Summit Day Two: Wednesday June 30, 2010

7:30 Registration & Coffee

8:00 Army UAS Roadmap

Mr. Timothy Owings
Deputy Project Manager, Army UAS PEO, Redstone
Arsenal, AL

8:45 Keynote: We Can Upgrade It. We Have The Technology. Utility Helicopters: Better, Stronger, Faster

  • Current production of UH-60M Black Hawks / UH-72A Lakotas – fielding’s and modifications
  • Status of currently deployed fleets
  • Status of the UH-60M upgrade
  • Projected path ahead

LTC David P. Bristol, USA
Product Manager
Light Utility Helicopter, Utility Helicopter Project Office

9:30 PM Aviation Systems Mission Overview

  • Organizing for combat
  • PM Focusing on capabilities vs. product
  • Shaping a dynamic multi-functional synergistic organization to react quickly and effectively to new missions

COL Anthony Potts, USA
Project Manager
PM Aviation Systems

10:15 Networking & Refreshment Break

11:30 US Army's Blue Force Tracking-Aviation System And Transition To Joint Battle Command-Platform For Aviation

  • Status and path ahead
  • Challenges of a joint battle command platform
  • Complete situational awareness

Al A. Abejon
Director
FBCB2/BFT Aviation(SFAE-C3T-FB-AV)

12:15 Lunch

1:15 Aircraft Survivability Equipment

  • Infrared countermeasures
  • Radio frequency
  • Countermeasures
  • Laser countermeasures
  • Issues and challenges

LTC Ray Pickering, USA
PM ATIRCM/CMWS

2:00 Army Aviation’s Center Of Excellence For Warfighting Sustainment

  • Providing subject matter expertise in Army aviation maintenance and training
  • Warning systems
  • Electronic countermeasures
  • Identification
  • Future Systems

COL Terence W. Reeves, USA
Commander U.S. Army Aviation Logistics School

2:45 End Of Main Summit