Aerial reconnaissance is key to maintaining information advantage on the battlefield, and flexible, agile unmanned aircraft help provide widespread coverage of the battlefield while being hard to detect and intercept. In this panel discussion, we explore the role of unmanned aircraft in battlefield reconnaissance, the advantages of unmanned aircraft and the challenges of collecting, evaluating and acting on reconnaissance data in a timely manner.

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Guest Speaker:

• Stan Nowak, Vice President of Marketing, Red Cat
• Moderator: JD Durkin, Defense News Contributor

As drones become ever more important for reconnaissance, defensive and offensive applications, streamlining the process of developing and adapting new capabilities is critical to their most effective use. By speeding up the processes of getting drones into the hands of warfighters and incorporating their feedback for iterating new capabilities, the Army can ensure that drones live up to their promise as efficient, effective tools on the modern battlefield. In this panel discussion, Defense News examined how the design, production and modification of drones can be streamlined to meet front-line needs.

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Guest Speakers:

• Lt. Col. Travis Hord, Planner, J-5, Strategic Plans and Policy, U.S. Marine Corps
• Sam Bendett, Research Analyst, CNA
• Jason Gunter, Director of Special Programs, Red Cat