INTEGRATING UNCREWED & AUTONOMOUS
SYSTEMS ACROSS THE BATTLESPACE

3 - 4 December 2025 | Copthorne Tara Hotel London Kensington, London, United Kingdom

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Ross Mckenzie

UAS Portfolio Lead, Joint Capability Group, Defence Investment NATO HQ

NATO Unmanned Aircraft Systems Portfolio Lead. International Staff lead of the Joint Capability Group UAS, Tri-Service group of 120+ representatives from Allied and Partner nations driving standardisation, doctrine and acceptance of UAS within the Alliance. Focus areas Sense & Avoid implementation, Autonomous systems, small UAS Warfare. Previously 26 yrs Royal Air Force. Nimrod MR2 pilot and squadron executive. Tours in Falklands, Iraq, Afghanistan, global deployments to the Far East and North America. Management, policy and strategic roles across NATO Air Command, UK General Staff, and UK MOD’s international airspace policy advisor. BSc (Hons) in Computer Science (UMIST).

Agenda Day 2

11:00 AM NATO AUTONOMY POLICY AND PROGRESS

• Research and development collaboration with academia

• Recent developments from our ongoing academic autonomy competition held in Alabama

• Developments necessary to counter capability gaps in UAS

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