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52nd Annual Fuze Conference

"Smart Fuzing – Adding Intelligence to Fuzing Solutions"

13- 15 May 2008

Sparks, NV

 

 

TUESDAY, MAY 22, 2007 (Early R

Wednesday, 14 May 2008

Agenda

 

Session II- General Session

·         “DTRA Counter WMD Technologies Fuzing & Instrumentation Technology”, Dr. Robert Hastie, DTRA

·         ARDEC Overview, COL Scott Flynn, Director, Enterprise & Systems Integration Center (ESIC)

·         AMRDEC Overview, Mr. Gene Henderson

·         Navy Overview, Mr. John Hendershot for Dr. Robert Gates, Technical Director NSWC Indian Head Division

·         Air Force S&T Strategy, Mr. Tim Tobik, Chief Fuze Branch Munitions Directorate, Air Force Armament Laboratory

·         Air Force Acquisition Strategy, Mr. Michael Campbell, 679th Armament Systems Squadron

 

Session III – General Session

·         “Requirements For Joint EOD Approval of Ordnance And Weapon Systems”,  Ms. Melissa Milani U.S. Ordnance Program Manager, NAVEODTECHDIV, Indian Head, MD

·         Modular Advanced Fuze Interface Architecture (MAFIA),  Dr. Jason R. Foley, Ph.D., Fuzes Branch, Munitions Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory

 

Session IIIA- Open Sessions

·         New Changes to MIL-STD-331, Progressive Arming and Primary Explosive Component Safety Testing, Mr. Brian Will, NSWC Dahlgren, Guns and Ammunition Branch, Code G32

·         A Robust One-Shot Switch for High Power Pulse Applications, Dr. Thomas Baginski, Auburn University

·         Common Methodology for Calculating Fuze Reliability, Mr. Avi Nusimow, Eglin Air Force Base

·         Hard Target Fuzing Solutions, Mr. Max Perrin, Thales, Munitonics & Microtechnics

·         Signal Processing Means for Detecting and Discriminating Between Structural Configurations and Geological Gradients Encountered by Kinetic Energy Penetrating Projectiles, Mr. Ronald Lundgren, Applied Research Associates

·         Excalibur XM982 and ERGM EX171 Fuze Safe and Arm Overview, Mr. Perry Salyers, L-3/KDI Precision Products, Inc

·         SBF – Smart Barometric Fuze, Mr. Igal Tidhar, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems

·         Practical Aspects of MIL-DTL-23659 Appendix A Initiator Testing, Dr. Barry Neyer, PerkinsElmer Optoelectronics

 

Thursday, 15 May 2008

 

Session IVA - OPEN SESSION

·         Problems and Possibilities with Advances in Fuzing, Mr. Henrik Sjoblom, Saab Bofors Dynamics

·         Electronic Fuze Device & ESA, Mr. Oran Zeldin, Israel Military Industries

·         Electronic Fuzes’s Remote Setting System for Chambered Tank Ammunitions, Mr. Stephan Dietrich, General Dynamics, OTS-Canada

·         Common Fuzing for HYDRA 70 Warheads, Mr. Robin Klein, Action Manufacturing Company

·         Enhanced Portable Inductive Artillery Fuze Setter (EPIAFS) for Excalibur, Mr. Leonard Goodman, Adelphi Fuze Division

  • New Generation Artillery Proximity Sensor, Application to Naval Fuzes, Mr. Max Perrin, Thales Munitronics & Microtechnics

·         Test Results and Alternate Packaging of a Damped PR MEMS Accelerometer, Mr. Robert Sill, Senior Scientist, PCB Piezotronics Inc.

·         Alternate Architectures from PGK Derived Components, Mr. Chris Geswender, Raytheon Missiles


Session VA - OPEN SESSION

·         Precision Guidance Kit for 155mm Artillery Projectiles, Mr. Peter Burke, U.S. Army and Tony Pergolizzi, AFMO

·         Safe-Escape Analysis System Safety Engineering Study, Mr. David Hall, SURVICE Engineering Company

·         Weapons Curvilinear Trajectory and Smart Fuze Calculations Suitable for Hard Target Defeat Modeling, Mr. Alexandre LeFrancois, DGA of French Ministry of Defense

·         Fuze Survivability/MOUT Testing at AMRDEC/RTTC Rocket on a Rope (ROAR) Test Facility, Mr. Don Limbaugh, Dynetics, Inc

  • Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) and its Influence on Your Fuze Program, Ms. Missi Milani, U.S. Ordnance Program Manager, NAVEODTECHDIV, Indian Head, MD

·         Fuze Safety in Accordance with STANAG as Basis for Modular and Universal Fuze Design, Mr. Karl Kautzsch, JUNGHANS Microtec GmbH

·         Fuzing Timelines for Current and Future Air Launched Weapons, Mr. Frank Robbins, Kaman Fuzing

·         GIF & the Electronic Test Fuze, Mr. Hamish Malin, NSWC Dahlgren

·         A Development Platform for a Microchip EFI, Mr. Wim Prinse, TNO Defense Security and Safety

·         Electrical Characterization of a Semi Conducting Bridge Initiator with and without Pyrotechnic Mixture, Mr. Richard Bouma, TNO Defense Security and Safety

·         Replacing the M213 Detonator Explosives, Mr. Gartung Cheng, Picatinny Arsenal

 

Session VB – Open Session

·         Novel Munitions Power Systems, Ms.Karen Amabile, U.S. Army ARDEC Fuze Division


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