CONFERENCE TOPICS
Policies & Regulations of Operations
•National Air Space Integration
•COA Success Stories – How they did it
•Frequency Deconfliction & Management
Modularity & Interoperability
•Common Architectures
•Payload IntegrationsAutonomy
•Levels of Autonomy
•Autonomy, Navigation, Sense & Avoid
•Multi-Aircraft Control & SwarmingUAS Applications
•Agriculture
•Coastal & Environmental
•Police and SecurityR&D of Future UAS
•Synergistic Materials
•Morphing Structures
•Multi-Aircraft Control & Swarming
•Propulsion via Biofuels & Heavy Fuels
•CyberSecurityFlight Demonstrations
Speakers
John S. Langford
John S. Langford is the President and CEO of Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, which he founded in 1989. Langford is a native of Atlanta, Georgia. He received his Bachelors degree in Aeronautics (1979), Masters in Aeronautics and Defense Policy degrees (1985 & 1983) and Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Public Policy (1987) from MIT. Prior to Aurora, Langford worked for the Institute for Defense Analyses in Alexandria, Virginia. While at MIT, Langford organized and led a series of human-powered aircraft projects, culminating in the Daedalus Project, which in 1988 shattered the world distance anJeff Sloan
Jeff Sloan did his undergraduate work in Geography at the University of Northern Iowa (1981-85) and continued graduate work at the University of Denver (1991-92). He has worked as a cartographer in the Federal Government for 26 years beginning with the Defense Mapping Agency in San Antonio, TX. In 1988, he transferred to the USGS in Denver, Colorado and has continued to work there to the present time. In 2004-05 he completed a one-year detail at the Dept. of Homeland Security Operations Center and the Customs and Border Protection in Washington DC. He is currently working at the USGS - RocMajor General Buff Blount
Major General Buff Blount retired from the Army in Jan 2005, from his position as the Army’s Deputy G-3 (Plans and Operations) in the Pentagon. As the Army’s Deputy G-3, he managed the requirements, budget and training for the Army. This required frequent interaction with Congress as they resourced the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Previously he was the Commanding General, 3d Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Stewart, GA. General Blount gave up command of the 3 ID after bringing them home from Iraq, where they were the lead force for the Army in defeating the Iraqi army
Douglas J. Koupash
Director Koupash currently leads the Mission Support Division of the Office of Air and Marine within U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). In this capacity, he is directly responsible for all aspects of national aircraft and marine vessel acquisition, financial management, human resource management, asset management, maintenance and logistic support, and facilities requirements. He acts as the program executive for all CBP aviation and marine capability investment initiatives. CBP Air and Marine is the largest civilian law enforcement aviation and marine service in the world, with over 2
Oliver J. Myers
Oliver J. Myers is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Mississippi State University. Dr. Myers is a graduate of the University of Maryland Baltimore County for all three degrees of Bachelors, Masters and Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering. Prior to joining MSU, he worked as a Senior Mechanical Engineer at Northrop Grumman Corporation Electronic Systems Division in Baltimore Maryland as an Integrated Product Team Lead and lead engineer on composite material chassis and module designs, micro systems integration, micro-fabrication and manufacturing of electronic
MICHAEL K. BEEBE
MICHAEL K. BEEBE; U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC). Mr. Beebe, is a retired United States Navy, Naval Flight Officer who flew the A-6E Intruder, aircraft carrier-based, all-weather Attack aircraft. He has over 26 years experience in U.S. Department of Defense systems development, acquisition, systems engineering, program management, Science and Technology, and Research and Development. Additionally, Mr. Beebe has over 20 years experience in unmanned systems, and is the
Steve Rehermann
Lieutenant Colonel Steve Rehermann (US Army, Retired) joined SELEX Galileo Inc. in July, 2010, as the Director, Security Assistance Solutions – Interagency. In this position he is responsible for all matters pertaining to the strategy, development, and plans for work with the US Government and other customers to build allied and friendly nation partnership capacity. Steve has more than 20 years of uniformed experience in matters pertaining to the Asia-Pacific, Middle East, and Sub-Saharan Africa. In his last Army assignment, Steve served as the Military Assistant to the Deputy Director, DeGreg Kern
Greg Kern currently serves as the branch chief for airborne ISR collection systems within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Intelligence). He oversees requirements generation, implementation, acquisition and fielding of unmanned systems, payloads and sensors to the Military Departments and Combatant Commanders ensuring integration with existing and future exploitation and dissemination systems. Responsible for the oversight of nearly $5 billion in annual execution of manned and unmanned systems, Mr Kern develops and administers policy for the integration of manned and unmanned systJon Waldrop
Dr. Jon Waldrop is the senior vice president, business development for Stark Aerospace, an IAI North America Company. In this capacity he is responsible for securing new business while maintaining existing relationships in Stark Aerospace’s core competencies of UAS production, electro optical technology, advanced sensors, and adjacent market opportunities. Based in the Washington DC area, Dr. Waldrop also maintains professional and business relationships with US and international government agencies, the Departments of Defense, State, and Commerce, Department of Homeland Security, Border PatroJohn Perry
John Perry is the President of Altavian, Inc., an Unmanned Aircraft Systems company providing high performance solutions for monitoring civil infrastructure and natural resources. Mr. Perry’s technical background is in geospatial technology. He is the lead technical contractor for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Jacksonville District UAS Program. Mr. Perry is a recipient of the prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship and a National Merit Scholar. He has authored numerous papers and presentations related to unmanned aircraft and remote sensing. Previous experie
