HELMOT XVIII - 2018

 

The Vertical Flight Society's Southeast US Region and Hampton Roads Chapter

HELMOT XVIII:18th Helicopter Military Operations Technology Meeting

Hampton Roads Convention Center, Hampton Roads, Virginia | October 24-25, 2018

Online pre-registration is now CLOSED

The HELMOT meeting is still open to attendees  – see onsite registration desk hours below.

 

 The conference, which consists of 2 days of unclassified, unrestricted presentations, will highlight integrated mission systems research and development enabling increased capability for vertical lift aircraft and provide some user perspective on recent operations. 

Government and industry speakers will present on "Transformational Technologies and Their Application to the Vertical Lift Battlespace."

See below for the HELMOT 2018 final agenda or download a PDF of the schedule.

Attire: business casual.

Onsite Registration Desk Hours:

Tues. Oct. 23: 1630 - 1800

Wed. Oct. 24: 0700 - 1600

Thurs. Oct. 25: 0700 - 1500

 

FINAL SCHEDULE
Wed, October 24, 2018
0700 - 1600	Registration and Exhibits Open
0700 - 0815	Coffee in the Exhibit Hall
0815 - 0820	Day 1 HELMOT Welcome	HELMOT General Chair: Marty Walsh, US Army AMRDEC ADD, Associate Director for Mission Systems
0820 - 0830	Vertical Flight Society (VFS) Update	Mike Hirschberg, Executive Director, VFS
0830 - 0900	Keynote Speaker	BG Walter T. Rugen, US Army, Director, Future of Vertical Lift Cross Functional Team
0900 - 0915	Session #1: Unmanned Operations	Session Chair: Sara Condon, US Army AMRDEC ADD, Technical Area Lead for Avionics & Networks
0915 - 0945	York County Fire Dept. UAV Operations	Captain Drew Waters, UAS Team Lead, York County Fire Dept.
0945 - 1015	Break
1015 - 1045	An Open Systems Environment for Evaluation of Future Army Aviation MUM-T Technologies	Tim Flynn, Engineer, PeopleTech, Synergistic Unmanned Manned Intelligent Teaming (SUMIT) Project Office
1045 - 1115	Enhancing Warfighter Effectiveness Through Man-Machine Teaming	Dr. Paul Castleberg, Toyon Research Corp., V.P.
1115 - 1120	Session 1 Wrap-up	Session Chair: Sara Condon
1120 - 1300	Lunch (On Your Own)
1300 - 1305	Session #2: Unmanned Operations	Session Chair: Tim Condon, US Army AMRDEC ADD, Technical Area Lead for Autonomy and Teaming
1305 - 1335	SCORCH: A Supervisory Control Interface for the Employment of Multiple UAS in Manned-Unmanned Teaming Operations	Dr. Grant Taylor, US Army AMRDEC ADD, Engineering Research Psychologist, Human-Systems Interface Technical Area
1335 - 1405	Autonomous Aerial Cargo/Utility System (AACUS)	Dennis Baker, Office of Naval Research & Jason Jewell, Aurora Flight Sciences
1405 - 1435	Architecture Driven Product Line Engineering Strategy	Anand Kelkar, V.P., Jovian Software Consulting LLC.
1435 - 1500	Break
1500 - 1530	Tactical UAS-Operation Inherent Resolve (Mosul, Iraq)	Brad Snowden, Director Future Aviation Programs, John H. Northrop & Associates Inc.
1530 - 1600	Emerging Technologies for Manned Unmanned Teaming	Dr. Jacyln Hoke, Program Manager, Rockwell Collins
1600 - 1605	Session Wrap-up	Session Chair: Tim Condon
1605 - 1610	Day 1 Closing Remards	General Chair: Marty Walsh
VFS Hampton Roads Chapter Dinner & Social @ 1800 Oozlefinch Craft Brewery 81 Patch Road, Fort Monroe, VA
Thurs, Oct. 25, 2018
0700 - 1500	Registration Open
0700 - 1645	Exhibits Open
0700 - 0750	Coffee in Exhibit Hall
0755 - 0800	Day 2 HELMOT Welcome	HELMOT XVIII General Chair: Marty Walsh, US Army AMRDEC ADD, Associate Director for Mission Systems
0800 - 0805	Session #3: Operational Enablers	Session Chair: Jay Kiser, US Army AMRDEC ADD
0805 - 0835	Optimally Crewed Vehicle	Katie Ernst, Human Factors Engineer, Applied Decision Science
0835 - 0905	Degraded Visual Environment - Mitigation	Mike Haider, Degraded Visual Environment - Mitigation Systems Integrator, John H. Northrop & Assoc. Inc.
0905 - 0935	Black Hawk Crew Mission Station	Matthew Lawrence, US Army AMRDEC, CMS Project Lead, Utility Helicopters Futures Team
0935 - 1000	Break
1000 - 1030	Apache Modernization	Randy Bregger, Attack Modernization Project Engineer, Boeing Co.
1030 - 1100	Autonomous & Robotic Remote Refueling Point (AR3P)	William P. Nikonchuk, US Army AMRDEC, Energy Lab and AR3P Lead
1100 - 1105	Session 3 Wrap-up	Session Chair: Jay Kiser
1105 - 1230	Lunch (On Your Own)
1230 - 1235	Session #4: JMR Program	Session Chair: Ned Chase, US Army AMRDEC, Deputy Program Director, Joint Multi-Role Technical Demonstration
1235 - 1305	JMR Program Office Update	David Friedmann, US Army AMRDEC, Air Vehicle Demonstrator Lead, Joint Multi-Role Technical Demonstration
1305 - 1335	Sikorsky/Boeing Team: Defiant	Steve Weiner, Chief Engineer, Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Co.
1335 - 1405	Bell V-280 Valor Update	Paul Wilson, V-280 Chief Engineer, Bell
1405 - 1435	AVX Aircraft: JMR Configuration and Path to the Future	Kendall Goodman, COO, AVX Aircraft Company
1435 - 1500	Break
1500 - 1530	Karem: JMR-TD Update	David Weinstein, Head of Testing, Karem Aircraft
1530 - 1600	Comprehensive Architecture Strategy	Marcell "Opus" Padilla, Senior Engineer, CRL Technologies Inc.
1600 - 1630	Engine Technologies for FVL	Kyle Tilley, Sr. Program Manager, GE Aviation
1630 - 1635	Session 4 Wrap-up	Session Chair: Ned Chase
1635 - 1645	HELMOT Wrap-up	General Chair: Marty Walsh

Event Location
Hampton Roads Convention Center
Grand Ballroom B/C
1610 Coliseum Drive
Hampton, VA 23666

Hotel
A block of rooms at the government per diem rate of $93 are available at the Embassy Suites, which is conveniently located next to the Hampton Roads Convention Center. Book the Embassy Suites by Hilton Hampton Hotel Convention Center & Spa with the following codes:
Group Name: 2018 HELMOT
Group Code; HLT
Hotel Address: 1700 Coliseum Drive, Hampton, VA 23666
Phone: 757-827-8200

Organizers
General Chair: Mr. Marty Walsh, US Army AMRDEC ADD; Mr. Jay Kiser,U.S. Army AMRDEC ADD

Technical Meeting Chairs:
Session Chairs, Unmanned Operations: Mr. Tim Condon and Ms. Sara Condon, US Army AMRDEC ADD
Session Chair, Operational Enablers: Mr. Jay Kiser, U.S. Army AMRDEC ADD

Session Chair, JMR Program: Mr. Ned Chase, U.S. Army AMRDEC ADD

General meeting questions? Contact the VFS Hampton Roads Chapter President, Mr. Mathew Thomas.

Exhibits
10' x 10' exhibit spaces will be made available inside the conference meeting room. If you're interested in exhibiting at HELMOT download a PDF of the HELMOT 2018 Exhibit Contract. For questions exhibit questions, please contact Mr. David Meyer, Boeing Company.

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