Counter UAS Summit, 12 – 14 March 2019, Washington, USA


In light of the passing of the Preventing Emerging Threats Act of 2018, we are bringing back our Counter UAS series to discuss the provisions that give the government new authority to counter airborne drone threats.

Our agenda will give powerful examples of how this new legislation will give the DoJ and DHS unprecedented ability to “mitigate” a credible drone threat, by physically disabling the drone, taking it over, intercepting its communications, or seizing the drone itself, all without a warrant or judicial review/oversight.  Find out more here: https://counteruas.iqpc.com/

Speakers Include:

  • Lieutenant Commander Tristan Wagner, C-UAS Team Chief, U.S. CENTCOM, U.S. Navy
  • Scott Brunner, Deputy Assistant Director, Critical Incident Response Group, FBI
  • Scott Mathews, Senior Advisor, Intelligence, Department of Homeland Security
  • James Truhett, Branch Head Nuclear Weapons, Safety, Security, Compliance and Incident Response, U.S. NAVY
  • Major Mikita Brown, Branch Chief for Technical Support & Senior Air Battle Manager, Joint Deployable Analysis Team, The Joint Staff
  • LTC Demetrios Ghikas, Division Chief Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS), HQDA, G-3/5/7, DAMO-ZCF (Fires)
  • Gregory Olmstead, Senior Advisor, Department of Homeland Security
  • Gerry Tighe, Oversight Executive for Maritime Systems programs, Emerging Capabilities & Prototypes, OSD R&E