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25th Annual National Test & Evaluation Conference
"New Administration, New Opportunites"
2 - 5 March 2009
Atlantic City, NJ
Monday, March 2, 2009
Workshop I: Mission-Based Test & Evaluation (MBTE)
Presenters:
- AM - Mr. Chris Wilcox, AEC
- AM - Mr. Jack Sheehan, ORSA Corporation
- PM - Mr. Jack Sheehan, ORSA Corporation
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Keynote Address:
- Mr. Keith Williams, CEO, Underwriters Laboratories (UL)
DOT&E Looking Ahead
- Honorable Charles McQueary, Director, Operational Test & Evaluation (DOT&E)
Roundtable: Realities Facing the World of Defense and Homeland Security T&E
Moderator: Maj Gen Steve Sargeant, USAF, Commander AFOTEC
GAO Assesssment of DoD's Major Weapon Systems Acquisition Portfolio
- Mr. Ronald Schwenn, US Government Accountability Office
Session A: Mission Capability Testing
- Evaluating the Mission - Translating Systems Performance to Unit Capabilities, Mr. David Thomas, Round Table Defense, LLC.
- System of Systems - Survivability, Lethality, Vulnerability Assessment, Mr. Jeffrey A. Smith and Ms. Beth Ward, U.S. Army Research Lab
- Structuring T&E for Validation of Complex Systems Capabilities and Exploration of Emergent Behaviors, Mr. Joseph Tribble, AVW Technologies
- Using IMPRINT to Translate Human Performance Into Mission Effectiveness to Focus Test and Evaluation, Ms. Diane Mitchell & Charneta Samms
Session B: New T&E Policy and Policy Implementation
- New Test and Evaluation Master Plan Guidance, Ms. Darlene Mosser-Kerner, OUSD (AT&L)
- Walking the Line With Title 10: Implementation Strategies for Integrated Testing, Dr. Beth Wilson, Raytheon
- Systems Assurance Test and Evaluation in Defense Acquisition - Specification, Planning and Resourcing, Ms. Christine Hines, OUSD (AT&L)
- Automated GPS Simulation Test Process, 2nd LT Matthew Steele, Holloman AFB
Session C: T&E Methodology and M&S
- How to Incorporate Modeling and Simulation into the System Acquisition Life Cycle, Mr. Derek Kropp, Navy Patuxent River
- Extending Test and Evaluation Modeling and Simulation Capabilities with Gaming Technology, Mr. Geoffrey Robinson, Ft. Hood
- Integrating the System Engineering "V" in a System of Systems, Mr. Jack Sheehan, ORSA Corporation
Presentation of the 2009 Walter W. Hollis Award for Outstanding Lifetime Achievement in Defense Test & Evaluation.
- Guest Speaker: Mr. Winslow Wheeler, Director of the Straus Military Reform Project of the Center for Defense Information
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Session IV: T&E Policy & Studies
- Physics of Failure - the Critical Path to Saving $M in T&E, Dr. W. Forrest Crain, Director, US AMSAA
- A Common Platform for DOD and DHS to Partner in the T&E Community, Dr. Richard Murrow, CEO, Air Academy Associates
Session VI: T&E Workforce & Resources
Chair: Mr. Charles Larson,, SURVICE Engineering
- The DoD Strategic Plan for Test & Evaluation Resources, Mr. Jason Coker,, OUSD (AT&L/TRMC)
- Today's and Tomorrow's DoD Test & Evaluation Acquisition Workforce, Ms. Darlene Mosser-Kerner, OUSD (AT&L)
Session D: Resources, Instrumentation, and Targets Chair: Mr. Charles Larson, SURVICE Engineering
- Test and Training Enabling Architecture, TENA, An Important Component in Joint Mission Environment Test Capability Successes, Mr. Gene Hudgins, BAE Systems
- Joint Mission Environment Test Capability, Mr. Chip Ferguson, TRMC
- Evolving Threats - How They Impact T&E Testing and Infrastructure, Mr. Dick Dickson, TYBRIN Corporation
- Threat/Target Simulation for Live-Fire Events, Mr. Greg Van Splinter, NAWCWD
Session E: Application of T&E/Policy to Specific Systems
- Challenges Facing T&E of Systems to Combat Nuclear and Radiological Smuggling, Mr. Stephen DeFrank, Jr., Mantech SRS, Inc.
- C-RAM Delivers on Promises and Saves Lives, Mr. James Bloodsworth, Army C-RAM Program Directorate
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Mission-Based Test & Evaluation Strategy
- An Inter-Agency-Developed Process to Link Mission Capability With System Functional Requirements, Mr. Christopher Wilcox, ATEC
- Evaluating An Immersive Virtual World For Accelerating T&E, Mr. Redge Bartholomew, Rockwell Collins
FCS Capabilities to Empower the Soldier - What Is and What Will Be
- Mr. Bud Irish, Vice President, SAIC
The Analysis of Alternatives (AOA): A Mission-Oriented, Evaluation-Based Framework for Defense Test & Evaluation
Conference Synopsis: Outbriefs of Breakout / Writing Sessions
- Improving T&E Efficiency and M&S, Dr. Paul Deitz, ARL and Dr. Mark Kiemele, Air Academy Associates