4 th DoD Unmanned Systems* Summit

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1 Defense Strategies Institute cordially invites you to an educational and training Summit: 4 th DoD Unmanned Systems* Summit Expanding capabilities of unmanned systems for the future fight ARRIVAL AGENDA & ONSITE LOGISTICS March 29-30, 2016 Mary M. Gates Learning Center, Alexandria, VA * The phrase "unmanned systems" is used to collectively refer to all robotic systems that may be remotely piloted or contain a level of autonomous tasking, and operate on land, sea, air and space domains

2 The Summit will take place at the Mary M. Gates Learning Center/ United Way Lobby Level: 701 N. Fairfax Rd. Alexandria, VA, corner of Madison St, one block from Potomac river PARKING: There is NO parking at the Center (there is a small lot but this is reserved for our speakers only.) Parking is available on the street (some spots limited to 2 hours) and two walking blocks from the Center, same side of street. at: LOCATION: 1. Crowne Plaza Hotel : 901 North Fairfax Rd. Ground Floor. Up to $20 per day. Go to the Lobby in the front desk and ask for a day parking ticket for the outdoor lot: there is also an underground parking lot, and an automatic ticket machine. METRO: King Street Station. You can then take a free trolley from the metro that will take you eastbound on King Street. When you hit Union street, you can then walk north about 6 blocks to North Fairfax. The Center is another 2 blocks. Link to the trolley: Braddock Road Station: Walk roughly 10 blocks east on Madison until you hit North Fairfax- The Learning Center will be one block away.(about a min walk) Upon arrival, please go to the registration desk, Lobby Level, directly to the right when entering. ARRIVAL LOGISTICS: Please sign in: when signing in, there is a notation as to whether you want your name/organization and ONLY share with attendees. DSI does not automatically share your information with anyone. This shared list will be posted onto the FTP site that will include approved presentation postings as well. PRESS As a reminder: THERE IS NO PRESS and NO RECORDINGS allowed, and all conversations are NON-attribution unless STATED otherwise. WIFI /business center We will provide you with complimentary WIFI. There is also a complimentary business center area with access to phones, computers, and printers. ONSITE POCs from DSI Your main POC is Ms. Monica Mckenzie, Senior Partner, DSI Cell phone: mckenzie@dsigroup.org Secondary POC: Mr. Thomas Engelman, Senior Partner, DSI Cell Phone: tengelman@dsigroup.org DRESS CODE: Please abide by our dress code Military: Duty Uniform of the Day Civilian: Business Dress

3 Sub-topics subject to slight edits by speakers SUMMIT DAY 1 : Tuesday, March 29, :30 8:30 Welcome networking breakfast and registration 8:30 8:45 Opening Welcome and discussion A Futures Perspective on Unmanned Systems and Operational Capabilities for the Military 8:45-9:25 A Future Concept and Strategy for Unmanned, Robotic and Autonomous Systems - Overview of RAS strategy: Moving from the current operational state to the future state - Integrating unmanned systems and robotics throughout the force: How the Army CoP is viewing the Solider as a system-of-systems through enhancing autonomy-enabled and robotic systems to be a member of the unit - Perspective towards how will unmanned / RAS adversary systems affect our own tactical operations and use of such systems in the near future? MG Robert Dyess, USA, Deputy Director, Army Capabilities Integration Center, TRADOC (confirmed) 9:25 10:10 Expanding Capabilities of Unmanned Systems for the Future Expeditionary Force - Brief overview of current research, development and testing areas of unmanned systems at NSWC - Current initiatives with improving cooperative control, tasking, and execution in an expeditionary, multiagent system - Current challenges with incorporating autonomous capabilities into operational concepts RDML Lorin Selby, USN, Commander, Naval Surface Warfare Center, NAVSEA (confirmed) 10:10-10:50 Battlespace Networking and Future Implications for the Unmanned ISR Community - Turning big data into a big picture Fusion Warfare : integrating the data that flows in from various sources of ISR and combining it in a coherent, real time picture for analysts, commanders, and operators: How will this affect the unmanned ISR platforms of today and the future? - Providing flexible and resilient networking in environments from permissive to highly contested: What will be the technical capabilities needed from unmanned ISR platforms of today and the future - Perspective towards areas of improvement for automating exploitation to support higher quality and production o finished intelligence Mr. Jeffrey Eggers, SES, CTO, DCS ISR, AF/A2 (confirmed) 10:45-11:15 Networking Break 11:15 11:55 Expanding Capabilities and Accelerating Innovation for the Future Fight with Unmanned Systems - Moving from the current operational state to the future state: Perspective towards the potential future state of unmanned systems to help leverage the capabilities of our ships, submarines and aircraft - Understanding how N99 works to accelerate the development of unmanned prototypes : Expectations and process for a two-year development cycle, and the cultural change needed to ensure effectiveness. What industry needs to know - Tailoring existing policies and requirements to support processes for unmanned systems : How N99 will improve the ability to develop new operational concepts that incorporate unmanned technologies into warfighting capabilities RADM Robert Girrier, USN, Director, N99 Unmanned Weapons Systems Directorate, OPNAV (confirmed) 11:55 12:35 Unmanned Air Systems Technology to Change Future Air Operations and Acquisition - Extending capability through teaming of manned and unmanned air assets - Control and automation of robust, heterogeneous teams of UAVs - Pursuit of a new class of limited life, risk-accepting platforms - Engineering for rapid technology insertion and fleet refresh Dr. Reid Melville, UAV Strategy Lead, AFRL (confirmed) 12:35 1:30 Networking Lunch 1:30 2:10 Near Term Unmanned and Robotic Capabilities for the Army - Understanding CS&CSS s approach to acquisition: focusing on the capability needed, rather than the approach - Viewpoint towards the opportunities and challenges for the Army with open architectures interchangeable components and common, publicly defined interfaces between individual subsystems. - Update on current acquisition initiatives and emerging requirements (including universal controller concept) - Viewpoint towards varying levels of autonomy for future systems. What s needed and what s not and how will the new RAS strategy help define the acquisition landscape Mr. Bryan McVeigh, PM, Force Projection, PEO CS&CSS (confirmed)

4 2:10 2:50 Safety Certification and Security Trends in Next Gen Open Architecture John Breitenbach, Field Applications Engineer, RTI 2:50 3:20 Networking Break Autonomy Focus 3:20 4:00 The Role of the U.S. in Shaping International Humanitarian Law on Autonomous Weapon Systems - Alignment with Policy and Operating Concepts - Current debate of autonomous weapons systems policy, law and technology understanding - why now and what to expect - What the U.S. brings to the table to inform the community of nations from its broad research and operational experience - Necessity for a common framework to understand autonomous system enabling technologies and weapon review mechanisms -The Future Relationship Between Industry, the T&E community and the Operator Dr. Brian Hall, JRAST, Joint Staff, J-8 Force Application Division (confirmed) 4:00-4:40 Autonomy Requirements at OPNAV -Update on autonomous planning and optimization, decision making, perception, navigation, and control priorities - Current key limiting factors of autonomous systems and what it will take to overcome them - What industry needs to know towards near term future requirements to meet the Navy s mission critical need with unmanned systems Mr. Steve Olson, Unmanned Systems Autonomy Lead, OPNAV N99 (confirmed) 4:45 End of Day 1 SUMMIT DAY 2: Wednesday March 30, :00-8:50 8:50 9:00 Networking breakfast Opening remarks and recap of Day 1 themes and discussion points 9:00-9:40 Research in Autonomy and Multi- Agent Systems - Understanding the levels of autonomy needed for swarming and "drone-versus-drone combat": current research and technical challenges with varying degrees of autonomy - Update on rapid launch capabilities in an expeditionary environment - Perspective towards opportunities for future integration of multi-agent unmanned systems into an expeditionary force Dr. Lawrence Schuette, SES, Director of Research, ONR (confirmed) 9:40 10:20 The Role of Unmanned Systems in Future Force Development for supporting Expeditionary Force 21 - Current priorities with existing systems and concepts of operations, and moving them towards a warfighting capability to counter predicted threats in an increasingly complex and uncertain environment - Current challenges with incorporating autonomous capabilities into operational concepts - Moving from the current operational state to the future state: perspective towards the potential future state of unmanned systems in an expeditionary environment BGen Julian D. Alford, USMC, Commander MCWL/ Futures Directorate, and Vice Chief of Naval Research, ONR(confirmed)( Col James Jenkins, USMC, Director, S&T, MCWL may present in lieu of BGen Alford) 10:20-10:50 Networking Break 10:50-11:20 Post Strategic Defense & Security Review (SDSR) Analysis and the Future of Unmanned Air Systems for UK MOD -(in addition, brief mention of lessons learned from recent integration of military and civilian unmanned air systems into civilian airspace) Air Commodore S D Ellard, Head of Unmanned Air Systems, Defence Equipment & Support Organisation, RAF, UK MoD; (confirmed) 11:20-12:00 Integration of UAS into the NAS: What the DoD UAS community needs to know - Current Inter-agency efforts : including initiatives to partner with DHS towards UAS detection and mitigation, NASA, Dept of Interior, DOJ and DoD - Thoughts towards how the DoD and FAA can better manage UAS integration and what do DoD industry platform providers need to know from a requirements (technical - i.e sense and avoid) perspective MajGen(ret) Marke Hoot Gibson, UAS Integration Senior Advisor, FAA (confirmed) Continued on next page.

5 12:00-12:45 Networking Lunch 12:45-1:20 Ensuring the Air Sovereignty and Air Defense of CONUS : the role of UASs - Current and near term future utilization of UAS in National Air Space defense: challenges and opportunities - EW and cyber considerations for UAS platforms: understanding the "counter- UAS" perspective Mr. Thomas Baker, Director, UAS and Counter UAS Initiatives,1st Air Force (CONR - AFNORTH) (confirmed) 1:20 2:00 NGA's Role in Unmanned Systems -As the functional manager for GEOINT, NGA has the responsibility for setting GEOINT data standards. These standards allow airborne GEOINT data to be received, stored, delivered, processed and exploited by the National System for Geospatial-Intelligence (NSG) and the Allied System for Geospatial-Intelligence. LtCol Michael Fitzpatrick, USAF, Chief, Airborne Integration Division, NGA (confirmed) 2:15pm End of Summit Sub-Topics subject to slight edits by speakers OPERATING GUIDANCE FOR MILITARY AND GOVERNMENT ATTENDEES: DSI's Unmanned Systems Summit is open and complimentary to all U.S. DoD and Federal employees and is considered a compliant education and training forum