Armament Systems Forum

"Leveraging Armament Technology Integration to Achieve Modernization, Overmatch & Operational Readiness"

3 - 6 June 2019

Fredericksburg, VA

Agenda
DTIC Citations

Monday, June 3, 2019

Tutorial Sessions

Tutorial 5: What Gun and Ammunition Designs Need to Know About Case-Chamber Interaction

Tutorial 6: Evolving Platform and Armament System Integration
Moderator: Dave Broden, Broden Resource Solutions, LLC

  • Mark Signorelli, BAE Systems Platforms and Services
  • Matt Dooley, Robotics Division, NDIA
  • John Chadbourne, AM General
  • Art O'Donnell, Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems

 

Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Keynote Address:

  • BG Alfred Abramson III, USA, Program Executive Officer & Senior Commander, Picatinny Arsenal, Joint Program Executive Office Armaments and Ammunition (JEPO A&A)

Featured Speakers:

Small Arms (SA) Track

Joint Services Small Arms Program (JSSAP) Portfolio
  • Terence Rice, Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center, U.S. Army Futures Command

JSSAP Special Topics Update

  • Matthew Moeller, Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center U.S. Army Futures Command

 

Wednesday, June 5, 2019

Small Arms (SA) Track

Lightweight Small Cal Ammunition Panel
Moderator: LTC Andrew Lunoff, USA, Small Caliber Ammunition
  • Mark Owens, True Velocity
  • Lanse Padgett, PCP
  • Joe Gibbons, MAC
  • Pierre Lemay, GD-OTS Canada
  • Gino Spinos, Concurrent Technology Corp (CTC)
Fire Control Technology and System Panel
Government Moderator: Terence Rice, JSSAP,

Industry Moderator: Bob Guarasi, Wilcox Industries,

  • Doug Cohen, PM Soldier Weapons
  • Ross Towers, Fire Control, U.S. Army Futures Command
  • Dr. Mark Thoreson, NSWC Crane
  • Tony Bacarella, DRS EOIS
  • Bryan Bockmon, Aim-Lock, Inc.
  • Lennart Ljungfelt, Aimpoint
  • Pierre Lemay, GD-OTS Canada

Propellant Optimization

  • Tyler Holland, Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center, U.S. Army Futures Command
  • Andrew Caldwell, Olin Corp – Winchester Division

Environmentally Benign Composition for the M209 Shotshell Primer

7.62mm Case Rupture Failure Analysis

  • Zachary Krogstad, Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center, U.S. Army Futures Command
  • Robert Woolsey, Northrop Grumman Corporation

Unconventional Emerging Technology Armaments (UEA) Track

Applying Multi-Agent Swarm Artificial Intelligence to Armament Systems

  • Ross Arnold, Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center, U.S. Army Futures Commander

Emerging Technology System Perspective - USAF

Virtual Reality Prototyping for Fire Control Platforms

  • David Musgrave, Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center, U.S. Army Futures Command

 

Thursday, June 6, 2019

Small Arms (SA) Track

M80A1 Dispersion Reduction

  • Zachary Krogstad, Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center, U.S. Army Futures Command
  • Steve Redd, Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems

Ammunition Production Equipment Diagnosis

  • Katelyn Riha, Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems
  • Zachary Krogstad, Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center, U.S. Army Futures Command
Reduced Range Ammunition Panel
Moderator: Evan Poole, U.S. Crane
  • Ray Chaplin, Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center. U.S. Army Futures Command
  • Kyle Kampo, Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center, U.S. Army Futures Command
  • Pierre Lemay, GD-OTS Canada
  • Fredrik Erninge, Nammo Talley, Inc.
  • Marcelo Moreno, Companhia Brasileira de Cartuchos (CBC)

Guns, Ammunition, Rockets & Missiles (GARM) Track

155MM Artillery Platform Projective Fallback Sensor

  • Kevin Boland, Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center, U.S. Army Futures Command

Comprehensive Advanced Artillery Solutions

DTIC Citations
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