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

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Tuesday, May 8, 2007

Keynote Address:

• Mr. George Solhan, Office of Naval Research

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

• Mr. Bill Dittrich, Recipient, Chinn Award

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

• Mr. Dave Broden, Chairman, Armaments Division, NDIA HQ TRADOC

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