7:45 Chairperson’s Welcome & Opening Remarks

8:00Morning Keynote Extending Aviation Capabilities Beyond The 2020 Timeframe

Morning Keynote

• Revitalizing Army Aviation to meet current/future needs
• Increasing aircraft survivability and sustainability
• Accelerating UAV programs/systems
• Modernizing and procuring aircraft

COL Randy Rotte, USA
Deputy Director,
Aviation Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7

8:45 Meeting The Unique Needs Of The Army Special Operations Forces

• Requirements for current and future programs
• Next generation applications for psy-ops
• Leveraging existing systems to manage costs while catering to warfighter needs

Colonel Steve Mathias
US Army, Special Operations Command
(Representing: BG Raymond Palumbo, USA, Deputy Commanding General, US Army Special Operations Command)

9:30 Army National Guard Aviation

• Combat operations alongside the active Army
• Civil support operations in and away from CONUS
• Dual use of aircraft for combat and domestic operations
• Mission Equipment Packages (MEP) to support civil support operations

Colonel Garrett Jensen
Army National Guard Aviation Officer

10:45 A 160T Hummingbird Highlight: VTOLS: Challenges And Current R&D Efforts

• Mission scenarios/potential payloads
• Payload volume & power available
• System maturity and operational utility improvements

COL Christopher Miller, USA
PEO-Rotary Wing
Special Operations Research Development and Acquisitions Center USSOCOM

11:30 Staying Ahead Of The Enemy – Challenges Of Aircraft Survivability

• RPG solution
• Protection from future threats
• Solutions at an appropriate TRL >6+
• Integration into existing systems

COL Bill Morris, USA
Deputy Director
Army Aviation, G3/5/7

1:15 Manned/Unmanned Common Architecture Program (MCAP) Development And Network Centric Flight Tests

• MCAP overview
• Expected improvements over currently fielded mission processing architectures
• Mission equipment integration approach
• Network centric experimentation: results and future activities

Dale Johnson
Deputy Director Systems Integration
Aviation Applied Technology Directorate, US Army

2:00 Airborne, Maritime/Fixed Station Joint Tactical Radio System

• Adapting more quickly to a dynamic environment
• Enhancing the quality of information and shared situational awareness
• Dramatically increasing mission effectiveness

COL Ray Jones, USA
Program Manager
AMF JTRS

3:00 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Center Of Excellence

• UAS payloads
• UAS human element
• UAS control element
• UAS common architecture
• UAS life cycle logistics

Glenn Rizzi
Deputy Director
Army Unmanned Aircraft Systems Center of Excellence

3:45 End Of Day One