Past event: Loitering Munitions USA Conference 2025

The Leading Forum for Military Education and Training on Loitering Munitions Programs

The Loitering Munitions USA Conference is a first of its kind forum built exclusively to address the most pressing challenges and opportunities within the loitering munitions field.

With insights from senior leadership, operators & acquisition professionals from across the entire US DOD, and welcoming perspectives from key international allies, attendees will hear directly from those pioneering LM development and integration in one dedicated forum across two days.

Whether as a speaker, industry partner or delegate, we look forward to welcoming you to this vital gathering in April 2025.

Attendees will be able to:

  • Streamline their own development with unprecedented insight into the US DOD's most advanced Loitering Munitions programs
  • Make more informed acquisition decisions based on operational learnings from the front lines
  • Witness the cutting edge in industry capabilities and pose questions directly to their manufactures

Featured Speakers

  • Brigadier General Cain Baker, Director, Future Vertical Lift Cross-Functional Team, US Army Futures Command
  • Colonel Anthony Gibbs, Project Manager Soldier Warrior, PEO Soldier, US Army
  • Colonel Timothy Bronder, Program Executive Officer - Fixed Wing, Special Operations Force Acquisitions, Technology and Logistics, U.S. Special Operations Command
  • Colonel Matt Johnson, Commander, White Sands Test Center, Army Test and Evaluation Command
  • Colonel Shane Riley, Unmanned Systems / Launched Effects Director, Oklahoma National Guard
  • Lieutenant Colonel Amanda Watkins, Product Manager, Launched Effects, PEO Aviation, US Army
  • Lieutenant Colonel Alan Wood, PM SOF Lethality, USSOCOM
  • Major Kev Carter, SO2 FIRES NCHQ - UK Commando Force Transformation Prog, Royal Marines
  • Major Sean Harper, Senior Operations Research Analyst, United States Marine Corps
  • Dr Casey Perley, Executive Director, US Army Applications Laboratory
  • Mr Tony Garcia, Director of Munitions Technologies, OUSD (R&E), ASD (S&T)
  • Mr Trent Emeneker, Project Manager, Autonomy, Defense Innovation Unit
  • Dr Charles Pippin, HQE for Applied Autonomy, Naval Air Warfare and Weapons (Code 35), Office of Naval Research (ONR)
  • Chief Warrant Officer 4 Michael Lima, Training Developer, Ammunition Warrant Officer, US Army Ordnance School
  • Mr Justin Croutch, Cross Functional Team Integrator, US Army Yuma Proving Ground
  • Brigadier General David Phillips, Program Executive Officer, Aviation, US Army
  • Dr Sebastian Clauss, Vice President Software, STARK
  • Lieutenant Colonel William Taylor, Product Manager, Soldier Precision Targeting Devices, PEO Soldier, US Army
  • Lieutenant Colonel Shawna Matthys, Strike Programs Materiel Leader, Special Operations Forces Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, U.S. Special Operations Command
  • Mr Ahmet Salih Erdem, Deputy General Manager, TUALCOM
  • Mr Andrew Evans, Director, US Army ISR Task Force
  • Mr Craig Riedel, Project Manager, Tactical Aviation and Ground Munitions TAGM Project Office, Program Executive Office, Missiles and Space
  • Mr Dan Curry, Director, DoD Future Vertical Lift Technologies, Cypress International
  • Mr Itzik Huber, EVP of Strategy and Business Development, UVision
  • Mr Jakob Breiner, TSO Warhead Technology, Munitions Safety Information Analysis Centre, NATO HQ
  • Mr Pascal Secretin, Director of Advanced Solutions & Weapon System Activities, THALES
  • Mr Paul Blackham, Director of Sales, Unmanned Systems, Silvus Technologies
  • Ms Jaehee Sweeney, Chief Business Development Officer, BEI

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Event details
Organizer : SAE Media Group
Event type : Conference
Reference : ASDE-25277