Keynote Speaker - Jeffrey Newcamp

KEYNOTE

Jeffrey Newcamp

Asian Office of Aerospace Research and Development
Air Force Office of Scientific Research

This keynote will address the use case of employing experimentation to strengthen technology innovation and increase technology readiness levels. It will highlight methodologies for building partnerships through science and technology relationships across borders, for mutual benefit, and will focus on recent successes from multi-domain experiments in the Indo-Pacific region.

The Indo-Pacific region spans 52 percent of Earth’s surface, encompassing over 260 million square kilometers, 36 nations and half the world’s population. The region boasts tremendous technological innovation in academic laboratories, in the commercial sector and in the defense industrial base. Advances in science and technology areas that enhance collective security abound. Thus, strategic partnering in the region demands technology solutions that transcend national boundaries and are broadly employable.

Because future conflict will span multiple domains, advancing technologies must be validated for multi-domain and multi-spectra use. Innovators must seek designs that are resilient and scalable and that make sense for their environment and employment scenarios. Multi-partner, multi-domain exercises designed to test and experiment on innovative products are vital to this process. This keynote will discuss successes and failures during technology experimentation with a focus on sharing best practices for accelerating technology transition and mutual deterrence.

Colonel Jeffrey Newcamp PhD, USAF, is the Deputy Science and Technology Advisor to the United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM). He leads the International Science and Technology engagement program to strengthen defense partnerships through science and technology advancement. Additionally, Col Newcamp provides advice in scientific matters and evaluates science and technology solutions to warfighter requirements.
Colonel Newcamp commissioned as a Distinguished Graduate and Top Cadet of the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps at the University of Notre Dame. He completed graduate school at the Air Force Institute of Technology then deployed as an aircraft battle damage repair engineer. Following graduation from Test Pilot School, Colonel Newcamp served as initial cadre for the F-35 developmental test program then tested the CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor, the MH-139 and the HH‑60W. He has flown 35 aircraft types.
Colonel Newcamp was Associate Professor and Director of the Systems Engineering Program at the United States Air Force Academy, Colorado where he managed all aspects of the Systems Engineering major for 240+ cadets and a teaching staff that spanned seven academic departments. Colonel Newcamp served as Deputy Commander of the 96th Operations Group, Eglin AFB, Florida. There he was responsible for approximately 800 personnel assigned to eight diverse units performing flight and ground test operations across six geographically separated sites. Colonel Newcamp oversaw planning, execution and reporting for thousands of USAF conventional munitions and operational flight program tests on F-15, F-16, A-10, UH-1, HH-60, MH-139, CV-22, C-130, AWACS and Big Safari aircraft. Colonel Newcamp most recently served as International Program Officer for the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Tokyo, Japan. He scoured Asian research institutions in search of the most promising basic science research in the aerospace sciences field.
Colonel Newcamp has taught aviation courses at the University of Notre Dame and engineering courses at the United States Air Force Academy. He holds a PhD in aerospace engineering from the Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, is Chair Emeritus of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics’ (AIAA) Systems Engineering Technical Committee and is an Associate Fellow of AIAA.