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Maritime Reconnaissance and Surveillance Technology USA
April 29 - April 30, 2024
Maritime Reconnaissance and Surveillance Technology USA

 The Maritime Reconnaissance and Surveillance Technology USA conference is North America’s only event this year exclusively dedicated to Maritime ISR, bringing together the senior military leadership responsible for acquiring, implementing and operating Maritime ISR platforms.

The event will reflect the urgent need to enhance MISR capabilities in an era of rapid technological advancement and renewed strategic competition with specific focus areas including:

  • Proliferation of unmanned platforms
  • Establishing seabed to space architectures
  • Sensors at sea
  • Fighter jets as MISR assets
  • Data leverage and analytics
  • Rotary wing MISR capabilities

US Fleet Forces Command - “Great event and very senior speakers, I have really enjoyed it."

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Andrea Bell-Miller

Andrea Bell-Miller

Director of International Programs, PEO Unmanned and Small Combatants, NAVSEA, US NAVY
Captain Dennis Monagle

Captain Dennis Monagle

Program Manager, Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems, US Navy
Lieutenant General Michael J. Schmidt

Lieutenant General Michael J. Schmidt

Program Executive Officer, F-35 Lightning II Program, Department of Defense
Rear Admiral (Ret.) Lance Scott

Rear Admiral (Ret.) Lance Scott

Former Commander, Patrol and Reconnaissance Group, US Navy
Rear Admiral Adam Kijek

Rear Admiral Adam Kijek

Commander, Patrol and Reconnaissance Group, NAVAIR, US Navy

Andrea Bell-Miller

Director of International Programs, PEO Unmanned and Small Combatants, NAVSEA, US NAVY
Andrea Bell-Miller

 Andrea R. Bell-Miller currently serves as the Director of International Programs for the US Navy’s Program Executive Office, Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC). She is leading the NATO Maritime Unmanned System Initiative as the appointed Head of Delegation for the United States. Beyond NATO, she leads over 20 bilateral international agreements as the US Navy’s Technical Project Officer for Unmanned Systems and Naval Mine Warfare.

Ms. Bell-Miller aligning opportunity with action. Identifying way’s in which collaboration with our partners and allies can help to meet critical capability gaps, , whilst developing and delivering capability that’s not only interoperable but interchangeable.

As the US Head of Delegation to the NATO MUS Initiative, Ms. Bell-Miller was awarded the Meritorious Civilian Service Medal in October of 2020 which recognized her for leading the and cohering the efforts of 14 different nations in devising NATO’s largest Operational Experiment with Maritime Unmanned Systems in record time, with concept to delivery in just 5 months.

Captain (Ret.) Ted J. Venable

CSL PM/UAS SME, U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command (USNAVSO) / Fourth Fleet
Captain (Ret.) Ted J. Venable

Captain Dennis Monagle

Program Manager, Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems, US Navy
Captain Dennis Monagle

 Captain Dennis Monagle is a native of Athens, Georgia. He graduated from Indiana University in 1994 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Science. He earned his Master of Science degree in Management from the University of Maryland. He was designated a Naval Aviator in May 2000. He has accumulated nearly 2000 flight hours in various Navy aircraft.


Captain Monagle’s operational tours include two tours with Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron FOURTEEN (HM-14) first as an Airborne Mine Countermeasures (AMCM) Mission Commander, and later as a Department Head and the Maintenance Officer. As ship’s company, Captain Monagle served in the Air Department as the V-2 Division Officer and as a Catapult and Arresting Gear Officer (“Shooter”) aboard USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71). Captain Monagle commanded the Blackhawks of Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron FIFTEEN (HM-15) in Norfolk, VA.


Captain Monagle’s shore assignments include the MH-53E Fleet Replacement Squadron as a Flight Instructor and Evaluator. Captain Monagle has completed multiple acquisition tours with Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) in Patuxent River, first as an Assistant Program Manager for Systems Engineering (AMPSE), followed later as the H-60 Sustainment Integrated Product Team (IPT) Leader. He reported to the Defense Information Systems Agency’s (DISA) in Fort Meade, MD to serve as Military Deputy PEO for Command and Control (C2). He led a team of Joint Service military members and DoD Civilians in modernizing C2 software systems for use by the Joint Services and Coalition Partners. He returned to NAVAIR to serve as the Deputy Program Manager for Unmanned Carrier Aviation Mission Control System (UMCS).
Captain Monagle is DAWIA certified as a Level III Program Manager. He is designated as an Acquisition Professional, and assumed command of the Multi-mission Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems Program Office in March of 2022.

Captain Jonathan Vorrath

Maritime Operations Center Director, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, CNMOC
Captain Jonathan Vorrath

Colin Bettis

Director of Outreach, Commercial Systems Program Office, National Reconnaissance Office
Colin Bettis

 Mr. Colin A. Bettis is the Director of Outreach, Commercial Systems
Program Office (CSPO), National Reconnaissance Office, Chantilly,
Virginia. In this role, Colin leads two distinct lines of effort supporting
the Director of CSPO and Director of NRO, the first being the
identification of emerging commercial space products & services for
potential integration into the NRO’s portfolio of capabilities, and
second being the assessment of U.S. government stakeholders and
mission needs which can be enhanced through the introduction &
integration of commercial space capabilities.
Mr. Bettis received his commission as a U.S. Air Force officer from the
University of Saint Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota in 2012, and
transferred to the federal civilian service in 2019, joining the U.S.
government’s premier hypersonic missile program office, Conventional Prompt Strike, with the U.S. Navy.
Throughout his career, he gained extensive hands-on experience in flight test operations, engineering,
and acquisitions for both unmanned aircraft and ballistic missile systems, as well as technical intelligence
collection, operations, and analysis methods & processes across the intelligence community.

Command Sergeant Major Thomas Baird

Senior Enlisted Advisor, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Command Sergeant Major Thomas Baird

 As the National Geospatial-Intelligence agency’s senior enlisted advisor, he advises the NGA director on the effective use of all military service members; carries the director’s vision, mission and intent to the workforce; focuses on NGA’s “People First” philosophy; builds partnerships across the joint, interagency, multi-national environment and serves as the liaison to senior enlisted leaders assigned to the National Capital Region, other combat support agencies, and the combatant commands.

Baird previously served as the training, readiness and mobilization sergeant major at the U. S. Army Training and Doctrine Command at Fort Eustis, Virginia, where he supported the commander in developing, integrating and managing training operations requirements, concepts, policies and plans.

During Baird’s 29-year military career, he deployed multiple times in support of National Command Authority-directed missions in various combatant commands

and previously served as the command sergeant major of the 504th Military Intelligence Brigade.

Commander Aidan Riley

Commanding Officer, Merlin Helicopter Force, Royal Navy
Commander Aidan Riley

Commander Antonio Mourinha

Director of the Naval Operational and Experimentation Centre , Portuguese Navy
Commander Antonio Mourinha

 Commander António Mateus Anjinho Mourinha is a Portuguese Navy officer currently serving as Director for the Portuguese Maritime Operational Experimentation Centre and the first Portuguese Free Technology Zone at Troia and Setubal Bay. He is also Innovation Adviser to the Chief of Portuguese Naval Staff.
Commander Mourinha was born in Elvas, Portugal, in 1972. He joined the Portuguese Navy by entering the Naval Academy in 1990, having completed his degree in Naval Military Sciences in 1995.
He is a Navigation Officer by trade, getting his specialization in 2003. In his naval training CDR António Mourinha completed several other courses mainly related to MSO, like the Royal Navy’s “British Sea Fisheries Officers Enforcement Course” (2008) or the U.S. Coast Guard “Advanced Boarding Officers Course” (2009).
In his tours at sea, from 1995 to 2005, he embarked in several naval units namely, FS “Honório Barreto”, Sail Training Ship “Creoula”, FF “Cte. Hermenegildo Capelo”, FF “Cte. João Belo” and in USS “Nashville”, as Staff Officer for the mission “Africa Partnership Station 2009”, off the west coast of Africa.
Commander Mourinha got also three commands at sea: he was the first commander of the FPB “Oríon” from 2001 to 2002, later, between March 2005 and August 2006, he commanded the patrol vessel “Cuanza”, and later, from 2013 to 2015 he commanded the FS “João Roby”.
Ashore Commander António Mourinha served at the Patrol Boat Squadron between 2007 and 2010, being the head of the Maritime Enforcement Office. During this first commission ashore, he keep embarking often as sea rider for maritime enforcement training of the fleet assets.
After, he served at the Fleet Command Staff, from 2010 to 2013, as head of Subsurface and Maritime Enforcement Section of the Operations Division, being responsible for the constabulary operations of the fleet. At the Fleet Command he was also leading the operational experimentation of Maritime Unmanned Systems and the planning of the related exercises of the REPMUS series.
Later Commander António Mourinha served at the Portuguese Naval Staff, as Head of Concept, Development & Experimentation Section, being responsible for developing concepts of employment, operational requirements and related operational experimentation. He was also the secretary of the Portuguese Navy Maritime Unmanned Systems (MUS) working group. In this duty he was the Portuguese Navy representative in the NATO Joint Capability Group on Unmanned Air Systems, in the NATO Maritime Tactical Unmanned Air Systems Working Group (being the secretary) and in the NATO MUS Initiative Steering Board.
In his last appointment he served at the Allied Maritime Command (MARCOM) as Planner of Operation Sea Guardian and subject matter expert for Maritime Security and Maritime Unmanned Systems (MUS) being involved in the development of the new NATO MUS Exercise Dynamic Messenger
His main hobby is spearfishing, being international judge for the World Underwater Confederation, he participated in several International Championships.
António is married and has two children.

Commander Dave Bigay

Commanding Officer, Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 40
Commander Dave Bigay

 Commander Bigay is a native of Elizabethtown, Kentucky and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 2002 with a Bachelor’s of Science in Economics.

He served in a variety of training and operational squadrons including Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light FOUR SIX (HSL-46), Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light FOUR ZERO (HSL-40), Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron EIGHT FOUR (HSC-84), Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron SEVEN TWO (HSM-72), and Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron FOUR EIGHT (HSM-48) where he served as Executive and Commanding Officer from April 2019 until August 2021.

He has deployed aboard USS STEVEN W. GROVES (FFG-29), USS SIMPSON (FFG-56), ashore at Naval Support Activity Souda Bay, Crete, and in various forward locations in the U.S. Central Command Area of Responsibility (USCENTCOM AOR) in support of Special Operations Forces (SOF). He has served as Detachment Operations Officer, Detachment Maintenance Officer, Squadron Assistant Operations Officer, Squadron Quality Assurance Officer, Squadron Training Officer, Squadron Maintenance Officer, and Detachment Officer in Charge.

Assignments to shore and staff billets include, Joint SOF Planner at U.S. Special Operations Command – Central (SOCCENT), and Maritime ISR Weapons School (MISRWS) department head at the Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center (NAWDC).

Commander Bigay assumed command of the east coast MH-60R Fleet Replacement Squadron, Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron FOUR ZERO, Mayport, FL in July of 2023.

His military decorations include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (two awards), Air Medal, Navy/Marine Corps Commendation Medal (three awards), Joint Service Achievement Medal, Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medal (four awards), Sikorsky Rescue “S” and various unit, campaign, and service awards.

Commander Bigay is a graduate of the SEAHAWK Weapons and Tactics Instructor (SWTI), and Maritime ISR Weapons and Tactics Instructor (MISR WTI) programs. He has accumulated over 3,000 mishap-free flight hours in eight different variants of Naval Aircraft.

Dr. Evan Zaugg

Chief Radar Systems Engineer, ARTEMIS, Inc.
Dr. Evan Zaugg

Dr. Zaugg has over 17 years of experience working with SAR systems. As a Ph.D. student at Brigham Young University (BYU), he performed theoretical work in generalization of the signal processing for pulsed and continuous-wave SAR, and did design, testing, and assembly of the BYU SAR systems. At ARTEMIS he continues his research and development of SAR systems, data processing, and exploitation including advanced SAR image formation algorithms, GMTI, interferometry, change detection, waveform design, and signal analysis (for signals of all types). Dr. Zaugg has more than 20 publications on innovative SAR theory, systems, and processing. He received both his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (2010) and his B.S. in Electrical Engineering (2005) from BYU.

Lieutenant Commander Adam Patterson

Fleet Experimentation Officer, US Navy
Lieutenant Commander Adam Patterson

Lieutenant General Michael J. Schmidt

Program Executive Officer, F-35 Lightning II Program, Department of Defense
Lieutenant General Michael J. Schmidt

 Lt. Gen. Michael J. Schmidt is the Program Executive Officer and Director for the F-35 Lightning II Program. In this capacity, he leads the F-35 Joint Program Office in the life-cycle program management of the F-35A, F-35B, and F-35C, the fifth-generation strike fighter of choice for the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, seven international partners, and seven current Foreign Military Sales customers.

Lt. Gen. Schmidt entered the Air Force in 1991 after graduating from Iowa State University as an Industrial Engineer and ROTC distinguished graduate. He served in numerous engineering, program management, and leadership positions. He worked as a Lockheed Martin program manager via the Education with Industry program. He served as Aide-de-Camp to the Commander of Air Force Materiel Command, both an Air Force Legislative and Appropriations Liaison, the F-35 Program Element Monitor, an advisor to the Afghan National Army, and commanded the 696th Armament Systems Squadron. Lt. Gen. Schmidt then served as Deputy for Tactical Aircraft Systems in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and as Senior Materiel Leader for Contractor Logistics Support Division at Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center. He also served as Program Executive Officer for Fixed Wing Programs at U.S. Special Operations Command; Program Executive Officer for Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Special Operations Forces at Air Force Materiel Command; Program Executive Officer for Fighters and Bombers; and, most recently, as Program Executive Officer for Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence, and Networks. He is a graduate of the Air Force Legislative Fellows Program and the National War College

Maria A. Proestou

Strategic Acquisition Advisor, US DOD
Maria A. Proestou

Rear Admiral (Ret.) Lance Scott

Former Commander, Patrol and Reconnaissance Group, US Navy
Rear Admiral (Ret.) Lance Scott

 Lance Scott’s naval career of over 31 years culminated in 2022 as Commander, Patrol and Reconnaissance Group, located in Norfolk, Virginia where he was responsible for manning, training, and equipping the U.S. Navy’s Maritime Patrol Forces consisting of nearly 6,500 personnel, five variants of patrol aircraft including unmanned vehicles, and mobile tactical operations equipment. He has served on the Navy and Joint Staff in the Pentagon, at U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, and U.S. Transportation Command. Mr. Scott is currently consulting in the maritime, defense, and logistics sectors and sits on the board of the Maritime Patrol Association.

Rear Admiral Adam Kijek

Commander, Patrol and Reconnaissance Group, NAVAIR, US Navy
Rear Admiral Adam Kijek

Rear Adm. Adam Kijek is a native of Richmond, Virginia. He graduated with merit from the United States Naval Academy in 1995 and was designated a naval aviator in 1997. He earned a Master’s degree in National Security and Strategic Studies and graduated with distinction from the Naval War College in 2006.

His sea duty assignments include an operational tour with Patrol Squadron (VP) 47; flag lieutenant to Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet; department head, VP-46, where he deployed to U.S. 5th Fleet conducting combat missions in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom; executive officer and then commanding officer of VP-46, during which the squadron deployed to Bahrain in support of operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility and won the Battle “E”, Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Safety Award, and Golden Wrench Maintenance Award; and the 43rd Commanding Officer of VP-30, earning the Ellyson Award.

Shore assignments include duty as an instructor pilot, evaluator, and formation instructor with VP-30; Assistant Washington D.C. Placement officer and then Washington D.C. Placement branch head with Navy Personnel Command (PERS-441); deputy executive assistant and executive assistant to the 18th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS); executive assistant to the 19th CJCS; and executive assistant to the Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.

Kijek's first flag officer assignment was as director, Operations and Plans (OPNAV N3) Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. He assumed the duties of Commander, Patrol and Reconnaissance Group on 26 August 2022.

Kijek’s personal awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, and various campaign and service awards. However, he is most proud of those awards that recognize unit operational excellence.

Robert Leigh

Acting Director, National Air Security Operations, US Customs and Border Protection
Robert Leigh

Sean Trevethan

Director, NATO Maritime Unmanned Systems Innovation and Coordination Cell/Maritime Portfolio Lead in Defence Investments, NATO
Sean Trevethan

 Sean Trevethan is a former Royal Navy Commander and a graduate of the UK’s Advance Command and Staff Course. He has seen service in the Arabian Gulf as part of several Carrier Strike Groups, in Afghanistan within Joint Force Support and more recently as the Royal Navy’s Fleet Robotics Officer. In his role as Fleet Robotics Officer he was charged with cohering the future capability development of all Unmanned Systems within the Royal Navy, with the specific challenge of accelerating capability into service, rising to the challenge of delivering this across the full DOTMILPFI Spectrum. He also served as the Co-Chair of the NATO Maritime Unmanned Systems Initiative – developing new technologies with allies.

He was the UK Exercise Director for REP 19 in Portugal where the UK contributed a full Maritime Operations Centre and the UK and US led NATO’s largest Operational Experimentation Exercise with conventional and Unmanned Assets – developing tacdev at pace, exploiting several systems such as armed USVs for the first time. In the UK he led 2 Amphibious Operational Experimentation Exercises (Autonomous Advance Force 1.0 and 2.0 respectively), again blending cutting edge technologies with conventional force elements to deliver an enhanced operational effect. Trevethan took up his latest post as the Secretary for the NATO Naval Armaments Group in 2020 where he is charged with coordinating the efforts of 1100 Maritime SME’s, both Military and Civilian to develop capability cooperatively and produce technical standards that are key to NATO interoperability moving forward.

The Maritime Capability focus areas of NATO involve a Digital Transformation to enhance situational awareness, exploiting new systems and sensors augmented by AI. A fresh look at high end warfare including innovative techniques for Anti-Submarine Warfare and Surface Force Protection.

When out the office, Sean is a father to 3 beautiful children who make sure he is up to date with the latest trends on tik tok! In order to keep up with his children he has to undergo an intense ‘fitness’ regime for his health and sanity.

 

 The 2024 conference will bring you face-to-face with an unparalleled line-up of experts.

This year includes speakers from:

  • F-35 Program,
  • CPRG,
  • NRO,
  • NGA,
  • NATO,
  • NavalX,

and a host of other domestic and international authorities.

Engage in thought-provoking discussions across both days, delving into the very heart of projects that are reshaping the Maritime Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (MISR) landscape, guided by the insights of those leading the charge.

 Who Should attend?

If your day to day role encompasses Maritime ISR then this conference was designed for you.

On the military and government side, attending will provide you with unparalleled access to a range of experts from across the MISR ecosystem including PEO F-35, PEO UWS, CPRG, NRO, NATO, NGA, NMOC and many more offering invaluable benchmarking opportunities.

For an industry representative, this conference is your opportunity for a seat at the table as the US military responds to an evolving threat landscape in the maritime domain with approaches designed to enhance capabilities, leverage emerging technologies, and streamline acquisition procedures.

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Key discussions will revolve around the imperative to establish a robust seabed-to-space architecture. Witness the strategic integration of emerging technologies, including the groundbreaking impacts of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Moreover, discover the rising demand for interoperability and effective multilateral cooperation, essential in navigating the evolving complexities of modern maritime operations.

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Conference agenda

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8:00

Registration & Coffee

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Chair's Opening Remarks

Rear Admiral (Ret.) Lance Scott, Former Commander, Patrol and Reconnaissance Group, US Navy

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9:00

The Role of the F35 Lightning II Program in Supporting Maritime Reconnaissance and Surveillance

  • How the F-35C supports US Navy operations as an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance asset and force multiplier
  • Effectively sharing information to all networked ground, sea and air assets in the battlespace to enhance situational awareness and facilitate carrier strike action
  • Leveraging advanced and rapid aircraft for rapid ISR acquisition and transmission to get inside the enemy’s OODA loop
  • Lieutenant General Michael J. Schmidt, Program Executive Officer, F-35 Lightning II Program, Department of Defense

    Captain Luke Swain

    Captain Luke Swain, US Navy Service Deputy, F-35C

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    9:30

    Deploying Aerial Assets to Ensure Maritime Domain Awareness

    Rear Admiral Adam Kijek, Commander, Patrol and Reconnaissance Group, NAVAIR, US Navy

  • MPRF: providing long-range airborne Anti-Submarine Warfare, Anti-Surface Warfare, and Maritime ISR forces
  • Evaluating the successes and challenges of moving from the P-3C Orion to the P-8A Poseidon
  • Deploying the unmanned MQ-4C Triton to provide maritime ISR support to operations
  • Ensuring optimum and uniform training, readiness and effective command, control and coordination of the patrol squadrons
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    10:00

    Morning Coffee

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    Improving Maritime ISR Capabilities through the Development of Advanced Multi-Mission UAS

    Captain Dennis Monagle, Program Manager, Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems, US Navy

    • Integrating unmanned systems into maritime missions to enhance
    situational awareness and critical decision-making
    • Acquiring unmanned systems
    • Key insights into Naval Air Systems Command

     

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    ARTEMIS SlimSDR for Maritime and Deep Sensing

    Dr. Evan Zaugg, Chief Radar Systems Engineer, ARTEMIS, Inc.

    - SlimSDR – Software Defined RADAR developed with Army C5ISR DEVCOM for Deep Sensing Applications
    - SlimSDR’s Unparalleled Versatility enables operation from Ground to Stratosphere (ex. Tower, Truck, Fixed Wing, Rotocraft, HAB)
    - Deep Heritage from High Performance Synthetic Aperture Radar – Global Hawk, ASARS, ASTOR, UAVSAR
     

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    Virtual Address- REPMUS: Testing Different UAVs, USVs & UUVs to Bolster NATO Capability

    Commander Antonio Mourinha, Director of the Naval Operational and Experimentation Centre , Portuguese Navy

  • The Portueguese Navy's efforts to support innovation within NATO
  • Facilitating the transition towards greater unmanned systems deplyoment
  • Future objectives for REPMUS exercises
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    12:15

    Networking Lunch

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    Training the Next Generation of Combat Ready 6th Generation Officers- NAWDC MISR & HSM-40 Airwolves

    Commander Dave Bigay, Commanding Officer, Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 40

  • Changing the culture of how ISR is used and C2 redesigned as a foundation to ensure maximum efficacy of new ISR platforms and capabilities
  • Integration of operations and intelligence disciplines in order to facilitate kill web execution in peer competition
  • Fully equipping MISR Officers, Fleet Replacement Pilots and Aircrew with the necessary skills to prevail in a new era of strategic competition
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    Panel Discussion: The Future of Maritime ISR

    Commander Dave Bigay, Commanding Officer, Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 40

    Captain Dennis Monagle, Program Manager, Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems, US Navy

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    14:15

    Afternoon Tea

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    Panel Discussion: Accelerating the Exploitation of Emerging and Technologies through Digital Ocean: NATO’s Work to Enhance Maritime Situational Awareness from Seabed to Space

  • Transforming Allied maritime domain awareness by enhancing coordination between national and joint maritime surveillance capabilities
  • Deploying a wide range of assets from satellites to autonomous systems below, on, and above sea
  • Achieving effective integration of capabilities across the alliance and operationalizing the initiative following formal political endorsement in October 2023
  • Sean Trevethan, Director, NATO Maritime Unmanned Systems Innovation and Coordination Cell/Maritime Portfolio Lead in Defence Investments, NATO

    Andrea Bell-Miller, Director of International Programs, PEO Unmanned and Small Combatants, NAVSEA, US NAVY

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    Supporting Innovation and Strategic Developments within the US Navy to Enhance Fleet Capability

    Maria A. Proestou

    Maria A. Proestou, Strategic Acquisition Advisor, US DOD

    • Assisting DoD with establishing governance structures for complex warfighting capability upgrades to ensure competitive advantage
    • Addressing platform integration and interoperability challenges within Navy systems
    • Developing strategies to increase innovation within the industrial base and foster effective commercial partnerships
    • Leveraging innovate technologies to improve domain awareness and MISR efforts

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    Chair’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

    Rear Admiral (Ret.) Lance Scott, Former Commander, Patrol and Reconnaissance Group, US Navy

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    8:30

    Registration & Coffee

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    9:20

    Chair's Opening Remarks

    Rear Admiral (Ret.) Lance Scott, Former Commander, Patrol and Reconnaissance Group, US Navy

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    9:30

    Supporting the US Navy's Mission at Meteorology and Oceanography Command

    Captain Jonathan Vorrath

    Captain Jonathan Vorrath, Maritime Operations Center Director, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, CNMOC

    Naval Meteorology and Oceanography (METOC) overview
    METOC effects on distributed maritime operations
    Naval Oceanography strategy overview
    Naval Oceanography Partnerships

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    Providing Decisive Advantage to Policymakers, Military Service Members, Intelligence Professionals and First Responders through World-Class Geospatial Intelligence

    Command Sergeant Major Thomas Baird, Senior Enlisted Advisor, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

  • Enabling warfighters to effectively plan missions and gain battlefield superiority
  • Monitoring, analyzing and reporting threats in the maritime domain to enhance situational awareness
  • Collaborating with a host of military and government partners to protect national security
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    10:30

    Morning Coffee

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    U.S. Fourth Fleet: Theater of Innovation and Contribution of Unmanned Systems to Maritime Reconnaissance in Today’s Hybrid Fleet

    Captain (Ret.) Ted J. Venable

    Captain (Ret.) Ted J. Venable, CSL PM/UAS SME, U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command (USNAVSO) / Fourth Fleet

  •  Working with industry to advance maritime unmanned since 2008
  • US SOUTHERN COMMAND AOR- the perfect environment to operationalize unmanned maritime systems
  • In 2023, CNO designated FOURTH FLEET to lead the Navy’s Hybrid Fleet Concept development
  • FOURTH FLEET leveraging industry innovation to advance multi-domain integration for the Navy’s Hybrid Fleet
  • U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command working with Partner Navy’s to mature integration of unmanned systems in the maritime environment.
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    Acquiring Space Based based Commercial Remote Sensing Data for Defense, Intelligence, and Federal Civil Communities at The NRO’s Commercial Systems Programs Office

    Colin Bettis, Director of Outreach, Commercial Systems Program Office, National Reconnaissance Office

  • Working closely with organizations like NGA, NSA, and Space Force, to ensure commercial space-based sources satisfy their requirements
  • Conducting the largest commercial imagery contract effort ever by NRO worth more than $4B over the next decade
  • Releasing three Strategic Commercial Enhancements (SCE) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) focus area RFPs resulting in 17 contracts, 5 for commercial radar, 6 for commercial radio frequency remote sensing; and 6 for commercial hyperspectral imaging
  • Launching the NRO Acquisition Research Center's next SCEBAA Focus Area, Commercial EO Capabilities, to continue to broaden the scope of commercial engagement
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    12:15

    Networking Lunch

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    Advancing Improved ISR Technologies to Protect US Maritime Borders

    Robert Leigh

    Robert Leigh, Acting Director, National Air Security Operations, US Customs and Border Protection

  • Overview of Air and Marine Operation's (AMO) capabilities 
  • Deploying unmanned assets to the maritime domain to improve border security
  • Coordinating situational awareness with international, federal, state, local and tribal partners to enable detection, identification, classification and tracking of land and maritime threats
  • Detecting and deterring illicit maritime border crossings, interdicting illicit threats and collecting law enforcement intelligence to safeguard US Homeland Security
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    Integrating Battlespace EW into the EMU MISR Project

    Lieutenant Commander Adam Patterson

    Lieutenant Commander Adam Patterson, Fleet Experimentation Officer, US Navy

  • EMU development as a QRC and rapid development utilizing Government-Off-the-Shelf technology
  • Basic system capabilities and limitations including comparisons to the current MH-60R EW suite (ALQ-210)
  • Cross-domain geolocation capabilities and incorporation using JCID
  • Future development and fleet employment to include FVEY partners
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    Merlin Helicopter Force: Advancing Merlin Capabilities for Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) and Airborne Surveillance and Control (ASaC) Operations

    Commander Aidan Riley

    Commander Aidan Riley, Commanding Officer, Merlin Helicopter Force, Royal Navy

    Naval Aviation capabilities of the Royal Navy
    Merlin HM Mk2 ASW and ASAC crewed rotorcraft
    Improving airborne surveillance and control to enhance maritime domain awareness
     

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    Chair’s Closing Remarks and Conference Close

    Rear Admiral (Ret.) Lance Scott, Former Commander, Patrol and Reconnaissance Group, US Navy

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    Post Conference Refreshments


    Program Executive Officer, F-35 Lightning II Program
    Department of Defense
    Commander, Patrol and Reconnaissance Group
    NAVAIR, US Navy
    Former Commander, Patrol and Reconnaissance Group
    US Navy
    Program Manager, Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems
    US Navy
    Commanding Officer
    Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 40
    Commanding Officer, Merlin Helicopter Force
    Royal Navy
    Director of the Naval Operational and Experimentation Centre
    Portuguese Navy
    Fleet Experimentation Officer
    US Navy
    Senior Enlisted Advisor
    National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
    Director of International Programs, PEO Unmanned and Small Combatants, NAVSEA
    US NAVY
    Director of Outreach, Commercial Systems Program Office
    National Reconnaissance Office
    Acting Director, National Air Security Operations
    US Customs and Border Protection
    Director, NATO Maritime Unmanned Systems Innovation and Coordination Cell/Maritime Portfolio Lead in Defence Investments
    NATO
    CSL PM/UAS SME
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    WHAT IS CPD?

    CPD stands for Continuing Professional Development’. It is essentially a philosophy, which maintains that in order to be effective, learning should be organised and structured. The most common definition is:

    ‘A commitment to structured skills and knowledge enhancement for Personal or Professional competence’

    CPD is a common requirement of individual membership with professional bodies and Institutes. Increasingly, employers also expect their staff to undertake regular CPD activities.

    Undertaken over a period of time, CPD ensures that educational qualifications do not become obsolete, and allows for best practice and professional standards to be upheld.

    CPD can be undertaken through a variety of learning activities including instructor led training courses, seminars and conferences, e:learning modules or structured reading.

    CPD AND PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTES

    There are approximately 470 institutes in the UK across all industry sectors, with a collective membership of circa 4 million professionals, and they all expect their members to undertake CPD.

    For some institutes undertaking CPD is mandatory e.g. accountancy and law, and linked to a licence to practice, for others it’s obligatory. By ensuring that their members undertake CPD, the professional bodies seek to ensure that professional standards, legislative awareness and ethical practices are maintained.

    CPD Schemes often run over the period of a year and the institutes generally provide online tools for their members to record and reflect on their CPD activities.

    TYPICAL CPD SCHEMES AND RECORDING OF CPD (CPD points and hours)

    Professional bodies and Institutes CPD schemes are either structured as ‘Input’ or ‘Output’ based.

    ‘Input’ based schemes list a precise number of CPD hours that individuals must achieve within a given time period. These schemes can also use different ‘currencies’ such as points, merits, units or credits, where an individual must accumulate the number required. These currencies are usually based on time i.e. 1 CPD point = 1 hour of learning.

    ‘Output’ based schemes are learner centred. They require individuals to set learning goals that align to professional competencies, or personal development objectives. These schemes also list different ways to achieve the learning goals e.g. training courses, seminars or e:learning, which enables an individual to complete their CPD through their preferred mode of learning.

    The majority of Input and Output based schemes actively encourage individuals to seek appropriate CPD activities independently.

    As a formal provider of CPD certified activities, SAE Media Group can provide an indication of the learning benefit gained and the typical completion. However, it is ultimately the responsibility of the delegate to evaluate their learning, and record it correctly in line with their professional body’s or employers requirements.

    GLOBAL CPD

    Increasingly, international and emerging markets are ‘professionalising’ their workforces and looking to the UK to benchmark educational standards. The undertaking of CPD is now increasingly expected of any individual employed within today’s global marketplace.

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