2nd Unmanned Aircraft System Defense and Tactics Conference

This cutting-edge conference brings together military, federal and local governments, academia and industry to discuss their plans to expand their UAS use and to address the challenges facing potential expanded use of UAS.

Presentations and Panel Discussions include:

Incorporate Human Factors in UAS Design
Launch and Recovery Equipment
Interoperability Standards
Payload and Sensor Integration
Integrating UA into Civil Airspace
Ground Station Command, Control, and Communications (C3)
Data Link Security
Lost Link Challenges
Multi Aircraft Control
Sense & Avoid Technology Development
Weapon Delivery, Weaponization Issues
Full Autonomy
Evolution, UAS System-of-Systems
UAS Threats
UAS Vulnerabilities
“Plug and Play” Capabilities
Motion Detection and Target Tracking technologies
All Weather UAS
Modular UAS
Net-Centric UAS
Network-Centric Communications
US Current Program
European Programs
Mine Countermeasure, IED, Gas and Tunnel Detection
Commercial-off-the-shelf Data Link Equipment Problems
US Unmanned Aircraft Systems Acquisition
EU Unmanned Aircraft Systems Acquisition
Platform Technologies
Airframe
Operating and Support Costs
UA Onboard Intelligence, Teaming/Swarming
Multi-Vehicle Control
Propulsion
Payload Technologies, Sensors
Payload Technologies, Relay
Military, Civil and Humanitarian Operational Deployments and Experiences
Maritime & Coastal Surveillance Deployments and Experiences
Potential Uses, Local Governments, including Law Enforcement or Firefighting
Potential Uses, Oil and Gas Installations and Pipelines

Speaker and Presenter Information

Previous Speakers Include: Gen. Roger A. Brady Director Joint Air Power Competency Center, Ramstein Air Base, Germany Brig. General Robert Hedelund Commanding General Marine Corps Warfighting Lab (MCWL) Hon. Rear Admiral Jay M. Cohen Former Chief of Naval Research/Former Under Secretary for Science & Technology Dr. Gerald Sayer Senior Advisor Secretary of the Air Force/Air Force Acquisition Dr. Joel Hayward Dean Royal Air Force College, Kings College London Congressman Henry Cuellar Chairman Subcommittee on Border Maritime and Global Counterterrorism John Stanton, SES Executive Director National Air Security Operations, Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security John S. Canning Chief Engineer Platform Integration Division, Engagement Systems Department, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division Glenn Rizzi Deputy Director US Army Unmanned Aircraft Systems Center of Excellence, Fort Rucker, Ala. Colonel Dean Bushey, Ph.D UAS Commander/Program Manager US Air Force Academy