International Infantry & Joint Services
Small Arms Systems Symposium, Exhibition & Firing Demonstration
"Meeting the Needs of Our Joint Ground Forces in the Fight Against Terrorism & Developing the Tools for Future Combat"
16 - 19 May 2005
Atlantic City, NJ
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Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Welcome Address:
- BG Paul Izzo, USA, Program Executive Officer, Ammunition
Topical Address:
- COL Mark Rider, USA, Project Manager Maneuver Ammunition Systems
Panel: Lessons Learned - Industries' Response & Acquisitions' Real Needs
Moderator: Mr. Dave Broden, Broden Resource Solutions & Alliant Techsystems
Panelist:
- Dr. Michael Hockenberger, CEO/President, PGM Corporation (NOTE: This presentation may take time to download!!)
Panel: Joint Service Small Arms Synchronization Team (JSSAST)
Moderator: COL Scott Crizer, USA, Chairman, JSSAST
Panelist:
- Major Glenn Dean,, USA, US Army Representative
- CAPT Rowland Huss, USN, US SOCOM Representative
- LtCol Doug Miller, USAF, US Air Force Representative
- CDR Rick Button, USCG, US Coast Guard Representative
- Mr. Kevin Swenson, Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate
Session I: Ammunition
Chair: Mr. Dennis Conway, US Army - ARDEC
- Terminal Effects of New Small Arms Ammunition, Mr. John MacDougall, SNC Technologies Inc., SIMULATION
- Lightweight Ammunition: A Material Science Challenge, Mr. Robert Gagné, Chairman & CEO, Mississippi Polymer Technologies, Inc.
- Program Manager-Maneuver Ammunition Systems (PA-MAS) Small Caliber Ammunition Program Support at US Army Research Laboratory, Dr. James F. Newill, US Army Research Laboratory
- Cost Reducing Material for 40mm Practices Cartridgesn, Mr. James Grassi, US Army - ARDEC, 40mm Grenades Special Projects
- Joint Non-lethal Warning Munitions (JNLWM) Qualification and Fielding, Mr. Dennis W. Stanton, Project Engineer, NSWC Crane
- Intelligence Assets Below the Battalion Level, Mr. Larry D. Cozine, Martin Electronics, Inc. (MEI)
- Lethality 101: A Complex & Controversial Subject, Mr. Shawn Spickert-Fulton, US Army, RDECOM-ARDEC
- Lightweight High Performance Gun Barrels, Mr. Kris Christou, MER Corporation
Session II: Mortars
Chair: MAJ Paul D. Shuler, USA, Assistant Product Manager, Mortar Systems
- Mortar Overiew, MAJ Paul D. Shuler, USA, Assistant Product Manager, Mortar Systems
- XM395 Precision Guided Mortar Munition (120mm PGMM), Dr. Anthony Pezzano, OPEO Ammunition/OPM CAS/ OPM Mortars
- Linking Mortars to the Joint Fires Network, Mr. Tom Bradley, APM Fire Control, PM Mortar Systems
- Lightweight 81mm Mortar, Mr. Jose Santiago, Lightweight Dismounted Mortar Weapon STO Manager, US Army - ARDEC
- Lightweight Composite Monopack for 120mm Mortar Ammunition, Mr. Jack Lam, P.E., Project Officer U.S Army RDECOM-ARDEC
- 120mm Mortar System Accuracy Analysis, Mr. Raymond Trohanowsky, US Army RDECOM-ARDEC
- Mortar Systems Program Review: Mortar Weapon Sustainment Effort, Mr. Steven Mozeson, Mortar Sustainment IPT, US Army - ARDEC
- Enhanced Live Fire Mortar Training Using The M769 Full Range Practice Cartridge, Mr. Jason Surmanek, ARDEC Project Officer (APO), US Army - ARDEC
Wednesday, May 23, 2005
Soldier Lethality and Wound Ballistics from a Swedish Perspective
- Mr. Per G. Arvidsson, Product Manager Small Arms Systems, Swedish Armed Forces Materiel Command
Panel: Soldier Weapons
- PM Soldier Weapons Overview, COL Michael Smith, USA, PM Soldier Weapons
- PM Individual Weapons Overview, LTC Matthew Clarke, USA, PM Individual Weapons
- PM Crew Served Weapons Overview, LTC Kevin P. Stoddard, PM Crew Served Weapons
Panel
- National Small Arms Center (NSAC) & National Small Arms Technology Consortium (NSATC) Update, Mr. Frank P. Puzycki, Research Program Director, NSAC<
Panel
- NDIA Armament Division - 2005 Division Status, Mr. Dave Broden, Chairman, Armaments Division, NDIA
Luncheon Address:
- "A Bold Initiative: Colonel Miles and the Lee Magazine Rifle in 1879", Dr. Stephen C. Small, Joint Services Small Arms Program (JSSAP)
Session III: Joint Service Arms Program (JSSAP) Update
Chair: Mr. Joel M. Goldman, Chief, JSSAP Office, US Army - ARDEC
- Joint Service Small Arms Capabilities Update: Capability Gaps into Context and Solicitation of Good Ideas from Industry, Mr. Joel M. Goldman, Chief, JSSAP Office, US Army - ARDEC
- Probable NATO Restructuring, Mr. Robert M. Pizzola, US Army - ARDEC
- Component Technology Investigations for Light Machine Gun Applications, Mr. Lucian M. Sadowski, US Army - ARDEC
- Lightweight Small Arms Technologies, Ms. Kori Spiegel, Joint Service Small Arms Program and Mr. Paul Shipley, AAI Corporation
- Caseless Ammunition & Advances in the Characterization of High Ignition Temperature Propellant, Ms. Patricia M. O'Reilly, US Army - ARDEC
- Safety Test of the XM109 Rifle, Mr. Neil Lee, US Army - ARDEC
SessionIV: Soldier System Interoperability
Chair: Mr. Vernon E. Shisler, US Army - ARDEC
- Soldier System in NATO, Mr. Vernon E. Shisler, US Army - ARDEC
- NATO Future Weapons R&D: SCI-P130ET - Integration and Interoperability Issues for Dismounted Soldier System Weapon Systems, Mr. Jason Panak
- The Marine Expeditionary Rifle Squad Initiative, Mr. Dave Hansen, USMC - Quantico
- Future Force Warrior Advanced Technology Demonstration Update, Mr. John H. Edwards, FFW Technical Program Office, US Army - ARDEC
Session V: International Armaments Cooperation & Foreign Comparative Testing
Part I: International Armaments Cooperation
Chair: COL Michael G. Padgett, USA, International Technology Center
- US/German Science and Technology Cooperation, Mr. Holger Mundt, German Head LNO to US
- NATO Allied Ordnance Publication (AOP-6), Mr. Victor Charles, US Army - ARDEC
Chair: Mr. Al Trawinski, Army FCT/DAC Program Manager
- Army Comparative Testing Programs: Foreign Comparative Testing (FCT) & Defense Acquisition Challenge (DAC), Mr. Al Trawinski, Army FCT/DAC Program Manager
- Mortar Propulsion FCT Programs Swiss 120mm Mortar Propelling Charge Austrian Celluloid Mortar Increment Containers, Mr. Wayne Miller, US Army - ARDEC
- 40mm Tactical IR Marker, Mrs. Kelly Shuttleworth, Naval Surface Warfare Center
- 40mm Day/Night Training Cartridge, Mr. Percy Mistry, US Army - ARDEC
- FCT and SOCOM Shoulder Fired Weapons, Mr. Keith Martin, US Army - ARDEC
Session VI: Non-Lethal Systems
Chair: Mr. Kevin Wong, PM CCS
- Individual Serviceman Non-Lethal System, Mr. Jeremy D. McLain, US Army - ARDEC
- Military Application of Electro-Stun Devices, Mr. Azamat Villar, US Army - ARDEC
- US Army's Search for an Economical Device for Stun Hand Grenade Training, Mr. Fred Fitzsimmons, Camber Corporation
Thursday, May 24, 2005
Session VII: Fire Control, Sensors and Other Ancillary Devices
Chair: Mr. Charles Buxton, NSWC, Crane
- Small Arms Fire Control Systems for the Individual Soldier, Mr. Pete Plocki, XM29 Technical Director, L-3 Communications, Brashear Division
- Sensor Fusion Technology Assessment, Mr. John Edwards, JSSAP Office, US Army - ARDEC
- Weapon Shot Counter Program for Small Arms Maintenance, Mr. Darin Ashley, NSWC, Crane
- Miniature Day/Night Sight (MDNS) Development, Mr. Barry Gatewood, NSWC Crane
- SOPMOD Program Overview, Mr. Gus Taylor, SOPMOD Program Manager, NSWC, Crane
Session VIII:Weapons and Ammunition
Chair: Mr. James Zoll, US Army - ARDEC
- Product Improvement 40mm Ammunition, Mr. Art Pizza, Chief, 40mm Ammunition Engineering, and Ms. Melissa Wanner, 40mm Low Velocity, US Army - ARDEC
- MK93 Smoke Deterrence System, Ms. Dawn Hoffa, NSWC, Crane
- The Oto Melara HITROLE® 7,62 – 12,7 – 40 mm Remote Overhead, Light Electrical Turret, Dr. Alessandro Pollastrini, OTO MELARA S.p.A
- Lightweight Remotely Operated Weapon Systems, Mr. Anthony J. Sebasto, US Army - ARDEC
Session IX: Individual Weapons
Chair: Mr. George Kontis, PE., Heckler & Koch, Inc.
- S.C.A.R - SOF Combat Assault Rifle, Mr. Troy Smith, NSWC, Crane
- MPRS - Multi-Purpose Rifle System, Mr. Alon Guttel, Deputy Vice President R&D, Israel Military Industries, Ltd.
- The Modular Combat Shotgun, Mr. Ed Schoppman, Remington Military Products Division, Remington Arms Company, Inc.
- 40mm Air Bursting Munition System (ABMS) and Light Weight Automatic Grenade Launcher (LWAGL), Mr. Fong Kok Chung and Aw Cheng Hok, Singapore Technologies Kinetics
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