Experience the new
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presents a training conference helicopter
technology
7th Annual
Increasing mobility, agility, and lethality
Including
November 17 – 19, 2009 • The Westin Huntsville, AL briefs on the
V-22, Apache,
Armed Reconnaissance
Helicopters, Cargo
Helicopters,
Don’t miss expert briefings on: and more!
• Innovative perspectives on combat • Updates and the new direction of
effectiveness and mission capabilities current rotorcraft platforms
• Technological breakthroughs of • Advances in common architecture
vertical lift platforms program development
Featuring:
RDML Mark Guadagnini, USN
Chief of Naval Air Training
BG Raymond Palumbo, USA
Deputy Commanding General, U.S. Army Special
Operations Command
CAPT Steven Schreiber, USN
Commodore, Helicopter Sea Combat Wing Atlantic
COL Neil Thurgood, USA
Project Manager, Utility Helicopters
COL Harry Hewson, USMC
Program Manager, Marine Light Attack Helicopter /
H-1 Program
CAPT Steven Truhlar, USCG
Commanding Officer, Aviation Training Center Mobile
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Who you will meet:
IDGA’s Helicon 2009 is a forum on
the advances the Military Helicopter
community currently faces. You will
have the unique opportunity to
interact and network with an
audience of military, government,
academic, and private sector leaders
7th Annual with key responsibilities such as:
• Future Development
• Requirements & Operations
• Maintenance Engineering
• Survivability & Threat
Systems
• Tilt-rotor Development
• Rotorcraft Design
• Command & Control Systems
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It is an honor to welcome you to
Helicon 2009, the premier military
helicopter conference in the United
States. This November we will About IDGA
explore and examine the link bet
ween emerging The Institute for Defense &
requirements, technology, and
the long term focus of the Government Advancement
military rotorcraft sector. (IDGA) is a non-partisan information
based organization dedicated to the
The military’s need for helicopters promotion of innovative ideas in
continues to grow and spread public service and defense. We bring
throughout the different branches together speaker panels comprised
of the armed forces due to their
versatility within theater. Helicopte of military and government
r missions in Iraq and professionals while attracting
Afghanistan continue to demons
trate the value of rotorcraft delegates with decision-making
as it pertains to troop and equipm power from military, government
ent transport, combat search and
rescue, and troop support. and defense industries. For more
information, please call Sherryl
Jacobs at 416-597-4710.
IDGA’s 7th Annual Helicon will
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the latest needs and requireme
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Sustainment Techniques and Future
Concepts Master Class Day
Sustainment Techniques and Future Concepts Master Class Day Tuesday 17, 2009
November
Give time to the issues that matter most. Sign up for the pre-conference Sustainment • Smaller, classroom-style sessions
Techniques and Future Concepts Master Class and dedicate more time to interaction and • In-depth discussions with the class
networking in a classroom environment. leaders and fellow attendees
• Coverage of everything from
This in-depth and interactive series of workshops will examine current research and emerging technology to
development for future rotorcraft concepts and lifecycle sustainment techniques. determining lifecycle of current
During the Sustainment Techniques and Future Concepts Master Class Day, you can expect: rotorcraft systems
7:30 am – 8:00 am Registration and Coffee
8:00 am – 10:00 am The future expectation of military rotorcraft platforms
Vertical Lift Platform Capabilities within the New Functional Concepts
Helicopter functional concepts are mostly influenced by materiel What will be covered:
solutions: Situational Awareness, Command and Control, Force • Functional concepts of the systems-of-systems philosophy
Application, Protection, and Focused Logistics. These concepts are • Evolving transformational capabilities
• Shifting toward systems enabling capabilities
becoming central themes for DoD decision-making, which you will gain
insight into in this session. DoD programs are currently being structured
to reflect these functional concepts and embody the system-of-systems How you will benefit:
philosophy that undergirds it. Going forward, new demands will be
• Discover opportunities within functional concepts
• Learn about new functional capabilities required
placed on vertical lift assets associated with the new functional • Gain insight into the vertical lift platforms of the future
capabilities required.
Session Leader: James “Raleigh” Durham, Director, Joint Advanced
Concepts, OSD
10:15 am – 12:15 pm Integration of manned & unmanned platforms;
teaming up for future rotorcraft missions
A System of Modular Adaptable Reusable Tools
This session will discuss the goal of developing systems of modular What will be covered:
adaptable reusable tools to be used as both a hardware and software • Recent advances of combining manned rotorcraft platforms with
that is capable of providing the warfighter with dramatic reductions in unmanned systems
• Increasing mission effectiveness, networked lethality, and survivability
cognitive workload across multiple platforms and applications. Recent
advances and demonstrations illustrating the effectiveness of combining
manned rotorcraft platforms with unmanned systems underscore the How you will benefit:
relevance of the modular adaptable systems. Modular adaptable systems • Gain insight into integration techniques for manned and unmanned
provide the warfighter with a unified library of decision aids, user platforms
• Discover current and future force command and control applications
interface, and modular hardware capable of reuse across current and
• Milestones in the unification of decision aids, user interface, and
future force products that increase mission effectiveness, networked
lethality, and survivability. modular hardware
Session Leader: Doug Limbaugh, CEO, Kutta Technologies
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm Lunch
1:15 pm – 3:15 pm Anticipating maintenance to maximize performance
Rotary Wing Dynamic Component Structural Life Tracking
The goal of this session is to demonstrate the feasibility of a fatigue What will be covered:
lifetime tracking system for critical components used in rotary aircraft • Advances in rotorcraft lifecycle tracking
• Unique identification techniques across rotorcraft platforms
platforms. By incorporating neural network anomaly detection
• Improved battle readiness of the components and systems
techniques, algorithms will be developed that track specific critical
components and their unique identification across different platforms, in
order to evaluate both new and historic flight load parameter How you will benefit:
information. Combining this information with Health Usage Monitoring
• Learn how advances in component monitoring minimize maintenance
System (HUMS) databases, algorithms will be developed that can both costs over the lifecycle of the component
• Discover predicting capabilities of anomalous behaviors associated with
predict anomalous behaviors associated with extended flight load
parameters. extended flight load parameters
• Gain insights into improvements of health usage monitoring systems
Session Leader: Bernard C. Laskowski, PhD, President, Analatom
Incorporated
Recognizing limitations, overcoming obstacles,
3:30 pm – 5:30 pm creating the next generations of military rotorcraft
Review of State-of-Art of Rotorcraft Aeromechanics and Future Opportunities
Future rotorcrafts are tending towards “greenness” with higher SFC, What will be covered:
lower specific empty weight, and lower drag from current values. The • Aeromechanical limitations of helicopters
• Development of aerodynamic theories to improve coaxial rotor design
goal of achieving jet-smooth and quiet ride with a rotorcraft at a
• Using versatile physics based models against experimental measurements
moderate operating cost, increased flying qualities in order to be flyable
with minimum pilot training, take-off and land from unprepared runways
avoiding brownouts, and a expanded flight envelop encompassing gusty How you will benefit:
and high-altitude environments, we have to increase our understanding
• Developing new techniques for rotorcraft design
of aeromechanic phenomena, while incorporating several disruptive
• Recognize how to expose fundamental design issues for high
technologies in rotorcraft. This review will identify key areas of research performance rotorcraft concepts
• Gain insight into the next generation of military rotorcraft concepts
in rotorcraft aeromechanics with potential payoff in performance, cost
and product reliability. Session Leader: Dr. Inderjit Chopra, Director, Alfred Gessow
Rotorcraft Center, Department of Aerospace Engineering,
University of Maryland
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Main Summit
Day 1: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Day 2: Thursday, November 19, 2009
7:15 Registration and Coffee 7:30 Registration and Coffee
8:00 Welcome and Chairperson’s Opening Remarks 8:00 Welcome and Chairperson’s Opening Remarks
8:15 Navy Helicopter Roles and Training Methods
Improved Cargo Helicopter (ICH): Providing Focused
Opening
Keynote
• Simulation and live training exercises 8:15
• Joint training activities to prepare all helicopter pilots Logistics to the Force
• New role for Naval helicopter missions •Fire support, air defense, mobility, and survivability in mission areas
RDML Mark Guadagnini, USN, Chief of Naval Air •Transportation of ground forces, supplies, and battle critical cargo
COL Newman Shufflebarger, USA, Project Manager, Cargo
8:55 Rotary Wing Update Helicopters
• Current operations (OIF, Air Ambulance, humanitarian assistance)
• MH-53E support (Pacific Partnership, AMCM, POTUS & VIP support) 8:55 Apache Today and Tomorrow
• Future helicopter challenges (MH-60S / MH-60R Tactical Integration,
• Apache project overview
maritime dominance) • Apache making a difference for the warfighter
CAPT Steven R. Schreiber, USN, Commander, Helicopter Sea Combat • Apache continued evolution
Wing Atlantic Richard Tyler, Deputy Project Manager, Apache Helicopter, US Army
9:35 Networking Break
9:35 Networking Break
10:20 Expansion of CG Helicopter Roles and Missions Topics
• Airborne use of force 10:20 Transforming Special Operations Aviation to Meet
Morning Keynote
• Rotary wing air intercept Irregular Challenges of the Future
• Maintaining proficiency in an expanding mission environment • ARSOA Today
CAPT Steven Truhlar, USCG, Commanding Officer Aviation Training • Needs for the future?
Center Mobile • A recipe to get there…
11:00 Taking the industry's pulse: an interactive presentation from BG Raymond Palumbo, USA, Deputy Commanding General, U.S.
Northrop Grumman Army Special Operations Command
See how your peers, customers, and suppliers view the trends and future
of military rotorcraft: 11:00 V-22 Osprey Tiltrotor High Speed Medium-Vertical Lift
• Interoperability
• OIF operations across service lines
• System Architecture
• OEF operations across service lines
• Joint service projections for future missions
• And Much More!
• International V-22 Osprey tiltrotor applications
Ron Bell, Manager Advanced Programs, Northrop Grumman
Corporation Col Greg Masiello, USMC, Program Manager, PMA-275, V-22 Osprey
Glenn Greathouse, Director Business Development, Situational
Awareness Systems, Northrop Grumman Corporation 11:40 Air Force Combat Rescue Forecast and Legacy Aircraft Brief
• Air Force Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR)
11:40 Play, Pause, Reset: Aviation Reset Program • Legacy aircraft and programs (HH-60G and HC-130)
Reset Update
• Extending the equipment’s useful life by returning it to a near “zero • Future roadmap
mile/zero hour” condition Lt Col Jeff Peterson, USAFR, CSAR Program Manager
• The Army standard for equipment
• Challenges of restoring vehicles after deployment in harsh environments
12:20 Lunch
COL Randy Buhidar, USA, Director, Directorate of Materiel, Force
Development, US Army 1:30 We can upgrade it. We have the technology. Utility
Upgrade Report Card
12:20 Lunch Helicopters: Better, Stronger, Faster
• Current production of UH-60M Black Hawks / UH-72A Lakotas –
1:30 NACRA: Fighting the Future – Avoiding the Rotorcraft Gap fieldings and modifications
• Findings of NACRA's strategic study of the path to 2030 (the future is • Status of currently deployed fleets
not carved in stone) • Status of the UH-60M upgrade
• Candidate courses of action to avoid the 2030 rotorcraft gap • Projected path ahead
• Time critical efforts we should be pursuing
COL Neil Thurgood, USA, Project Manager, Utility Helicopters
• NACRA's initiatives
Doug Isleib, Director, Naval Aviation Center for Rotorcraft 2:10 Moving Toward Expeditionary Agility: The Next Generation
Advancement of Marine Light/Attack Helicopters
2:10 Manned/Unmanned Common Architecture Program (MCAP)
• Status of currently deployed fleet
Development and Network Centric Flight Tests
• H-1 upgrade program
• Future helicopter challenges
• MCAP overview
• Expected improvements over currently fielded mission processing Col Harry Hewson, USMC, Program Manager, Marine Light/Attack
architectures Helicopters
• Mission equipment integration approach
• Network centric experimentation: results and future activities 2:50 Networking Break
Dale Johnson, Deputy Director Systems Integration, Aviation
Applied Technology Directorate, US Army 3:20 Aircraft Design for Expeditionary Warfare
• Current platforms used in expeditionary warfare
2:50 Networking Break • Future expeditionary warfare heavy lift requirements
• Need for improved compound helicopter technology
3:35 Army Medevac at the Crossroads Col Jeff Mosher, USMC, Head, Expeditionary Warfare
• Operations in OEF
• Force Mod updates
• Requirements for V-22
4:00 Experimental Demonstrations of the Active Pitch Link for
COL Robert Mitchell, USA, Director, Army Medical Evacuation Vibration Reduction on Helicopters
Proponency
• Active Pitch Link operational principle and design requirements
• Predicted performance: effects on vibration, noise, and controls
4:15 US Army ARH Program Undergoes Major Shift • Prototype demonstration: static and dynamic testing
•Kiowa Warrior (KW) life support 2020 Dr. Daniel Feszty, PEng, Associate Professor, Department of
•Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter update Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University
COL Keith Robinson, USA, Project Manager, Armed Reconnaissance
Helicopters 4:40 End of Main Summit
4:55 End of Day One
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Experience the new
presents a training conference direction of military
helicopter
technology
7th Annual
Increasing mobility, agility, and lethality
November 17 – 19, 2009 • The Westin Huntsville, AL Including
briefs on the
V-22, Apache,
Armed Reconnaissance
Don’t miss expert briefings on: Helicopters, Cargo
• Innovative perspectives on combat • Updates and the new direction of Helicopters,
effectiveness and mission capabilities current rotorcraft platforms and more!
• Technological breakthroughs of • Advances in common architecture
vertical lift platforms program development