/nfcs/historical/2011 2011

Agenda

Last Updated: December 21, 2014

  • Registration will take place in the Lobby of the Shades of Green® on WALT DISNEY WORLD® Resort.

  • Exhibits will be located in the Palm and Magnolia Pre-function areas.

  • Technical presentations will take place in the Magnolia Ballroom.

Sunday, 31 July 2011
Shades of Green® on WALT DISNEY WORLD® Resort

1400 – 1700

Early Check-in & Badging

Monday, 1 August 2011

Northrop Grumman Facility Tour (for attendees who registered in advance)

0630 – 0645

Check-in at NFCS Registration Desk

0645 – 0700

Board Shuttle Bus to Northrop Grumman

0700 – 0830

Depart from Shades of Green®, Travel to Northrop Grumman Melbourne

0830 – 0845

Arrive Northrop Grumman, Welcome & Snacks, Check-in

0845 – 1100

Briefings and Facility Tour – Joint STARS, LEMV, and E-2 Hawkeye

1100 - 1130

Q&A, Box Lunch at Northrop Grumman

1130 – 1145

Break, Return to Shuttle

1145

Bus Departs Northrop Grumman, Travel to Shades of Green®

1315

Arrive Shades of Green®

 

0700 – 0830

Check-in & Continental Breakfast for Activities at the Shades of Green®

0830 – 1630

Special Topics
Chairs:  Mr. Robert Strider, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command and
Mr. Neeraj Pujara, Air Force Research Laboratory

0830 – 0930

Chicken Little Program Overview
Mr. David Schoch, Qualis Corporation and Frank Pugliese, 46 Test Squadron/OGEE

0930 – 1030

JEPAC Assessments of Fire Control and Enabling Fire Control Capabilities in the Presence of Electronic Warfare
Col Robin Vanderberry, USAF

1030 – 1100

Refreshment Break

1100 – 1200

Weapon System Cyber Threats, Testing and Mitigation
Mr. Mark Byrkit, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

1200 - 1300

Exhibit Kickoff Lunch (provided in the exhibit hall)

1300 - 1400

AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR):  The Next Generation of Marine Corps Radar
Mr. John Karlovich, USMC, PEO Land Systems

1400 – 1430

Refreshment Break

1400 - 1500

Long Endurance, Multi-intelligence Vehicle (LEMV)
Mr. Robert Strider, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command

1430 - 1530

Refreshment Break

1530 – 1630

Persistent ISR Operations in Afghanistan
Capt Adam Brooks, AFRL/RYAPY

1530

Adjourn for the Day

Note:  The Long Endurance, Multi-intelligence Vehicle (LEMV) Special Topic has been cancelled.

Tuesday, 2 August 2011

0700 – 0825

Check-in & Continental Breakfast

0700 – 1800

Registration Open

0825 – 0835

Welcome & Administrative Remarks
Mrs. Gisele Wilson, U.S. Army Space & Missile Defense Command
2011 NFCS Lead Government Advisor
Posting of the Colors

0835 – 1200

Plenary Session

0835 – 0855

Moderator’s Remarks
Mr. Laurence Burger
Director, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Future Warfare Center

0855 – 0925

Keynote Address
Major General Herbert L. Newton
Commander, 263rd Army Air & Missile Defense Command

0925 – 0950

Air Force Perspective
Dr. Mikel Miller
Air Force Research Laboratory Acting Chief Technologist

0950 – 1020

Refreshment Break

1020 – 1045

Marine Corps Perspective
Mr. James (Jim) Smerchansky
Deputy Commander, Systems Engineering Interoperability, Architectures & Technology (SIAT) Marine CORPS Systems Command

1045 – 1110

Navy Perspective
Rear Admiral Ann Claire Phillips
Deputy Director, Surface Warfare N86B, Chief of Naval Operations Staff

1110 – 1135

Missile Defense Agency Perspective
Mr. Rich Ritter
Program Executive for C4ISR

1135 – 1200

Army Perspective
Mr. Laurence Burger
Director, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Future Warfare Center

1200 – 1500

WOMEN’S FORUM LUNCHEON & PANEL DISCUSSION (Women Only)
5th Floor Boardroom, (Sponsored by CACI)
Chairs:  Dr. Kathrine Rink, MIT Lincoln Laboratory and
Mrs. Penny Moran, NSWC Dahlgren

1200 – 1245

Women's Forum Buffet Luncheon

1245 – 1255

Welcome, Introduction of Host & Panelists
Ms. Penny Moran, Women’s Forum Moderator
Q Chief Engineer, NSWC Dahlgren Division

1255 – 1310

Welcome and Remarks from the Host
Rear Admiral Ann Claire Phillips
Deputy Director, Surface Warfare N86B, Chief of Naval Operations Staff

1310 – 1500

Women’s Forum Panel Discussion (Panelists listed below)

1310 – 1320

Ms. Gretchen Larsen Idsinga
Executive Director, Special Operations Forces Account Executive for Business Development, CACI, Inc.

1320 – 1330

Dr. Claudette C. Owens
Chief, Information and Computational Engineering Division, Future Warfare Center
USASMDC/ ARSTRAT

1330 – 1340

Ms. Susan van der Veer
Homeland Defense Deputy Director, Office of Treaty Compliance and Homeland Defense, OUSD/AT&L/Portfolio Systems Acquisition

1340 – 1350

Rear Admiral Ann Claire Phillips
Deputy Director, Surface Warfare N86B, Chief of Naval Operations Staff

1350 – 1415

Audience Questions & Answers with Panelists

1415 – 1445

Snacks & Networking Break

1455 – 1500

Moderator’s Wrap Up Remarks, Adjourn the Women’s Forum

1200 – 1315

Lunch in Exhibit Hall (All Attendees)

1315 – 1640

Session 1:  Enabling Joint Integrated Fire Control
Chair:  Mr. James Cech, CACI, Inc.
Co-Chair:  Mr. Stan Schroeder, Lockheed Martin

1315 – 1320

Session Introduction

1320 – 1340

Limitations of "Contracting" in Integrated Fire Control
Mr. Ordale Babin, Jr., IMG

1340 – 1400

F/A-18 Cooperative Weapon Employment Development
Mr. Douglas Keating, The Boeing Company

1400 – 1420

Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense - Addressing the Army and Joint Integrated Air and Missile Defense Fight
Mr. Jeff Stevens, Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense Project Office

1420 – 1440

The Naval Fires Control System: The Next Transformation from the Sea
Mr. David Veal, NSWC Dahlgren

1440 – 1500

Joint IAMD Way Forward
Mr. Van Anglim, JPEO IAMD, PEO IWS

1500 – 1520

Refreshment Break

1520 – 1540

Integrating Through the Fire Control Loop
Mr. Neil Baron, Naval Surface Warfare Center - Dahlgren

1540 – 1600

Common – Reconfigurable Fire Control Systems
Mr. Timothy Rybarski, U.S. Army

1600 – 1620

Addressing the Difficult Challenges of Distributed Architecture IFC in IAMD
Mr. Bill Cook and Dr. Phillip Dennis, Intelligent Systems Research, Inc.

1620 – 1640

Naval Integrated Fire Control - Counter Air; Capability-Based System of Systems Engineering
Mr. Jeffrey McConnell, Naval Surface Warfare Center - Dahlgren

1640 – 1800

Exhibit & Poster Session Networking & Refreshments (Light Hors’ d Oeuvres), Exhibit Hall

1800

Adjourn for the Day


Wednesday, 3 August 2011 (Parallel Sessions AM & PM)

0730 – 0830

Check-in, Continental Breakfast

0730 – 1600

Registration Open

AM TRACK 1: (Ballroom A)

AM TRACK 2: (Ballroom B)

0830 – 1145

Session 2:  Fire Control in the Presence of Electronic Warfare
Chair:  Dr. Katherine Rink, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Co-Chairs:  Mrs. Penny Moran, NSWCDD and Mr. Douglas Ousborne, JHU/APL

0830 – 0955

Session 3:  Integrated Air & Missile Defense
Chair:  Mr. Murray Roe, MCTSSA
Co-Chairs:  Mr. Dave Rowe, Rockwell Collins, Inc. and Dr. Tony Pandiscio, Raytheon

0830 – 0835

Session Introduction

0830 – 0835

Session Introduction

0835 – 0855

Network-Centric Collaborative Targeting (NCCT): Enabling the Kill Chain
Mr. Rick Maharrey, L-3 Communications

0835 – 0855

Global Integrated Air and Missile Defense, Part II
Dr. Stephen Woodall, Strategic Synthesis, Ltd.

0855 – 0915

Next Generation Electronic Warfare Decoy Payload Design
Dr. Daniel Finkel, MIT Lincoln Laboratory

0855 – 0915

A Study on Integrated Fire Control Performance for a Maneuvering Cruise Missile Case
Mr. Jeff Lyons, U.S. Army, Aviation and Missile RD&E Center

0915 – 0935

Simulating Effects of Global Positioning Systems (GPS) Jamming on Smart Munitions within a Constructive Simulation
Mr. Joe Kress, Colsa

0915 – 0935

U.S. Naval Ballistic Missile Defense: A Global Approach
Ms. Rachel Volner and Ms. Amanda George, SPAWAR Systems Center, Pacific

0935 – 0955

Electronic Warfare Simulation of Tactical Electromagnetic Environments
Ms. Anu Myne, MIT Lincoln Laboratory

0935 – 0955

Effectiveness of Various Gridlock Mitigation Techniques in Integrated Air Defense
Mr. Barry Goldfarb, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control

0955 – 1025

Break in the Exhibit Hall

1025 – 1145

Session 2:  Fire Control in the Presence of Electronic Warfare (cont.)

1025 – 1145

Session 4:  Homeland Air & Missile Defense
Chair:  Mr. Murray Roe, MCTSSA
Co-Chairs:  Mr. Dave Rowe, Rockwell Collins, Inc. and Dr. Tony Pandiscio, Raytheon

1025 – 1045

Improved Mission Effectiveness of HEL Systems with Phased Array Beam Control
Mr. Kevin Probst, The CORE Group, Inc.

1025 – 1045

Fire Control Data Supporting the Whole of Government Activities
Ms. Terri Innes, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Missile Defense Division

1045 – 1105

Navy Laser Weapon System (LaWS) Predictive Avoidance Methodology
Dr. David Stoudt, Naval Surface Warfare Center - Dahlgren

1045 – 1105

Advanced Missile Architecture for Homeland Defense
Mr. Luigi Perini, John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

1105 – 1125

Characterizing Fire Control Systems via Enhanced AM and PM Noise Testing
Mr. William Crespo, Navy Surface Warfare Center, NAVSEA Crane

1105 – 1125

Improved Target Identification Through The Use of Multiple Classifiers and Data Fusion
Mr. Kevin Probst, The CORE Group, Inc.

1125 – 1145

Hard-Kill / Soft-Kill Weapon Coordination
Dr. Nicholas Hatch, MIT Lincoln Laboratory

1125 – 1145

PTSS and Lethal Object Identification Across the BMDS
Mr. Timothy Fair, John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

1145 – 1245

Lunch on Your Own

PM TRACK 1: (Ballroom A)

PM TRACK 2: (Ballroom B)

1245 – 1600

Session 5:  Persistent Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance
Chair:  Mr. Roger “Kip” Turner, Air Force Research Laboratory
Co-Chair:  Dr. Gary Somers, Raytheon

1245 – 1410

Session 6:   Asymmetric Warfare
Chair:  Mr. Norven Goddard, U.S. Army SMDC
Co-Chair:  Mr. Bruce Norris, Lockheed Martin

1245 – 1250

Session Introduction

1245 – 1250

Session Introduction

1250 – 1310

ISIS: Persistent ISR from a Stratospheric Airship
Mr. Fred Dominski, Raytheon

1250 – 1310

Tactical Threat Warning and Targeting for Combat Operations
Mr. Steven Pizzo, U.S. Army/I2WD

1310 - 1330

High Performance Computing for Real-Time, Wide Area Persistent Surveillance
Dr. Paul Antonik, Air Force Research Laboratory

1310 - 1330

Embedded Projectile Tracking Radar for Asymmetric Warfare
Mr. David Musgrave, U.S. ARMY ARDEC

1330 - 1350

Autonomous Real-time Ground Ubiquitous Surveillance – Imaging System (ARGUS – IS)
Mr. William Koenig, Air Force Research Laboratory

1330 - 1350

Advanced Network-Centric Sensor Integration (for threat) Response (ANSIR)
Ms. Carolyn Sue Randles, USASMDC/ ARSTRAT

1350 – 1410

Vehicle and Dismount Exploitation Radar (VADER)
Dr. Daniel Held, Northrop Grumman Corp.

1350 – 1410

VISTA
Ms. Carolyn Sue Randles, USASMDC/ ARSTRAT

1410 – 1440

Break in the Exhibit Hall

1440 – 1600

Session 5:  Persistent Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (cont.)

1440 – 1600

Session 7:  Modeling & Simulation
Chair:  Mr. Robert Hintz, NAVAIRWD
Co-Chair:  Mr. William Moore, Air Force Research Laboratory

1440 – 1500

Improving Airborne Maritime Surveillance Effectiveness
Mr. Mason Baron, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

1440 - 1500

MDA System Post Flight Reconstructions
Mr. Rishit Sheth, MIT Lincoln Laboratory

1500 – 1520

High Altitude Platform Efforts at U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Technology Center
Mr. Michael Lee, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command

1500 - 1520

Use of Simulation Tools in Ballistic Missile Defense Hardware in the Loop Test Design
Dr. Michael Habgood, Naval Surface Warfare Center - Dahlgren

1520 - 1540

Applications for an Air-Based, Cooperatively-Controlled Team of Unmanned, Autonomous Aircraft
Ms. Caroline King, Air Force Research Laboratory

1520 - 1540

Quantifying the Benefits of Missile Uplink Technology Using Modeling and Simulation Techniques
Mr. Patrick Yu, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

1540 – 1600

The Heterogeneous Airborne Reconnaissance Team (HART)
Mr. William Koenig, Air Force Research Laboratory

1540 - 1600

Modeling Fleet Interoperability: The Interaction of Tactical Data Links and Sensor Networks
Dr. William Bath, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

1600

Adjourn for the Day

Thursday, 4 August 2011

0730 – 0830

Check-in, Continental Breakfast

0730 – 1600

Registration Open

0830 – 1145

Session 8:  Accelerating the Kill Chain
Chair:  Mr. Jay Hodge, NAVAIRWD
Co-Chairs:  Mr. Russell Neu, Boeing and Mr. John Warnke, Lockheed Martin

0830 – 0835

Session Introduction

0835 – 0855

Airborne Sensor Data Exploitation: The Challenges of TCPED Support to Tactical/Operational Kill Chain
Mr. Mark Hammond, Raytheon / Space and Airborne Systems

0855 – 0915

Advancements in Ground Moving Target Identification in Radar Vision 5
Mr. Albert Ezekiel, Raytheon

0915 – 0935

AiTR in the TACAIR Surface Environment
Mr. Jesse Hodge, NAVAIR

0935 – 0955

A Second Look at Interceptability
Dr. Leszek Sczaniecki, Lockheed Martin

0955 – 1025

Refreshment Break

1025 – 1045

Maritime Feature-aided Tracking
Dr. Duy Nguyen, SAIC

1045 – 1105

Effect-based Optimized Assignment of Weapons to Targets in Integrated Environment
Dr. Zbigniew Bogdanowicz, U.S. Army, Picatinny Arsenal

1105 – 1125

Kill-Survive Assessment, Mistargeting, Re-engagement, and Re-targeting Considerations for Ship Self-Defense System (SSDS)
Ms. Olivia Reinecke, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

1125 – 1145

Probabilistic Dynamic Modeling and Trajectory Prediction for Engagement Optimization
Mr. Michael Mashner, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

1145 – 1245

Lunch on Your Own

1245 – 1410

Session 9:  Advanced Technologies
Chair:  Mr. James Moore, Air Force Research Laboratory
Co-Chair:  Dr. Eric Reinke, Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems

1245 – 1250

Session Introduction

1250 – 1310

High Velocity Penetrating Weapon Flagship Capability Concept (FCC)
Mr. Leo Rose, Air Force Research Laboratory

1310 – 1330

Multi-Target Laser Designation (MTLD)
Mr. Cliff Andressen, Raytheon Missile Systems

1330 – 1350

F15E Modernization
Mr. Forest Henderson III, Raytheon

1350 – 1410

Radar CFAR Detection in Clutter
Dr. Costin Barbu, MIT Lincoln Laboratory

1410 – 1440

Refreshment Break

1440 – 1605

Session 10:  Cyber Warfare
Chair:  Dr. Gary McCown, SPAWAR Systems Center SD
Co-Chair:  Mr. Bruce Queen, Northrop Grumman

1440 – 1445

Session Introduction

1445 – 1505

Developing Mission Resilience to Information Attacks – An Analytic Look
Mr. Bart Paulhamus, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

1505 – 1525

The Impact Cyber Attack on Warfighting Capability; a Missile Defense Example
Mr. Ronald Farris, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

1525 – 1545

The Integrated Threat Force (ITF) – Filling the Critical Need for a Realistic Threat to Support Evaluation and Analysis for Fire Control Operational Tests
Mr. Duard Woffinden, General Dynamics C4 Systems

1545 – 1605

Limitations of Cyber Computer Network Operations (CNO) Implementation in a Constructive Simulation One Semi-Automated Force (OneSAF)
Mr. Joe Kress, Colsa

1605

The 2011 NFCS Adjourns

 

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

The following posters will be on display in the Ballroom, along the walls. Poster presenters will be on hand to discuss their presentations during breaks and meal functions taking place in the exhibit hall, just outside the Ballroom:

120mm Ammunition Data Link
Mr. Ryan McKenna, Mr Andrew Thomas and Mr. Michael Barracato, U.S. Army RDECOM-ARDEC

A New Reduced Parameter Point Source Focal Plane Tracking Algorithm for Single and Closely Spaced Objects Dr. James Gillis, The Boeing Company

Augmenting a Kalman Filter with a Ballistic Coefficient State Element
Dr. John Sudano, Lockheed Martin

Characterizing Threat Uncertainty using Latin Hypercube Sampling
Mr. Brian Battaglia, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Future Role of Wireless and MEMs Based Devices in Fire Control Systems
Mr. Ralph Tillinghast and Mr. Mike Wright, US Army Armament Research Development and Engineering Center

Kill Chain Enhancements through Digitization of Artillery and Mortar Systems
Ms. Patricia Alameda, US Army Armament Research Development and Engineering Center