Conference Day Two: 14th July 2010

08.30 – 09.00 Cofe & Registration

09.00 – 09.10 Chairman’s Welcome & Introductory Remarks

Dr Bill Powers
Research Fellow
Marine Corps Warfighting Lab

09.10 – 09.50 Developing The Next Generation Of Unmaned Air Systems (NGUAS)

• Examining Current Capabilities
• Payload flexibility, enhanced speed, ability to integrate with civil air traffic
• Ability to fly in contested airspace

Jason Bowman
Aerospace Engineer, Air Vehicles Directorate
USAF Air Force Research Laboratory

09.50 – 10.30 UCAVs In Today’s And Tomorrow’s Wars

• Today’s UCAVs - Advantages and limitations
• UCAV operations in contested airspace
• The next tactical UCAV
• The air-sea battle - UCAVs for ISR and strike
• The UCAV and the Next-Generation Bomber

Bill Sweetman
Editor-in-Chief
Aviation News

11.00 – 11.40 Doctrinal Implications Of Unmaned Aerial Systems

• Discuss what UAV doctrine can, and cannot, do for operators
• Evaluate the vulnerability that an over-reliance on UAVs could pose for coalition operations
• Provide integration solutions for joint and coalition force UAV assets

Lieutenant Colonel Steve Tanner
JUAS Centre Of Excellence
USAF

11.40 – 12.20 Delivering The Optimum And Most Afordable Maned/Unmaned Force Mix

• What are the optimum and most affordable mix of manned and unmanned platforms?
• How can UCAVs be leveraged to meet a broad spectrum of threats?
• What is the realistic timescale for UCAV flight mix integration? USAF Flight Plan: 2047?

Wing Commander Chris Thirtle
Air Staff Strategy – UAVs
RAF

13.40 – 14.20 Panel Discusion: UCAV Evolution : The Chalenges Ahead UCAVs Are Begining To Be Sen As Proven And Establis Hed, But What Are The Curent Dificulties We Face :

• The technology is readily available for platforms, weapons integration, and autonomous operation
• Significant airspace issues yet to be fully resolved, it is the political, ethical and legal aspects which continue to be a real challenge, with the ever-present potential for a serious ‘own goal’ and the consequent setting back of a campaign.
• Winning over hearts and minds of a local population is the major challenge in Afghanistan.

Panel discussion led by:
Chris Granville-White
CBE

14.20 – 15.00 Levels Of UCAV Autonom Y And Subsequent Ethical Implications

• UCAVs: Legal And Ethical Dimensions
• The Challenges of Full Automation
• What are the current ‘stages’ of automation and what do they really mean?

John Valasek
Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering
Texas A&M University

15.30 – 16.10 Taranis Programe Update

• Training of the BAE systems led project
• UK and French led development Timescale
• Future Directions

David Kershaw
Autonomous Systems & Future Capability, Strategy Director
BAE Systems

16.10 - 16.50 UCAV Training And Instruction

• Training vs. Education
  A. What’s the difference?
  B. Classroom Instruction
  C. Student selection
• “Real” Flight Time?
• ‘Airmindedness’
  D. Situation Awareness
  E. Coordination with ground component
  F. ‘Groundmindedness’: understanding what’s going on with the ground force
• Sensor Employment
• Weapons Release Authority

Dr Bill Powers
Research Fellow
Marine Corps Warfighting Lab

16.50 – 17.05 New Concepts And New Capabilities : Dense Mini-UCAV Swarms Armed With Precision Am Munition

• From combat-capable platforms to network-centric UCAV swarms
• Precise weapons delivery: Overcoming new sensory challenges
• Requirements for autonomous, precise, dynamic 3D orientation collision avoidance system

Col. Maciej Mroczkowski
Head of Section
WAT Military University

17.30 – 17.45 Chairman’s Closing Remarks & Close Of Conference

Dr Bill Powers
Research Fellow
Marine Corps Warfighting Lab