Dr. Jay (Gee) Simmons

Deputy Air & Missile Defense Capability Area Lead, DEVCOM Aviation and Missile C US Army

Full Spectrum Air Defence Day 1 | 24 June 2025

17:25 PANEL DISCUSSION: IMPLEMENTING A MULTI-LAYERED APPROACH TO COUNTER-UAS

·       How are existing capabilities and solutions being leveraged to develop layered defence for UAS, focusing on developing an integrated and data-centric C2 system?

·       How are militaries preparing a holistic strategy to detect, track, and neutralise drones at various ranges and altitudes?

·       How are directed energy and non-kinetic effects being adapted to neutralise both current and future UAS threats?

·       What are considerations of countering drone swarms, and how can industry support strategies to implement AI/ML to improve tracking and targeting?

·       How are training methods being adapted to prepare for the evolving UAS threat?

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