
AFWERX
CYNTHIA L. PERAZZO
Executive Director, Weapon and Software
Engineering Center
US Army Combat Capabilities Development
Command Armaments Center, Picatinny Arsenal
Bhavanjot Singh, PMP
Senior Scientific Technical Manager
Autonomy and Automation for Armament Systems Weapons
Engineering and Software Center, U.S. Army
DEVCOM Armaments Center
LT COL JOSHUA “SHIVA” TRIMBLE, USAF
Director of Operations, 558th Flying Training
Squadron
Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, TX
Dennis Teefy
Project Director, Program Executive Office
Intelligence, Electronic Warfare & Sensors (PEO, IEW&S)
MICHAEL STEWART, SES
Director, Disruptive Capabilities Office (DCO)
United States Navy
LT COLONEL PAVLO KHAZAN
Chief of the Territorial Defense Forces (TDF), Unmanned Systems Department
Armed Forces of Ukraine
BENJAMIN TRAN
Chief
ISR-SOF Capabilities Development Office (CDO), WPAFB
COLONEL STEFANO BIANCA
NATO ISR Force (NISRF) Deputy Commander and Training Centre Commander
Italian Air Force
MICHAEL MACKAY
Former National Security Advisor
Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa)
CAPTAIN LAURA MCLEAN
Captain, Operational Support
San Diego Police Department
ANDREW GUION
Flight Safety and Operations Engineer, Air Traffic Management eXploration Project
NASA Ames Research Center
CRAIG BURNS
Special Agent, Law Enforcement Assistance
Program (LEAP)
FAA
Industry Speakers:
MR. TRAVIS SINCLAIR
Deputy, Project Manager, UAS Project Office
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
MAIA B. COOK, PHD
Director, Human-Autonomy Integration & Chief Scientist
Pacific Science & Engineering
Angel McDowell Engineer, Program Development
Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute
DOUG BROUWER
Senior Director for International and Naval MQ-9B Programs
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
MIKE BUTLER
Director of Navy Programs, Launched Effects Anduril Industries
MARK MCKINNON Partner
Fox Rothschild LLP
FAA Senior Representative FBI Representative
ETHAN BROWN Technical Director, Engineering in Advanced Programs
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
Charlie Dean
Vice President, International Business AeroVironment
Hector Ubiñas
Aviation Operations Lead
San Diego Gas and Electric
EDDY BUTLER
Sr. Director of Solutions Development Teledyne FLIR Defense
EDWARD DOLEJSI President Autonomous Flight Systems Inc. (AFSI)
JUSTIN PEARCE
Vice President of Programs, Engineering and Flight Insitu, a Boeing Company
Bryan Scurry
Former Executive Director Commander, Naval Air Forces (CNAF)
Commander, Naval Air Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet
Richard “Rich” Bonnett
Chief Technology Officer
Former VP, UAS Engineering Kratos Unmanned Systems
ALEX WEINTRAUB
Senior Program Manager, Advanced Programs
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, a Lockheed Martin Company
DAMIEN TYRRELL
Regional Director Sentient Vision Systems
NEIL ZERBE
CEO Aerospace and Defense Industry Partners
JIM RYAN
Senior Director, Global Military Sales and Strategy, Air Domain Systems Textron Systems
ANDY LOWERY
Chief Executive Officer
Epirus
• 19 AF MQ-9 Program Manager
• 375 AMW sUAS Program Manager
• Account Manager
• Acting - Deputy Product Manager - EUAS
• Acting Director
• Admin/Tech Specialist
• Adv – Development Team Deputy Commandant for Aviation HQ – USMC
• AI Autonomy Lab Lead/Sr Software Systems Engineer
• AI Engineer
• Air Officer
• Airspace Manager
• Associate Director/ Value Stream Leader
• ATO Law Enforcement Liaison
• Automated Drone Operations Specialist
• Autonomy & AI Technical Lead
• Aviation Operations Lead
• BD Manager
• Branch Chief
• Branch Chief of Requirements and Analysis
• Business Development
• Business Development & Test Engineering
• Business Development Associate
• Business Development Manager
• Captain, Operational Support
• CEO
• CFO
• Chief of the Territorial Defense Forces (TDF)
• Chief Petty Officer
• Chief Revenue Officer
• Chief Scientist - Air Combat Command
• Chief Technology Officer
• Chief Warrant Officer 2 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Officer
• Chief, ISR-SOF Capabilities Development Office (CDO)
• CNT/UAS Program Mgr. ( COMUSNAVSO/C4F)
• Co-founder
• Col
• Commanding Officer
• Consultant
• Contracts - Programs
• CTO Northrop Grumman Propulsion Systems
• Dahlgren NAV S&T Lead
• Dep Branch Chief
• Deputy Director, Programs
• Deputy, Project Manager
• Director
• Director - Business Development
• Director - Disruptive Capabilities Office (DCO)
• Director - USMC Strategic Development
• Director Human Autonomy Integration & Chief Scientist
• Director of Business Development - Defense
• Director of Corporate Strategy
• Director of Engineering
• Director of Navy Programs – Launched Effects
• Director of Operations, 558th Flying Training Squadron
• Director of Sales – UxV
• Director of Unmanned Systems
• Director Programs 2
• Director, Systems Engineering
• Diving Safety Program Specialist
• Division Chief, Networked Lethality
• Engineer, Program Development
• Enterprise Sales
• Exec Dir Transformation, Combined Joint All Domain C2
• Executive Director
• Executive Vice President
• Field Applications Engineer
• Flight Safety & Operations Engineer
• Flight Test Engineer
• Fmr Dep COMDT For Aviation. Fmr Commdg Gen
• Fmr Exec. Dir., (CNAF), CDR Naval Air Forces, U.S. Pac Fleet
• Former National Security Advisor
• Gang Specialist Forensic Examiner
• General Manager – US
• Ghost - Chief Engineer
• GTRI Patuxent River Field Office Manager
• Head of Airspace Innovation & Prime Partnerships
• Intelligence Officer
• Intelligence Specialist
• Law Enforcement Assistance Program (LEAP) - FAA
• Liaison
• Lieutenant
• Logistics Management Specialist
• Lt.Col.
• Management & Program Analyst
• Manager - Business Development
• Managing Director
• Managing Member
• Mechanical Engineer
• Mechanical Science Division Chief
• Mission Support and Test Services LLC
• MQ-9 OT&E Suitability Analyst
• MSgt
• NATO ISR Force (NISRF) Deputy Commander and Training Centre Commander
• Operational Suitability Analyst
• Partner
• PEO TIS, Center Special Ops Forces (SOF AT&L) Center for Special Operations Forces
• Physical Security Inspector
• Platoon Commander
• PMA266 S&T Director
• President
• Program Integrator
• Program Management Director
• Program Manager
• Program Manager, Small Tactical UAS (sTUAS)
• Program Planning & Operations Manager
• Project Director
• Project Manager – Tactical Aviation and Ground Munition
• Project Officer
• Regional Director
• Research Data Scientist
• Reserve IP LDO/CWO Community Lead
• Scientist
• SEAL Team UxS Troop Commander
• Sector Vice President Special Operations
• Security Forces
• Senior Administrative Assistant
• Senior Director
• Senior Director – Airborne ISR/C3
• Senior Director for International and Naval MQ-9B Programs
• Senior Director of Solutions Development
• Senior Director, Business Development
• Senior Manager – Business Development
• Senior Manager Business Development – Altius
• Senior Materiel Leader Special Operations Forces & Personnel Recovery Division
• Senior Military Advisor
• Senior Program Manager, Advanced Programs
• Senior Technical Sales Manager
• SNR Manager
• Special Programs Manager – Bio
• Sr Director – Business Development
• Sr Director – Global Military Sales Air Domain Systems
• Sr Program Analyst/Team Lead
• Sr Vice President
• Sr. Additive Manufacturing Consultant
• Sr. Business Development Account Executive
• Sr. Business Development Manager
• Sr. Scientific Tech. Mgr., Autonomy & Automation for Armament Sys. Weapons, Eng & Software Cntr.
• SSgt
• SSTM/Director Networked Lethality & System Readiness Technologies Directorate
• Staff Sergeant Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician
• Stimson Center Chairman Emeritus
• Strategic Engagement
• Strategic Growth
• Strategic Plans and Policy Officer
• Superintendent of Combat Development Directorate
• Supervisory Special Agent
• SVP
• Systems Engineer
• Tactical & Embedded Cyber Solutions Director
• Tech Dir., Engineering, Advanced Programs
• Technical Advisor
• Technical Director
• UAS Analyst
• UAS Business Team Leader
• UAS Logistics Management Specialist
• UAS Operations Officer
• Unmanned Systems Ops/Training
• US Government Regional Director
• USA Technician ll
• UxS Department Head
• UxS Deputy Department Head
• UxS Program Manager | Activity Security Manager
• UxS SEA
• Vice President
• Vice President - Intl. Business
• Vice President of Programs, Engineering and Flight
• Vice President of Business Development
• VP – Tactical Autonomous Systems
• VP Business Development
• VP of Business Development & Tech
• VP of Sales
• VP of Technical Partnerships
** Duplicates job titles have been removed**
• 163rd Attack Wing – ANG
• 1A Drone
• 375 Air Mobility Wing
• 88 CS/SCQ
• AeroSpace & Defense Industry Partners
• Aerovel Corp.
• AeroVironment Inc
• Aevex Aerospace
• AFLCMC WIS SOF & PR Division
• AFWERX
• Air Force 88th CS
• Air Force Life Cycle Management Center
• Air Force Test Center
• Anduril
• Army CID
• Army PEO Aviation
• Atkinson Aeronautics & Technology
• Autonomous Flight Systems
• Balkan Security Network
• BLT 1/5 USMC
• Bowhead UIC
• Carnegie Mellon University
• CDS - USN/Ret
• Center 2 (Requirements & Capability Development)
• CG-MSR
• Chemical Biological Incident Response Force
• Collins Aerospace
• Defense Contract Management Agency
• Delta V Group
• Department of Defense
• Department of Homeland Security
• DEVCOM AC
• DOE/NNSA/NNSS
• DON Fleet Readiness Center Southwest - Business Office
• DTC
• DZYNE Technologies LLC
• EBAD
• Edge Case Research
• Ensign Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company
• EOS North America
• Epirus
• EpiSci
• Everfox
• FAA
• FBI Correctional Intelligence Task Force
• FLEX AI
• Fox Rothschild LLP
• Frontier Precision
• GA-ASI
• General Atomics
• General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems
• Georgia Tech Research Institute
• Griffon Aerospace 3
• HevenDrones
• Hexcel Corporation
• HQDA CRC
• Insitu Inc
• Italian Air Force
• Joint Base Langley-Eustis
• Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, TX
• Kratos Defense
• L3Harris TDL
• Law Enforcement Assistance Program (LEAP)
• Mach Industries
• Mach Industries, Inc.
• Marine Unmanned Ariel Vehicle Squadron 3 (VMU-3)
• Mission Support and Test Services LLC
• Mitsubishi International Corporation
• NASA Ames Research Center
• NATO ISF Force
• NAVAIR
• NAVAIR (DoD)
• Naval Special Warfare Group Eleven
• Navy Naval Safety Command
• NGB/ANGRC
• NIWC PAC
• Northrop Grumman
• NSW SRT-1
• NSWC Corona
• NSWC Dahlgren
• Office of Julia Marlowe
• Office of the Secretary of Defense/ Director - Operational Test and Evaluation
• Oklahoma Army National Guard
• Owl Cyber Defense
• Pacific Science & Engineering Group, Inc. (PSE)
• Palmer Coates LLC
• PBS Aerospace Incorporation
• Pelican Creek Capital LLC
• PEO Missiles and Space
• Persistent Systems
• Picatinny Arsenal
• Platform Aerospace
• Precision Integrated Programs
• Program Executive Office Intelligence Electronic
• Raytheon
• Resolute ISR
• Robonic Ltd
• RTI
• SAIC
• San Diego Gas & Electric
• San Diego Police Department
• ScioTeq
• Scurry Associates
• SEAL Team 18
• SEAL TEAM THREE
• Senator Joni Ernt (R-Iowa)
• Sentient Vision Systems
• SES Space and Defense
• Shield AI
• Signalink, Inc.
• Sikorsky Aircraft Corp
• Silvus Technologies
• SOCOM
• Special Reconnaissance Team TWO (SRT2)
• Squire Solutions
• Surface Development Squadron ONE (CSDS 1)
• Teledyne FLIR Defense
• Textron
• Thales Avionics Limited
• The Cunningham Group
• ThermoAnalytics Incorporation
• Thiel Capital LLC
• Titra
• Transportation Security Administration TSA
• Trillium Engineering
• U.S. Air Force
• U.S. Army
• U.S. Army - DEVCOM AC
• U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence
• U.S. Army Research Laboratory
• U.S. Marine Corps
• U.S. Navy
• U.S. Special Operations Command
• UAS San Diego
• Unmanned Systems DepartmentArmed Forces of Ukraine
• USNFSC US Fourth Fleet
• Xtend Reality Inc
• XVIII Airborne Corps
** Duplicates job titles have been removed**
Special Operations Forces (AT&L) – Unmanned Aircraft
R&D and Procurement Programs
DAVID BREEDE
PEO, C4, Center for Special Operations Forces, Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology (SOF AT&L)
USSOCOM
Unmanned Systems
Operational Testing
Procedures & Programs
DR. RAYMOND O’TOOLE, JR.
Acting Director
Office of Secretary of Defense
Director
Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E)
AmericanConference.com/UnmannedSystemsWest
AmericanConference.com/Conferences/Defense-Government-Summits
Air Force Futures –Future Plans and Requirements
JOHN VONA
SES, Director
Center 2 (Requirements and Capability Development), Air Force Futures AF/A5/7D)
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