Unmanned & Autonomous Systems Summit 2024 | Defense Strategies Institute | 3 April 2024 | Sunset Room at National Harbor, National Harbor Marina, 137 National Plaza, Oxon Hill, MD 20745, USA

Venue
Sunset Room at National Harbor
Sunset Room at National Harbor, National Harbor Marina, 137 National Plaza, Oxon Hill, MD 20745, USA

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Event Date Wed Apr 3 EDT - Thu Apr 4 EDT (8 months ago)
Location Sunset Room at National Harbor
National Harbor Marina, 137 National Plaza, Oxon Hill, MD 20745, USA
Region Americas
Details

The summit will emphasize the integration of UxS capabilities into the multi domain operating environment as well as their use cases beyond the battlefield in support of DoD. The Summit will cover both strategic and technical priorities and emerging research to best support UxS utilization across the Services.

Providing attendees with an educational, ‘Town Hall’ style format to serve as a conduit for cross collaboration and the interchange of knowledge among military, government, industry and academia. Our non-partisan approach allows us to reach across all services and organizations to bring together a truly holistic group of decision makers and solution providers.

Topics covered:
• Ensuring critical autonomous capabilities are delivered to the Warfighter rapidly & affordably
• Countering near-peer adversaries through the Replicator Initiative
• Promoting autonomous technological growth & integration to enable fleet mission success
• Strengthening partnerships & accelerating innovation to enable full spectrum naval operations
• Integrating unmanned systems & Ai into maritime operations
• Driving persistent Army modernization through the development of innovative unmanned technologies
• Developing Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) to advance Air Force autonomous capability

Speakers

2024 Speakers

MODERATOR:

VADM Ron Boxall, USN, (Ret.)
Former Director, Force Structure, Resources & Assessment, Joint Staff, J8

SPEAKERS:

LTG Robert M. Collins, USA,
Principal Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army - (AL&T), Director, Army Acquisition Corps

Lt Gen David A. Harris, USAF
Deputy Chief of Staff, Air Force Futures, A5/7

Michael Stewart, SES
Director, Disruptive Capabilities Office, U.S. Navy

BGen Stephen Lightfoot, USMC
Director, Capabilities Development Directorate, HQMC Combat Development & Integration

Schuyler Moore, HQE
Chief Technology Officer, U.S. Central Command

CAPT Colin Corridan, USN
Commander, Task Force 59, U.S. 5th Fleet

Sponsors & Partners

2024 Sponsors

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Dmaterial
• GitLab