49th Annual Targets, UAVs & Range Operations
Symposium & Exhibition
"Budgets Impacts on Test & Training"
25 - 27 October 2011
Fort Walton Beach, FL
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Keynote Adress:
- Maj Gen David J. Eichhorn, USAF, Commander, Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center, Kirtland AFB
Session I: Ranges and Range Operations
The Electronic Combat Range: The West Coast NAVAIR Electronic Warfare Range Complex
- Mr. Joseph Albert, Section Head, Electronic Combat Range Test Management, NAVAIR, China Lake
P5CTS: The Vector for Air Combat Training
- Mr. Randall King, Aerospace Engineer, AAC/EBYI, Eglin AFB
Outlaw ER
- Mr. Greg Chando, Aeronautical Engineer, Griffon Aerospace
Overview: Marine Corps Operational Test & Evaluation Activity (MCOTEA)
- Mr. Kenneth Lardie, Division Head, Expeditionary Test Division, Marine Corps Operational Test & Evaluation Activity
ATEC Re-organization and Support to the Test Ranges
- Mr. Allen Tyler, Threat Combat Developer and Senior Threat Coordinator, Test & Evaluation Directorate, U.S.Army Test & Evaluation Command (ATEC), Aberdeen Proving Ground
Joint Standard Target Control System Interface (JSTCSI)
- Mr. Dae Hong, Head, Target Systems Division, NAVAIR Weapons Division, Pt. Mugu
Range Encroachment Defense
- Mr. Steve Shegrud, Senior Manager, Range Resources, Analysis & Tools, Whitney, Bradley & Brown, Inc.
Session II: New Technology
Some Enabling Technologies
- Mr. Brad Westphal, Director of Business Development, Honeywell Aerospace - Defense & Space
Supersonic Aerial Target (SSAT) 167X
- Mr. Bret Torgerson, SSAT Program Manager, Composite Engineering, Inc.
Introduction to the Army Common Control System (ACCS)
- Mr. Barry Hatchett, Lead Project Director, PEO STRI Targets Management Office, Redstone Arsenal
K-MAX: Robotic Helicopter Operations
- Mr. Edward “Bud” Sauvageau, Senior Analyst, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Mission Systems and Sensors (MS2)
Tri-Service Directed Energy Update
- Mr. Doug Weatherford, Senior Advisor, PEO Simulations, Training and Instrumentation, PM Instrumentation, Targets and Threat Simulators, Instrumentation Management Office (PM ITTS-IMO)
Hubert D. Harris Scholarship Program Update
- Mr. Cort Proctor, Consultant, Micro Systems, Inc.; Chairman, Scholarship Program, NDIA Targets Division
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Keynote Address:
- Mr. Dyke Weatherington, Deputy Director, Unmanned Warfare, Portfolio Systems Acquisition, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (OUSD) for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (AT&L) and the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition
Session III: Current developments
QF-16 Developments
- Dr. Kevin Wise, Senior Technical Fellow, The Boeing Company
Common Range Integrated Instrumentation System (CRIIS) Update
- Mr. Christopher Hughes, Program Manager, CRIIS Program Office, AAC/EBYC, Eglin AFB
Land and Surface Target Scorer: Results From 2011 Proof of Concept Firing Trials
- Mr. Gary Kemp, Program Director, Missile Scoring, Cambridge Consultants
Target Support to Test Events in a Resource Constrained Environment: The Navy’s Way Forward
- CAPT W.J. Jensen, USN, Navy Ranges and Targets Branch Head, OPNAV N433
Aerial Weapon Scoring System (AWSS) Future Integration: Radar Rocket Scoring and Data Capture
- Mr. Derek Foster, Program Director, Electronic Systems, Meggitt Defense Systems, Inc.
Spectrum Processes: What Does it Take to Radiate?
- Mr. Joe Giangrosso, RF Spectrum Engineer, 96 CS/SCXF, Eglin AFB
F-16 & F-4: From Boneyard to Drone
- Mr. Jeff Peterson, Director, Business Development, 309 AMARG, Davis-Monthan AFB
Session IV: Military Programs and Requirements
U.S. Air Force
- Ms. Holly Reedy, Chief, Full-Scale Targets, Aerial Targets Program Office, Eglin AFB
U.S. Army
- Mr. Bruce Truog, Deputy Director, Targets Management Office, Redstone Arsenal
U.S. Navy
- CAPT Daniel McNamara, USN, Program Manager, Aerial Target and Decoy Systems, PMA-208, Patuxent River