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
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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.
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Thurs, Oct. 25, 2018 | |||
0700 - 1500 |
Registration Open |
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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 |
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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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