Our 2024 Event Has Concluded | For those who attended, thank you for an incredible event. We are looking forward to returning in February 2025.
Our 2025 event will bring together key thought leaders from DoD, U.S. Government, Industry, Academia, and NATO partners, to explore the latest developments in UAV systems and foster collaborations that can drive progress in defense technology.
About the Conference
Attendees of our 2024 event gained critical insights into both tactical and technical Uncrewed aerial priorities and developing research to support
Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle operations across the Services.
Be a part of the 2025
Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles Summit Systems – A premiere UAS event, created to focus on cutting-edge advancements, strategic insights, and collaborative discussions shaping the future of military Uncrewed technology!
Benefits of Attendance
- Enhance your understanding of the key DoD & Government latest needs, requirements, capabilities and industry opportunities
- Meet key policymakers, leading subject matter experts, UAS thought leadership and innovators
- Learn about the key solutions and technologies to enhance stealth, lethality, agility, and situational awareness
- Improve your understanding of uncrewed technologies to transform force structure for the future fight in contested operating environments
About the Event
The cutting-edge capabilities and wide scope of UAS continue to spark lighting fast innovation and a multitude of fixed wing and VTOL platforms, capabilities, and limitless opportunities for Industry innovation.
As DoD budget reports $842 Billion figures for fiscal 2024, increased investment in UAS as a key strategy has been called the “pacing challenge” of China, and other threats Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III has stated. As DoD and our international allies continue to rely on rapid Industry innovation, specialized UAS manufacturers of platforms, remote operations and C2 links, are pushing ahead with a tremendous and diverse opportunity that continues to grow. Advancements in sensor technologies for a next-gen ISR, eVTOL and payload delivery technologies, operating at BLOS, and with Mum-T are all at forefront of innovation for the Class l (Micro/Mini Platforms) Class II (Medium Tactical) and Class III, (Medium Altitude Long Endurance & High-Altitude Long Endurance).
Attend and gain invaluable knowledge about the complexities where UAS play pivotal roles, along with obtaining the latest and critically important rules and regulations for operating legally within the NAS. Our agenda and topics will offer an unprecedented blend of DoD/Gov & Industry keynotes and panelists discussing all class of UAS both Military applications and emerging Civil & Commercial growth opportunities running the gamut of high value applications and global markets.
Topics the Summit will Cover Include:
- Large & Small UAS DoD & Government needs, requirements and opportunities for Industry
- Civil & Commercial growth opportunities domestically and internationally
- Advancements in Payloads and Tactical UAS for the multi-domain battlefield
- Urban Air Mobility policy, framework, and future way ahead
2024 Speakers Included
Conference Chairmen
- Ambassador Lincoln Bloomfield Jr,
Chairman, Stimson Center, Chairman Emeritus Fmr Asst. SecState,
Political Mil. Affairs, Dep Asst. to the VP, Natl. SEC Affairs, Prin.
Dep Asst. SecDef, Intl. SEC Affairs, US Special Envoy
- Lieutenant General (USMC-ret) Steven R. Rudder, Co-Chairman, Former Deputy Commandant for Aviation, USMC,, Former Commanding General, United States Marine Corps Forces, Pacific
Speakers
- Dr. John Matyjas, SES, Chief Scientist Air Combat Command
- Captain (USN-ret) Ted Venable, CNT/UAS Program Manager, (COMUSNAVSO/C4F) U.S. Fourth Fleet Counter Illicit Trafficking
- Captain Jim Bamberger, Branch Chief of Requirements and Analysis Transportation Security Administration
- Doug Brouwer, Senior Director for International and Naval MQ-9B Programs General Atomic Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
- Edward Dolejsi, President Autonomous Flight Research Inc. (AFSI)
- Gregory Skinner, Program Manager, STUAS, PMA 263 NAVAIR
- Bryan Scurry,
President Scurry Associates Former Executive Director, Commander, Naval
Air Forces, Commander, Naval Air Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet
- Darshan “Dash” Divakaran, Airspace Innovation and Prime Partnerships Head AFWERX
- Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Luger, USMC, Commanding Officer Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 1 (VMU-1)
- Neil Zerbe, CEO Aerospace and Defense Industry Partners
- Charlie Dean, Vice President, International Business AeroVironment
- Shivanjli Sharma, Project Manager for the Air Traffic Management eXploration Project NASA Ames Research Center
- David Breede, PEO, C4, Center for Special Operations Forces, Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology (SOF AT&L) USSOCOM
- Colonel Clark Bramante, Commander, 163rd Attack Wing, CA ANG, March ABF U.S. Air Force
- Colonel John Whelahan, USA, Deputy Executive Director Innovation and Technology XVlllth Airborne Corps
- Craig Riedel, Project Manager, Tactical Aviation & Ground Munitions (TAGM) PEO Missiles and Space
- John Vona, SES, Director Center 2 (Requirements and Capability Development), Air Force Futures AF/A5/7D)
- Maia B. Cook, PhD, Director, Human-Autonomy Integration & Chief Scientist Pacific Science & Engineering
- Angel McDowell, Engineer and Program Development Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute
- Cynthia L. Perazzo,
Executive Director Weapon and Software Engineering Center, US Army
Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center, Picatinny
Arsenal
- Ethan Brown, Technical Director Engineering in Advanced Programs, General Atomic Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
- Bhavanjot Singh,
PMP, Senior Scientific Technical Manager Autonomy and Automation for
Armament Systems Weapons, Engineering and Software Center, U.S. Army
DEVCOM Armaments Center
- Dennis Teefy, Project Director Program Executive Office, Intelligence, Electronic Warfare & Sensors (PEO, IEW&S)
- Alex Weintraub, Senior Program Manager, Advanced Programs Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
- Mark McKinnon, Partner Fox Rothschild LLP, FAA Senior Representative, FBI Representative
- Michael Stewart, SES, Director Disruptive Capabilities Office (DCO), United States Navy
- Justin Pearce, Vice President of Programs Engineering and Flight, Insitu, a Boeing Company
- Eddy Butler, Sr. Director of Solutions Development Teledyne FLIR Defense
- Captain Laura McLean, Captain, Operational Support San Diego Police Department
- Richard “Rich” Bonnett, Chief Technology Officer Kratos Unmanned Systems Former VP, UAS Engineering
- Benjamin Tran, Chief ISR-SOF Capabilities Development Office (CDO), WPAFB
- Andy Lowery, Chief Executive Officer Epirus
- Michael MacKay, Former National Security Advisor Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa)
- Lt Colonel Pavlo Khazan, Chief of the Territorial Defense Forces (TDF), Unmanned Systems Department Armed Forces of Ukraine
- Craig Burns, Law Enforcement Assistance Program (LEAP) Special Agent, FAA
- Colonel Stefano Bianca, Italian Air Force NATO ISR Force (NISRF) Deputy Commander and Training Centre Commander
- Commander Jerry Daley, USN, Commanding Officer Unmanned Surface Vessel Division ONE (USVDIV-1)
- Damien Tyrrell, Regional Director Sentient Vision Systems
- Dr. Raymond O’Toole, Jr., Acting Director Office of Secretary of Defense Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E)
- Mr. Travis Sinclair, Deputy, Project Manager UAS Project Office Army PEO Aviation
- Mike Butler, Director of Navy Programs Launched Effects Anduril Industries
- Lt Col Chase “Milk Toast” Thompson, Aviation Forces
- Lt Col Joshua “Shiva” Trimble, Director of Operations, 558th Flying Training Squadron Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, TX
- Hector Ubinas, Aviation Operations Lead San Diego Gas and Electric
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