Unmanned vehicle conference

Senior Army and Navy officials will deliver presentations at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International’s XPONENTIAL 2016 conference this week in New Orleans. It is the largest trade show for unmanned vehicle systems and the robotics industry. Gen. David G. Perkins, commander, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, delivers remarks May 3. Frank Kelley, deputy assistant secretary of the Navy for Unmanned Systems and a retired Marine Corps brigadier general, speaks May 5. The conference is at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans through May 5. In addition, the conference will convene a general session panel to discuss the future of unmanned systems. Among panelists will be U.S. Rep. Frank LoBiondo, chairman of the House aviation subcommittee; Marke Gibson, senior advisor for UAS integration at FAA; and Dr. John Cavolowsky, director of NASA’s Airspace Systems Program, will serve on the panel. (Source: XPONENTIAL 2016 04/30/16)