Speakers
Chair Person

Bryan Scurry
SES, Former Executive Director, Commander Naval Air Forces, U.S. Pacific FleetKeynote Speakers

Christopher Collins, SES
Executive Director, Developmental Test Eval, and Assessment Office of the Undersecretary of Defense Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E))
Rear Admiral Stephen Tedford
USN, Program Executive Officer Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons
CAPT Shea S. Thompson
USN, Commodore Surface Development Squadron ONE (CSDS 1)DoD & Government Speakers

LTC Jeff Bess, USA
Product Manager, TUAS (Shadow and FTUAS) Program Executive Office, Aviation
Rebecca Boxerman
ONR Global Science Advisor, ONRG, Science Advisor to Commander Naval Surface Forces
Gerald James “Jay” Cavalieri
SoCal Tech Bridge (NavalX) Co-Chair NUWC Division, Keyport
Neil Cribb
Human Machine Integration (FDH) Division Chief, GS-15, G-8 U.S. Army
Doug Haskin
Product Manager, Aerial Enhanced Radars, Optics, and Sensors (AEROS) Program Executive Office Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors (PEO IEW&S)
CAPT Scott Hattaway, USN
Director, Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) Mine Countermeasures Technical Division (MCMTD)
Brian Keith
Protective Security Advisor US Department of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity, and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
LtCol Nicholas Law, USMC
Commanding Officer Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 3 (VMU-3)
Colonel (USAF-ret) Stephen “Lux” Luxion
Executive Director ASSURE FAA UAS CoE
CAPT Dennis Monagle, USN
Program Manager Multi-Mission Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems NAVAIR
Graham Plaster
Director NautilusA DEFENSEWERX Partnership with NavalX

Dr. Gregory Power
Program Manager, Senior Research Engineer HQ, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
Dr. Robert Sadowski
SES U.S. Army Chief Roboticist
Shivanjli Sharma
ATM-X Deputy Project Manager NASA Ames Research Center
Scott Shyne
Chief of the Information Warfare Division Air Force Research Laboratory
Mark B. Thompson
Office of Research and Technology Applications (ORTA) Manager Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center
Mr. Sean Tynan
Product Manager, EUAS (Gray Eagle) Program Executive Office, Aviation
Lt Col Bradford “CRUSH” Wade
USAF, Director of Operations 17th Attack Squadron, 732d Operations Group, 432d Wing, Creech AFB, NV
Dr. Steven Wills
Navalist Center for Maritime Strategy at the Navy League of the United States
David Zahn
NASA Ames Research Pilot and Principal Investigator NASA Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign (
Alex Zimmer
Underwater EOD AI/ML Program Lead Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific (NIWC)
Senior Representative
San Diego UAS Working Group FBIIndustry & Academia

Andrew Carter
Senior Director, Strategy Anduril Industries
Andrew Capodieci
Director of Robotics Neya Systems
Ray Chaney
San Diego Chapter Board member Gary Sinise Foundation
Dr. Maia Cook
Director, Human-Autonomy Integration & Chief Scientist Pacific Science & Engineering
Dr. Nick Ernest
Chief AI Architect Thales USA
Lt Col (USA-ret) Jerry L. Frazier, Jr.
Managing Partner & Director,Integrated Air and Missile Systems Amalgam Defense Solutions, LLC

CAPT Jeffrey Hoyle (USN-ret)
Vice President, Maritime Elbit Systems of America
Ted Maciuba
Former Deputy Director US Army Robotics Requirements U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence
James McPherson
Program Manager General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
Dr. Sophia Merrifield
Research Marine Physicist & Engineer, Marine Physical Laboratory UC San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Adam Outlaw
Senor Program Manager, Maritime Undersea Boeing Maritime & Intelligence Systems
Lichen “Scuba” Pursley
Director, USAF Programs (StratDev) General Atomic Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
Jim Ryan
Senior Director, Global Military Sales Air Domain Systems Textron
John “Streak” Scudi
MQ-25, Director Boeing Defense, Space & Security
Gad Shaanan
CEO and Founder UNMANNED-AEROSPACE
Dr. Eric Terrill
Director, Marine Physical Laboratory UC San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography