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

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

 

Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Session III: Joint Service Small Arms Program Update

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