46th Annual Targets, UAVs & Range Operations
Symposium & Exhibition

"Test Like You Train...Train Like You Fight"

8 - 10 October 2008

San Antonio, TX

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Agenda

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Keynote Address:

• Mr. Michael Crisp, Deputy Director, Air Warfare, DOT&E

Session I: Ranges and Range Operations

• Integrated Network Telemetry (iNET), Mr. Thomas Grace, Chief Engineer, Test Article, ATL-TRMC, Naval Air Warfare Center
• Gulf Range Drone Control System (GRDCS): Past, Present, Future, Mrs. Sandra Brown, 46 VTS Specialized Engineering Flight Commander, 46 RANG/VTSO
• Combat Hammer, Lt Col Dean Ostovich, USAF, 86 Fighter Weapon Squadron/CC, Eglin AFB, FL
• Common Range Integrated Instrumentation System (CRIIS): Mr. Mike Sorial, Director, 672nd Armament Systems Squadron
• Combined Aerial Target Service (CATS) - Long Term Service Provision: Mr. John Childs, Aerial Targets Business Development, QinetiQ Ltd.
• Surface Target Vector Scorer for Enhanced Fleet Training Capabilities: Mr. Rob Couture, Director, Electronic Systems, Meggitt Defense Systems, Inc.

Session II: New Technology

• Application of Unmanned Vehicles in Border Security, Maj Gen Michael C. Kostelnik, USAF (Ret), Assistant Commissioner, Office of CBP Air and Marine, U.S.Customs and Border Protection
• Cost of Readiness Earned from Range Use, Mr. Steve Shegrud, Whitney, Bradley & Brown, Inc.
• Hugh Harris Scholarship Update, Mr. Cort Proctor, Consultant, Micro Systems, Inc.

 

Friday, October 10, 2008

Keynote Address:

• Maj Gen David Eichhorn, USAF, Commander, Air Force Flight Test, Center, Edwards AFB, CA

Session III: Current Trends

• BQM-167A: Air Force Subscale Aerial Target (AFSAT) Update; THE FIRE JET, Mr. Jeff Herro, VP of Business Development, Composite Engineering, Inc.
• Micro UAVs, Mr. Steve Bishop, Program Manager, Air Force Special Operations Command, Unmanned Systems Technology Office
• F-35 Training Requirements, Maj Lee "Vandal" Kloos, USAF, F-35 Deputy for Flying Training Beddown, AETC F-35 Program Integration Office, Eglin AFB, FL
• Telemetry Solutions for Targets and UAVs, Mr. John Watson, Director, New Product Development, Dynetics Corp.

Session IV: Military Programs and Requirements

• U.S. Navy, CAPT Pat Buckley, USN, Program Manager, Aerial Target and Decoy Systems, PMA-208, Patuxent River, MD
  
• U.S. Army, Mr. Alvin Brown, Director, Targets Management Office, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, AL
  
• U.S. Air Force, Ms. Michele Brazel, Director, 691st Armament Systems Squadron, Eglin AFB, FL