Co-Chairs

Lieutenant General (USMC-ret) Steven R. Rudder

Former Deputy Commandant for Aviation, USMC, Former Commanding General, United States Marine Corps Forces, Pacific

Professor Kenneth “Mike” Canada, (USN-ret)

Program Chair, Associate Professor Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Keynotes

Vice Admiral James E. Pitts, USN

Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Warfighting Requirements and Capabilities, N9 Office of the Chief of Naval Operations

Kevin “Astro” Murray, SES

Chief Technology Officer, Deputy Commandant Information (DC I) HQ, U.S. Marine Corps (HQMC)

John Vona, SES, DAF

Director
Operational Requirements
DCS, Strategy, Design and Requirements
AF/A5/7D

Cordell DeLaPena

Program Executive Officer
Military Communications, Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Directorate
Space Systems Command, Los Angeles Air Force Base, U.S. Space Force

DoD/Government

Captain Dennis “Fester” Monagle, USN

Program Manager Multi-Mission Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems PMA-266

Col Pavlo Khazan

Deputy Head of the Electronic Support Department
General Directorate of Electronic and Cyber Warfare of the General Staff
Armed Forces of Ukraine

Jason Schroeder

Chief Technology Officer, Special Operations Command Central (SOCCENT) U.S. Special Operations Command

Captain (USN-ret) Ted Venable

CNT/UAS Program Manager (COMUSNAVSO/C4F) U.S. Fourth Fleet Counter Illicit Trafficking

Lt Col Bradford Crush” Wade, USAF

Commander, 556 Test and Evaluation Squadron Creech AFB, NV

Mr. Elias Rigas

Chief
Vehicle Applied Research Branch
DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory
Army Research Directorate

LTC Michael “Brab’s” Brabner, USA

Robotics Requirements Division
Air Branch Chief
Maneuver Capabilities Development & Integration Directorate
Army Futures Command

Major General Amikam Norkin

Distinguished Fellow Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA)
Israeli Air Force Commander General (res)

Colin Ross

Attorney Advisor
Office of Law & Policy
National Security Division
U.S. Department of Justice

Brian Keith

Protective Security Advisor
US. Department of Homeland Security
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

CDR Jeremiah Daley, USN

Military Director PACFLT N9WAR

Thomas Jones

ONR Global Science Advisor to Commander, Naval Air Forces Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific

Tracy Conroy

Experimentation Director Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific

CDR Brant “Bucket” Brockett, (USN-ret)

Flight Experimentation Director Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific

Brad “Ler” Poeltler

Lead Navy Undersea Warfare Development Center

Tommy Baril

Assistant Director
Strategic Warfare and Intelligence
Defense Capabilities and Management team
U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Laura San Filippo

Autonomy and Artificial Intelligence Test and Evaluation Lead
NSWCDD UAS Aircraft Reporting Custodian
Uncrewed Systems Safety Director
Test and Evaluation Division

Congressman Scott Peters

California 50th District Co-Chair of the Special Operations Forces (SOF) Caucus

CDR Dave Couchman, SC, USN

Tactical Team Lead OPNAV Disruptive Capabilities Office (N09 DCO)

Industry/Association

Tom Adams

Director of Public Safety DroneShield Former FBI Counter-UAS Program Manager

Dr. Mark Maybury

Vice President
Commercialization, Engineering & Technology
Lockheed Martin

Bryan Scurry

Navy- NAVWAR – NAVAIR
Account Manager
Leidos

Brandon Youngblood

Principal Drone Security Services Former FAA Group Manager, UAS Security and CUAS Integration
(AJR-26) Air Traffic Organization

Neil Zerbe

CEO Aerospace and Defense Industry Partners

John “Streak” Scudi

Acting Advanced Capabilities PM
MQ-25 Development
Boeing Defense, Space & Security

Joe Valenzuela

Senior Vice President Kratos Defense and Security Solutions

Dr. Miriam Marwick

Senior Vice President
Emerging Technologies
Palantir

Mike Powell

Executive Director
CUAS
iCR

Mike Atwood

Vice President of Advanced Programs General Atomic Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

Danny Rajan

U.S. General Manager D-Fend Solutions