Evan Hunt, Director, of High Energy Lasers & C-UAS at Raytheon recently presented his thoughts on on: Comprehensive Defense against the Emerging Drone Threat

Topics covered include:

- Raytheon HEL efforts to support counter drone operations

- Necessary net steps to enabled continued counter-drone dominance

- Partnership efforts across the Military  

Randy Robinson from BlackSage presented his thoughts on HPM & EHL: the Power of Directed Energy and Counter UAS

Topics Covered include:

- Historical development

- System integration

- Strategic advantages

Luke Fox, CEO of WhiteFox recently presented at IDGA's Counter UAS Summit on Intelligent Drone Airspace Security.

Topics covered included:

- Real time Threat Assessment

- Escalation of Force

- Mitigation without Mitigating 

Tom Driscoll, CTO & Co-Founder, Echodyne recently presented at the Counter UAS Summit on Considerations in Sensor Technologies.

Topics included:

- Examining the current range of drones and related technologies

- Describing expected changes that will make airspace situational awareness more challenging

- Reviewing real sensor data to learn how it informs airspace situational awareness

Timothy Bean, CEO, Fortem Technologies, Jim Housinger, CUAS Program Manager, Fortem Technologies and Former Navy Captain & Aircraft Carrier Strike Group Air Defense Commander Jon Gruen, Exec Chairman, Fortem Technologies spoke on what Lessons they have learned from C-UAS Deployments

Terry DiVittorio, General Manager, North America, D-Fend Solutions spoke recently at IDGA's Counter UAS Summit about Counter-Drone Solutions and Concepts for Control and Continuity in Sensitive Scenarios.

Topics covered included:

- Control: Controlling the drone threat and ensuring continuity

- Safety: A safety centric approach for safe airspace and continuity

- Focus: Focus on the real risk, the most dangerous drones.

Mike Monnik, Chief Technology Officer, Dronesec presented their thoughts on sUAS Threat Intelligence – Emerging Tradecraft for Joint CUAS Operations at the Counter UAS Summit this past August.

Topics Covered Include:

- Combining multi-source, drag-net, OSINT and CUAS datasets as intelligence

- Forming sUAS threat actor glossary, tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs)

- Intelligence to overlay telemetry data to aid in automated decision making

- Analyzing 1000+ sUAS incidents... 

Tamara Miller, Regional Sales Manager, NSO SHIELD recently gave a information packed presentation on the Challenge of Avoiding Collateral Damage when Dealing with C-UAV in Populated Environments.

Topics covered included:

- Detect – Continues monitoring of perimeter

- Identify – Friend or foe drone for seamless operation

- Control – Take over and safely land in preset landing area

- Deny – Specific undesired traffic in no flight zone

Enjoy and learn from 3 of the presentations shared at the 2019 Counter UAS summit. This packet includes:

Breaking Down the Field Assessments: Testing the Capabilities of Current and Future Counter UAS Systems by John Russell, R&d S&E Systems Research And Analysis, Sandia National Laboratories

Risk Mitigation Solutions for the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Threat to Soft Targets and Crowded Places by L. Scott Parker, Chief (A), Strategic Planning Section, Soft Targets and Crowded Places Task Force, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

sUAS Threats and Policy Hurdles Facing Local Police Authorities by D.J. Smith, Surveillance Agent, Department of Virginia State Police

Check out part two of our past speaker presentations packet from the 2019 Counter UAS summit. Download to view the following presentations:

1. Start with the Endgame First: Analyzing the Costs and Consequences of Counter-UAS Options by Mike Stokes, President, Observation Without Limits, LLC

2. Protecting the Skies: Cracking Down on Illegal and Suspicious sUAS by Ralph Tomeo, Supervisor, Critical Response Command Counter Terrorism Bureau, NYPD

3. 5 AR BDE Counter-UAS Brief by COL Martin J. Schmidt and Darrell Walls

4. UAS Traffic Management and Safe Operations by Biruk Abraham, Advanced Concepts Branch Manager, Office of NextGen, Federal Aviation Administration

Check out Part 3 of our past speaker presentations from the Counter UAS Summit. Speakers include:

• Samuel Bendett is a Research Analyst with the Center for Naval Analyses' International Affairs Group
• Marke “Hoot” Gibson, President and CEO, NUAIR Alliance; Former FAA Senior Advisor for Unmanned Systems
• Leonard Ligon, Whitefox Defense Technologies
• Jeffrey Randorf, Engineer Advisor, Technology Centers, Science and Technology Directorate, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
• Fritz Schulz, Oversight Executive,, OSD R&E, Prototyping and Concept Exploration, U.S. Department of Defense

The “Joint Counter-Small UAS Office (JCO) Overview” presentation was delivered at the 2022 Counter-UAS Summit by Mr. Blake Stone, JCO Strategy and Policy Division who delves into the following topics:

• Joint C-sUAS Office (JCO) Overview
• JCO Organization and Governance
• JCO Initiatives and Efforts
• DoD C-sUAS Strategy
• Building Capacity with Partners
• JCO Joint Training and Doctrine
• JCO Requirements and New Solutions

Check out part four of our past speaker presentations from the 2018 Counter UAS. Speakers include:

• Anna Williams, Research Scientist, Center for Naval Analyses
• Albert A. Sciarretta, President, CNS Technologies
• James Truhett, Branch Head, Nuclear Weapons Safety, Security, Compliance and Incident Response at OPNAV N97 Submarine Warfare
• Linda Solheim, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

The "Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (c-UAS) in an Urban Environment" presentation was delivered at the 2022 Counter-UAS Summit by Bruce Naley, Office of Science & Engineering/Technology Centers Division who explores the following topics:

• Technical and Non-Technical Urban c-UAS Challenges
• Line of Sight (LOS) Blockage
• Reflections, Diffraction and Multipath
• UAS Detection and Urban Challenge 
• C-UAS Urban Testing Effort
  
• Mitigation Options 

The "U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command: Aviation & Missile Center" presentation was delivered last year at the Counter UAS Summit and covers

• AvMC’S S&T Approach
• S&T Priorities Aligned with the Army Modernization Strategy
• Army C-SUAS S&T Strategy Purpose, Scope, and Framework
• Long-Term Counter-UAS Goals in a Nutshell

DEVCOM is returning to the Counter UAS Summit this year where Jay (Gee) Simmons, Deputy Air & Missile Defense Capability Area Lead, DEVCOM Aviation and Missile Center, U.S. Army will deliver his presentation on Exploring the Role of DEVCOM Aviation and Missile Center in Advancing CUAS.

The “Confronting UAS and Next Generation Threats” presentation was delivered last year at the Counter UAS Summit and covers;

• Army Rapid Capabilities & Critical Technologies Office Mission
• Modernization Continuum
• Office Governance and Relationships
• Army Response to C-sUAS
• Army Path to Fielding High Energy Laser Weapon Systems
• Army Directed Energy Efforts
• DE M-SHORAD Test Results

The Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technology Office is returning to the Counter UAS Summit this year where Kirklin Williams, Test and Evaluation Lead, Directed Energy Prototype will deliver his presentation on “Harnessing the Power of Direct Energy: Advancement in CUAS Technologies”.