CONFERENCE DAY TWO | OCTOBER 30

Main Track

8:00 am - 8:55 am MORNING COFEE & REGISTRATION


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Lieutenant General (Ret’d) Anthony J. Rock

Inspector General U.S. Air Force (2016 –2017)
US Air Force

  • Ways the AF is currently using synthetic training to support readiness 
  • Criticality of developing interoperable and cyber complaint training systems 
  • What are the emerging M&S related technologies the AF seeks to leverage in the future 


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Major General Clark Quinn

Deputy Commander for Air Education and Training Command (AETC)
US Air Force

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Lieutenant General (Ret’d) Anthony J. Rock

Inspector General U.S. Air Force (2016 –2017)
US Air Force

  • How Pilot Training Transformation is integrating AI into its operations 
  • Increasing data availability to create more accurate training scenarios 
  • Upskilling the Department of the Navy in order to implement more AI solutions 


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Brian Kirk

Deputy Technology Integration within the Flying Training Center of Excellence
US Air Force

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Lieutenant General (Ret’d) Anthony J. Rock

Inspector General U.S. Air Force (2016 –2017)
US Air Force

10:00 am - 10:30 am Solving the Chronic Pilot Training Shortage with Red 6's Advanced Tactical Augmented Reality System (ATARS)

  • The solution to the chronic pilot training shortage lies in accessing realistic and representative capabilities in the synthetic training environment 
  • Red 6 ATARS (Advanced Tactical Augmented Reality System) optimizes live flying by activating WVR capabilities, completing the LVC ecosystem 
  • Leveraging the complete LVC ecosystem with ATARS, creates consistent results within the constraints of available time, budget, and manpower is now possible 

10:30 am - 11:00 am INDUSTRY INSIGHTS SESSION – HOW EMERGING TECHNOLOGY IS PAVING THE WAY FOR COMPETENCY TRAINING

Lieutenant General (Ret’d) Anthony J. Rock - Inspector General U.S. Air Force (2016 –2017), US Air Force
  • Understanding how predictive AI can help solve the pilot shortage and create personalized curriculums 
  • Discussing how to collect data to create proper training platforms 
  • Differentiating the AI needs of the military from popular open AI platforms 
  • Determining how synthetic training and live flying mix 




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Lieutenant General (Ret’d) Anthony J. Rock

Inspector General U.S. Air Force (2016 –2017)
US Air Force

11:00 am - 11:30 am NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK IN THE EXHIBITION HALL

11:30 am - 12:00 pm ADVANING MILITARY FLIGHT TRAINING WITH TEXTRON AVIATION AND LEONARDO

  • How the Textron and Leonardo partnership advances military flight training 
  • Overcoming one-size-fits-all training methodologies 
  • M-346 ITS value propositions 


12:00 pm - 12:30 pm DEFINING SUCCESS OF AI INTEGRATION IN THE NAVY AND THE AIR FORCE

Lieutenant General (Ret’d) Anthony J. Rock - Inspector General U.S. Air Force (2016 –2017), US Air Force
  • How the Naval Test Pilot School integrates AI into its training initiatives 
  • Defining success and real case scenarios of AI in the Air Force 
  • Executions in artificial intelligence algorithms using the X-62A VISTA aircraft as part of DARPA’s Air Combat Evolution (ACE) program 


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Lieutenant General (Ret’d) Anthony J. Rock

Inspector General U.S. Air Force (2016 –2017)
US Air Force

12:30 pm - 12:50 pm DATA-DRIVEN TRAINING ANALYTICS – FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM 10 YEARS OF APPLIED RESEARCH

  • An analytical approach to defining how much live flight training is required 
  • The “right” mix of live and virtual training 
  • Measuring the transfer of training and forecasting combat capability 
  • RAPID – the means to apply performance-based training at an enterprise level and implement data-driven training and readiness 

12:50 pm - 1:50 pm LUNCH AND NETWORKING

1:50 pm - 2:20 pm INDUSTRY INSIGHT SESSION




2:20 pm - 2:50 pm CREATING INTEROPERABILITY WITH SYNTHETIC ENVIRONMENTS ACROSS THE AIR FORCE

  • How the Air Force is trying to create a hardware-agnostic virtual training systems 
  • The process for gathering requirements to integrate software into SW containers 
  • Identifying a new software licensing model for the Air Force 
  • Understanding the future of requirement building 
  • How industry can help improve ground training to maximize time spent in the air 
  • The evolution of pilot training and what needs to change vs what needs to stay the same 


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Colonel Peter Lee

Commander, 12th Flying Training Wing
US Air Force

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Lieutenant Colonel Robert Buckley

Chief of Curriculum, 19AF/A5
US Air Force

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Lieutenant General (Ret’d) Anthony J. Rock

Inspector General U.S. Air Force (2016 –2017)
US Air Force

3:20 pm - 3:50 pm NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK IN THE EXHIBITION HALL

3:50 pm - 4:20 pm AIR FORCE CYBERSECURITY POLICY AND REQUIREMENTS FOR OPERATIONAL TRAINING

  • Understand best practices for introducing new technology services to the Air Force 
  • Learn about the cybersecurity red flags the Air Force looks for 
  • Discover how to fasten the process for testing software through the Joint Integrated Testing Center 

4:20 pm - 4:50 pm ARMY AVIATION TRAINING IN 2030

  • Risk management and mitigation for aviation training and operations 
  • The importance of reinforcing spatial disorientation 
  • Modernization of Army aviation including the Future Vertical Lift (FVL) portfolio, investing in research and development of to expand and accelerate the Army’s unmanned aerial reconnaissance 4 capability and the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft and research and development efforts 
  • Early lessons from the transition from the TH-57 to the TH-73 
  • Understanding the sustainment needs of the Apache program 
  • Why synthetic environments are more helpful for maintenance training than pilot training 
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Lieutenant General (Ret’d) Anthony J. Rock

Inspector General U.S. Air Force (2016 –2017)
US Air Force

5:50 pm - 6:05 pm CHAIRMAN’S CLOSING REMARKS AND END OF CONFERENCE