Files are in Adobe format. Download the newest version from Adobe. Joint Services Small Arms Systems Annual Symposium, Exhibition and Firing Demonstration Virginia Beach, VA "Meeting the Needs of Our Joint Ground Forces in the Fight Against Terrorism and Developing the Tools for Future Combat" 7-10 May 2007

Tuesday, 8 May 2007

Keynote Address: Mr. George Solhan, Office of Naval Research

Panel: Joint Service Small Arms Synchronization Team (JSSAT)

• Chairman: COL Scott Crizer, USA
• COL Robert Radcliffe, USA, Army Member
• CAPT Rick Ruehlin, USN, “Navy Small Arms”, Navy Member
• Col Charles Beck, USAF, “USAF Combat Weapons Program”, Air Force Member
• LtCol Tracy Tafolla, USMC, “Marine Corps Weapons”, Marine Corps Member

• CDR Jim Olive, USCG, “Office Of Counterterrorism & Special Missions Operations”, Coast Guard

Member
• Mr. Kevin Swenson, “JNLWP Update to the Joint Service Small Arms Symposium “, Joint Non-Lethal

Weapons Directorate Member

Small Arms Section Awards 2007

• Mr. Bill Dittrich, Recipient, Chinn Award

Panel: Soldier Weapons

• Chair: COL Carl Lipsit, USA, PM Soldier Weapons

• “Project Manager Soldier Weapons Overview For the Small Arms Symposium & Exhibition”,

Mr. Richard Audette, Deputy PM Soldier Weapons

• “PM Individual Weapons Overview for the Small Arms Symposium & Exhibition,” LTC Timothy Chyma,

USA, PM Individual Weapons

• “Project Manager Soldier Weapons Rapid Fielding Initiative (RFI) Update”, Mr. Michael Friedman,

PM Soldier Weapons

Session I: Individual Weapons & Supporting Equipment

• “Requirements to Current & Future Small Arms”, Mr. Wolfgang Bantle, Heckler & Koch
• Weapon Shot Counter (WSC)”, Mr. Jason Davis, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division

• “USSOCOM SOPMOD – Miniature Day/Night Sight Development Program”, Mr. Barry Gatewood,

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division

• “Miniature Day/Night Sight-Crew Served Weapons (MDNS-CSW)”, Mr. Mike Jones, Naval Surface

Warfare Center, Crane Division
• “Miniature Red Dot Sight”, Mr. Rick Tousignant, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division

• “Possible Business Opportunities Within The SOF Weapons Program”, Mr. Troy Smith, Naval Surface

Warfare Center, Crane Division

Session II: Small Arms Ammunition & Technology

• “St. Marks Powder, A General Dynamics Company”, Mr. Bruce Webb, VP Marketing

• “.338 Lapua Magnum, A “New” Cartridge Comes of Age”, Mr. Bruce Webb, VP Marketing

• “Lightweight Small Caliber Ammunition”, Mr. Lucian Sadowski, US Army ARDEC and Mr. Mark Leng,

Armament Engineering & Technology Center

• “Baselining of the 40mm Family of Ammunition”, Mr. James Grassi and US Army ARDEC

• “Non-Toxic, Heavy Metal-Free Primer for Small Arms Cartridges – Red Phosphorous Based Introducing ATK Lake City’s P4rimer “, Mr. Randall Busky, ATK Lake City Ammunition Division

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Wednesday, 9 May 2007

Session III: Joint Service Small Arms Program Update

• “Lightweight Small Arms Technologies Update”, Ms Kori Spiegel, US Army ARDEC
• “Knight’s Armament Company TODAY”, Mr. George Kontis, Knights Armament Company

• “National Small Arms Technology Consortium (NSATC)”, Mr. Jean-Louis Vanderstreatan, CEO, FNMI
• “Joint Services Small Arms Technology Plan”, Mr. John Edwards, US Army ARDEC, JSSAP Office

Panel: Industry Perspective

• Chair: Mr. Dave Broden, Chairman, Armaments Division, NDIA

Session IV: NATO

• “AC/225 Land Capability Group 1 Dismounted Soldier”, Mr. Vernon Shisler, US Army ARDEC, JSSAP

Office
• “NATO Small Arms Ammunition Interchangeability via Direct Evidence Testing”, Mr. Lascelles Geddes,

III, US Army ARDEC

• “Interoperability and Integration of Dismounted Soldier System Weapon Systems”, Mr. Mark Richter,

Marine Corps Systems Command

Luncheon Speaker: “M14 to MK 14 – Evolution of a Battle Rifle”, Mr. David Armstrong, Naval Systems

Warfare Center, Crane Division

Session IV: NATO (Continued)

• “NATO Army Armaments Group (NAAG) Quick Reaction Team (QRT) for Nonlethal Weapons”, MAJ

Kevin Finch, US Army Infantry School, Fort Benning

• “NATO Military Operations in Urban Terrain”, Mr. Vernon Shisler and “Topical Group 3 on Operations on Urban Terrain”, LtCol Eric de Saint-Salvy, NATO AC-225 TG/3

• “ What You Can do For Them Today, What You Can do For Them Tomorrow”, LTC Keith Cook, UK

Army (Ret), MBE, System Design Evaluation, Ltd

Session V: Crew Served Infantry Weapons & Equipment

• “FCS SDD-449 Close Combat Armament System (CCAS) Trade Study – Performance Assessment”,

Mr. Andrew Clark, US AMSAA
• “XM307 ACSW Dual Feeder and Receiver Design Rough Handling”, Mr. Brian Hatin, General Dynamics

Armament & Technical Products
• “Heavy Machinegun Fire Control as a Distributed Operations Enabler”, Mr. Joseph Brus, Naval Surface

Warfare Center, Crane Division

Session VI: Modeling & Simulation

• “Small Arms & Dismounted Infantry Modeling With the Infantry Warrior Simulation (WARS)”, Ms Alicia

Borgman, General Dynamics Information Technology

• “Modeling & Evaluation of the Human Torso Model”, Mr. Andrew Merkle, John Hopkins University,

Applied Physics Laboratory
• “Mechanical System Simulation of the XM 307 Crew Served Weapon”, Ms. Callista Rodriguez, General

Dynamics Armament & Technical Products
• “Transforming Small Arms Maintenance Training Through Virtual Task Trainers”, Mr. Troy Welch,

NGRAIN Corporation

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Thursday, 10 May 2007

“NDIA Armaments Division Status Overview”, Mr. Dave Broden, Chairman, Armaments Division, NDIA

HQ TRADOC

Session VII: PM Maneuver Ammunition System

• Chair: “Meeting the Needs of our Joint Ground Forces”, COL Mark Rider, USA, PM Maneuver System

Session VIII: Less Than Lethal Systems & Technology

• “40 mm Less Lethal Munitions”, Mr. Keith Olasin, Mechanical Solutions, Inc
• “40 mm XM1112 Airburst Non-Lethal Munition (ANLM)”, Mr. Nicholas Grossman, US Army ARDEC
• “Joint Harmonization of Testing Update”, Ms. Lilliana McShea, US Army ARDEC

• “Swedish Fire Control System Development”, Mr. Per G. Arvidsson, Product Manager, Small Arms

Systems

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