1. presents a training conferenceGet the latest information oncurrent and future plans from theUS Air Force, Navy and Army!See p. 4 for details UAVTMAchieving MaximumUnmanned Capabilities Summit April 26 - 28, 2010Washington, DC Metro Area Lead the way with revolutionary Unmanned Aerial Vehicle initiatives by attending sessions on: AFRL research currently underway Unmanned Aircraft System payloads UAV acquisition and certification opportunities Developments toward greater UAV autonomous controls DoD visions for the UAVs of the future Meet key decision-makers and hear from a distinguished speaker faculty that includes: Lieutenant General David Deptula, USAF,Captain Mike Carsley, USN, Section Head, Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance US Navy UAS Requirements and Reconnaissance, Headquarters, U.S. Air ForceCaptain Paul Stewart, USN, Commander, John Stanton, SES, Executive Director, National AirUS Naval Research Laboratory Security Operations, Customs and Border Protection,Colonel Jessie O. Farrington, USA, Assistant Department of Homeland SecurityG-3 for Operations and Aviation, U.S. Army Colonel Eric Mathewson, USAF, Director, UASForces Command Task Force, US Air ForceMedia Partners: Register online at www.uavevent.com or call us at 1-800-882-8684

2. Who you will meet:UAV Summit At IDGAs UAV Summit you will haveTM the unique opportunity to interact and network with representatives from military and government agencies, manufacturers/contractors, technology/service providers, and academia. Attendees will include: Achieving Maximum Unmanned Capabilities Program Managers April 26 - 28, 2010 Washington, DC Metro Area Project Managers Directors Branch Heads Project Leads CommandersDeployed US Forces in places such Scientists and Engineers as Iraq and Afghanistan demand thebe greater use of unmanned veh re icles wherever possible. Previously,contracts in the millions of dollarsUAV were big news; now these awardsthe billions of dollars. In addition are into procurement, research funding forunmanned aerial vehicles could exce ed $20 billion through 2018.About IDGA Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) prov ide the intelligence, armament and sensors which could dramatically decThe Institute forrease the number of casualties. The role of UAVs is expanding, andDefense & their unlimited role on the futu battlefield is inevitable. Rapid tech reGovernment nological advances promise to Advancement (IDGA) is a non- radically alter the realm of possibilities for unmanned aerial warfare and partisan information-based next-generation models. There is a need to discuss developments in organization dedicated to thepropulsion, Artificial Intelligence, mul promotion of innovative ideas inti-spectral sensors, and energy use. public service and defense throughIDGAs UAV Summit will deliver a live conferences and events. Wecomprehensive overview of thesfocus areas, requirements, emerginebring together speaker panels and g policies, programs, methods and events comprised of military andtechnologies that are accurate and responsive to mission managers and government professionals whilecommanders needs. attracting delegates with decision- making power from military,This conference will probe intogovernment, and defensethe following key topics: The latest updindustries. ates on UAV program developments and requirements Communicationsand frequency issues In addition to our live events, IDGA National air spacalso offers an online community e challenges And so muchdedicated to providing defense more! industry professionals with breaking news, businessDo not delay! Get updates on the opportunities, introductions, latest UAV initiatives podcasts, webinars, andregister today! See page 4 for details!presentations from key industry leaders. Members of our online community are able to extend their live event experience and interact with the defense industry by Heres what past attendees are saying about IDGA events:leveraging the opportunity to network, share ideas, best practices, and business solutions. I enjoyed the conference very much. I obtained a lot of useful For more information, please visit information and met some very interesting and hopefully, good www.idga.org. contacts. - Dr. Richard M. Kolocinski, Director of Advanced Controls, Orbital Research Inc. Join IDGA's UAV Terrific! Well done, no snafus.well-organized and well-planned.(Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) -Principal Member of the Technical Staff, Sandia National LaboratoryGroup!2 Register Now! www.UAVevent.com 3. UA TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOP DAVY UA TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOP DAY Monday, April 26, 2010Sign up for this in-depth and interactive workshop day examining the latest technologies that enhance UAV autonomy and persistence. 7:30am Registration & Coffee8:00am-9:30amLeverage capabilities of a team of vehicles!Autonomous Path PlanningUnmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have shown promise in recent years for What will be covered:autonomous sensing. UAV systems have been proposed for a wide range of Real-Time task allocation algorithm that assigns assets to tasksapplications, such as mapping, surveillance, search and tracking operations. The A mission definition language for multiple UAVsrecent availability of low-cost UAVs suggests the use of teams of vehicles to Distributive data fusion for cooperative search missions perform sensing tasks. To leverage the capabilities of a team of vehicles, efficient Multiple UAV experiments methods of decentralized sensing and cooperative path planning are necessary. TheSession Leader: J. Karl Hedrick, James Marshall Wells Professor ofdiscussion will examine practical control strategies for a team of fixed-wing vehicles Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, Director,performing cooperative sensing in order to develop decentralized, autonomous Berkeleys Vehicle Dynamics Laboratory, Principal Investigator, Center forcontrol strategies that can account for a wide variety of sensing missions.the Collaborative Control of Unmanned Vehicles9:35am-11:05am Gain insight into best practices in a UAS environment!Research Directions and Best Practices for UAS in the National Airspace SystemThe NSF/AUVSI/FAA/DHS Workshop on Unmanned Aircraft Systems Research (autonomy, computer vision, human-robot interaction, multi-robot systems,Directions for National Air Space was held in June 2008. An outcome of thisnetworks, security, and simulation and training)workshop was the establishment of the 15-member FAA Research Advisory Group, A translation of needs into basic research objectives for academic research, andco-chaired by Professor Robin Murphy (Texas A&M Univ.) and Brian Argrow, and annew mechanisms to facilitate timely academic research, especially for small UAS.Executive Committee with members from NSF, AUVSI, FAA, and DHS. The mission of Synthesis of experiences into practitioner-based guidelines for safe UAS operationsthe Group is to advise the FAA Unmanned Aircraft Program Office on research resultswhich can be incorporated into certificates of authorization or waiver (CoAs) andand directions affecting the safe operation of UAS in the National Airspace System future regulations, to ease entry for new UAS users and researchers, create safer(NAS). This workshop will discuss this Groups expertise as a mix of traditional systems, and lead to more expeditious, confident processing of CoAs.aerospace disciplines and non-traditional disciplines related to unmanned systems. Session Leader: Dr. Brian Argrow, Alfred and Betty Look Professor,What will be covered:Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Director, Research and Engineering New basic research directions for UAS in non-traditional areas of research Center for Unmanned Vehicles, University of Colorado, Boulder11:10am-12:40pm Understand the most effective way to use UAV sensor technology!Achieving Robust Tactical Seeability through Integrated Sensor GuidanceThe development of sensor payload technologies has outpaced the ability to What Will be covered:manage these new capabilities in a way that does not place undue burden on the Operationally relevant definitions of quality of sensing delivered by optical human operator. Given a set of operational requirements, environmental factors,sensor packages carried onboard Tier I and Tier II UAVsand an available sensing platform, significant uncertainty can exist on how best to Advanced techniques for planning and correcting the trajectory and position, orient, and electronically configure imaging payloads over time in a configuration of airborne sensors to improve the quality of optical sensingmanner that maximizes the tactical utility of the video and metadata streams delivered to human operators and automated exploitation systemsdelivered to an operator. Methods for robustly fusing video streams with geospatial and navigationalinformation to achieve unique capabilities for real-time overlay of mapThis workshop will cover the challenging nature of this problem and introduce an features on imagery and dynamic markup of optically observed scenesapproach for obtaining robust solutions across a spectrum of operational andenvironmental conditions. Capabilities at the platform, sensor, and ground station Session Leader: Dr. Stephen Pledgie, Director of Advanced Autonomy &levels will be discussed as will advanced techniques for automatically assessing the Applied Cybernetics, Mosaic ATMTactical Seeability of terrain regions that have been viewed by one or moreimaging sensors. Testbed activities supporting advanced research & developmentin this area will be summarized and future directions in sensing-intelligent UAV-based RSTA will be presented.12:40pm-1:40pmLunch1:40pm-3:10pm Identify high-level tasking of UAV teams Cooperative Delivery Using Teams of UAS This session will discuss recently developed technologies in support of a mission Vision-based target tracking thread consisting of autonomous search, acquisition, tracking, and effects delivery. Video enhancement for user context-awareness The technologies are focused on allowing a single operator to effectively task the User interface for control of multi-agent teams team of UAVs to accomplish this mission thread while maintaining persistence-of- Terminal guidance of UAS for effects delivery vision on target. Cooperative timing algorithms for sequential arrival at target What you will be covered: Session Leader: Blake Barber, Senior Controls Engineer, Procerus Probabilistic searchTechnologies3:15pm-4:45pm Gain insight into UAV communication technology!Development of Conformal Paint-On Antenna Materials Technology and ExperimentalInvestigations for UAV Applications VThis presentation discusses the development of conformal paint-on antennas and Differences between paint-on antenna technology over conventional antennaseveral experimental demonstrations of the technology such as a phased array technologyantenna on a composite wing section model of the Air Force Sensorcraft profile; UAV Application of paint-on technology for airshipsGPS/Iridium Satellite design, ballistic helmet, and a high altitude airship flight test.What will be covered:Session Leader: Mr. Thomas Campbell, IEEE Fellow, Program Manager Application of novel paint-on antenna technology for UAVs(Advance Programs), Applied EM Inc 3 Register Now! www.UAVevent.com 4. MAIN SUMMIT DAY 1MAIN SUMMIT DAY 2Tuesday, April 27, 2010Wednesday, April 28, 20107:00Registration & Coffee7:30Registration & Coffee8:00Chairpersons Welcome & Opening Remarks8:00Chairpersons Welcome & Opening Remarks8:15Remotely Piloted Aircraft: Charting a Way Ahead KEYNOTE Concept to capability at an operational pace 8:15Engineering UAVs for Airworthiness: Past, Present and Joint solutions for the future FutureLieutenant General David A. Deptula, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff What is UAV airworthiness: USN perspectivefor Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Headquarters U.S. UAV acquisition and certificationAir Force What we need from our contractors8:55Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in a Homeland Environment Captain Stephen C. Rorke, US Navy, Military Director, Air Current homeland S&T initiatives Vehicle Engineering Department, Naval Air Systems Command KEYNOTE Future integration into operations Benefits and challenges for using UAVs in a homeland environment 8:55Navy UAS VisionJohn Stanton, SES, Executive Director, National Air Security Impact on maritime awarenessOperations, Customs and Border Protection, Department of Current and future requirements Challenges and obstaclesHomeland Security Vision moving forward9:35Networking Break Captain Mike Carsley, USN, Section Head, US Navy UAS10:20 Air Force Roadmap for UAVs RequirementsJoint development for a family of vehiclesAnticipated challenges9:35Unmanned Aircraft Systems in Current and FutureFuture flight plan and requirements OperationsColonel Eric Mathewson, USAF, Director, Air Force UAS Task Force Manned and unmanned teaming Current fight tactics, techniques and procedures10:55 MQ-X Update: Examining Current Capabilities Future army concepts & organization ACC's next generation UAS, projecting 2022 IOC Targeting analysis of alternatives beginning early CY10Colonel Jessie O. Farrington, USA, Assistant G-3 for Payload modularity/flexibility, enhanced speed, ability to integrate withOperations and Aviation, U.S. Army Forces Commandcivil air traffic (file and fly) Enhanced ability to fly in contested airspace10:15 Networking BreakColonel Bruce Emig, USAF, Chief, Irregular Warfare Division,Headquarters Air Combat Command (ACC/A8Q)11:00 Striving for Unmanned Capabilities Army UAS roadmap11:35 UAV Pilot Panel Discussion Strategy from 2010-2035Hear feedback directly from UAV Pilots. Ask a moderated panel your Synchronizing the soldier, equipment and the networkquestions regarding UAV operation, capabilities and performance. Glenn Rizzi, Deputy Director, US Army UAS Center ofModerator: Lieutenant Colonel Travis Burdine, USAF, Air ForceExcellenceMQ-1/9 Functional ManagerJoin this panel and share your expertise on UAVs!11:40 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in a Maritime EnvironmentContact Brian Lazar at brian.lazar@idga.org for speaking opportunities. Key areas and scenarios Current UAS initiatives for a maritime environment12:15 Lunch UAS operations in the way aheadCaptain Ted Venable (Ret.), US Naval Forces, Counter Illicit1:30Air Force Research Laboratory Session Introduction Program Manager, US Southern CommandLead by: Colonel Jeffrey Turcotte, USAF, Chief Air and WeaponsDivision, Air Force Research Laboratory12:20 Lunch1:50Technology Maturation for a Next Generation Tactical UAS Systems engineering and concept definition 1:35UAV Innovations and Vision at the Naval Research Desired capabilities (a system perspective)Laboratory Technology maturation challenges Future sensor systems and the UAV platform innovations to support themDavid A Brown, Senior Aerospace Engineer, Air Vehicle Directorate, UAV power and energy Autonomous behavior and command and controlAFRL Captain Paul C. Stewart, USN, Commanding Officer, Naval2:30AFRL Airspace Integration Research Research Laboratory Automatic collision avoidance technology UAS sense and avoid AFRL SESSION UAS terminal area operations 2:15Fuel Cell UAV Research at the Naval Research Laboratory Fuel cell issues and capabilitiesMr. Robert Smith, Cooperative Aerospace Operations Lead Current research efforts Paths to tactical fuel cell UAVs3:10Networking Break Joe Mackrell, Principal Investigator, Naval Research Laboratory3:50Micro Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (MAVs) at AFRLMicro air vehicles2:55Networking Break AFRL vision for 2015 and 2030Technological challengesDr. Leslie S. Perkins, Micro Air Vehicle Lead, Air Force Research3:25Unmanned Aircraft Systems Army PayloadsLaboratory Army non-optical UAV payloads Data link and survivability considerations4:30Fuel Cell Powered SUAV's and MAV power System Test facilities and ranges DevelopmentJan Moren, Deputy Director, Intelligence and Information Logistically fueled SOFC power systems Warfare Directorate, CERDEC RDECOM, US Army Fuel cell hybridized SUAV power systemsLong endurance MAV power systems 4:05National Airspace AccessLieutenant Mark Roosz, USAF, Special Purpose Power Lead, Current UAS operationsAir Force Research Laboratory Mid-Term integration plans NextGen integration5:10Depot Technology in Future Support of UAS Depot/industry partnershipsJohn H. Page Jr., Lead, Air Traffic Control Specialist, UAS NextGen Flight test range capability upgrades for supporting future UAS systemsIntegration, Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office, Federal Aviationand sensorsAdministration Depot Technology upgrades for full sustainment capability of all UAS systems Lt Col John Primbs (Ret.), USAF, Director, Advances Technology 4:45End of Main ConferenceWorkload Development, Ogden Air Logistics Center, Plans andPrograms Office, Hills Air Force Base 45:50End of Main Summit Day Onewww.UAVevent.com 5. Sponsorship Opportunities5 Ways to Register! Sponsor or exhibit at IDGAs UAV SummitWeb: www.UAVevent.com IDGA sponsorships and exhibits are an excellent opportunity for your company to showcase its products and services to a highly targeted, senior-level militaryEmail: info@idga.org audience. 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