41th Annual Armament Systems: Gun & Missile Systems Conference & Exhibition

"Enhancing Our Capability & Evolving for Tomorrow"

27 - 30 March 2006

New Orleans, LA

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Agenda

Tuesday, March 27, 2006

General Session:

• Armament Division Overview, Mr. Dave Broden, Chairman, NDIA Armaments Division

Session: Guns and Missiles - Advanced Weapons and Design

• Future AC-130 Gunship Integrated Weapons Systems, Mr. Bill Elliot, NSWC Dahlgren
• Development and Testing of HE Projectiles for EM Guns, Mr. David Okken, ARDEC
• Advantages of Dual Recoil Configuration, Mr. William Zepp, ARDEC
• Anti-Personnel Obstacle Breaching System - (APOBS, Mr. Perry Villanueva, ARDEC
• Modular Approach to Weapons Integration, Mr. Michael Canaday, NSWC Dahlgren
• Advantages of the Variable Volume Chamber Cannon in Tuning Ballistic Performance, Mr. Bruce Zierwick, BAE Systems
• Advanced Modular Gun, Mr. Steve Coladonato, Applied Ordance Technology

Session: Large Caliber Guns/Non-Lethals

• An Enhanced 105mm Artillery System - Not Your Father's 105, Mr. Michael Peck, General Dynamics Land Systems
• Modular Design of Naval Gun Systems - Lessons Learned, Mr. Andrew Bradick, Lockheed Martin
• 120mm XM360 Gun for Future Combat System, Mr. David Smith, Benet Labs/ARDEC
• 155mm XM1063 Non-Lethal Personnel Suppression Projectile, Ms. Jennifer McCormick, GDOTS
• Non-Lethal Blunt Trauma Grenade Performance Improvement, Mr. Ryan Olsen, ARDEC
• Low Collateral Damage 105mm Artillery Shell, Lt Carly Northam, USAF, AFRL

 

Wednesday, March 29, 2006

General Session:

• Keynote: "Exploiting Gun & Missile Capabilities in Tomorrow's Operating Environment", Mr. Peter DeMasi, Deputy Director FCS BCT Warfighting Systems Integration

Session: Guns and Missiles - Model and Simulation

• A Target Tracking Algorithm that Reduces A Target Tracking Algorithm that Reduces Designation Time, Mr. Bryan Freeman, G33, NSWC Dahlgren
• Blast Overpressure Measurement - Techniques for CFD Model Validation in the Development of Large Caliber Gun Systems: (Presentation) and (Paper), Mr. Peter L. Silver, U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center
• Guidance Law Applied to the Ballistic Trajectory Extended Range Munition, Mr. Ekishore B. Pamadi, NSWC Dahlgren
• Gun Weapon System Safe Separation: A Standardized Approach, Mr. Sanford "Luke" Steelman, III, NSWC Dahlgren, Code G33
• Evaluation of System Effectiveness of Guided Projectiles, Mr. Jeff Siewert, Arrow Tech
• Joint Gun Effectiveness Model (JGEM), Ms. Barbara Harris and Morris Walker, Gun Weapon Systems Branch (G32), NSWC Dahlgren

Session: Weapon System Testing

• Inductive Interface for ERGM GPS Guided Projectile - Background and Test Results, Mr. George Wiles, NSWC Dahlgren
• Analysis of the Effectiveness of Thermal Shroud on the Thermal Deformation of a Gun Barrel, Mr. Tae-Ho Han, Agency for Defense Development, Korea
• The Analysis and Classification of Images - Generated by X-Ray Computed Tomography, Mr. Michael Lowery, University of California – Santa Cruz
• Introduction to the Standardized Mout Target Testing Board, Mr. Timothy Farrand and David Fordyce, Army Research Laboratory (ARL)

Session: Rockets & Missles - System Developments

• Subsurface Launcher for Joint Services Payloads, Dr. Jon Yagla, Dr. Martin Soifer, Chris Weiland and Prof. Pavlos Vlachos, NSWC Dahlgren
• Potential 2.75 Inch Rocket System Applications for the Future, Mr. Don Davis, AMRDEC
• Improved IM Response for Future 2.75" APKWS Rockets with Composite Case Technology, Mr. Mike Kessinger and Mr. Tom Farabaugh, ATK Radford; Ms. Christina Davis, AMRDEC
• The CKEMSim Integrated Flight Simulation (IFS), Mr. Howard "Mac" McCrum, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control
• The Future is Now - Kinetic Energy Missiles/Net Centric Fire Control Systems, Mr. John Palmer, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control

 

Thursday, March 30, 2006

Session: Guns and Missiles - Medium Caliber Guns and Ammunition

• 25mm Gun Systems for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), Mr. David Maher, General Dynamics Armament & Technical Products (GDATP)
• XM307 Advanced Crew Served Weapon Increased Lethality Capability for the Stryker Vehicles, Mr. Jeff Ladner, GDATP and Mr. Jim LeGue, GDLS
• Phalanx Close In Weapon Support (CIWS) Dented Brass Dynamic Analysis, Mr. John Fletcher, GDATP
• Baselining of the 40mm Family of Ammunition, Mr. James Grassi, ARDEC
• 30x173mm High Explosive Air Burst - Trace (HEAB-T) Capabilities for Tomorrow, Mr. Don Dillard, GDOTS
• LW30 Spiral Development Marking Round Technology Demonstration, Mr. G. Duncan Langlois, ATK Ammunition and Energetics
• 20mm M940 MPT-SD vs. M246 HEI-TSD Ground to Air Performance Comparison, Mr. Don Dillard, GDOTS

Session: Propellants, Energetics and Warheads

• Demonstration of Insensitive Common Explosives (ICE), Mr. G. Duncan Langlois, ATK Ammunition and Energetics
• 120mm Mortar Ignition Cartridge Design Improvement and Black Powder Replacement, Mr. Victor Sun, Mr. Gary Chen, Mr. Keith Luhmann, ARDEC and Mr. Randy Carter, Pocal Industries, Inc.
• DNDA Gun Propellants, Dr. Dietmar Mueller, Fraunhofer Institute Chemische Technologie
• Cost Reducing Material for 40mm Practice Cartridges, Mr. Christopher Summa, ARDEC
• Flight and Terminal Ballistic Performance Demonstration of a Gun-Launched Medium Caliber Ramjet Propelled Air Defense Projectile, Mr. Ronald Veraar and Eelko v. Meerten, TNO Defence, Security & Safety
• 120 mm High Explosive - Tracer (HE-T) IM Development and Design, Mr. Jason Gaines, GDOTS