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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(Or download the HELMOT XVII Registration PDF form and submit to HQ by email.)
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 preliminary agenda or download a PDF version.
| PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE | |||
| Wed, October 24, 2018 | |||
| 0700 - 1700 | Registration and Exhibits Open | ||
| 0700 - 0750 | Exhibit Hall Morning Coffee | ||
| 0755 - 0800 | Day 1 HELMOT Welcome | HELMOT General Chair: Marty Walsh, US Army AMRDEC ADD, Associate Director for Mission Systems |
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| 0800 - 0830 | Keynote Speaker | BG Walter T. Rugen, US Army, Director, Future of Vertical Lift Cross Functional Team | |
| 0835 - 0845 | Session #1: Unmanned Operations | Session Chair: Sara Condon, US Army ADD, Technical Area Lead for Avionics & Networks |
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| 0845 - 0915 | Advanced MuMT Concepts |
TBD | |
| 0915 - 0945 | NexGen Tactical UAS Technology Demonstrator: Advanced UAS in a Near Peer Environment |
LTC Michael Osmon, US Army AMRDEC-ADD, PM NextGen TUAS Tech Demo | |
| 0945 - 1000 | Break | ||
| 1000 - 1030 | An Open Systems Environment for Evaluation of Future Army Aviation MUM-T Technologies |
Tim Flynn, People Tech, Synergistic Unmanned Manned Intelligent Teaming (SUMIT) Project Office | |
| 1030 - 1100 | Locust Swarm (Invited) | TBD | |
| 1100 - 1130 | York County Fire Dept. UAV Operations | Chief Chris Sadler, York County Fire Dept. | |
| 1130 - 1135 | Session 1 Wrap-up | Session Chair: Sara Condon | |
| 1135 - 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 | |
| 1335 - 1405 | Enhancing Warfighter Effectiveness Through Man-Machine Teaming |
Toyon Research Corp. | |
| 1405 - 1435 | 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 | |
| 1435 - 1505 | Break | ||
| 1505 - 1535 | Air Launch of Atlus Fixed-Wing from UH-60 Helicopter | Dr. Nicholas Alley, Chief Exec. Office, Area-I Inc. | |
| 1535 - 1605 | Autonomous Aerial Cargo/Utility System (AACUS) | Dennis Baker, Office of Naval Research | |
| 1605 - 1635 | Architecture Driven Product Line Engineering Strategy |
Anand Kelkar, VP, Jovian Software Consulting LLC. | |
| 1635 - 1705 | Tactical UAS-Operation Inherent Resolve (Mosul, Iraq) | Brad Snowden, Director, Future Aviation Programs, John H. Northrop & Associates Inc. | |
| 1705 - 1720 | Session 2 Wrap-up | Session Chair: Tim Condon | |
| 1720 - 1730 | Day 1 Closing Remarks | General Chair: Marty Walsh | |
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AHS Hampton Roads Chapter Social @ 1800 |
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| Thurs, Oct. 25, 2018 | |||
| 0700 - 1700 |
Registration Exhibits Open |
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| 0700 - 0750 | Coffee in Exhibit Hall | ||
| 0755 - 0800 | Day 2 HELMOT Welcome | HELMOT 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 | William H. Huff IV, Senior Consultant, John H. Northrop & Associates Inc.; Laura Militello, Co-founder and Senior Scientist, Applied Decision Science | |
| 0835 - 0905 | Degraded Visual Environment | Allan Walker, US Army AMRDEC ADD, Deputy PM Degraded Visual Environment - Mitigation S&T Prog. | |
| 0905 - 0935 | Black Hawk Crew Missions Station | Matthew Lawrence, US Army AMCOM Engineer, Utility Helicopters Futures Team | |
| 0935 - 1000 | Break | ||
| 1000 - 1030 | Apache Modernization | Randy Bregger, Attack Modernization Project Engineer, Boeing | |
| 1030 - 1100 | Autonomous & Robotic Remote Refueling Point (AR3P) | William P. Nikonchuk, US Army AMRDEC, Energy Lab and AR3P LEad | |
| 1100 - 1130 | Emerging Technologies for Manned Unmanned Teaming | Brad Nueville, Advanced Programs Mgr., Rockwell Collins | |
| 1130 - 1135 | Session Wrap-up | Session Chair: Jay Kiser | |
| 1135 - 1300 | Lunch (On Your Own) | ||
| 1300 - 1305 | Session #4: JMR Program |
Session Chair: Ned Chase, US Army AMRDEC, Deputy Program Director, Joint Multi-Role Technical Demonstration | |
| 1305 - 1335 | JMR Program Office Update |
David Friedmann, US Army AMRDEC, Air Vehicle Demonstrator Lead, Joint Multi-Role Technical Demonstration | |
| 1335 - 1405 | TBD |
Military Systems GE Aviation | |
| 1405 - 1435 | Sikorsky/Boeing Team: Defiant (Invited) |
TBD | |
| 1435 - 1505 | Break |
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| 1505 - 1535 | Bell Helicopters V-280 Update (Invited) |
TBD | |
| 1535 - 1605 | AVX Aircraft – JMR Configuration and Path to the Future |
Kendall Goodman, COO, AVX Aircraft Company | |
| 1605 - 1635 | Karem – JMR-TD Update |
David Weinstein, Head of Testing, Karem Aircraft | |
| 1635 - 1705 | Comprehensive Architecture Strategy |
Marcell "Opus" Padilla, Senior Engineer, CRL Technologies Inc. | |
| 1705 - 1720 | Session 2 Wrap-up |
Session Chair: Ned Chase | |
| 1720 - 1800 | 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.
Brigadier General Walter Rugen is the Deputy Commanding General, Support for the 7th Infantry Division and the Director of the U.S. Army's Cross Functional Team (Future Vertical Lift Program). He has led US Army and Special Operations Aviation units during his distinguished 29-years career.HELMOT XVIII - 2018 nones
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