Gen. Roger A. Brady is Commander, U.S. Air Forces in Europe; Commander, Air Component Command, Ramstein; and Director, Joint Air Power Competency Center, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. He is responsible for Air Force activities, conducted through 3rd Air Force, in an area of operations covering almost one-fifth of the globe. This area includes 51 countries in Europe, Asia and the Middle East, and the Arctic and Atlantic oceans with a total population reaching nearly one billion people speaking more than 80 languages. He also has administrative control of 17th Air Force, providing support, logistics and resources to U.S. Africa Command.

General Brady entered the Air Force in 1969 through the University of Oklahoma ROTC program. He has commanded a support group and flying training wing, and he was vice commander of an air logistics center. The general has served as a director of personnel, logistics, plans and programs, and operations at three major commands. His involvement in deployed operations includes service in Vietnam, deployment of NATO forces in support of Operation Desert Storm, securing coalition support for the stand-up of expeditionary wings during Operation Allied Force, and providing Total Force and Civil Reserve Air Fleet air mobility support to operations Noble Eagle, Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. Prior to his current position, General Brady was the Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower and Personnel, Headquarters U.S. Air Force.

General Brady is a command pilot with more than 3,500 hours in tanker, airlift and training aircraft.

A native of Pompano Beach, Florida, BGen Hedelund received his bachelor’s degree from Florida Atlantic University and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in April 1983. He was designated an unrestricted Naval Aviator in May 1985.

As a CH-46E pilot, BGen Hedelund has had numerous overseas deployments with HMM-264 (1985-1988), HMM-365 (1991-1994) and HMM-162 (2001-2003). He also served as a Basic and Advanced Helicopter Flight Instructor at Helicopter Training Squadron 18 at NAS Whiting Field from 1989-1991, earning the Flight Instructor of the Year Award for 1990. BGen Hedelund has also served as an instructor and Assault Support Department Head at Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) in Yuma, AZ.

Command assignments include Commanding Officer, Headquarters Squadron, Marine Aircraft Group 29, MCAS New River in 2000. In 2001, he assumed command of HMM-162. The Golden Eagles deployed with Marine Aircraft Group 29 to the Northern Arabian Gulf region in support of major offensive combat operations during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM from January 2003 to May 2003. BGen Hedelund also served as the Commanding Officer, Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) from July 2006 to June 2008. BGen Hedelund assumed command of the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory on 28 August 2009. As such, he also serves as the Vice Chief of Naval Research at the Office of Naval Research (ONR).

BGen Hedelund is a distinguished graduate of The Basic School and the Marine Corps Command and Staff College, where he earned a Masters of Military Studies Degree. He attended the Air War College, Montgomery, AL during the 2004 academic year, where he earned a Masters of Strategic Studies Degree. He has also attended the Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Virginia.

Staff assignments include selection to serve the Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development Command as a member of the Marine Corps Strategic Studies Group in support of the 1999 Force Structure Planning Group. BGen Hedelund has also served at US Joint Forces Command where he was assigned to the Joint Warfighting Center/J7 as the USNORTHCOM Joint Desk Officer responsible for Joint Force Training and Exercise support for US Northern Command. He reported to the Pentagon in July 2008 to serve as Military Assistant and Marine Aide to the Secretary of the Navy and finished his tour there as the Secretary’s Senior Military Assistant.

Jay M. Cohen is a native of New York. He was commissioned in 1968 upon graduation from the United States Naval Academy. He holds a joint Ocean Engineering degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Master of Science in Marine Engineering and Naval Architecture from MIT.

His early Navy assignments included service on conventional and nuclear submarines. From 1985 to 1988 Cohen commanded USS HYMAN G. RICKOVER (SSN 709).

Following command, he served on the U.S. Atlantic Fleet as a senior member of the Nuclear Propulsion Examining Board, responsible for certifying the safe operation of nuclear powered ships and crews.

From 1991 to 1993, he commanded the submarine tender USS L.Y. SPEAR (AS 36) including a deployment to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation DESERT STORM.

After Spear, he reported to the Secretary of the Navy as Deputy Chief of Navy Legislative Affairs. During this assignment, Cohen was responsible for supervising all Navy Congressional liaison.

Cohen was promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral in October 1997 and reported to the Joint Staff as Deputy Director for Operations responsible to the President and DoD leaders for strategic weapons release authority.

In June 1999, he assumed duties as Director Navy Y2K Project Office responsible for transitioning all Navy computer systems into the new century.

In June 2000, Cohen was promoted in rank and became the 20th Chief of Naval Research. He served during war as the Department of the Navy Chief Technology Officer (a direct report to the Secretary of the Navy, Chief of Naval Operations and Commandant of the Marine Corps). Responsible for the $2B+/year Navy and Marine Corps Science and Technology (S&T) Program (involving basic research to applied technology portfolios and contracting), Cohen coordinated investments with other U.S. and international S&T providers to rapidly meet war fighter combat needs. After an unprecedented five and a half year assignment as Chief of Naval Research, Rear Admiral Cohen retired from the Navy on February 1, 2006.

Unanimously confirmed by the US Senate, Cohen was sworn in as Under Secretary for Science & Technology at the Department of Homeland Security (responsible for DHS Research, Development, Test and Evaluation) on August 10, 2006 (the day of the British Airways liquid explosive plot in England). At the time of his assuming this position, the Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 U.S. Senate Appropriations Report described DHS S&T as ’’a rudderless ship without a clear way to get back on course’’. Through Cohen’s leadership and the people and programs he put in place, the FY 2008 Senate Appropriations Report stated the committee ’’is pleased with the rapid progress S&T appears to be making... ’’ and in FY 2009 the Congress added $63M to the nearly $1B DHS S&T budget and directed that Cohen be given acquisition authority over his responsible programs. The output focused, customer oriented transformation of DHS S&T (from the lowest morale federal government component in 2006 to amongst the highest in 2008) is a success story that is captured in Hill testimony, press articles, international partnerships and a recent National Geographic TV special ’’Hi-Tech War on Terror’’ that documents the high risk/high gain innovation portfolio which Cohen put in place to make the nation safer. The current administration continues to build on this solid foundation.

Since leaving government, Rear Admiral Cohen is now a principal in The Chertoff Group, serves on numerous corporate boards and as CEO of JayMCohen LLC is an independent consultant for science and technology in support of domestic and international defense, homeland security and energy issues and solutions.

Gerald R Sayer, PhD is a Senior Advisor to the Director of Information Dominance Programs, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisitions) (SAF/AQI).

Dr Sayer is Senior Advisor on Airspace Integration and Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). He has been actively involved with remotely-piloted vehicles since 1973. As Cofounder and President of Developmental Sciences, Inc.(1970-1994), he led the development of the Sky Eye family of UAS, squadrons of which were stood up in Thailand, Morocco and Egypt during the 1980’s. Later he was involved with the concept, development and testing of the Condor HALE UAS which, in 1989, set a world record of 36 hours of flight above 60,000 ft. He continued working on HALE UAS concepts both lighter-than-air and fixed wing; until he accepted his current assignment in 2008. He serves on the OSD UAS Task Force and Senior Steering Group, Joint UAS Center of Excellence Airspace Integration team EXCOM and is SAF/AQI’s airspace integration lead. Dr. Sayer has presented and published over 94 papers in the aeronautical sciences field.

Dr Joel Hayward taught strategy and operational art at the Joint Services Command and Staff College before becoming, in November 2005, the Head of the Air Power Studies Division created by the Royal Air Force and King's College London. He and the department of academics he created are based at the historic and prestigious Royal Air Force College, Cranwell, of which he was appointed the Dean in April 2007. Four months later he was also appointed a Director of the Royal Air Force Centre for Air Power Studies (RAF CAPS), a national think-tank. Dr Hayward is additionally a member of the CAS Air Power Workshop, a small working group of scholars and other theorists convened by the Chief of Air Staff. He is also the academic lead, and conceptual designer, of the RAF’s new MA degree, Air Power in the Modern World (taught by King’s), as well as a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Global War Studies, the Baltic Defence and Security Review and the Air Power Review.

A former Senior Lecturer in Defence and Strategic Studies at the Centre for Defence Studies in New Zealand, his birth country, Dr Hayward has taught in, or lectured to, many officer cadet colleges and command and staff colleges around the world. He continues to teach or advise on air power matters at military academies and colleges throughout Europe and beyond and is frequently invited abroad as a keynote speaker at major air power and defence conferences. He also speaks as an on-camera analyst on television documentaries, most recently a German ZDF historical documentary on air power. Additionally, he provides ’’expert’’ advice in media interviews on defence and especially air power topics.

He has written or edited eight books (including fiction and poetry) and dozens of peer-reviewed academic articles and book chapters, as well as countless newspaper pieces. He is widely considered to be an expert on air-land integration. While retaining his primary focus on operational air power, Dr Hayward has a wide-ranging intellectual curiosity and nowadays gains greatest pleasure from researching and writing on the ethics of air power and the complex relationship between air power and ecology. Some of his works have been translated into German, Russian, Portuguese, Spanish and Serbian. In May 2007 three of Dr Hayward's earlier articles on air power strategy and operational art were considered sufficiently meritorious to be republished by eminent English historian Professor Jeremy Black in a volume of ’’seminal articles’’ on the Second World War. Dr Hayward is currently under contract with Cambridge University Press to author what he hopes will be a pioneering new study: An Ecological History of War: The Environment Consequences of Warfare from Antiquity to the Present.

The Wall Street Journal calls him ’’a pro-growth Member [of Congress] in the John F. Kennedy mold.’’ The Dallas Morning News says he’s ’’one of the seven best Texas legislators.’’ The San Antonio Express-News says, ’’Cuellar has worked hard and demonstrated an independent nonpartisan mind-set,’’ and also notes that ’’Cuellar’s willingness to place his district ahead of his political party is refreshing.’’

Born as one of eight children to hard working migrant farm workers in Laredo, Texas, Congressman Henry Cuellar has dedicated his life and career to two decades of public service. Elected to Congress in 2005, Congressman Cuellar is now serving his third term in Congress after serving 15 years as a Texas State Representative and Texas Secretary of State. With five advanced degrees including a master’s degree in International Trade, a degree of Law from Texas A&M University and a PhD. in Government from the University of Texas at Austin, he is also the most degreed member of Congress.

In 2005, Congressman Cuellar became the first Laredoan in over 20 years elected to represent the 28th District of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives. During his first three terms in Congress, he’s stood out among his congressional colleagues as an advocate for better government, commerce and trade, small businesses and border security. As the Chairman of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border, Maritime and Global Counterterrorism, Congressman Cuellar is widely recognized as a leader on homeland security, border security and national emergency preparedness and response. He has become a national voice on border security issues and he is the former Chairman of the Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness and Response.

In Congress, he currently serves on three House Congressional Committees, including Homeland Security, Agriculture and Government Oversight and Reform. Congressman Cuellar has long been a legislative champion for government transparency and accountability, authoring and passing legislation in Congress to reform federal agency procedures to eliminate bureaucratic redundancy. In 2010, he introduced legislation to assess the performance of federal programs on a quarterly basis. This legislation is moving swiftly through the House of Representatives and could be enacted into law by the end of this year.

Upon his selection into the Senior Executive Service, Mr. John R. Stanton assumed the responsibilities of Executive Director, National Air Security Operations for the Office of Air and Marine, U.S. Customs and Border Protection. He is responsible for all strategic missions and operational activities undertaken with the fleet of 16 P-3 Orion aircraft, 7 Unmanned Aircraft Systems–Predator Bs, and airborne signal interception.

In 1985, Mr. Stanton flew for Precision Airlines in Manchester, New Hampshire as a scheduled commuter airline copilot. Within a year, he upgraded to Captain. In 1986, Mr. Stanton was hired by Eastern Airlines as a Boeing 727 Flight Engineer. He progressed to the Airbus A-300 and then the Lockheed L-1011. He also served in the Training Department as an instructor, Crew Resource Management facilitator, and FAA Check Airman on the B-727.

In 1991, Mr. Stanton was hired by the U.S. Customs Service as a Pilot at the Caribbean Air Branch, based in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. He subsequently served at the El Paso Air Unit, and the Tucson Air Branch. During his career in Federal law enforcement, he has flown the Cessna 404, Nomad N22S, Piper Cheyenne PA-42RC, Cessna 550 Citation II, Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk, and American Eurocopter AS-350B2. During his flying career, Mr. Stanton has amassed in excess of 10,000 hours.

Mr. Stanton served at the Air and Marine Operations headquarters in Washington, D.C. starting in 2001 and was responsible for the airspace security plan for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. Mr. Stanton was later detailed from headquarters to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Congressional Fellow, serving on the Government Reform Committee, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources.

Mr. Stanton served in the Armed Forces, first as an enlisted U.S. Marine (Reserve) from 1979 to 1985 and also as a Commissioned Officer in the United States Army (Reserve) from 1989 to 2008. Mr. Stanton served in OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM at headquarters, Combined Forces Command - Afghanistan in Kabul; at forward headquarters, U.S. Central Command; and at CENTCOM headquarters in Tampa, Florida.

Upon his return from Afghanistan, Mr. Stanton served as the Vice Director of the Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATF-S) for three years. The task force is an international, interagency, and joint collaborative environment focused on counterterrorism, counternarcotics, weapons trafficking, and money laundering within a 42 million square mile Joint Operations Area.

Mr. Canning is currently the Chief Engineer for the Platform Integration Division (G80), Engagement Systems Department (G), Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), located in Dahlgren, Virginia.

He has had a leading role in pursuing the weaponization and safety of unmanned systems at the national and international levels, working closely with both the military JAG community, and the international ethics community. He was a substantial participant in the OSD-lead effort to produce the “Unmanned Systems Safety Guide for DoD Acquisition.” He was consulted by the CNO’s Strategic Studies Group XXVIII on his legal and ethics concepts for weaponizing unmanned systems for their July 2009 report “The Unmanned Imperative.” He has written and spoken on his legal and ethics concepts for weaponizing unmanned systems on numerous occasions.

Mr. Canning’s external assignments have included Science Advisor to ADM Robert Natter, Commander, Fleet/Forces Command, Norfolk, VA; Science Consultant to VADM Diego Hernandez, Commander, THIRDFLEET, Pearl Harbor, HI; and Threat Cell Chair for RADM Tim Hood, PEO (Theater Air Defense) for the Navy’s Tactical Ballistic Missile Defense program. For this last item, Mr. Canning initiated a group effort that led to being awarded the Central Intelligence Agency’s Seal Medallion.

He has worked on many diverse programs ranging from aircrew escape systems (F-14, AV-8A, EA-6B, A-4, and S-3) to solar energy systems. He was a combat systems engineer for ship classes that include the IOWA (BB-61), ADAMS (DDG-2), ARLEIGH BURKE (DDG-51), TICONDEROGA (CG-47), ENTERPRISE (CVN-65), and GERALD R FORD (CVNX, now CVN-78). He worked on combat systems integration for both the HARPOON and TOMAHAWK missile systems. He has worked to develop intelligence processing systems as part of the Marine Air/Ground Intelligence System (MAGIS), and worked with the Office of Naval Intelligence to develop INTEL capabilities for counter drug purposes.

He worked in Da Nang, South Vietnam in 1969 for RMK-BRJ Vietnam Builders, and was sent for a time to the Persian Gulf during the Iran-Iraq war in 1987 to support the Science Advisor to the Commander, FIFTHFLEET in Manama, Bahrain.

Mr. Canning holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering, and an MS in Information Systems.

Retired Army Lt. Col. Glenn A. Rizzi is a 1984 Distinguished Military Graduate from the University of South Florida. His military assignments include serving as an aeroscout section commander and a Class III/V platoon leader in Troop D, 4th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment in South Korea; as commander of Co. B, 1st Battalion, 14th Aviation Regt., Fort Rucker, Ala.; commandant of the Air Assault School with U.S. Army-Europe; commander of Trp. Q, 4th Sqdn., 11th Armored Cav. Regt., Fulda, Germany; as the S3 operations officer for the 1st Sqdn., 17th Cav. Regt. (Airborne), 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.; as a joint staff officer with the U.S. Pacific Command at Camp Smith, Hawaii; and as the Comanche systems integrator with the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Programs (G8) on the Army Staff in Washington, D.C.

A senior Army aviator, Rizzi was qualified as an OH-58A/C Kiowa and OH-58D Kiowa Warrior pilot and instructor pilot. He was also qualified as an Army rappel master, parachutist and jumpmaster; and holds the Air Assault, Pathfinder and Ranger qualification badges. He is also a recipient of the British parachutist and the German Infantry Efficiency (gold) badges.

Retiring in 2004, he was awarded the Legion of Merit for his service to the nation and presented with the Army Aviation Associations’ Order of Saint Michael medallion for his aviation contributions. He is also the recipient of the Armor Association’s Order of St. Michael.

Rizzi began his civil service career in 2005, serving as the deputy Training and Doctrine Command Capabilities Manager for Unmanned Aircraft Systems at Fort Rucker. During this period the Army witnessed a tremendous growth in UAS to support overseas contingency operations. In 2009, he was promoted to his current position as the deputy director of the U.S. Army Unmanned Aircraft Systems Center of Excellence at Fort Rucker.

Glenn Rizzi is married to the former Sheila Ogburn of Enterprise, Ala., and together they have three daughters and reside in Dothan, Ala.

Col Dean Bushey is the Program Director for Unmanned Aircraft Systems training and research, and an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado which administers the nationally accredited Computer Science program. A Command Pilot with over 4500 flight hours, Col Bushey is responsible for all operations, education and training involving unmanned aircraft, related research, and local coordination of UAS operations. He conducts research in UAS operations, UAS digital systems integration, and multiple UAS system communication. He is a noted expert in Computer Science Education and conducts research in critical thinking and undergraduate education.

A native of Bloomington, Indiana, Col Bushey is a 1988 alumni of the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO, where he graduated with Academic and Military honors. After graduation he attended advanced flight training at Williams AFB, AZ. His first operational tour was as executive officer and C-12 Instructor Pilot at Clark AB, Philippines where he was responsible for safe flight operations and transport of VIPs all over the south pacific. He was assigned to Dover AFB, DE from 1992-1995 where he served as Chief of Standardizations and Evaluator Pilot for the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy aircraft. From 1995-1996 he attended Clemson University and earned his Master’s Degree in computer science before returning to the US Air Force Academy as an instructor in computer science and T-3 Firefly instructor pilot. In 1998 he was assigned to Ramstein AB, Germany as an Assistant Director of Operations and Instructor Pilot for the 76th Airlift Squadron flying Gulfstream G-III and G-IV SP aircraft, transporting very high level dignitaries, white house staff, congressional leaders, and service chiefs of staff across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. In 2002 he went to Indian Springs AAF, NV and served as assistant director of operations for unmanned combat aircraft, Predators, for the 15th and 11th Reconnaissance Squadrons. Here he served as a deployed Predator Squadron Commander during Operation Iraqi Freedom. From 2004-2007 Col Bushey attended Clemson University, SC pursuing his Ph.D. in Computer Science. After completing his degree he returned to the US Air Force Academy in his current capacity.

Colonel Sova is a native of Oswego, New York. He was commissioned as an Armor Second Lieutenant and Distinguished Military Graduate from Syracuse University ROTC in 1982, earning a Bachelor of Science Degree. After commissioning Colonel Sova attended the Armor Officer Basic Course and completed U.S. Army Flight School as Distinguished Graduate in December, 1983. Upon completing a UH-60 Black Hawk transition he was assigned to B Troop/1-17 Cavalry, 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, NC as an Aero Rifle Platoon Section Leader and later, Platoon Commander until May, 1986. Colonel Sova’s next assignment was with 4-7th, and later 5-17th Cavalry, 2nd Infantry Division at Camp

Garry Owen, Korea until November 1987. Upon returning from Korea he was assigned to 1-223rd Aviation Regiment at Fort Rucker, AL until May, 1990. During this assignment he completed his qualification as a UH-60 DES designated Instructor Pilot, served as Flight Commander, S-3 and XO. Colonel Sova was then assigned to 4-123rd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 6th Aviation Brigade, 6th Infantry Division (Light) at Fort Wainwright, AK from May, 1990 to May 1993. His duty positions included; Assistant Brigade S-3, Company Commander, Assistant Battalion S-3 and Battalion S-3. Colonel Sova was then assigned to a Special Operations Joint Duty assignment in DCSOPS Pentagon with duty at Coronado Naval Air Station, CA. There he attended a myriad of Naval and Marine Special Operation schools including completion of Naval Flight Training at North Island Naval Air Station. Receiving his Naval Aviator Wings as a Distinguished Graduate, he also had the opportunity to fly in A-4’s at Top Gun, Miramar Naval Air Station, CA. He completed a WESTPAC deployment aboard the USS Essex with Amphibious Squadron 5 and the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conducting operations in Somalia and throughout the Persian Gulf Region. From May 1995 to April, 1997 Colonel Sova was assigned to 1-159th Aviation Regiment, 159th Aviation Group at Fort Bragg, NC as the Regimental S-3. From April 1997 to March 1999 he was again assigned to Joint Duty as special assistant to the Deputy Chief of Staff for the United Nations Command and United States Forces Korea. In April 1999 he was assigned as the Deputy Brigade Commander for 2nd Aviation Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division at Camp Stanley, Korea. Following this assignment Colonel Sova commanded the 1-337th Aviation Regiment at Fort Knox, KY. Upon completion of command and while waiting to attend U.S. Army War College (USAWC), Colonel Sova was selected to be the Professor of Military Science Battalion Commander for Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Following graduation from USAWC in 2004 Colonel Sova was assigned to FT Knox, KY with the Future Brigade Combat Team (EE), as the RSTA Squadron Commander and later Brigade Commander from June 2004 to July 2006. Following brigade command, Colonel Sova was assigned as Division Chief and later, Deputy Commander of the Joint Unmanned Aircraft Systems Center of Excellence at Creech AFB, Indian Springs, NV, through June 2008.

Colonel Sova is currently serving as the Director of the Army’s Unmanned Systems Center of Excellence at Fort Rucker, AL.

Colonel Sova is a graduate of the Armor Officer Basic Course, Initial Entry Rotary Wing Aviator Course, Aviation Officer Advanced Course, Combined Arms Service Staff School, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Armed Forces Staff College, and the U.S. Army War College where he received a Master of Strategic Studies degree. He also holds a Master of Science degree in Business Management and is a certified university professor.

Colonel Sova’s badges and awards include; Master Aviator Wings, Naval Aviator Badge, Airborne Wings, Air Assault Wings, British Parachutist Badge, Legion of Merit Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal w/ Oak Leaf Cluster (OLC), Meritorious Service Medal w/ 7 OLCs, Army Commendation Medal w/2 OLC, Naval Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal w/2 OLCs, National Defense Service Medal w/ Star, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal w/ Star, South West Asia Service Medal w/ Star, Global War on Terrorism Medal, Korean Defense Service Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon 4, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Army Superior Unit Award, and Navy Battle E Award.

Colonel Sova is married to Tammy, the daughter of a 30 year U.S. Navy Veteran, SMC Retired Thomas J. Andrews. The Sova’s children are grown and they have three grand children Teddy, Tate and Adam.

Colonel Dale C. Fridley is Director, Air Force Unmanned Aircraft Systems Task Force, Headquarters United States Air Force, Pentagon, Washington DC. The Task Force is the single voice and focal point for unmanned systems in the Air Force; and the lead organization for the development and implementation of the Air Force Unmanned Aircraft Systems Flight Plan, a comprehensive, capabilities-based plan through 2047. As director of the Task Force, he is responsible for developing Air Force Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) operational policy and institutionalizing UAS within Headquarters Air Force.

Colonel Fridley is a 1983 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, where he received his commission and earned a bachelor’s degree in Astronautical Engineering. He earned his pilot wings in 1984 after completing Air Force Undergraduate Pilot Training.

Colonel Fridley is a command pilot with more than 3,000 hours flying the F-16 Fighting Falcon and variety of U.S. aircraft including more than 800 combat hours flying the MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft. Additionally, Colonel Fridley is an airline-rated civilian pilot with more than 2,000 hours experience flying the Boeing 727 and Fokker 100.

In 1998 Colonel Fridley left active duty and transferred to the Air Force Reserve to pursue a career as an airline pilot. In 2004, he reentered active service supporting Air Force remotely piloted aircraft operations at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, where he served as director of operations for both the 17th Reconnaissance Squadron and 42nd Attack Squadron.

Prior to his current assignment, Colonel Fridley was the Deputy Commander of the 432nd Operations Group, Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, where he led six active duty and six Air Reserve Component attack and reconnaissance squadrons flying the MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper aircraft both in training and in combat operations around the globe.

The center is responsible for the research, development, and production of Air Force basic and operational doctrine, and for critical leadership and input for joint and multinational doctrine development activities. The center is also responsible for advocating the proper doctrinal representation of air and space power in exercise scenarios, wargames, models and simulations, and providing policy and guidance to ensure a comprehensive dissemination of Air Force doctrine through systematic doctrine education and focused outreach. Air University is responsible for Air Force enlisted and officer professional military education, professional continuing education and graduate education, as well as officer commissioning through Officer Training School and the Reserve Officer Training Corps.

Lieutenant Colonel Singleton is a native of Atlanta, Georgia and received his commission upon graduation from the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He also served as a Traditional Reservist and well as an Air Reserve Technician. Prior to his current assignment, he served as the 22nd Air Force Operational Readiness Plans officer at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Atlanta Georgia.

Michael Isherwood is a Senior Analyst in Northrop Grumman’s Analysis Center where he provides in-depth analysis of military, political, and technological developments affecting national security. Within the Analysis Center, he concentrates on military air and space operational developments and their corresponding impact on the joint/combined warfighting team and the Corporation’s business sectors.

Prior to joining Northrop Grumman, Mike served 24 years in the Air Force. He’s a command pilot with over 3,300 hours in the A-10 and F-16 aircraft with combat tours over Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan. Among other highlights, he served as the Vice Commander, 355th Wing, 455th Wing (Bagram AB) and commanded the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron. His staff assignments included serving as a Special Assistance to the CJCS, CSAF and deputy Air Component Command Element in Afghanistan.

Mike was a distinguished graduate (with honors) from the US Air Force Academy, the US Air Force Weapons School and the National War College. His publications include “Understanding Full Spectrum Operations,” Joint Forces Quarterly, Summer 2006; “US Strategic Options for Iraq: Easier Said Than Done,” The Washington Quarterly, Spring 2002; “Avoiding Vertigo: Building a New Strategic Foundation,” National Security Studies Quarterly, Summer 2001; “Noise or Music: Orchestrating Fixed Wing Air in the Close Battle,” Field Artillery, October 1994.

Northrop Grumman Corporation is a leading global security company whose 120,000 employees provide innovative systems, products, and solutions in aerospace, electronics, information systems, shipbuilding and technical services to government and commercial customers worldwide.

LCol Guy Armstrong has 30 years of service with the Canadian Forces, primarily in the CF-18 Fighter armament and avionics field. In recent years he has held the position of Deputy Program Manager for the CF-18 Modernization Program, a Multi-billion dollar avionics and weapons update to extend the service life of the aircraft into the coming decades. From January 2009, he has been assigned as the Weapon Systems Manager for the CU161 Sperwer and Program Manager for the CF MALE UAV projects including the current Heron lease program in Afghanistan and the Joint UAV Surveillance and Target Acquisition System Project which will provide a persistant and precision strike UAV capability to the Canadian Forces well into the future.

Lieutenant Colonel Bruce Black is the MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper Functional manager assigned to the U.S. Air Force’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Task Force, Headquarters, U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. The UAS Task Force is the single voice and focal point for unmanned systems in the Air Force; and the lead organization for the development and implementation of the Air Force Unmanned Aircraft Systems Flight Plan, a comprehensive, capabilities-based plan for UAS initiatives through 2047. As the Predator and Reaper functional manager, he is responsible for developing Air Force Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) operational policy and institutionalizing UAS within Headquarters Air Force. Additionally, Colonel Black provides guidance to Air Force and Department of Defense leadership regarding MQ-1/9 personnel management, operational considerations and evaluating emerging technologies for application on MQ-1/9 platforms.

Lt. Colonel Black received his commission from the Air Force in 1985, earning a bachelor’s degree from New Mexico State University, in Las Cruces. He was assigned as a T-37 First Assignment Instructor Pilot at Laughlin AFB, Del Rio, Texas from 1986 to 1991. He left the active duty service and served with the FBI as a Special Agent from 1994 to 2000. Colonel Black transitioned to service with the Nevada Air National Guard in 2000 flying C-130s and currently supports combat operations over Southwest Asia flying the MQ-1 Predator. He is a command pilot with more than 3000 hours flying the T-37, C-130 Hercules and MQ-1 Predator. Colonel Black is also a civilian rated airline transport pilot with experience flying the Boeing 757.

Major Rohloff is currently serving as the Branch Chief of Support Operations, Doctrine Development at The LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education, Maxwell AFB, AL. He is in charge of doctrine issues related to Weather Operations, Countersea, UAS, and Air Superiority.

The center is responsible for the research, development, and production of Air Force basic and operational doctrine, and for critical leadership and input for joint and multinational doctrine development activities. The center is also responsible for advocating the proper doctrinal representation of air and space power in exercise scenarios, wargames, models and simulations, and providing policy and guidance to ensure a comprehensive dissemination of Air Force doctrine through systematic doctrine education and focused outreach. Air University is responsible for Air Force enlisted and officer professional military education, professional continuing education and graduate education, as well as officer commissioning through Officer Training School and the Reserve Officer Training Corps.

Major Rohloff is a native of Buffalo, New York and earned his commission through the Navy ROTC, Rochester Institute of Technology. He served in the US Navy flying the A-6E Intruder in the Iraq and Bosnia theatre’s in support of Operations Southern Watch, Deny flight and Provide Comfort aboard the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71). After his fleet tour, he served as Chief of Standardization for Carrier Landings, Strike Fighter Pilot Training in NAS Meridian, MS where he instructed student Naval Aviators on aircraft carrier landings.

After leaving the active service, he joined the Indiana Air National Guard flying the F-16 Fighting Falcon. He went on to serve as the Ohio Wing Reserve Coordinator for Civil Air Patrol and Commander of the Selective Service System for Northern Ohio. In his civilian life, he is a B-777 pilot for Delta Air Lines and has served as a Flight Operations Manger, Special Airports Instructor Pilot, and Trustee of the pilots Mutual Aid Company as Chief Finance Officer. He is married to Melanie and they have two sons, Luke and Anthony.

Larry Avens received a B.S. degree in chemistry from Tennessee Tech University in 1978 and a Ph.D. from Texas Tech University in 1982. Following graduate school he went directly to Los Alamos and spent most of his career at the Los Alamos National Laboratory plutonium facility studying basic and applied chemistry of the actinide elements. Dr. Avens is widely published and has several patents in chemistry, chemical separation and physical separation of the actinide elements. From 1994 through 2000 Dr. Avens managed the research group at the Los Alamos plutonium facility. This group ultimately designed, fabricated, and installed the ARIES pit disassembly system. This group also managed the DNFSB recommendation 94-1 R&D program. The R&D program developed technologies needed to stabilize nuclear materials stalled in the nuclear weapons program pipeline at the end of the Cold War. In 2000 Dr. Avens moved to the Nonproliferation and International Security Division where he led the Fissile Material Transparency Technology Demonstration at Los Alamos. During this demonstration radiation signatures were measured from a U.S. nuclear weapon component in the presence of a Russian Federation delegation. In 2004 he worked in the International Technology Program Office where he directed work in nuclear material control, radiation measurement, and detection and characterization of nuclear, chemical and biological materials. These tools are used to safeguard CBRNE materials in the U. S. and abroad. In 2008 Dr. Avens returned to his home state of Tennessee where he manages the Special Projects Group in the Global Security Directorate of Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Dr. Young has over 33 years of experience as an Engineer, including 6 years experience in industry and 27 years working as a civilian for the U.S. Army. Dr. Young has a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the University of Memphis, a Masters of Business Administration from Florida Technical Institute, a Masters of Science in Computer and Electrical Engineering from Vanderbilt University, and a PhD in Computer and Electrical Engineering from Vanderbilt University. She is a also a graduate of the Defense Systems Management College, Ft Belvoir, VA, Program Management Course, and has taught courses and seminar classes at numerous Universities.

Dr. Young’s industrial experience includes engineering and engineering management at General Telephone and Electronics (GTE), Triad MicroSystems, and as General Regional Manager for Textron Aerostructures. Past responsibilities for the Army include management and execution of the Missile and Aviation Science and Technology budgets and Civilian Deputy for the Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center at Redstone Arsenal, AL. Presently, she serves as the Director of the Advanced Science and Technology Directorate. Her leadership in this group includes generating innovative concepts to meet emerging Army requirements and facilitating the transition of technologies into Army aviation, missile and unmanned systems.

Dr. Young has numerous commendations and over 20 published works. Dr. Young is considered a leader in the field of aviation, missiles, unmanned systems and military robotics, and is recognized for her expertise in both national and international domains.

Robert Englehart is the Deputy Branch Chief, Undergraduate Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) Training, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command (AETC), USAF, at Randolph AFB, (San Antonio) Texas. Robert has been working UAS airspace access, safety, and training issues since 2005. As the former UAS representative for the Air Line Pilots Association and National Airspace Modernization Committee, Robert has advised the FAA, NTSB, RTCA (membership in SC-203), AOPA, NBAA, industry partners, PBFA, and all components of the Department of Defense. In his capacity in AETC, Robert supervises the USAF’s Undergraduate Training of new RPA Pilots and Sensor Operators. AETC works very closely with HQ USAF to ensure USAF RPA Training will meet emerging civil standards for ICAO/FAA recognition.

Robert is a retired USAF Officer, former Vice-Commandant of the Air Force Advanced Instrument School, and A-10, AT-38, T38, and T37 Pilot. Robert is currently furloughed from America West Airlines as a First Officer on the A-320 based in Las Vegas. Robert is a member of the Association of Unmanned Vehicles Systems International (Lonestar Chapter) and will be briefing this summer at AirVenture 2010 in Osh Kosh Wisconsin. Robert served President Clinton and President Bush as a member of the Air Force One Team from 2000 to 2004. Robert is married to his High School sweetheart, Edith, and raises Brangus Cattle in Kosciusko, Texas for the B+E Cattle Company.

Alan Hobbs is a Senior Research Associate with the San Jose State University Foundation, in the Human Systems Integration Division at NASA Ames Research Center, California. As an associate of the Ames UAV collaborative, he studies the human factors of unmanned aviation, including the risk of human error during ground support and maintenance of UAS. Before moving to Ames, Alan was a human performance investigator with the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) where he investigated aviation and rail transport accidents. He has advised on error management and investigation methods in the mining, rail, airline and air traffic sectors. He has published and taught extensively on the topic of human factors, and was the recepient of a Royal Aeronautical Society “Aerospace Journalist of the Year” award at the 1999 Paris Airshow. In addition to papers on UAS maintenance issues, his published work includes a chapter on unmanned aircraft systems in the recently released “Human Factors in Aviation”, and the book “Managing Maintenance Error”, co-authored with James Reason. He has a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of New South Wales, Australia.

Bill Fredericks started as a Co-op Student at NASA Langley in January 2003. Upon graduation from Purdue University in December 2006, he began working full time in Aeronautics Systems Analysis Branch. His recent projects have included working on the Ares I Crew Launch Vehicle Aerodynamic Database and two UAV studies. The first was a conceptual design a Dynamic Soaring UAV to gather data in hurricanes, and the second was a conceptual design of a VTOL UAV with a 24 hour endurance. Bill is also an artillery officer in the United States Marine Corps Reserves. 1st Lt. Fredericks is the Headquarters Platoon Commander for Hotel Battery 3/14 in Richmond, VA and also is the Fire Direction Officer commanding the firing of the Batteries six M777 howitzers. He will be deploying to Afghanistan in early 2011 as a platoon commander with a rocket artillery (HIMARS) battery.

Leo van Breda who is senior program/project manager at TNO Human Factors, The Netherlands. He has more than 25 years experience in fundamental and applied human factors research, particularly in the field of: (1) Human-Machine Interaction design studies, (2) cognitive support systems in supervisory vehicle control (design and evaluate advanced aircraft/ship automation systems), and (3) teleoperation and telepresence (human factors aspects in supervision and control of unmanned systems). Van Breda obtained his Ph.D. at Delft University of Technology with a thesis titled ‘Anticipating behaviour in supervisory vehicle control’. He is manager of a major program ‘Development and production of a new Tanker Remote Vision System for KDC-10 air-to-air refuelling’, in co-operation with Netherlands Industry, with two systems currently in use by the Royal Netherlands Airforce. He also leads a European Defense Agency research program on networked information sharing. For NATO he is currently Co-chairing Research Task Group NATO RTO HFM-170 ‘Supervisory Control of Multiple Uninhabited Systems – Methodologies and Enabling Human-Robot Interface Technologies’.

Ronald L. Stroup is the Chief Systems Engineer for Airborne and Ground Integration for the FAA’s Air Traffic Organization’s NextGen Integration and Implementation Office. He served as an Aviation Safety Engineer in the Chicago Aircraft Certification Office from 1989 to 1997 and as the Software Technology Specialist in the Special Certification Office in Fort Worth from 1997 to 2000.

The Chief Systems Engineer is responsible for overall system integration, system performance, and leads system engineering efforts. They also perform trade studies and define technology vector(s); resolve cross-cutting implementation and transition issues; evolve legacy and new systems to support the future architecture; and review and approve the configuration control of National Airspace System Enterprise Architecture (NASEA) technical changes.

Mr. Steven Low serves as the Associate Director for Modeling and Simulation Technology at AMRDEC’s System Simulation and Development Directorate, Redstone Arsenal, AL. In addition to this assignment, Mr. Low is also leading AMRDEC’s Aviation Multi-Platform Muntion (AMPM) Science and Technology Program. Under the AMPM Program, Mr. Low is advancing technologies and system concepts for common small precision-guided weapons to service manned and unmanned aviation platforms. Since 2007, Mr. Low has led evaluation efforts and analytical studies at AMRDEC to explore the technical requirements and design attributes for the next generation of weapons for UAS applications, while collaborating with other services and agencies. Mr. Low is serving his 27th year as an engineer at AMRDEC, where he supported several Aviation and Missile programs (to include: Shadow, ERMP, Black Hawk, Kiowa Warrior, Hellfire, Army TACMS, THAAD, Stinger, and others), while serving leadership positions for in variety of functional areas including: test & evaluation, modeling & simulation, quality assurance, and system engineering.

Ottar Kristiansen had seven years of experience in the Oil and Gas Industry (Schlumberger).He had management experience in developing integrated technology systems and related services globally. Knowledgeable in complex control devices, real time control systems, positioning systems and data management.

He is a distinguished member of Robot Aviation Management team since startup, focused on service and business development and is responsible for RobotAviation operations globally, civilian and military market.

He has a thorough knowledge and experience with model airplanes and UAV systems and operations."

Neil Planzer joined Boeing Air Traffic Management in April 2003 as vice president, ATM Stakeholder Solutions. In this role, Planzer is responsible for leading the development of plans, and building stakeholder support, for the deployment of a next-generation air traffic system. Planzer brings extensive experience in air traffic control operations, requirements development, research, training, procedures and aviation security and safety to this new position.

Planzer came to Boeing from the U.S. Department of Defense, where he served since 1998 as executive director, DoD Policy Board on Federal Aviation and associate director, Civil Aviation, U.S. Air Force. Prior to joining the Defense Department, Planzer spent more than 25 years with the FAA, in progressively more responsible positions including terms as director of both the Office of Air Traffic Program Management and its Air Traffic Systems Requirements Service.

Neil Planzer’s accomplishments include formulating and implementing DoD Regional Airspace Initiatives in 28 countries around the world; successfully establishing and managing startup organizations within the FAA; authoring Defense Department policy on air traffic control and air traffic management for China, Korea, Central Asia and Eastern Europe; and advising the National Security Council on restoring civil access to national airspace after September 11, 2001.

Michael Leyton's mathematical work on shape has been used by scientists in over 40 disciplines from aerospace engineering to radiology. His scientific contributions have received major prizes, such as a presidential award and a medal for scientific achievement. His new foundations to geometry are elaborated in his four books in Springer-Verlag, MIT Press, and Birkhauser.  Because of NASA's interest in his work, he is a member of a major software committee in NASA. Also he is a member of the top international committees on space-craft navigation and space-craft monitoring and control. Furthermore, because of IBM's recommendation of his work to ISO, members of ISO are implementing his work as the basis for the future of computer-aided design. He is president of the International Society for Mathematical and Computational Aesthetics, and is an advisor to NSF on innovation in computer and information sciences and engineering. Besides his scientific work, he is also a highly exhibited painter and sculptor, and his architecture designs have been published by Birkhauser-Architectural. He is the keynote and invited speaker in the major conferences on almost every scientific and artistic discipline. When he was invited to give the keynote address at a conference of IEEE, the top engineering society, IEEE gave him the distinguished speaker award. Currently, he is writing a 4-volume work on the foundations of science, with particular emphasis on quantum mechanics. He also continues to work on the structure of software, as well as interoperability and large-scale engineering systems integration, in the mechanical-aerospace industry. Professor Leyton is on the faculty of the DIMACS Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science at Rutgers.

Dr MOUPFOUMA is working for Bombardier Aerospace in Montreal (Canada) since 2000 where he is acting as Chief Aircraft Electromagnetic Hazards Protection Engineer at the Corporate Level, and is also appointed as Knowledge owner in Electromagnetics domain at the Whole Company Level.

As such he leads all the R&D activities on new technologies, mainly composite structure and new systems. Dr Moupfouma is also leading the electromagnetic protection design of Bombardier new aircraft programs (Cseries, LJ 85).

He is involved in new technology activities with Canadian Universities, and Engineering and Scientific organizations; and also involves in RTCA (Washington Dc) activities on TPED, and AVSI,(USA) Dr MOUPFOUMA is Delegate Designee (DAD/DER) for Transport Canada (Federal Minister of transport) for aircraft certification

From 1987 to 2000 Dr Moupfouma worked for Dassault Aviation (in Paris –France) as Senior Engineer for Military fighter aircraft programs.

From 1979-1987 Dr MOUPFOUMA Worked as PhD student, then Scientist Researcher on Satellite Telecommunication and terrestrial radio communications for France Telecom (in Paris) where he was devoted mainly to the effects of environment on SHF and EHF Radio waves Propagation, As such he is recognized as an international Radio propagation expert.

John has over 44 years of aviation experience in a career rich in air traffic control, airspace management, flight navigation development and airport development skills. John’s aviation career includes 34 years with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) where his last assignment was served as Program Director of Airspace Management. In this position John was responsible for the management of all civil airspace within the United States of America. He is also responsible for initiating the FAA’s National Airspace Redesign program which will modernize the use of airspace within the United States. Prior to his assignment in Washington, DC, John was the Air Traffic Division Manager for the FAA’s Eastern Region Air Traffic Division in New York City. John believes that our global airspace is one of the last great, untapped resources remaining in the world today. John is currently Chairman of RTCA Special Committee 203, developing recommended Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) standards for the FAA. He also serves on the Board of Directors for UVS International located in Paris, France. John is a proven successful leader with executive consulting experience, including broad international relationships. He resides in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA with his wife Darlene and two children, Elisabeth and Andrew.

Ed Herlik is a veteran US Air Force pilot, with 25+ years of military experience and 5500 hours in jet fighters, an Army helicopter, military transports and civilian airliners. He finished his military career with a distinguished record of service in the Air Force’s Space Command working on ‘Near Space’ UAVs.

A member of MENSA, Ed earned an engineering degree from the US Air Force Academy and a master’s degree in National Security Studies from California State University at San Bernardino.  That education allowed him to join the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, where he’s a member of the Lighter-Than-Air Technical Committee.

Ed is America’s leading expert on Stratospheric UAV survivability or their ability to operate in the face of integrated air defenses. He has lectured in the US and Europe on Stratospheric UAV technology and their commercial markets. He has also consulted with US military offices and defense contractors on the highest altitude aerial platforms, their unique payloads and their capabilities. He’s expert at UAV operating concepts.

Mr. Herlik is a patented inventor and a published author, with 20 years’ experience in civilian industry and public education. He holds two patents, one on a firefighting jet aircraft and another on stress-sensing fasteners like the bolts that hold bridges together. He has patents pending on two stratospheric UAVs and a hybrid drive-train to replace inefficient engines in existing vehicles.