In its 13th year, the UAS Technical Analysis and Applications Center (TAAC) invites you to join our annual TAAC conference

December 6 - 8, 2011

Tamaya Hyatt Regency, located on the Santa Ana Pueblo, north of Albuquerque, NM

New UAS Airshow this year

Monday, December 5

6:00pm

Hosted Reception

Tuesday, December 6

6:30am

Registration and Buffet Breakfast

7:45am

Posting of the Colors 

Kirtland Air Force Base Honor Guard

8:00am

UAS Contributions in a Fiscally Cosntrained Enviroment

Dyke Weatherington, Deputy Director, Unmanned Warfare, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (OUSD) AT&L

8:45am

Keynote Speaker

Lt. Gen.  Richard Zahner, Deputy Chief of Staff, G2, U.S. Army

9:45am

Break

10:00am

Panel: Airspace Access

Chair: Dallas Brooks, Chair, UAS Airspace Integration IPT, Department of Defense

Overview: Members of this panel represent federal agencies with recent experience in gaining access to the National Airspace System with existing policies and practices. They will share lessons learned from that access process.

Brenda Mulac, Program Manager UAS, NASA Airborne Science Program

Col. Tim Baxter, Program Manager UAS, U.S. Army

William Gibbon, Deputy Director of Air Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, National Air Security Operations Center, Corpus Christi, TX 

Harry Kieling, Alaska Regional Director and UAS Lead, U.S. Department of the Interior, National Business Center, Aviation Management Directorate

Dr. Theron Bowman, Chief of Police, Arlington Texas Police Department

11:00m

Innovate or Die (Note: Dying is Easier)

Bran Ferren, Chief Creative Officer, Applied Minds Inc.

12:00pm

Lunch

1:15pm

ExCom Progress

Dennis Roberts, ATO Airspace Services, AJV-1, Federal Aviation Administration

1:35am

UAS Challenges and Opportunities

Randy Willis, ATC Specialist, Unmanned Aircraft Systems Group, AJV-13, Federal Aviation Administration

1:55pm

Session: Sense and Avoid

Chair: Doug Davis, Director, Global UAS Strategic Initiatives, Physical Science Laboratory, New Mexico State University

Overview: UAS applications are growing worldwide, beyond military uses to homeland security, border protection, crowd control, disaster relief, as well as commercial applications. To move operations into the NAS on a routine basis, technical issues, as well as policy and operational issues, must be addressed.  One of the biggest challenges is the ability of the UAS to avoid collision with manned aircraft.  

Ground Based Sense-and-Avoid (GBSAA)
Viva Austin, Deputy Director, Unmanned Systems Airspace Integration Concepts, Program Manager UAS, U.S. Army

Airborne Sense-and-Avoid (ABSAA)
Capt. James Hoke, Program Manager, Persistent Maritime Unmanned Aircraft Systems U.S. Navy

Airspace Integration – Sense and Avoid Science & Research Panel
Dr. Steven Cook, Principal Safety Engineer, MITRE

3:10pm

Break

3:40pm

Session: Spectrum Management

Overview: Douglas Marshall, Division Manager, UAS Regulatory and Standards Development, Physical Science Laboratory, New Mexico State University

Overview: Availability of spectrum and bandwidth are critical to UAS operations.  The current challenges of spectrum management and its adverse affect on current operations will be addressed

DHS Challenges: Moving the Reaper to Corpus Christi, TX
William Gibbon, Deputy Director of Air Operations, U.S. CBP/National Air Security Operations Center, Corpus Christi, TX

DOD
Dr. Marvin H. Hammond, Technology Providers, Inc.

David Reed, WRC-12, Lead, Department of Defense

4:55pm

NMSU UAS Flight Test Center

Skip Wiegand, AWA, Federal Aviation Administration

Dennis Zaklan, Deputy Director, UAS Flight Test Center, Physical Science Laboratory, New Mexico State University

5:15pm

Future of UAS in Law Enforcement

Dr. Theron Bowman, Chief of Police, Arlington Texas Police Department

5:35pm

Closing Comments

Dyke Weatherington, Deputy Director, Unmanned Warfare, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (OUSD) AT&L

6:00pm

Hosted Reception

6:45pm

Hosted Dinner

Wednesday, December 7 

6:30am

Registration and Buffet Breakfast

8:00am

UAS Event

Welcome

Dyke Weatherington, Deputy Director, Unmanned Warfare, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (OUSD) AT&L

10:40am

Distinguished Speaker

Rear Adm. William E. Shannon, III, Program Executive Officer for Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons, U.S. Navy

1:00pm

Session: Military Operations in Civilian Airspace

Chair: Steven Pennington, Director of Bases, Ranges, and Airspace, and Acting Executive Director, Department of Defense Policy Board on Federal Aviation

Overview: The AOR has provided a wealth of experiences with UAS-in fact in many cases manned and unmanned airspace integration. These experiences representing all UAS Groups will be discussed with a future “to-be” situation of importance.

Op TOMODACHI
Capt. Dan Munson, U.S. Air Force, ACC 1 RS/DOF

Op Unified Protector
Lt. Col. Mike Thomas, U.S. Air Force, Air Force Reserve Command 313 AS/DOIA

EuroHawk in Germany
Lt. Col. Roland Runge, German Air Force Command , German Air Force

Flights in Central American Airspace
Ted Venable, CN/UAS Program Manager, Commander, US Naval Forces South and Commander, US Fourth Fleet

2:50pm

Session: Future Mission Sets

Chair: Desiree L. Craig, 746th TSS/XP, Plans & Programs, Holloman Air Force Base, NM

Overview: UAS are serving as a significant force multiplier for the warfighter. This session will explore new developmental concepts that will produce even greater utility for UAS. Additionally, interoperability is explored; nonmilitary missions are expected to also benefit from this attribute and the development of other applications.

Cargo
Lt. Col. Arbogast, UH–1N weapons and tactics instructor, Aviation Programs Expeditionary Enablers, Aviation Department, HQMC, Aviation Command Working Committee, U.S. Marine Corps

UCLASS
Capt. John Stamos, OPNAV - UCAS-D / UCLASS Requirements Officer U.S. NAVY

Army UAS Rotary Wing Plan
Lt. Col. Matthew Munster, Product Manager, Unmanned Aircraft Systems Modernization, U.S. Army

4:05pm

Closing Remarks

Dyke Weatherington, Deputy Director, Unmanned Warfare, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (OUSD) AT&L

6:00pm

Hosted Reception

6:45pm

Hosted Dinner

Thursday, December (Classified Day)

6:00am

Breakfast

8:15am

Welcome & Classified Day Address

Dyke Weatherington, Deputy Director, Unmanned Warfare, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (OUSD) AT&L

8:30am

Keynote Speaker: Future of UAS

Lt. Gen. Larry James, Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Headquarters U.S. Air Force

9:15am

Army UAS/ISR

Lt. Col. Jim Cutting, HQDA UAS Division Chief, U.S. Army

9:45am

Break

10:00am

Session: UAS Requirements 

Overview: This session addresses requirements and requirement gaps in UAS capabilities. The rapid growth in UAS requirements for military, and national and homeland security applications emphasizes the challenges faced in the design, development, and deployment of unmanned system technologies.

Persistent Monitoring Capability
Chris Martinez, U.S. Army, Joint Task Force North, NORTHCOM

CBP Guardian UAS
Brian A. Fazzone, Program Manager, Unmanned Acft Systems Acquisitions, Dept of Homeland Security, Customs & Border Protection, Office of Air & Marine

Security Agency

11:15am

Joint UAS Center of Excellence

Lt. Col. David Holt, Joint UAS Center of Excellence, Creech Air Force Base

11:45am

Lunch

12:45pm

Session: UAS Capabilities
Chair:  Dyke Weatherington, Deputy Director, Unmanned Warfare, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (OUSD) AT&L

Overview: Unmanned systems provide wide-ranging capabilities for military operations. This session addresses enhanced payloads, range, endurance, video processing, and radar capabilities. These capabilities continue to expand at a rapid pace.

MQ-8B Fire Scout
Cmdr. Tom Williams, Commanding Officer, U.S. Navy

Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) Payloads
Col. Anthony Genatempo, Director, Airborne Network Division, Hanscom Air Force Base

Small UAS Multi-INT Architecture
Dr. Joe Pacheco, MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Gorgon Stare
Col. Robert Yahn, Chief, Airborne Reconnaissance Division, U.S. Air Force

BAMS Future Capabilities
Dr. Steven Chadwick, Future Capabilities Lead, NAVAIR

2:55pm

Session: Extremely Long Duration Platforms 
Chair:  Dyke Weatherington, Deputy Director, Unmanned Warfare, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (OUSD) AT&L

Overview: Representatives from the U.S. Army, OSD R&E, and the U.S. Air Force will brief on current and planned developments and operations of extremely long endurance platforms.

Air Force Long Endurance Programs
Col. Robert Yahn, Chief, Airborne Reconnaissance Division, U.S. Air Force

Persistent Ground Surveillance System
Alex Lovett, Special Assistant, Persistent Surveillance, OSD AT&L/ASD(R&E)/Rapid Fielding

3:50pm

Closing Comments

Dyke Weatherington, Deputy Director, Unmanned Warfare, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (OUSD) AT&L

6:00pm

Hosted Reception

6:45pm

Hosted Dinner

**This is a preliminary agenda and is subject to change.

*Invited