Agenda

Tuesday, 17 May 2005

Welcome Address, by BG Paul Izzo, USA, Program Executive Officer, Ammunition

Topical Address, by COL Mark Rider, USA, Project Manager Maneuver Ammunition Systems

Panel: Lessons Learned - Industries' Response & Acquisitions' Real Needs

Moderator:

• Mr. Dave Broden, Broden Resource Solutions & Alliant Techsystems

Panelists:

• Dr. Michael Hockenberger, CEO/President, PGM Corporation (NOTE: This presentation may take time to download!!)
  

Panel: Joint Service Small Arms Synchronization Team (JSSAST)

Moderator:

• COL Scott Crizer, USA, Chairman, JSSAST

Panelist:

• Major Glenn Dean,, USA, US Army Representative
  
  
• CAPT Rowland Huss, USN, US SOCOM Representative
  
  
• LtCol Doug Miller, USAF, US Air Force Representative
  
  
• CDR Rick Button, USCG, US Coast Guard Representative
  
  
• Mr. Kevin Swenson, Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate
  

Session I: Ammunition

Chairman: Mr. Dennis Conway, US Army - ARDEC

• Terminal Effects of New Small Arms Ammunition, Mr. John MacDougall, SNC Technologies Inc., SIMULATION
  


• Lightweight Ammunition: A Material Science Challenge, Mr. Robert Gagné, Chairman & CEO, Mississippi Polymer Technologies, Inc.
  


• Program Manager-Maneuver Ammunition Systems (PA-MAS) Small Caliber Ammunition Program Support at US Army Research Laboratory, Dr. James F. Newill, US Army Research Laboratory
  


• Cost Reducing Material for 40mm Practices Cartridgesn, Mr. James Grassi, US Army - ARDEC,
  40mm Grenades Special Projects
  


• Joint Non-lethal Warning Munitions (JNLWM) Qualification and Fielding, Mr. Dennis W. Stanton, Project Engineer, NSWC Crane
  


• Intelligence Assets Below the Battalion Level, Mr. Larry D. Cozine, Martin Electronics, Inc (MEI)
  


• Lethality 101: A Complex & Controversial Subject, Mr. Shawn Spickert-Fulton, US Army, RDECOM-ARDEC
  


• Lightweight High Performance Gun Barrels, Mr. Kris Christou, MER Corporation
  

Session II: Mortars

Chairman: MAJ Paul D. Shuler, USA, Assistant Product Manager, Mortar Systems

• Mortar Overiew, MAJ Paul D. Shuler, USA, Assistant Product Manager, Mortar Systems
  


• XM395 Precision Guided Mortar Munition (120mm PGMM), Dr. Anthony Pezzano, OPEO Ammunition/OPM CAS/ OPM Mortars
  


• Linking Mortars to the Joint Fires Network, Mr. Tom Bradley, APM Fire Control, PM Mortar Systems
  


• Lightweight 81mm Mortar, Mr. Jose Santiago, Lightweight Dismounted Mortar Weapon STO Manager, US Army - ARDEC
  


• Lightweight Composite Monopack for 120mm Mortar Ammunition, Mr. Jack Lam, P.E., Project Officer
  U.S Army RDECOM-ARDEC
  


• 120mm Mortar System Accuracy Analysis, Mr. Raymond Trohanowsky, US Army RDECOM-ARDEC
  


• Mortar Systems Program Review: Mortar Weapon Sustainment Effort, Mr. Steven Mozeson, Mortar Sustainment IPT, US Army - ARDEC
  


• Enhanced Live Fire Mortar Training Using The M769 Full Range Practice Cartridge, Mr. Jason Surmanek
  ARDEC Project Officer (APO), US Army - ARDEC
  

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Wednesday, 23 May 2005

Panel: Soldier Weapons

• PM Soldier Weapons Overview, COL Michael Smith, USA, PM Soldier Weapons

• PM Individual Weapons Overview, LTC Matthew Clarke, USA, PM Individual Weapons

• PM Crew Served Weapons Overview, LTC Kevin P. Stoddard, PM Crew Served Weapons

Panel: National Small Arms Center (NSAC) & National Small Arms Technology Consortium (NSATC) Update, Mr. Frank P. Puzycki, Research Program Director, NSAC

Panel: NDIA Armament Division - 2005 Division Status, Mr. Dave Broden, Chairman, Armaments Division, NDIA

Luncheon Address: “A Bold Initiative: Colonel Miles and the Lee Magazine Rifle in 1879”, Dr. Stephen C. Small, Joint Services Small Arms Program (JSSAP)

Chairman: Mr. Joel M. Goldman, Chief, JSSAP Office, US Army - ARDEC

• Joint Service Small Arms Capabilities Update: Capability Gaps into Context and Solicitation of Good Ideas from Industry, Mr. Joel M. Goldman, Chief, JSSAP Office, US Army - ARDEC

• Probable NATO Restructuring, Mr. Robert M. Pizzola, US Army - ARDEC
  
  
• Component Technology Investigations for Light Machine Gun Applications, Mr. Lucian M. Sadowski, US Army - ARDEC
  
  
• Lightweight Small Arms Technologies, Ms. Kori Spiegel, Joint Service Small Arms Program and Mr. Paul Shipley, AAI Corporation
  


• Caseless Ammunition & Advances in the Characterization of High Ignition Temperature Propellant, Ms. Patricia M. O’Reilly, US Army - ARDEC
  


• Safety Test of the XM109 Rifle, Mr. Neil Lee, US Army - ARDEC
  

Chairman: Mr. Vernon E. Shisler, US Army - ARDEC

• Soldier System in NATO, Mr. Vernon E. Shisler, US Army - ARDEC

• NATO Future Weapons R&D: SCI-P130ET - Integration and Interoperability Issues for Dismounted Soldier System Weapon Systems, Mr. Jason Panak
  
  
• The Marine Expeditionary Rifle Squad Initiative, Mr. Dave Hansen, USMC - Quantico
  
  
• Future Force Warrior Advanced Technology Demonstration Update, Mr. John H. Edwards, FFW Technical Program Office, US Army - ARDEC

Chairman: COL Michael G. Padgett, USA, International Technology Center

• US/German Science and Technology Cooperation, Mr. Holger Mundt, German Head LNO to US

• NATO Allied Ordnance Publication (AOP-6), Mr. Victor Charles, US Army - ARDEC
  
  
  Part II: Foreign Comparative Testing Programs
  

Chairman: Mr. Al Trawinski, Army FCT/DAC Program Manager

• Army Comparative Testing Programs: Foreign Comparative Testing (FCT) & Defense Acquisition Challenge (DAC), Mr. Al Trawinski, Army FCT/DAC Program Manager

• Mortar Propulsion FCT Programs Swiss 120mm Mortar Propelling Charge Austrian Celluloid Mortar Increment Containers, Mr. Wayne Miller, US Army - ARDEC
  
  
• 40MM Tactical IR Marker, Mrs. Kelly Shuttleworth, Naval Surface Warfare Center



• 40mm Day/Night Training Cartridge, Mr. Percy Mistry, US Army - ARDEC



• FCT and SOCOM Shoulder Fired Weapons, Mr. Keith Martin, US Army - ARDEC

Chairman: Mr. Kevin Wong, PM CCS

• Individual Serviceman Non-Lethal System, Mr. Jeremy D. McLain, US Army - ARDEC

• Military Application of Electro-Stun Devices, Mr. Azamat Villar, US Army - ARDEC
  
  
• US Army’s Search for an Economical Device for Stun Hand Grenade Training, Mr. Fred Fitzsimmons, Camber Corporation
  

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Thursday, 24 May 2005

Chairman: Mr. Charles Buxton, NSWC, Crane

• Small Arms Fire Control Systems for the Individual Soldier, Mr. Pete Plocki, XM29 Technical Director, L-3 Communications, Brashear Division

• Sensor Fusion Technology Assessment, Mr. John Edwards, JSSAP Office, US Army - ARDEC
  
  
• Weapon Shot Counter Program for Small Arms Maintenance, Mr. Darin Ashley, NSWC, Crane

• Miniature Day/Night Sight (MDNS) Development, Mr. Barry Gatewood, NSWC Crane

• SOPMOD Program Overview, Mr. Gus Taylor, SOPMOD Program Manager, NSWC, Crane
  

Chairman: Mr. James Zoll, US Army - ARDEC

• Product Improvement 40mm Ammunition, Mr. Art Pizza, Chief, 40mm Ammunition Engineering, and Ms. Melissa Wanner, 40mm Low Velocity, US Army - ARDEC
  
  
• MK93 Smoke Deterrence System, Ms. Dawn Hoffa, NSWC, Crane
  
  
• The Oto Melara HITROLE® 7,62 – 12,7 – 40 mm Remote Overhead, Light Electrical Turret, Dr. Alessandro Pollastrini, OTO MELARA S.p.A
  
  
• Lightweight Remotely Operated Weapon Systems, Mr. Anthony J. Sebasto, US Army - ARDEC

Chairman: Mr. George Kontis, PE., Heckler & Koch, Inc.

• S.C.A.R - SOF Combat Assault Rifle, Mr. Troy Smith, NSWC, Crane
  
  
• MPRS - Multi-Purpose Rifle System, Mr. Alon Guttel, Deputy Vice President R&D, Israel Military Industries, Ltd.
  
  
• The Modular Combat Shotgun, Mr. Ed Schoppman, Remington Military Products Division, Remington Arms Company, Inc.
  
  
• 40mm Air Bursting Munition System (ABMS) and Light Weight Automatic Grenade Launcher (LWAGL), Mr. Fong Kok Chung and Aw Cheng Hok, Singapore Technologies Kinetics

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