Featuring returning
JIEDDO keynote
address!
presents the 2nd Annual
COUNTER Hear from an
IED Summit
unrivalled speaker
faculty that includes:
TM
Brigadier General
Anthony J. Tata, USA
Deputy Director
Attacking the Network Joint IED Defeat
Organization (JIEDDO)
IED Detection & Protection Focus Day Dr. Starnes Walker
January 27, 2009 Director of Research
Main Conference Sessions S&T Directorate
Department of
January 28 – 29, 2009
Homeland Security
Ronald Reagan Building, Washington D.C.
Jay Reist
Deputy Director, Joint Training
Need to know 2009 briefings will cover: and Lessons Learned
Joint Urban Operations
C-IED efforts in the Joint Operating Environment (JOE)
•
Office, USJFCOM
Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) training
•
and preparedness
Major Shawn B. Dillon, USA
The very latest in needs and requirements for IED
•
mitigation and protection in an unclassified setting IED Defeat Team Chief
HQ First Army G7 Training
Warfighter insight and mission
•
critical needs assessment Support
Warfighter protection
•
See Inside for Extended
Coverage on vital
requirements and insight
on mitigating the threat
of IEDs in MOUT and the
domestic environment
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Who You Will Meet:
COUNTER
IDGA’s Counter IED Summit 2009 is
a forum focusing on understanding
and facilitating possible means of
mitigating the current IED threat.
IED Summit
Attendees will include professionals
from the following fields and
responsibilities:
TM
Program Management
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Dear Colleague, Counter Insurgency
•
Survivability
•
It is an honor to welcome you to IDG
A’s Second Annual Counter IED
Summit.
This year our mission is to detail curr Battle Systems
•
ent efforts and developments in the
field of
IED mitigation, prevention, and dete
ction. In an increasingly complex and
EOD
•
asymmetric combat environment, grou
nd operations are becoming increasin
gly
more necessary for mission success.
LWM R&D
•
As our forces prosecute the asymm Render Safe
•
etric threat and try to “defeat the
network,” combat systems and tech
nologies become more important to Robotics
•
mission
success.
Medical Evacuation
•
Counter IED Summit 2009 will be ope
n to Citizens of the
Sensors Systems
•
US and NATO Countries Only!
This year’s keynotes and program sess
ions will outline objectives and them
es in
the Joint Operating Environmen
t that are allowing our soldiers to purs
ue and
prosecute the continuing threat pose “The enemy is smart and
d by IEDs and the asymmetric infra
structure.
adaptive...We must be
Join our distinguished lineup of spea
kers as we tackle military and civilian
efforts
in mitigating the threat of IEDs. Don smarter than the enemy. We
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capabilities on the ground,
I look forward to meeting you in Was
hington this January!
in theater and here at home,
Very Respectfully,
to defeat the IED threat and
protect our troops.”
P.S. Be sure to register – Lt. Gen. Russel L.
for the IED Detection &
Patrick Asdurian Honoré, US Army
Program Director, Counter IED Sum
mit
Protection Focus Day:
Institute for Defense and Governm
ent
Advancement
\"It's not that we've solved
January 27, 2009.
the IED problem, per se. It's
See page 3 for details! that we've begun to have
success in defeating the
insurgents.\"
– Fred Kagan, American
Enterprise Institute, FMR
West Point Instructor
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IED DETECTION & PROTECTION
IED DETECTION &
PROTECTION FOCUS DAY FOCUS DAY Tuesday January 27, 2009
This in-depth and interactive Focus Day will examine the latest technologies and best practices in the field of IED
detection and threat mitigation. This interactive Focus Day will brief on counter IED systems development:
• Development of IED detection systems
• Multilateral approaches to hidden explosive detection and neutralization
• Ongoing efforts in detection and prevention of attacks
Registration & Coffee
8:00 am – 8:30 am
8:30 am – 10:30 am
ERDC study of IED detection
Geoenvironmental Impacts on IED Detection
The presentation will focus on the development of a computational test Results – what does it mean to the end-user?
•
bed used to provide a realistic simulation of the geoenvironmental How you will benefit:
background, clutter, and target. The testbed allows sensor models to be Gain an understanding of a valuable tool that augments field testing
•
plugged into the simulation thus providing synthetic sensor images for Receive an improved understanding of how the geoenvironment
•
automatic target recognition development and refinement. The impacts sensor performance and IED detection
synthetic images have been validated with field images and have been Learn how the simulations can be used with multi-modal sensors
•
used to provide sensor optimization analysis for detecting IEDs.
What will be covered: Session Leaders:
Computational testbed components Bart Durst, Stacey Howington, Josh Fairley, Dr. Jason McKenna,
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Validation of the computational testbed Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory, Army Engineering
•
Initial simulations conducted using the computational testbed Research and Development Center
•
10:30 am – 12:30 pm Ceramic protection development
Ceramic Armor Materials Development for IED Mitigation
This session will outline and discuss the latest developments in How you will benefit:
explosives protection and detection. Whether hand held or vehicle Learn about standoff detection and systems
•
mounted, these detection and mitigation technologies are critical to Get an understanding of where technology efforts currently are
•
success on the field. Unique capabilities of technologies both in the being focused
concept and development stages could lead to increased mitigation of Find out where current R&D efforts lie
•
IEDs on the field.
What will be covered: Session Leaders: Dr. Karthik Nagarathnam, Senior Materials
Ceramics technological development Scientist, Utron Kinetics LLC
•
Ceramics evolution and R&D
•
Lunch will be served
12:30 pm – 1:15 pm
1:30 pm – 3:15 pm VB-IED development in protection
Neutralization of Explosives in IED and VBIED Scenarios
The briefing will describe a new technology designed to reliably Technology that is compatible with domestic bomb squad and
•
neutralize IEDs and VBIEDs. The method involves a reactive material military EOD operational tools & tactics
contained in a projectile that is fired into a cased explosive, which How technology eliminates or significantly reduces collateral damage
•
produces a controlled burn without detonation or violent deflagration, How you will benefit:
thus eliminating or greatly minimizing collateral damage. The Find out how technology has been matured to a TRL 4
•
technology will improve the capability of first responders to: (1) Understand how technology is versatile and could be extended to
•
neutralize IEDs and VBIEDs at long standoff distances; (2) rapidly service the broader UXO problem
multiple targets; (3) minimize the response time from identification to Get the latest technology related cost effective tools for the IED
•
neutralization; and (4) allow for improved forensic analysis. threat
What will be covered:
Projectile carrying a reactive material fired into explosive to cause a Session Leader: Dennis Wilson, CEO, Energetic Materials &
•
controlled burn Products, Inc.
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Vehicle-borne IED sensor technology
Detection of Improvised Explosive Devices
This session will cover a system that detects vehicle-borne or buried What will be covered:
explosives at distances of one meter or more. The system is Validation of the technology
•
comprised of a high-intensity fast-neutron source and an array of Development and testing of the Phase I program
•
gamma-ray detectors that are material specific. The research will Results – what does it show and where can it develop
•
proceed by continuing the testing and refinement of prototype How you will benefit:
detectors built during the Phase I SBIR. A high intensity neutron Gain an understanding of detection technologies
•
generator will then be modified to operate at higher neutron Find out where this SBIR will allow technology to move forward
•
energies and used with a complete detector array to detect Learn how the simulations can be used with multi-modal sensors
•
explosives. This system will enable detection of buried explosives
previously on a unexplored scale and manner. Session Leader: Michael Fuller, Adelphi Technology, Inc.
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MAIN CONFERENCE DAY 1 MAIN CONFERENCE DAY 2
Wednesday, January 28, 2009 Thursday, January 29, 2009
Registration & Coffee Registration & Coffee
7:15 7:15
Welcome and Chairperson’s Opening Remarks Chairperson’s Opening Remarks
7:50 7:50
JIEDDO Opening Address: Overcoming IED US Army Center For Lessons Learned: IED Defeat
8:00 8:00
Opening Keynote
Challenges Efforts
Opening
Keynote
Brigadier General Anthony J. Tata, USA, Deputy Director, Mission briefing
•
Joint IED Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) Efforts and key initiatives
•
Scott A. Blaney, Senior Military Analyst, Center for Army
This opening keynote will address key insights in the
Lessons Learned, Combat Analysis Branch
development and efforts against the IED threat. Discussion will
focus on IED threat, mitigation and prevention.
USMC Training and Preparedness
8:45
USMC process for integrating jammers into vehicles including
•
Iraq Case Study: On the Ground Lessons
8:45
physical integration and testing
Efforts on prevention and anticipation
•
• Conducting detailed integration stateside for the best in
• Understanding challenges and human terrain
theater performance
Colonel James Hickey, USA, (FMR, MNFI) Multi-National
Lieutenant Colonel Casey C. Travers, USMC, Team Lead,
Force Iraq
USMC Counter-RCIED Electronic Warfare, Marine Corps
Systems Command
Morning Networking & Coffee Break
9:30
Morning Networking & Coffee Break
9:30
10:15 FBI: Bureau Briefing
• Domestic efforts in protection and prevention
10:15 USAF EOD Development
Dave R. Agent, FBI • Briefing on field experience
EOD Render Safe and
• Current efforts in EOD
This special session will detail homeland security efforts in
Lessons Learned
• The role of the unit in EOD ops
prevention and key goals in domestic threats.
• Current initiatives and developments
11:00 A Comprehensive Approach to R&D to Counter Captain Robert Berish, USAF, Eglin AFB EOD Team
the IED Threat
11:00 EOD and Render Safe Ops
Current efforts and partnerships
•
• The role of the unit in EOD ops
Near and long term technology
•
• Training and preparation
Dr. Starnes Walker, Director of Research, S&T Directorate,
Chief Julio Morelos, USAF Tyndall AFB EOD
Department of Homeland Security
11:45 LUNCH
11:45 LUNCH
Land Warrior Program Briefing
Army IED Training/Experience 1:00
1:00
Land Warrior
Program developments
First Army Counter IED training •
•
Keynote
Land warrior deployment and development
• EOD cooperative efforts •
Training and Preparedness
• Soldier connectivity
• Troop preparedness / pre-deployment
• Weapons systems integration
Major Shawn B. Dillon, USA, IED Defeat Team Chief, HQ
Major Michael Kovacs, USA, Land Warrior Program Office
First Army G7 Training Support
Defeating IEDs by Destroying the Source
US Urban Operations: Assessing the Training 1:45
1:45
Capability Gaps US Dept of State's efforts to destroy small arms, light
•
weapons, abandoned ordnance and caches
Future urban training centers: What should they look like?
•
• How these efforts relate to insuring insurgencies do not have
urban training lessons learned
the materials needed for their attacks
• Urban operations training at the brigade combat team and
Colonel Yori R. Escalante, USMC, Deputy Director for
regimental combat level
Programs, Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement,
Mr. Jay Reist, Deputy Director, Joint Training and Lessons
Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, United States
Learned, Joint Urban Operations Office, USJFCOM
Department of State
Afternoon Networking & Coffee Break
2:30
Afternoon Networking & Coffee Break
2:30
Combat Casualty Care
Advanced Medical Technology in Combat
3:00
Counter IED Test Range Capabilities to Meet the
Casualty Care 3:00
Demands of a Continuously Evolving Enemy
Combat casualty care technology
Keynote
•
History of Counter IED testing at YPG
• Tech development •
Rapid reaction test processes
• Further advancements in care •
• Capabilities of YPG's Counter IED test ranges
Colonel John F. Kragh, Jr, MD, MC, USA, Orthopaedic
Scott Dellicker, Director, National Counterterrorism
Surgeon, US Army Institute of Surgical Research Bone &
Counterinsurgency, Integrated Test & Evaluation Center,
Soft Tissue Trauma Research Program
Yuma Proving Ground
3DGeophysics Comments and Wrap Up
3:45
Special Closing
National Explosive Ordinance Disposal
3:45
Imaging efforts in C-IED area
•
Association Wrap-up
Keynote
Further developments for IED detection
•
History and community efforts
Brian Heridge, President, 3DGeophysics •
Closing remarks
•
End of Conference Day One Robert Leiendecker, NATEODA (FMR, EOD)
4:15
END OF CONFERENCE
4:15
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Featuring returning
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address!
presents the 2nd Annual
COUNTER Hear from an
unrivalled speaker
IED Summit
faculty that includes:
Brigadier General
Anthony J. Tata, USA
TM
Deputy Director
Joint IED Defeat Organization
(JIEDDO)
Dr. Starnes Walker
Attacking the Network Director of Research
S&T Directorate
Department of
Homeland Security
Jay Reist
IED Detection & Protection Focus Day Deputy Director, Joint Training and
Lessons Learned
January 27, 2009
Joint Urban Operations Office,
Main Conference Sessions USJFCOM
January 28 – 29, 2009 Major Shawn B. Dillon, USA
IED Defeat Team Chief
HQ First Army G7 Training Support
Ronald Reagan Building, Washington D.C.