3rd Annual Coockpit Avionics Summit 2010

See page 4 for details on the presents a training conference: Future of Military Avionics Architecture 3rd Annual CAS Technological Solutions in a Fluid Environment COCKPIT AVIONICS SUMMIT TM February 9 - 11, 2010 Washington, DC Metro Area Don’t miss your most vital opportunity of the year to: • Gain first hand insight in NextGen avionics technology and the roadmap ahead • Receive detailed updates to current upgrades of the fleet across all Services • Discover new technologies that increase situational awareness and safety Featuring a distinguished speaker faculty that includes: CAPT John Martins, USN COL Anthony Potts, USA Col Doug Isleib, USMC (Retired) Dir, Air Vehicle, F-35 Lightning II Program Program Manager – Aviation Systems, Director, Naval Aviation Cntr for Ofc, OUSD (AT&L) JSF PEO Aviation Rotorcraft Advancement (NACRA) Col Arthur Huber, USAF Dr. Michael Romanowski Col James (Raleigh) Durham, Commander, 312th Aeronautical Systems Chairman, FAA’s NextGen USMC (Retired) Wing (Fighter Attack/Long Range) Implementation and Integration Office Director, Joint Advanced Concepts CAPT Ralph Portnoy, USN Program Manager, Air Combat Featuring a NextGen avionics workshop and discussion Electronics Program Office (PMA-209) Sponsor: Media Partners: Register Now! Call 1-416-597-4710 or email sherryl.jacobs@idga.org

Who You Will Meet: 3rd Annual IDGA’s 3rd Annual Cockpit Avionics Summit will highlight the CAS current needs and overall future COCKPIT AVIONICS TM plans as outlined by senior-level decision makers from domestic military, government partners, and SUMMIT supporting industry. This forum February 9 - 11, 2010 focuses on improving the safety and Washington, DC Metro Area situational awareness in an increasingly expanding environment by facilitating networking Technological Solutions in a opportunities to shape the road-map of future military aircraft avionics. Fluid Environment The attendee profile will include: • Program Managers • Acquisition Managers • Program Developers Dear Colleague, • Weapons System Developers • Engineers As the continually aging aircraft • Scientists fleet is tasked at the highest leve history, the DoD has outlined road ls in -maps to extend their service life • Research and Development utility with technological avionics and improvements across the board. Managers At the same time, the growing need • Test and Evaluation Managers s of a constantly changing war envi must be addressed while increased ronment • And many others! congestion and safety concerns requ as well. ire attention The need for new and better solu tions to increase situational awa a fluid environment has never been greater! reness in About IDGA This year’s Cockpit Avionics Summit will detail current efforts and deve the fields of NextGen requirements lopments in and how the DoD will meet the time operability, and plans to adapt in an line, inter- uncertain future. In today’s complex rapidly changing battle environment, and The Institute for Defense & aircraft operators are becoming incre inundated with never-before seen asingly Government Advancement challenges necessary for mission succ ultimately safety. So, now more than ess and (IDGA) is a non-partisan information ever, it is essential to key upon the based organization dedicated to the technological solutions in a fluid envi latest ronment. promotion of innovative ideas in IDGA’s Cockpit Avionics Summit will public service and defense. We bring outline objectives and themes in both together speaker panels comprised rotorcraft and fixed-wing road-ma ps that aim to adapt to elusive thre of military and government increase safety and improving SA. ats while professionals while attracting delegates with decision-making This conference will delve into the details of the following key power from military, government • DoD impleme ntation of FAA NextGen requirements topics: and defense industries. For more • Current fleet upg rades and lessons learned information, please email us at • Joint avionics solutions for an uncertain future sherryl.jacobs@idga.org • Long term tech nological needs Cockpit Avionics Summit 2010 will be open to Citizens of the US and Here’s what delegates Countries Only. NATO have said about past Reserve your place among your peer IDGA events: s and key leaders in the Aviation com now by sending an email to sherryl munity .jacobs@idga.org or by calling She 1-416-597-4710. rryl "Great presentation! Very thorough!" I look forward to meeting you in Febr – Mechanical Engineer, uary! P.S. Don’t V/R, forget DCS Corp to sign up for the “Excellent presentations…Very NextGen Av ionics interactive.” Technology – Manager, Keith C. Johnson Focus Day! L-3 Electronic Systems Program Director, Cockpit Avio nics Summit 2010 IDGA “This was a good conference with good interaction among the participants." – Dir, Business Development, MOOG Integrated Support Solutions 2 Register Today! Email sherryl.jacobs@idga.org or call 1-416-597-4710

NextGen and Technology Focus Day NextGen and Technology Focus Day Tuesday, February 9, 2010 Give time to the issues that matter most. Sign up for the Cockpit Avionics NextGen and Technology Focus Day and dedicate more time to dialogue and networking in a leaders, Service implementers, and technology experts. These specialists know the technologies and processes that are required to maintain air superiority and safety developments. Take advantage of classroom environment. the practical application sessions that will deliver high impact training led by globally recognized experts. This in-depth and interactive series of workshops will examine current initiatives coupled with first-hand During a Focus Day, you can expect: accounts of what needs are essential in the current and • Smaller, classroom-style sessions future fleet upgrade. Hear from leading academic • Interactive sessions featuring case studies and lessons learned in an researchers, FAA experts, appointed NextGen Task Force intimate setting • In-depth discussions with the session leaders and fellow attendees 8:30am Registration and Coffee 9:00 am – 10:30am NextGen is Now! FAA’s NextGen Requirements and Implementation: What is Needed Now? The FAA’s road to NextGen is a monumental task with massive technological How you will benefit: improvements and avionics updates. In order to accomplish these lofty • Discover the challenges being addressed before they become commitments and initiatives, a streamlined process and program has been impediments to success created. The shift to future avionics and technology has begun and there are • Discuss potential solutions to real problems facing the architects for the complex challenges on the road ahead. This workshop will focus on new NextGen framework developments, potential hurdles and current FAA initiatives to create a more fluid, safe, and efficient aircraft environment; in the air as well as on the ground. Session Panel: Ms. Ann Tedford – Manager, NextGen Planning Group What will be covered: • FAA’s operational commitments needed to facilitate NextGen Mr. Doug DeCleene – Manager, FAA Avionics Systems (AIR-130) architecture to include R&D drivers Mr. Jay Merkle – NextGen Chief Architect • Timely resolution initiatives designed to deal with implementation issues • Description of required resources needed and guidance how to deliver NextGen systems Additional panel members to be confirmed at a later date. Email sherryl.jacobs@idga.org for updates. 10:30am – 12:00pm DoD’s NextGen! DoD Implementation of NextGen Innovations – how do we get there from here? With the on-set of NextGen technology, the DoD is forced to up-grade an • Understand the avionics needed to take full advantage of the current aging fleet with antiquated avionics to become compliant within an technology aggressive timeline. This panel will describe the timeline to completion of • Discuss what adjustments need to be made in an increasingly technology advances that will create a compliant fleet while at the same unmanned arena time, improving safety and situational awareness in a complex, ever- • Interpret and participate in lessons learned to develop the next-NextGen changing environment. Discussion will center on solutions that work for the • Analyze how antiquated systems are affected with new upgrades commercial side, but may cause extraneous issues for the war-fighting fleet. Session Panel: What will be covered: Col Ed Rosado, USAFR, AMC/A5/8 - Air Mobility Command Platforms • Legacy avionics lessons learned and how to upgrade with minimal cost and time Col Douglas Wreath, USAF - Reserve Advisor to Chief of Warfighting • Design interface standardization/common-avionics initiatives Integration NextGen Net Centric Work Group Lead SAF/XC and AF/A6 Col Derrick M. Richardson, USAF – Commander, 554th Electronics How you will benefit: System Wing • See the future generation of avionics capabilities and how it impacts the Additional panel members to be confirmed at a later date. current fleet Email sherryl.jacobs@idga.org for updates. 12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch 1:00pm – 2:30pm Technology in the NextGen! Latest Technological Innovations in NextGen Aircraft Safety As traffic congestion and increasingly complex airspace becomes How you will benefit: commonplace, technological needs become essential to safety and • Learn the advantages of the latest technology when operating in an situational awareness. The latest cutting edge innovations are evolving at austere environment the speed of light with the results being a drive to develop the most • Discuss the NextGen fiber optic network and how it applies in an aging advantageous systems for the operator. These initiatives have brought fleet about improved navigation, visibility and communication while still • See what developments are still needed and which ones are planned balancing a heavy work load. • Understand where technology needs still remain and what should be done about it What will be covered: • Ground aircraft deconfliction Session Panel: • See-and-Avoid requirements for UAV traffic Dr. Wilson Felder, Director FAA Hughes Technology Center • Potential future applications • NextGen ground safety-focused technology Mark Beranek, Section Head, Naval Air Systems Command Avionics • Fiber Optics advantages and the future of avionics Department Additional panel members to be confirmed at a later date. Email sherryl.jacobs@idga.org for updates. 2:30pm – 4:00pm Round-table Discussion facilitated by all panel experts Take part in facilitated roundtable discussions about successful collaboration between government agencies and industry leaders, and how your organization can benefit from future partnerships. If you are an avionics expert and are interested in being a table monitor, contact sherryl.jacobs@idga.org . 3 Register Today! Email sherryl.jacobs@idga.org

Main Conference Day One Main Conference Day Two Wednesday, February 10, 2010 Thursday, February 11, 2010 7:15 Registration & Coffee 7:15 Registration & Coffee 8:15 Welcome & Chairpersons Opening Remarks 8:15 Welcome & Chairpersons Opening Remarks 8:30 NextGen implementation through avionics upgrades 8:30 Upgrades Relating to the Changing War Environment Army Rotorcraft Opening Keynote • Operational commitments needed to facilitate NextGen architecture to • Goals and timelines for implementation of future, planned up-grades include R&D drivers SA and technology improvements Keynote • Speaker • Timely resolution initiatives designed to deal with implementation issues • Potential roadblocks and foreseen solutions – what is needed to avoid • Required resources needed and guidance how to deliver NextGen these systems COL Anthony Potts, USA Dr. Michael Romanowski Program Manager, Aviation Systems Director PEO, Aviation FAA’s NextGen Integration and Implementation Office 9:15 Quality Assurance of Military Flight Operations NextGen Technology Implementation Joint Perspective 9:15 • Technology integration and support for cost-effective, transformational • Hazard avoidance through technological transfer and development airborne capability-centric solutions • Advanced technologies including ADS-B • Enabling common warfighter safety, connectivity, computing and • See-and-Avoid requirements for UAV traffic in a commercial airspace interoperability needs on a case-by-case basis and the technology Dr. Wilson Felder needed Director Col James (Raleigh) Durham, USMC (Retired) FAA Hughes Technology Center Director Joint Advanced Concepts 10:00 Networking Break 10:00 Networking Break Air Force Keynote 10:45 A Systems View to Future Aviation • Technology advancements in a fluid war-time environment 10:45 Future Possibilities for Common Avionics Platforms • Road-map to sustain current operations • Initiatives to succeed in a joint environment Common Avionics • Avionics that aid a ground combat force • Avionics needs in a fluid war-time environment Col Arthur Huber, USAF • Future of common avionics and how to get there Commander CAPT Ralph I. Portnoy, USN 312th Aeronautical Systems Wing (Fighter Attack/Long Range) Program Manager Air Combat Electronics Program Office (PMA-209) 11:30 Avionics Needs for an Aging Fleet • Heavy aircraft fleet upgrade developments and requirements needed to 11:30 Vertical Lift -- Planning & Preparing for an Uncertain Future sustain • Overview of NACRA's Strategic Study and what’s next • Increasing operations tempo and avionics needs to extend life-spans • Options for VL's path forward – what is required to be successful • Requirements in a modern war with legacy systems • VL Testbeds -- A needed capability and benefits associated Col Steve Sorenson Col Doug Isleib, USMC (Retired) Requirements Division Chief Director Air Materiel Command Naval Aviation Center for Rotorcraft Advancement (NACRA) 12:30 LUNCH 12:15 LUNCH 1:30 Increasing SA in a Non-Optimum Environment 1:15 Test & Evaluation - Warfighter Panel • Urban warfare and the challenges associated • The current technologies in use – value vs. obsolescence The fine-line between adding SA and over-burdening the operator The reality of wartime (adaptability in a fluid environment)…is it War-fighter Perspective • • • How technology can make things simpler addressed by future technology? Mr. Glenn Greathouse • Real-time application and personal experiences with recent up-grades Director BD • The future of the platforms – where and how will they be used Situational Awareness Systems MAJ Sean Hoewing, USMC (CH-53D/E) Northrop Grumman Corporation MAJ David Bennett, USMC (MV-22) MAWTS-1 2:15 Joint Strike Fighter: Cockpit Avionics in a Fifth Generation Fighter 2:30 Apache: Current Technological Needs and Future Capabilities • Aircraft Sensors – what is being used and what is needed • Latest avionics improvements • Creating seamless pilot/vehicle interface communication through • Apache Fleet update – where we go from here technological Data Links • Future modernization efforts and needs while increasing operations • Cockpit Displays and the Helmet Mounted Display – future tempo requirements that lay ahead COL Shane Openshaw, USA CAPT John “Snooze” Martins, USN Project Manager Director Air Vehicle, F-35 Lightning II Program Office Apache Attack Helicopters OUSD (AT&L) JSF 3:15 Networking Break 3:00 Networking Break 3:45 Avionics Upgrades for the Army’s Aviation Workhorse 3:45 Fixed-Wing Upgrades to Sustain Naval Superiority • CH-47 road-map - needs to maintain a Vietnam-era aircraft in the • Latest innovations of ‘hands off’ flying 21st Century • Upgrade challenges with 20 year old legacy avionics • Needed technology in a unforeseen wartime environment • Growing needs for an aging fleet COL Newman Shufflebarger, USA CAPT Mark Darrah, USN Project Manager Program Manager Cargo Helicopters F/A 18 4:30 Utility Helicopters Current Status & Road Ahead 4:15 Technological Keys to Agile Air Superiority • UH-60/UH-72 current status and future needs • Radar Modernization Upgrade developments • Status of current deployed fleet…road ahead • Updates to address a complex war-time environment • Roadmap for future modernization and increasing needs of an aging fleet • Future requirements and technological answers COL Neil Thurgood, USA Lt Col Christy Hobson, USAF Project Manager Deputy Director Utility Helicopters 912th Aeronautical Systems Group (F-15) 5:15 End of Main Conference 5:00 End of Day One 4 Register Today! 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