Oculus Deus brings research and operational experience to briefings, conference discussions, and instruction on UAS and counter-UAS. Presentations help leaders understand the technology, examine protection choices, and ask better questions before committing resources.
Grand Forks, North Dakota · October 13, 2026
Securing Domestic Infrastructure: Balancing Advanced sUAS Threats and Collateral Risk
Richard Lusk will present as part of the session “Counter-UAS Strategies for Critical Infrastructure Protection.”
Mongstad, Norway · June 10, 2026
Integrated low-altitude airspace architecture: detection, decision-making and response
Richard Lusk presented the Kill-Web Framework and its application to layered counter-UAS protection, connecting detection, decision-making, and response within an integrated architecture.
Detroit, Michigan · May 12, 2026
U.S.–Taiwan Autonomous Systems Cooperation Forum 2026
Richard Lusk participated as a panelist representing Oculus Deus in a forum bringing together government, defense, and industry participants focused on U.S.–Taiwan autonomous systems cooperation.

Richard M. Lusk is an internationally recognized authority in counter-UAS (C-UAS) doctrine and the founder and President of Oculus Deus, LLC.
A former U.S. Marine Corps expeditionary intelligence officer who helped develop early DoD UAS doctrine; he previously founded and directed the Unmanned Aerial Systems Research Center at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Currently serving as a principal C-UAS subject matter expert advising U.S. Army strategic initiatives, Lusk leverages over 30 years of operational and technical experience to develop decentralized defense architectures for government and commercial critical infrastructure.
He is the author of Integrated Counter-UAS Strategic Architecture: The Kill-Web Framework.
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