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Joint Services Small Arms Systems Annual Symposium, Exhibition & Firing Demonstration

"Meeting the Needs of Our Joint Ground Forces in the Fight Against Terrorism & Developing the Tools for Future Combat"

7 - 10 May 2007

Virginia Beach, VA

Tuesday, May 8, 2007

Keynote Address:

Panel: Joint Service Small Arms Synchronization Team (JSSAT)
Chair: COL Scott Crizer, USA

COL Robert Radcliffe, USA, Army Member
CAPT Rick Ruehlin, USN, Navy Small Arms, Navy Member
Col Charles Beck, USAF, USAF Combat Weapons Program, Air Force Member
LtCol Tracy Tafolla, USMC, Marine Corps Weapons, Marine Corps Member
CDR Jim Olive, USCG, Office Of Counterterrorism & Special Missions Operations, Coast Guard Member
Mr. Kevin Swenson, JNLWP Update to the Joint Service Small Arms Symposium, Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate Member

Small Arms Section Awards 2007

Panel: Soldier Weapons
Chair: COL Carl Lipsit, USA, PM Soldier Weapons

Project Manager Soldier Weapons Overview For the Small Arms Symposium & Exhibition, Mr. Richard Audette, Deputy PM Soldier Weapons
PM Individual Weapons Overview for the Small Arms Symposium & Exhibition, LTC Timothy Chyma, USA, PM Individual Weapons
Project Manager Soldier Weapons Rapid Fielding Initiative (RFI) Update, Mr. Michael Friedman, PM Soldier Weapons

Session I: Individual Weapons & Supporting Equipment

Requirements to Current & Future Small Arms, Mr. Wolfgang Bantle, Heckler & Koch
Weapon Shot Counter (WSC), Mr. Jason Davis, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division
USSOCOM SOPMOD Miniature Day/Night Sight Development Program, Mr. Barry Gatewood, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division
Miniature Day/Night Sight-Crew Served Weapons (MDNS-CSW), Mr. Mike Jones, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division
Miniature Red Dot Sight, Mr. Rick Tousignant, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division
Possible Business Opportunities Within The SOF Weapons Program, Mr. Troy Smith, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division

Session II: Small Arms Ammunition & Technology

St. Marks Powder, A General Dynamics Company, Mr. Bruce Webb, VP Marketing
.338 Lapua Magnum, A New Cartridge Comes of Age, Mr. Bruce Webb, VP Marketing
Lightweight Small Caliber Ammunition, Mr. Lucian Sadowski, US Army ARDEC and Mr. Mark Leng, Armament Engineering & Technology Center
Baselining of the 40mm Family of Ammunition, Mr. James Grassi, US Army ARDEC
Non-Toxic, Heavy Metal-Free Primer for Small Arms Cartridges Red Phosphorous Based Introducing ATK Lake Citys Primer, Mr. Randall Busky, ATK Lake City Ammunition Division

Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Session III: Joint Service Small Arms Program Update

Lightweight Small Arms Technologies Update, Ms Kori Spiegel, US Army ARDEC
Knight's Armament Company TODAY, Mr. George Kontis, Knights Armament Company
National Small Arms Technology Consortium (NSATC), Mr. Jean-Louis Vanderstreatan, CEO, FNMI
Joint Services Small Arms Technology Plan, Mr. John Edwards, US Army ARDEC, JSSAP Office

Panel: Industry Perspective
Chair: Mr. Dave Broden, Chairman, Armaments Division, NDIA

Session IV: NATO

AC/225 Land Capability Group 1 Dismounted Soldier, Mr. Vernon Shisler, US Army ARDEC, JSSAP Office
NATO Small Arms Ammunition Interchangeability via Direct Evidence Testing, Mr. Lascelles Geddes, III, US Army ARDEC
Interoperability and Integration of Dismounted Soldier System Weapon Systems, Mr. Mark Richter, Marine Corps Systems Command

Luncheon Speaker: M14 to MK 14 Evolution of a Battle Rifle, Mr. David Armstrong, Naval Systems Warfare Center, Crane Division

Session IV: NATO (Continued)

NATO Army Armaments Group (NAAG) Quick Reaction Team (QRT) for Nonlethal Weapons, MAJ Kevin Finch, US Army Infantry School, Fort Benning
NATO Military Operations in Urban Terrain, Mr. Vernon Shisler and Topical Group 3 on Operations on Urban Terrain, LtCol Eric de Saint-Salvy, NATO AC-225 TG/3
What You Can do For Them Today, What You Can do For Them Tomorrow, LTC Keith Cook, UK Army (Ret), MBE, System Design Evaluation, Ltd

Session V: Crew Served Infantry Weapons & Equipment

FCS SDD-449 Close Combat Armament System (CCAS) Trade Study Performance Assessment, Mr. Andrew Clark, US AMSAA
XM307 ACSW Dual Feeder and Receiver Design Rough Handling Mr. Brian Hatin, General Dynamics Armament & Technical Products
Heavy Machinegun Fire Control as a Distributed Operations Enabler, Mr. Joseph Brus, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division

Session VI: Modeling & Simulation

Small Arms & Dismounted Infantry Modeling With the Infantry Warrior Simulation (WARS) Ms. Alicia Borgman,General Dynamics Information Technology
Modeling & Evaluation of the Human Torso Model, Mr. Andrew Merkle, John Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory
Mechanical System Simulation of the XM 307 Crew Served Weapon, Ms. Callista Rodriguez, General Dynamics Armament & Technical Products
Transforming Small Arms Maintenance Training Through Virtual Task Trainers, Mr. Troy Welch, NGRAIN Corporation

Thursday, May 10, 2007

NDIA Armaments Division Status Overview

Session VII: PM Maneuver Ammunition System
Chair: Meeting the Needs of our Joint Ground Forces, COL Mark Rider, USA, PM Maneuver System

Session VIII: Less Than Lethal Systems & Technology

40 mm Less Lethal Munitions, Mr. Keith Olasin, Mechanical Solutions, Inc.
40 mm XM1112 Airburst Non-Lethal Munition (ANLM), Mr. Nicholas Grossman, US Army ARDEC
Joint Harmonization of Testing Update, Ms. Lilliana McShea, US Army ARDEC
Swedish Fire Control System Development, Mr. Per G. Arvidsson, Product Manager, Small Arms Systems