Update April 24, 2015
AHS is pleased to announce the line-up of special sessions for the 71st Annual Forum and Technology Display -- the world’s leading international technical event on vertical flight technology. All of these great sessions are in addition more than 225 technical papers that will be presented in the 40 technical sessions available at Forum 71.
Tuesday May 5, 2015
Special
Session: US Navy/Marine Corps Aviation Program Manager Briefings
- Rear Admiral CJ Jaynes, Navy PEO for Air ASW, Assault & Special Mission Programs
- Col Hank Vanderborght, Program Manager, PMA-261, H-53 Heavy Lift Helicopters
- Col Robert Pridgen, In-Service IPT Lead, PMA-274, Presidential Helicopters
- Col Dan Robinson, Program Manager, PMA-275, V-22 Joint Program
- Col Steve Girard, Program Manager, PMA-276, USMC Light/Attack Helicopters
- Holli Galletti, Deputy Program Manager, PMA-299, H-60 Multi-Mission Helicopters
Keynote Address
- Dr. Bill Lewis, Director, Aviation Development Directorate, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development & Engineering Center (AMRDEC)
Straight Talk from the Top:
“Transforming Vertical Flight Technology” Panel
Moderated by Frank Colucci, Vertiflite
“Transforming Vertical Flight Technology” Panel
Moderated by Frank Colucci, Vertiflite
- Bill Hunt, CEO – AgustaWestland Philadelphia Corporation
- Jean-Brice Dumont, CTO/EVP Engineering – Airbus Helicopters
- John Garrison, CEO – Bell Helicopter Textron
- Leanne Caret, President – Boeing Global Services & Support
- Mark Miller, VP Engineering – Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
Alexander A.
Nikolsky Honorary Lecture:
"Revitalizing Research for the Next Generation of Advanced
Rotorcraft"
Dr. Robert A. Ormiston, US Army Emeritus Scientist
Dr. Robert A. Ormiston, US Army Emeritus Scientist
Wednesday
May 6, 2015
Special
Session: US Army Aviation Program Manager Briefings
- Mr. Rusty Weiger, Deputy-PEO for Aviation
- COL Rob Barrie, PM-Cargo
- LTC Tal Sheppard, PM-Production and Fielding, Apache
- COL Thomas Todd, PM-Utility
- Mr. Mark Jeude, Chief Technical Management, Utility
- Mr. Rich Kretzschmar, Deputy PM-UAS
- COL Gerald Davis, PM-Aviation Systems
- COL Steven Braddom, Commander, Aviation Applied Technology Directorate (AATD)
- Mr. Dan Bailey, PD-Future Vertical Lift (FVL)
Special Session: Suppliers
& Subsystems Technology Panel
Moderated by Ed Birtwell, VP for Turboshaft Engines, GE Aviation
Moderated by Ed Birtwell, VP for Turboshaft Engines, GE Aviation
- Bruce Bailey, VP Engineering & Programs, Eagle Aviation Technologies, LLC
- Pat Coward, President – Triumph Gear Systems
- Ike Song, Vice-President – Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems
- Dan Curry, Dir. Army Aviation & Sustainment Programs – Lockheed Martin
- Jason Rios, CBM Business Leader – Honeywell Aerospace
Thursday May 7, 2015
Special Session: Future VTOL Demonstrations
Moderated by Mike Hirschberg, AHS International
Moderated by Mike Hirschberg, AHS International
- Dan Bailey, US Army Aviation Development Directorate: “Future Vertical Lift (FVL) and the Joint Multi-Role (JMR) Technology Demonstrations”
- Dr. Ashish Bagai, DARPA: “DARPA VTOL Programs”
- Susan Gorton, NASA: “NASA Vertical Flight Research”
- Dr. Jai Moo Kim, Korea Aerospace Research Institute: "KARI Tiltrotor UAV Demonstrators and Performance Enhancement Tests"
- Dr. James Wang, AgustaWestland: “Next Generation Civil TiltRotor for Clean Sky 2”
- Tomasz Krysinski, Airbus Helicopters: “Low Impact Fast & Efficient RotorCraft (LifeRCraft) for Clean Sky 2
Special Session: Vertical Lift
Consortium (VLC)
Moderated by Nick Lappos, VLC Chair
Posted March 30, 2015, Update April 24, 2015