ALL NEW this year:
Joint USMC & USA
Warfighter Panel!
Power, Protection, and
Over 400
attendees Payload for the FOLAV
in 2008!
November 16 - 19, 2009
Sheraton Premiere at Tysons Corner, Vienna, VA
Gain exclusive insights from our top-notch
speakers:
• Colonel Brian Buckles, USMC
The mission moves from Iraq to Program Manager, Marine Corps LAV
Afghanistan. Keep abreast with • LTC Todd Lamb, USA
the latest developments on: Product Manager, Stryker BCT Development, PEO Ground
Combat Systems
• Requirements and modifications for the family of • LtCol Scott Leonard, USMC
LAV and Stryker Commanding Officer, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance
• New lightweight and transparent armor Batallion
systems • Major Pierre Larivee
• Supply chain management processes and Project Director, LAV III, Canadian Defence
practices • Glenda Paige
• Vehicle technology and communications systems LOGCOM Liaison Officer to PEO-LS, MARCORSYSCOM
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Who You Will Meet:
The audience will be comprised of
senior-level military vehicles
professionals from government
agencies, contractors, and technology
service providers with the following
job titles and functions:
• Program Managers
• Systems Engineering Managers
• Capabilities Managers
November 16 - 19, 2009
Sheraton Premiere at Tysons Corn • Technical Directors
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Stryker Summit. Vehicles & •
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Vehicle IT Focus Day Monday,
November 16, 2009
Get up-close and personal with experts in vehicle IT technology. Learn in a focused, classroom-style setting about
the latest advancements necessary for enhanced border surveillance operations such as:
Information architectures for vehicle platforms • Signal distribution systems • Situational awareness
7:30am – 8:00am Registration and Coffee
8:00am – 11:00am
Discover the latest generation of intelligent military display technology
Enhanced Situational Awareness Using Intelligent Display Technology
Enhanced situational awareness allows vehicle crews to see awareness capability
outside in day or night while under armor, enables improved • Gain insight into the use of advanced image processing
maneuvering in urban and complex terrains, and allows vehicle techniques to enhance situation awareness
crews to detect, track and engage dismounted and vehicular
threats. The display technology enabling this capability will be What you will learn about:
presented along with the associated system level trades. • Hands on demonstrations of the latest generation of intelligent
Embedded real time image processing technology will also be military display technology
discussed and demonstrated. In addition, embedded geo- • Real time image processing overview and demonstrations
referenced image and event recording will be demonstrated. • Location based event recording demonstrations
How you will benefit: Session Leader:
• Gain an understanding of intelligent military display technology Jim Olson, Technical Director Imaging Systems, Digital
• Delve into the fundamental trades and issues associated with Systems Engineering, Inc (DSE)
enabling armored vehicles with wide field-of-view situation
Vehicle IT Focus Day
11:15am – 2:15pm Lunch will be served
Lead the way with full functionality of GPS applications
Warfighter Data Connection inside Military Vehicles
The global positioning system is integral to mission completion on • Understand how to obtain a continuous and complete picture
the a-symmetrical battlefield. In a combat situation, information of the battlefield in order to provide enhanced situational
can make the difference between a successful operation and a awareness
failure. When soldiers are wearing Land Warrior systems, for
example, their positions are displayed on the map in the Stryker What you will learn about:
vehicles, as well as on the Land Warrior system. When warfighters • Solution to real-time soldier location
go into armored vehicles, it is all the more crucial for soldiers to • Repeater design, installation, and use
maintain that data connection. How, therefore, is this connection • Proven repeater solutions to enable full functionality of GPS
maintained? How does the warfighter remain fully operational in applications with Humvees, MRAPs, and LAVs
order to achieve mission success?
Session Leader:
How you will benefit: Robert Horton, Chief Executive Officer, GPS Source, Inc.
• Discover in detail the essential GPS needs of vehicle operators
• Learn from technical experts about achieving optimal GPS
signal availability
2:30pm – 5:00pm
Gain insight into total vehicle integration technologies
System Architecture for Total Vehicle Integration
On most integrated platforms, there has been a tight coupling of How you will benefit:
sub-system performance to the vehicle itself without the capacity • Learn how you can reduce near-term integration costs and long-
to easily modify its mission functions for dynamic operations. An term maintenance and upgrade costs
integrated platform therefore needs to have a total systems • Discover a system engineering design process for efficient and
engineering approach that provides the means to bring relevant comprehensive vehicle integration
information seamlessly to the user.
What you will learn about:
This session will discuss the use of a quantitative systems approach • Persistent network visibility of all sensors and components
to solve complex engineering system challenges by inherently • Constant network visibility and system clarity
designing in flexibility to meet current and future operational • Reduced network admin management
demands. Delve into the architecture behind a plug-and-play type
of system that allows existing and emerging technology to be Session Leader: Kerri Hall, Executive Director, Synexxus
added to military vehicles.
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Main Summit Day 1 Tuesday,
November 17, 2009
Get the information you need NOW. Learn from policy-makers and key stakeholders about the future direction of light vehicle programs.
Hear from program offices such as:
PEO Ground Combat Systems, US Army • PEO Land Systems, USMC • MARCORSYSCOM
7:30 Registration & Coffee 1:45 Vendor Panel: Vehicle Armor Design and Deployment
Hear from experts on vehicle armor design and deployment! Ask a
moderated panel your questions regarding R&D methods, process
8:30 Chairperson’s Welcome & Opening Remarks management, and best practices for the effective deployment of
armor technologies
Moderator: Vic LaSala
8:40 Marine Corps LAV in the Next 10 Years Senior Vice President for R&D, American Defense Systems, Inc
• Current and future LAV capabilities and requirements
• Industry opportunities for LAVs Join this panel and share your expertise on vehicle manufacturing!
• Base vs add-on systems for vehicle maintenance Contact sherryl.jacobsb@idga.org for speaking opportunities.
Keynote
Colonel Brian Buckles, USMC
LAV Program Manager, Marine Corps Systems Command
2:30 Networking & Refreshment Break
9:20 Vehicle Acquisition Management – Preparing the
3:15 Achieving Sustainment Considerations within the
Future Fleet
Acquisition Process
• Marine Corps weapon systems acquisition
Logistics and Acquisition • Overview and operational perspectives of the relationship between
• Developing, delivering and providing life-cycle planning
LOGCOM and PEO-LS
• Innovations in major land program acquisition management • Role of a sustainment Liaison within acquisition programs
Keynote
Daniel Pierson • Logistics challenges and practical experiences
Deputy, PEO Land Systems, USMC
Glenda Paige
LOGCOM Liaison Officer to PEO-LS, Marine Corps Systems
Command
10:00 Networking & Refreshment Break
3:55 LAV and MPC: Marine Corps Combat Developer Update
10:45 1st LAR Battalion: On-the-Move with LAVs • Maintaining the expeditionary fleet
• Overview and operational perspectives of the 1st LAR Battalion • Expectations for an effective modernization strategy
• Deployment challenges and boots-on-the ground experiences • Balancing protection, payload and performance in the fleet
• LAV development and design requirements for future expeditionary
LAR Battalion
missions Chris Yunker
Mob/C-Mobility Section, Fires & Maneuver Integration
LtCol Scott Leonard, USMC
Division, Marine Corps Combat Development Command
Commanding Officer, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
4:35 Modeling and Simulation Based Acquisition for
11:30 PM-LAV Operations
the Marine Personnel Carrier
• LAV training and capabilities • Introduction of a collaborative approach to balancing capabilities
LAR Battalion
• Technologies to support operations
Logistics and Acquisition
and requirements
Major Henry Kayser, USMC • Applied systems engineering tools and methods for requirements
Operations Officer, PM-LAV feasibility analysis
• Leveraging high-fidelity modeling and simulation within real-time
decision making
12:10 Vehicle Safety, Stability, and Steering
Tommer R. Ender, Ph.D.
• Operational guidelines for wheeled vehicle accident avoidance
Project Director, Georgia Tech Support to MPC, GTRI
• Tracked combat driver needs and solutions
Jim Huston
President, Blue Ox 5:15 Cocktail Reception Sponsored by
12:30 Lunch 6:15 End of Main Summit Day One
Sponsored by:
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Main Summit Day 2 Wednesday,
November 18, 2009
Get the information you need NOW. Learn from policy-makers and key stakeholders about the future direction of light vehicle programs.
Hear from program offices such as:
PEO Ground Combat Systems, US Army • PEO Land Systems, USMC • MARCORSYSCOM
7:45 Registration & Coffee 12:35 Lunch
8:15 Chairperson’s Welcome 1:45 Warfighter Panel: LAV & Stryker in Theater
Learn how LAVs and Strykers perform in theater with boots-on-the-
ground perspectives from US Army and US Marine Corps.
8:25 Increasing Vehicle and Personnel Survivability Panel Members:
• Production of the Up-Armored HMMWV Rollover Prevention
MSgt Gerald Morse, Jr.
• Route Clearance Handbooks for both Iraq and Afghanistan
Operations Chief, LAV, MARCORSYSCOM
Opening Remarks
• Egress Training Handbook
• The MRAP Handbook SSG Ed Espoti
LAV, MARCORSYSCOM
Brice H. Johnson
DAC, JRTC Senior Military Analyst SGT Rick Zapella
Center for Army Lessons Learned LAV, MARCORSYSCOM
SSG John Brennan
US Army
9:05 US Army Stryker Modernization
• Current fleet disposition 2:45 Networking & Refreshment Break
• Next generation requirements
• Future armor capabilities
LTC Todd Lamb, USA 3:30 Vendor Panel: Enhancement of Vehicle C4ISR for
Keynote
Product Manager, Stryker BCT Development, PEO Ground the Warfighter
Combat Systems Discover the necessary research and development processes in order
to create fully-functional and deployable technology systems for next
generation combat vehicles.
9:45 Networking & Refreshment Break Moderated by:
Tony Schweitzer
Engineer, FLIR
10:30 The Canadian LAV III
• Upgrade project: current challenges and requirements
• Lifecycle management and vehicle maintenance 4:30 Total Asset Visibility
International
• Research, development and deployment: future opportunities • AV remote scenarios and solutions
Major Pierre Larivee • Low bandwidth systems for the warfighter
Project Director, LAV III, Canadian Defence • Increasing visibility for maximized utilization of assets
Rick Odden
DLIS, Defense Logistics Agency
11:10 Intelligent Military Display Technology
• Wide field-of-view situation awareness capability
• Advanced image processing techniques 5:10 End of Main Summit
• Embedded real-time image processing technology
Jim Olson
Technical Director - Imaging Systems, Digital Systems
Engineering, Inc. (DSE)
11:50 Vehicle Showcase and Demonstration
View the different variants of the LAV and Stryker in order to gain a better
understanding of current capabilities and additional requirements in
support of the warfighter. Submit any questions you have regarding
vehicle operations and technologies to sherryl.jacobs@idga.org so they
can be answered by industry and end-users during this interactive session.
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Vehicle Armor Focus Day Thursday
November 19, 2009
Dedicate more time to dialogue and networking during this in-depth and interactive series of classroom-style
sessions. This Focus Day includes a series of sessions that will advance your knowledge regarding vehicle armor
technologies for optimal military armor protection systems.
8:00am – 8:30am Registration and Coffee
8:30am – 10:30am
Accelerate the design and development of vehicle armor solutions!
Lightweight Vehicle Armor Systems
Learn the theories behind the design of an opaque armor solution •
Obtain a new perspective on design, manufacture and
tailored to military vehicle specifications. This session will discuss installation techniques of vehicle armor
design considerations such as weight, cost and threat-level •
Learn how to efficiently respond to protection requirements of
requirements, as these are all essential factors developing armor the warfighter and his vehicle
systems. This class will also delve into the use of the crucial
materials such as steel, aluminum, composite and many other force What you will learn about:
protection means. Delegates will be able to take home a better •
Laminating processes
understanding of the necessary steps to be more responsive to •
High performance bonding assemblies
Vehicle Armor Focus Day
tight timeframes while delivering top-quality designs and solutions. •
Ballistic and blast resistant glass applications
How you will benefit: Session Leader:
•
Maximize your understanding of innovative and functional John Garnier, Armor Program Lead, Idaho National
armor designs Laboratory
10:45am – 12:30pm
Maximized Force Protection Capabilities!
High-Strength, Large Case-Depth Chemically Strengthened Glass
This session discusses recent advances in improving the strength What you will learn about:
of glass. The session leader will explain the process of using •
Optimized ion exchange to significantly reduce production time
NaNO3 + KNO3 salt baths to strengthen high-glass-transition- and cost
temperature aluminosilicate glass to give the material high •
Effect of Surface Flaws on Ion Exchange Strengthening
resistance to fracture upon flexing from projectile impact. This •
Influence of Externally Applied Stress on Kinetics of Ion
session will also delve into applications such as transparent armor Exchange in Glass
and other new market opportunities for strengthened glass.
Session Leader:
How you will benefit: Arun K. Varshneya, Professor, Glass Science, Alfred
•
Learn about the development of quality control tests to assure a University
given level of glass strengthening
•
Delve into the technical issues involved in producing consistent
high-strength glasses
12:30pm – 1:30pm Lunch
1:30pm – 3:30pm
Enhanced survivability with weight considerations!
Penetration Mechanics of Thick-Section Composite Armor
This session will begin with a discussion on thick-section What you will learn about:
composites made from plain-weave S-2 glass fabric and vinyl ester •
Impact, stress wave propagation, crush, ballistic impact,
resin have been tested over a wide range of strain-rates using a penetration and damage mechanics
compression split Hopkinson pressure bar with a momentum •
Penetration mechanics and experimental mechanics of thick-
trapping device. Gain more insight into experiments performed in section composites, sandwiches and composite armor
two material directions: thickness and fill. The session leader will •
Processing and repair of large scale composites, sandwich
identify the dynamic ultimate stress and failure strain, which is structures and composite armor
higher than the corresponding quasi-static values.
Session Leader:
How you will benefit: Bazle Gama, Scientist, University of Delaware Center for
•
Explore the range of possibilities regarding the mechanics and Composite Materials
repair of composite armor
•
Learn more about ballistics and blast loading on composites
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Venue & Lodging: Register by Email, Phone or Fax!
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8661 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, VA 22182
Phone: 1.416.597.4710
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Email: sherryl.jacobs@idga.org
The hotel is just 20 minutes from Washington, DC, minutes from Phone: 1-800-882-8684 or 646-378-6026
many corporate offices, and conveniently close to Tysons Corner Contact Sherryl Jacobs, Business Development Director
Galleria Mall and the Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts.
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Sponsorship and Exhibition Opportunities Main Summit $799 $899 $999
Still Available! (Nov 17-18)
For more information on sponsoring or exhibiting please contact Vehicle Armor $500 $500 $500
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requested to be in uniform.
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