3rd National Congress on Counter-UAS Technology - WEB

Understanding Critically Important DoD/Government & Industry Innovation, Emerging Capabilities, and Acquisition Plans and Programs

3rd National Congress on

COUNTER-UAS TECHNOLOGY May 23–24, 2024

Cooperative Plaza Conference Center Arlington, VA

CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN:

MAJOR GEN (USAF-RET) JAMES POSS CEO ISR Ideas Former Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for ISR, Headquarters U.S. Air Force

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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

JAMES “JT” THOM Acting Executive Director U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Domain Awareness Security Operations (AMO)

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WHY ATTEND American Conference Institute (ACI) is pleased to announce the 3rd Annual National Counter UAS Congress taking place May 23-24 in Washington, DC. This must attend Congress is recognized as the premiere CUAS program designed with an interactive two day program agenda highlighting current Legislative Rules & Emerging Regulations and NATO and Allied Countries CUAS needs and program requirements that are impacting operators of Class I for the micro, mini and small drones, Class II medium-sized, tactical systems, Class III for Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance) and (High-Altitude Long-Endurance) platforms.

Additional program content will encompass the latest and most thorough CUAS necessities and prerequisites plus keynotes and multiple panel discussions that will focus on in depth examinations of DoD & Government, Civil & Commercial CUAS challenges and capabilities. Delegates will experience timely interactive discussions with all presenters as our discussions progress between Legal Plans & Policy and into global events.

Themes include: • Emerging DoD & U.S. Government CUAS Strategies and Opportunities for Industry

• FAA Regulatory Rules to Detect, Mitigate and Counter the Growing sUAS Threat in the NAS and Airports

• Counter UAS: Hard Lessons Learned from Ukraine to Israel

• DHS and Protecting the Infrastructure, Joint Protocols & Interoperability

• Understanding the Growing Threat – National Air Space • Law Enforcement, Civil & Large Commercial Public Situational Requirements, Privacy Needs, Challenges and & Beyond: Detection, Avoidance and Countering Systems Opportunities Capabilities • Latest Breakthroughs & Technological Detection & Mitigation Advancements within DoD & Gov (S&T), Test and Evaluation Sampling of organizations that have supported prior CUAS Congress include: - Federal Bureau of Investigation - U.S. Central Command - Federal Bureau of Prisons - Air Force Materiel Command - Federal Aviation Administration - Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

- U.S. Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office - Boeing - Raytheon - Joint Counter sUAS Office - Plus, many others organization with experts from the Drone Industry, Government, and Military from the Homeland, NATO & Allied Countries

It is my privilege to serve as Congress Chairman again this year and hope you will consider joining us for this unique professional event with quality social, networking, sponsorship and exhibiting opportunities.

I look forward to seeing you there!

Respectfully, Conference Chairman Major General (USAF-ret) James Poss Former Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for ISR, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C CEO, ISR Ideas

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THE CONFERENCE CHAIR MAJOR GEN USAF-RET JAMES POSS CEO ISR Ideas Former Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for ISR, Headquarters U.S. Air Force

KEYNOTES JAMES “JT” THOM Acting Executive Director U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Domain Awareness Security Operations (AMO)

MAJOR GENERAL (UKR-AIR FORCE) BORYS KREMENETSKYI Defense Attache Embassy of Ukraine to the USA

THE HONORABLE DR. DOUGLAS SCHMIDT Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E), Office of the Secretary of Defense OSD/DOT&E

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GOVERNMENT SPEAKERS DR. ROBERT W. SADOWSKI, SES U.S Army Chief Roboticist (Roboticist ST), United States Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Ground Vehicles Systems Center

COLONEL MIKE PARENT, USA Chief, Joint Counter sUAS Office Acquisition and Resource Division

MICAH CAMPBELL Executive Director UAS & Emerging Entrants Security, AXU Security & Hazardous Materials Safety (ASH)

JEREMY KOFSKY Senior Fellow Information Warfare Institute for AI Research Former AI Implementation DoD Fellow, USMC

MAJOR ANDREW DURFEE, USA Assistant Program Manager, PdM Medium Caliber, (PM MAS) Picatinny Arsenal

MATTHEW SMITH Supervisory Special Agent, Program Manager Surveillance and Emerging Technologies Unit (SETU) Federal Bureau of Investigation

JULIAN JAMES ATENCIO U.S. Department of Energy CUAS Program Manager, U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science and Technical Information Los Alamos National Laboratory

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GOVERNMENT SPEAKERS L. SCOTT PARKER Deputy Associate Director, Office of Security Programs, Infrastructure Security Division Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

BRANDON YOUNGBLOOD Group Manager – UAS Security and C-UAS Integration FAA

TRAVIS MORAN Senior Reliability & Security Advisor Federal Energy and Regulatory Commission (FERC)

DJ SMITH Technical Surveillance Agent, Unmanned Aerial Systems Program Coordinator, High Tech Crimes Division Bureau of Criminal Investigations Virginia State Police

SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE National Security Council U.S. Congress

AMBASSADOR LINCOLN BLOOMFIELD JR. Stimson Center Chairman Emeritus Former Assistant Secretary of State, Political Military Affairs Deputy Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense International Security Affairs, U.S. Special Envoy

ANGELISSA SAVINO Attorney, Office of Law & Policy, National Security Division U.S. Department of Justice

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GOVERNMENT SPEAKERS WREN RAY CUAS & Technology Program Manager (Ret-Supervisory Special Agent, Operational Support Unit (STSO) Office of Investigative Technology (ST)) Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)

CARY UNDERWOOD Executive Director Southern Nevada Counter Terrorism Center

CAPTAIN JIM BAMBERGER Branch Chief of Requirements and Analysis Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

TEDDY DAMOUR National Urban Security Technology Laboratory Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate

BEN SCHUBERT Staff Member U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

QUERON THOMPSON Manager, Program Design and Analytics Division UAS & Emerging Entrants Security, FAA

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DOD SPEAKERS COL JOHN WHELAHAN, USA Executive Director of Transformation Combined Joint All Domain C2, {Partner Nations (CJADC2-P) XVlllth Airborne Corps 3rd Infantry Div/10th Mountain Division 82d Airborne Div/101st Airborne Division

COL SCOTT WENCE, USA CDR 2 Brigade Combat Team, 10th MTN Division

COL JOHN WHITEFIELD, USA Lead, CUAS XVIIIth Airborn Corps

DENE FARRELL Chief Data Officer XVIIIth Airborn Corps

GIHAN ORABY Senior Scientific Technical Manager Networked Lethality & Systems Readiness Technical Director Armaments Center U.S. Army DEVCOM

CRAIG RIEDEL Project Manager Tactical Aviation and Ground Munitions (TAGM Project Office) PEO Missiles and Space

COL CHAE GAYLES, USA Acquisition Director ASA (ALT), Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics & Technology)

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UKRAINE SPEAKERS COLONEL PAVLO KHAZAN, PHD. Electronics Support Department, General Directorate of Electronic and Cyber Warfare of the General Staff Armed Forces of Ukraine

KATE MCKENNA Director of Government Relations Ukraine’s Army of Drones/United 24

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ASSOCIATION SPEAKER CAPTAIN WOLFGANG KOCH Aviation Security Chair Airlines Pilots Association (ALPA)

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INDUSTRY SPEAKERS JONATHAN RUPPRECHT, ESQUIRE

Rupprecht Law

LISA ELLMAN Partner, Hogan Lovells Executive Director, Commercial Drone Alliance

SHAWN S. BULLARD Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (FRAeS) Founder, Duetto Group Specialist in Disruptive Technologies – Policy Integration – Future Risk Assessment

JEFFREY STARR Chief Marketing Officer D-Fend Solutions

COLONEL DAWN ZOLDI (USAF-RET) CEO & Founder P3 Tech Consulting

LUKE FOX Founder & CEO, White Fox Defense Vice Chair, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Drone Committee

DR. MARK MAYBURY Vice President, Commercialization, Engineering & Technology Lockheed Martin Special Government Employee in support of the Defense Science Board

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AGENDA DAY ONE MAY 23, 2024 8:15

Opening Remarks and Welcome from Chairman microphone-alt Major Gen USAF-ret James Poss, CEO, ISR Ideas

Former Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for ISR, Headquarters U.S. Air Force

8:30

Presentation: Counter UAS – Hard Lessons Learned from Ukraine to Israel microphone-alt Major Gen USAF-ret James Poss, CEO, ISR Ideas

Former Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for ISR, Headquarters U.S. Air Force

8:45

Special Ukraine CUAS Panel: Countering the sUAS Threat in the Russian War in Ukraine – Lessons Learned microphone-alt MODERATOR: Kate McKenna, Director of Government & International Relations, Ukraine's Army of Drones/United24 Major General (UKR-Air Force) Borys Kremenetskyi, Defense Attache, Embassy of Ukraine to the USA Senior Defense Official, Defense Intelligence of Ukraine Senior Defense Official, Defense Intelligence of Ukraine Colonel Pavlo Khazan, PhD., Electronics Support Department, General Directorate of Electronic and Cyber Warfare of the General Staff, Armed Forces of Ukraine

9:45

Keynote: Countering the Threats – CUAS Advancements in Drug Interdiction at the Border microphone-alt James “JT” Thom, Acting Executive Director, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Domain Awareness Security Operations (AMO) • sUAS Interception & defeat minimizing collateral damage • CUAS Technology Enabling Threat Detection • Surveillance & Countermeasures

10:15

Special Presentation: Army Combat Capabilities Development Command CUAS Robotics Innovation microphone-alt Dr. Robert W. Sadowski, SES, U.S Army Chief Roboticist (Roboticist ST), United States Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, Ground Vehicles Systems Center

10:45

Networking Break

11:15

Special Presentation: JCO Material Development Strategy microphone-alt Colonel Mike Parent, USA, Chief, Joint Counter sUAS Office, Acquisition and Resource Division • The JCO is working alongside the Army Fires Center of Excellence to establish Joint training and doctrine for Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-sUAS) operations • The JCO is leading the development of a C-sUAS University at Fort Sill, Oklahoma • There are currently four training modules on Joint Knowledge Online that include Basic C-sUAS Awareness, System Familiarization, Installation C-sUAS • Activities, and C-sUAS Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures. A fifth module under development will cover Joint C-sUAS Policy • The JCO’s Joint Guide, currently under development, will provide leaders with planning and operational considerations for the C-sUAS mission

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AGENDA DAY ONE MAY 23, 2024 11:45

Panel Session: Preventing Emerging UAS Threats in the United States – Homeland Perspective microphone-alt MODERATOR: Shawn S. Bullard, Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (FRAeS), Founder, Duetto Group Specialist in Disruptive Technologies – Policy Integration – Future Risk Assessment Lucian Sikorskyj, Special Advisor for Transborder Policy, National Security Council, The White House Captain Jim Bamberger, Branch Chief of Requirements and Analysis, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) • TSA’s C-UAS Test Bed Program • Lessons learned and trends from C-UAS testing and observation at and around airport environments • How TSA shares the results of C-UAS testing

Teddy Damour, National Urban Security Technology Laboratory, Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate Ben Schubert, Staff Member, U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Wren Ray, CUAS & Technology Program Manager (Ret-Supervisory Special Agent, Operational Support Unit (STSO), Office of Investigative Technology (ST), Drug Enforcement Administration Cary Underwood, Executive Director, Southern Nevada Counter Terrorism Center • Update on risks to homeland security and public safety posed by UAS threats • Rapid UAS technological development and impact on C-UAS • Key policy developments in Congress and Federal Agencies

1:00

Networking Luncheon Sponsored by

2:00

Keynote: Counter UAS – Emerging Technologies, Testing and Evaluation Update microphone-alt The Honorable Dr. Douglas C. Schmidt, Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E), Office of the Secretary of Defense, OSD/DOT&E

2:30

Panel Discussion: Federal Aviation Administration – National Air Space Plans Emerging Policies microphone-alt Micah Campbell, Executive Director, UAS & Emerging Entrants Security, AXU, Security & Hazardous Materials Safety, Federation Aviation Administration Brandon Youngblood, Group Manager – UAS Security and C-UAS Integration, FAA Captain Wolfgang Koch, Aviation Security Chair, Airline Pilots Association (ALPA) • FAA Efforts for Safely & Security Integrating UAS and Advanced Air Mobility Operations in the US National Air Space • TSA Counter UAS Policy for Air Traffic

3:30

Networking Break

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AGENDA DAY ONE MAY 23, 2024 3:45

Panel Discussion: Counter-UAS Law, Policy and Innovation microphone-alt Jonathan Rupprecht Esquire, Rupprecht Law Lisa Ellman, Partner, Hogan Lovells Executive Director, Commercial Drone Alliance Angelissa Savino, Attorney, Office of Law & Policy, National Security Division, U.S. Department of Justice • Current CUAS Laws and Policies • CUAS Legislative Efforts • Policy and Legal Challenges to CUAS Integration • Commercial Drone Alliance Priorities, Policy & Advocacy` • What existing laws and policies currently impede government and law enforcement from conducting C-UAS efforts?

• How can laws and policies help address counter uncrewed aerial system training, certification, and authorities?

• How can responsible expansion of C-UAS authorities contribute to the broader federal program for safe and secure integration of the UAS into the National airspace?

4:45

Panel Session: Emerging Technologies, Capabilities and Acquisition Needs in Weapons and Munition Based CUAS for UAS Groups 1-3 microphone-alt Craig Riedel, Project Manager, Tactical Aviation and Ground Munitions (TAGM Project Office), PEO Missiles and Space Gihan Oraby, Senior Scientific Technical Manager, Networked Lethality & Systems Readiness Technical Director, Armaments Center, U.S. Army DEVCOM Major Andrew Durfee, (USA), Assistant Program Manager, PdM Medium Caliber, PM MAS, Picatinny Arsenal

5:45

Presentation: Making Dollars & Sense Out of C-UAS microphone-alt Shawn S. Bullard, Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (FRAeS), Founder, Duetto Group Specialist in Disruptive Technologies – Policy Integration – Future Risk Assessment • Funding $: When does 1+2 = 1,000 C-UAS systems?

• Affordability: Expendable, Cheap & Effective – What’s your (PE) Line?

• Industrial Base: Not Ready? Really? – Congress two-step “Catch-Up”

6:15

End of Day One and Evening Cocktail Reception

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AGENDA DAY TWO MAY 24, 2024 8:00

Opening Remarks from Chairman microphone-alt Major Gen USAF-ret James Poss, CEO, ISR Ideas

Former Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for ISR, Headquarters U.S. Air Force

8:15

Presentation: Defense Science Board Study on Counter Autonomy microphone-alt Dr. Mark Maybury, Vice President, Commercialization, Engineering & Technology, Lockheed Martin, Special Government Employee in support of the Defense Science Board

8:45

Panel Session: Next Generation C-UAS – Special Considerations and Advanced Topics from Real-Life Scenarios microphone-alt Jeffrey Starr, Chief Marketing Officer, D-Fend Solutions Ambassador Lincoln Bloomfield Jr., Stimson Center Chairman Emeritus, Former Assistant Secretary of State, Political Military Affairs, Deputy Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, International Security Affairs, US Special Envoy Colonel Dawn Zoldi (USAF-ret), CEO & Founder, P3 Tech Consulting

9:45

Panel Session: CUAS A.I. Emerging Capabilities – Formulating UAS AI integration and Enhancing Protection Strategies with Random flight Algorithms microphone-alt Julian James Atencio, CUAS Program Manager, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science and Technical Information, Los Alamos National Laboratory Jeremy Kofsky, Senior Fellow, Information Warfare Institute for AI Research, Former AI Implementation DoD Fellow, USMC Luke Fox, F ounder & CEO, W hite Fox Defense, Vice Chair, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Drone Committee • AI-driven Detection and Classification Systems • Autonomous Interception Solutions • Drones to protect, collect data in anticipation of inevitable AI integration • Drones to deter potential threats based on repetitive, random, autonomous flights

10:45

Networking Break

11:00

Panel Discussion: CUAS Policy for State, Local, and Commercial Entities microphone-alt DJ Smith, Technical Surveillance Agent, Unmanned Aerial Systems Program Coordinator, High Tech Crimes Division, Bureau of Criminal Investigations, Virginia State Police Matthew Smith, Supervisory Special Agent, Program Manager, Surveillance and Emerging Technologies Unit (SETU), Federal Bureau of Investigation • Current CUAS Laws and Policies • Expand Existing Preventing Emerging Threats Act • Needs & Requirements for Drone Disruption by Unauthorized Drones • Governmental Drone Detection and Mitigation Services to law Enforcement at State and Local Levels

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AGENDA DAY TWO MAY 24, 2024 12:00

Presentation: Counter sUAS Technologies for Protecting Critical Infrastructure microphone-alt L. Scott Parker, Deputy Associate Director, Office of Security Programs, Infrastructure Security Division, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) • Monitor and Assess Critical Infrastructure • Countering Weaponized Threats • Prohibited Surveillance and Reconnaissance • Challenges to Intentional Disruption or Harassment

12:30

Networking Luncheon

1:30

Panel Session: XVlllth Airborne Corps Innovation and Technology: Counter Adversarial Tactical sUAS Threats microphone-alt Col John Whelahan, USA, Executive Director of Transformation, Combined Joint All Domain C2, Partner Nations (CJADC2-P), XVlllth Airborne Corps 3rd Infantry Div/10th Mountain Division, 82d Airborne Div/ 101st Airborne Division COL Scott Wence, USA, CDR 2 Brigade Combat Team, 10th MTN Division Dene Farrell, Chief Data Officer, XVIIIth ABN Corps

2:30

Presentation: The Problem of CUAS for Critical Energy Facilities microphone-alt Travis Moran, Senior Reliability & Security Advisor, Federal Energy and Regulatory Commission (FERC) • A historical problem set education regarding critical infrastructure » The slow recognition » Nuclear vs. traditional generation • A discussion of the realities of protecting critical infrastructure from aerial threats • The realities of regulation » What regulation can and cannot do to protect critical infrastructure • What are the best protection strategies? » Legal problems » Tactical problems » Intelligence

3:00

Ajournment and Closing Remarks Thank you for allowing me to be a part of a great and extremely informing conference.

You definitely put together one of the best conferences this year with the right blend of industry, SME’s, and end users that allowed for some amazing conversations.

—Technical Surveillance Agent, Virgina State Police

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