Ivan Rosenberg

Los Angeles Chapter webinar on October 20, 2022

Advanced autonomy has become a priority for military aviators around the world. Whether known as Air-Launched Effects, Collaborative Combat Aircraft, Remote Carriers or Loyal Wingmen, the air forces of the world want to vastly expand mass and power by teaming-up crewed and uncrewed aircraft by leveraging advances in artificial intelligence and microelectronics.

Timelines vary among operators globally, but the Pentagon hopes not to fall to second place to anyone, especially China. All of the service branches have major programs underway to introduce autonomous aircraft piloted by AI agents can operate independently, in swarms or in teams crewed and uncrewed aircraft. This emerging priority is being supported by efforts to develop a new generation of AI capabilities, novel aircraft types and enabling technologies, such as cheaper engines, munitions and sensors.

Please join us online on Thursday, October 20, 2022, 8:00–9:00am Pacific Time, when Steve Trimble, Defense Editor, Aviation Week, will describe how translating the vision into operational capabilities remains challenging. The operational test community is still learning how to test AI-piloted aircraft, which use non-deterministic software code. Military pilots are still learning how to constructively team-up with AI agents, which exhibit behaviors that baffle as much as they impress. And the defense industry is struggling to define the aircraft configurations and, not least, the business models that are best suited to a set of evolving requirements that continuously slide between affordable mass and exquisite capability.

The meeting is free for members and $25 for non-members For more information and to register to attend the meeting go to https://adflaoct22.eventbrite.com/.

Information about joining The A&D Forum is at https://aerospacedefenseforum.org.

The Los Angeles Chapter of The Aerospace & Defense Forum is hosted by Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Mitchell and sponsored by Moss Adams and Fifth Third Bank.

Los Angeles Chapter webinar on September 22, 2022

With the proliferation of global satellite coverage being revolutionized thru strings of microsatellites, the “persistent presence” ability to have 24/7 coverage via the visual spectrum, infrared and synthetic aperture radar has become a reality. The satellite arrays are also beginning to make worldwide cell coverage from anywhere a reality. Sat phones are quickly becoming every cell phone, and with that a measure of connectivity, information sharing and global awareness unknown at any other time in history. Non-governmental entities like Belingcat, private industry and various news services are using these capabilities for analysis in ways that used to be the preserve of government intelligence organizations, and in many cases revealing things that are driving nation-state, regional and global policies and politics.

These new capabilities are yielding new applications in assessing supply chain challenges stemming from natural, man-made or systemic causes, critical infrastructure, agriculture, disasters and war, ships, etc. Hal will discuss how the Ukrainian armed forces are effectively engaging satellite intelligence to thwart the Russian invasion. In addition, unmanned presence is being further enhanced through various types of “drones”, specifically unmanned aerial/surface/underwater vehicles. Criminal activities on the sea, such as IUU (illegal, unregulated, and unreported) fishing and more frequent illegal transshipment, along with other wrongful activities, can be detected, monitored and addressed in ways that were simply not possible a decade ago, even a few years ago. All of this has profound impact on Southern California, as it is the historic and current center of gravity and lead for both satellite and drone development activities in the United States and arguably among all Western nations.

Please join us online on Thursday, September 22, 2022, 8:00–9:00am Pacific Time, when Hal Kempfer, CEO and Founder, Global Risk Intelligence & Planning, will give us an inside look at the surveillance capabilities that are changing the world of intelligence gathering.

The meeting is free for members and $25 for non-members. For more information and to register to attend the meeting go to https://adflasep22.eventbrite.com/.

Information about joining The A&D Forum is at https://aerospacedefenseforum.org.

The Los Angeles Chapter of The Aerospace & Defense Forum is hosted by Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Mitchell and sponsored by Moss Adams and Fifth Third Bank.