we have lieutenant-general david deptula, the chief executive officer and managing director of mav6. we also had general michael hayden, a principal of the church of courage. and dr. richard speer, a former official at the u.s. secretary of defense office, commonly known as the father of missile control technology. i will hand the microphone over to general deptula. >> thank you, michael. i tell you what -- this is a very rich subject area. i am going to do something a little out of character for a retired general officer, i will not use any powerpoint. [laughter] my remarks are designed to stimulate the follow-on discussion that think where people come to these evince find the most benefits. i would give you my bottom line right up front. i believe that the future of remotely piloted and/or automatic aircraft is very promising. it is going to be very complex and subject to a lot of confusion. in part, that is due to the continued use of an accurate terminology -- inaccurate terminology and an absence of definitions. some examples. the title of this segment, for one. i would tell you

we have the tenet general david deptula, chief executive officer and manager of knapsacks and former deputy chief of staff for isr and the u.s. air force. we also have general michael hayden, principal of the chair chuck associates group and former director of the cia and nsa. and dr. richard speier, an independent consultant and former official with the u.s. secretary of defense office and commonly known as the father but the visual technology. without a hand the microphone over to general deptula. thank you. >> thank you, michael. i tell you what, this is a very, very rich subject area and i am going to do something a little bit out of character for a retired general officer and i'm not going to use any powerpoint. [laughter] but my remarks are actually designed to stimulate the following discussions that i think is generally where people come and find the most benefit. i'll give you my bottom line right up front and that is that i certainly believe that the future of remotely piloted and/or automated aircraft is very, very promising. .. those aircraft will be controlled by people