July 29 - 31, 2020
| Washington, D.C.
Main Conference Day 2
Everything you need to know about International Military Helicopter USA's second conference day!
8:50 am - 9:00 am Chairman's Opening Remarks
8:00 am - 8:50 am Registration & Morning Networking
9:00 am - 9:45 am Guiding FVL Contracting Solutions to Meet Timelines in Support of Army & Unified Land Operations
Mr. Joseph Giunta - Executive Director, Army Contracting Command - Redstone- Contracting efforts to support FVL development efforts
- Driving collaboration at Redstone with FVL counterparts to meet Army timelines
- Meeting FARA time lines ahead of time: strategies to limit schedule delays
9:45 am - 10:30 am The Future of Vertical Lift: Preparing the Way Forward (an Industry Perspective)
Randy Rotte - Director of Business Development for Cargo Helicopters and Future Vertical Lift Programs, Boeing-Determining the balance between speed, capability and affordability
-It’s more than just the aircraft
-Leveraging expertise to deliver to the Warfighters
Randy Rotte
Director of Business Development for Cargo Helicopters and Future Vertical Lift ProgramsBoeing
10:30 am - 11:15 am Networking Break and Demo Drive
11:15 am - 12:00 pm Building the Army and FVL of the Future: Driving Modernization Efforts for Army Acquisition
Jeffrey White - Principal Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology, US Army- Efforts to guide Army acquisition processes to support future FVL integration
- Today’s modernization will be tomorrow’s readiness: Acquisition reform efforts to rapidly provide new level of capability
- Guiding Army Acquisition and Modernization strategies to make Soldiers more lethal
Jeffrey White
Principal Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and TechnologyUS Army
12:00 pm - 12:45 pm Technologies Behind the Curtain: Enabling Future Capabilities of Military Helicopter Operations
Carvil E. Chalk - Director (A) for Aviation Development, U.S. Army Combat Capability Development Aviation & Missile Center- Driving manned and unmanned aircraft teaming to bolster Army aviation rotary lethality
- Current lines of effort with the degraded visual environment (DVE) mitigation program
- Understanding the future for the Future Airborne Reconnaissance Aircraft
Carvil E. Chalk
Director (A) for Aviation DevelopmentU.S. Army Combat Capability Development Aviation & Missile Center
12:45 pm - 1:45 pm Lunch
1:45 pm - 2:15 pm Technological Advances in Dual Redundant Large Area Displays, Touch Panels and Light Mitigation for Fixed and Rotary Wing Aircraft
James (Jamie) Boulet - Manager of Business Development, American Panel Corporation (APC)Continued advances in display technology have allowed implementation of larger and dual redundant flight displays to be available to a wider array of aircraft, offering reduced weight and decreased area requirements for instrument panels. This technology, first originating in the development of the Panoramic F-35 Heads Down Display, offers similar capabilities for Multi-Functional Display (MFD) implementation in other Fixed and Rotary Wing aircraft.
- Recent advancements in dual redundant Large Area Displays
- Touch panels modernization
- Current & future light mitigation display technologies available for Fixed and Rotary Wing aircraft implementation
2:15 pm - 3:00 pm Key Challenges in Rotary Wing Aircraft Survival to be Met for Increased Performance and Survivability of Army Aviators
Colonel Mark McPherson - Incoming Commander, United States Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory (USAARL)- Driving crew survival in military helicopter operations
- Aeromedical aspects of flying in degraded visual environments (DVE)
- Evaluating the psychological, cognitive, and sensory requirements associated with manned-unmanned teaming operations
Colonel Mark McPherson
Incoming CommanderUnited States Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory (USAARL)
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm Afternoon Networking and Refreshment Break
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm Advocating for the Advancement of Vertical Flight Research and Technology
Mike Hirschberg - Executive Director, The Vertical Flight Society - (American Helicopter Society)The Vertical Flight Society is the world’s oldest and largest technical society dedicated to enhancing the understanding of vertical flight technology. The organization provides insight and promotes awareness of vertical flight capabilities, to include challenges and development.
-Advocating and support vertical flight technology for the US Govt.
-Efforts to collaborate with Government, industry and academia to further the development of FVL capabilities
Mike Hirschberg
Executive DirectorThe Vertical Flight Society - (American Helicopter Society)
4:00 pm - 4:45 pm Revolutionary VTOL Designs for Extreme Flight Missions
Inder Chopra - Director, Alfred Gessow Rotorcraft Center, University of Maryland- Vertical Flight Society creative design efforts for rotorcraft development
- Unmanned disaster relief delivery vehicles, and delivery drone utilization in urban settings
- Managing the challenge of manned unmanned teaming
