Counter UAS Winter Summit
Online Event March 31st - April 1st
Focus Day
9:00 am - 9:50 am
Registration & Coffee
Grab a cup of coffee, and get to know your fellow attendees.
9:50 am - 10:00 am
CHAIRPERSON'S OPENING REMARKS
10:00 am - 11:45 am
HQDA G-3/5/7, Army Protection C-UAS Overview
Cheickna Soumare -
Deputy Branch Chief Counter UAS,
Pentagon, Army HQ
10:45 am - 11:30 am
AI-Enabled UAS Detection and Negation
Dr. Houbing Song -
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
• Building a network of wireless acoustic sensors to identify sUAS
• Using AI to distinguish between sUAS and other flying objects
• Computer-based “brain” called a neural network that is continuously learning and getting smarter at detection
Dr. Houbing Song
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceEmbry-Riddle Aeronautical University
11:30 am - 12:15 pm
MORNING NETWORKING BREAK
12:15 pm - 1:00 pm
Acoustic Countermeasures v SWARMS and secondary use for IFF
Randall Nichols -
Professor of Practice, Director, Unmanned Aircraft Systems,
Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus & Professor Emeritus - Cybersecurity Utica College
• Local radar systems
• Integrated microphone / RF signature detection systems
• Acoustical systems for passive detection / offensive destruction
Randall Nichols
Professor of Practice, Director, Unmanned Aircraft SystemsKansas State University Polytechnic Campus & Professor Emeritus - Cybersecurity Utica College
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Networking Lunch
2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Advances in Military Application of Laser Systems to Counter sUAS
Michael Cathcart, Ph.D., -
Principal Research Scientist,
Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta
-Current directed energy platforms
-Research and development challenges
-Military application priorities
Michael Cathcart, Ph.D.,
Principal Research ScientistGeorgia Institute of Technology Atlanta
2:45 pm - 3:30 pm
Artificial Intelligence and Countering Drone Swarms
Chad Irick -
College of Security and Intelligence,
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Bryce Hughes - College of Security and Intelligence, College of Engineering Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Daniel Mahan - College of Security and Intelligence, College of Engineering Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
• Advances made in underwater sUAS
• Unmanned Ground Vehicle as a mothership for sUAS
• Fighter jet based sUAS
Bryce Hughes
College of Security and IntelligenceCollege of Engineering Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Daniel Mahan
College of Security and IntelligenceCollege of Engineering Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Afternoon Networking Break
Hungry? So are we! Sit down to a tasty meal while discussing the topics so far and what’s to come in
the day.
4:00 pm - 4:45 pm
CUAS Security Performance Metrics and Requirements
• The metrics presented are based on an established methodology that has been applied to Detection and Neutralization of threats to High Security Applications for over 40 years
• The Performance Metrics feed into an analysis methodology to estimate security effectiveness of CUAS
• CUAS requirements will build from performance metrics, resulting analysis, and the amount of security risks and non-security risks decision makers are willing to accept.
