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For a detailed description of the sessions, click here.
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| Monday 14 February 2022 |
Tuesday 15 February 2022 |
Wednesday 16 February 2022 |
Thursday 17 February 2022 |
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| Track 1 | Track 1 | Track 2 | Track 1 | Track 2 | Track 1 | Track 2 |
| Keynote | Keynote | Keynote | Keynote | |||
| Advanced Technologies | Transition to Parallel Tracks | Transition to Parallel Tracks | Transition to Parallel Tracks | |||
| Fire Control Platform Capabilities | Directed Energy | Mission Planning & Battle Management for Integrated Fire Control | Sensor
Resource Management / Sensor & Data Fusion ------ Networked & Distributed Warfare |
Combat
ID |
Live, Virtual, & Constructive Modeling & Simulation, Training & Wargaming | |
| Break | ||||||
| Advanced Technologies | Unmanned & Autonomous Systems (Sensors, Weapons & Platforms, including Counter UAS) | Electronic Warfare | Combat
ID |
Networked
& Distributed Warfare ------ Application of Autonomy in Fire Control Systems |
Combat ID | Weapons, Munitions & Engagement Alternatives |
| Break | ||||||
| Space Systems ------ Joint Integrated Air & Missile Defense |
Rapid Transition of New Technology to the Warfighter | Multi-Domain Command & Control & Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance | Combat ID | Application of Autonomy in Fire Control Systems | Combat
ID ------ Special Topic |
Hypersonics / Conventional Prompt Strike & Hypersonic Threat Defense |
| Networking Social on Remo | Networking Social on Remo | Networking Social on Remo | Networking Social on Remo | |||
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| Times are listed as Eastern Standard Time (EST) | |||
| "Presentation Title to be Announced" will be updated when we have a Distribution A title. | |||
| * Indicates the presenter is a candidate for the Early Career Award | |||
| 2022 National Fire Control Symposium | |||
| Monday, 14 February 2022 | |||
| Track
One |
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| 1000 - 1005 | Welcome & Announcements | ||
| 1005 - 1050 | Keynote: Mr. Robert Shevock Jr., SES Executive Director, Program Executive Office for Integrated Warfare Systems |
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| 1050 - 1100 | Lifetime Achievement Award | ||
| Advanced Technologies | |||
| 1100 - 1105 | Session Introduction | ||
| 1105 - 1125 | Mapping Artificial Intelligence to the Kill Chain | ||
| 1125 - 1145 | Force-Level Hardkill / Softkill Assignment using Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes | ||
| 1145 - 1205 | Deploying Meta-Models in Warfighter Laptops to
Drive "Real-Time," On-Site Course-of-Action Recommendations that
Solve Complex Kill Chain Solutions |
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| 1205 - 1225 | Break |
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| 1225 - 1245 | Elastic Computing for Targeting | ||
| 1245 - 1305 | Photonics and Quantum Science for Future Fire Control | ||
| 1305 - 1325 | Hybrid Contextual Bayesian Reasoning Reduces High-Confidence False Alarms | ||
| 1325 - 1345 | Manufacturing of Polymer Gradient Index (GRIN) Lenses for Military Optics | ||
| 1345 - 1405 | Event-Verb-Event (EVE) Constructs to allow Machine Learned Systems to Solve Complex Kill Chain Problem | ||
| Advanced Technologies Rapid Fire Tech Highlight | |||
| 1405 - 1420 | PIPEDREAM: COTS Surface to Air Missile | ||
| 1420 - 1440 | Break |
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| Space Systems | |||
| 1440 - 1445 | Session Introduction | ||
| 1445 - 1505 | Ultra-Wide Field-of-View Sensor Demonstration for Low Earth Orbit Applications | ||
| 1505 - 1525 | *On-Orbit Dark Ship Target Recognition | ||
| Joint Integrated Air & Missile Defense | |||
| 1525 - 1530 | Session Introduction | ||
| 1530 - 1550 | Defense Against Mass Raids: Two Geographical Case Studies | ||
| 1550 - 1610 | Demonstrating
Tenets of an Integrated Combat System Force at U.S. INDOPACOM Valiant Shield
2020 |
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| Joint Integrated Air & Missile Defense Rapid Fire Tech Highlight | |||
| 1610 - 1625 | Chance Favors the Prepared Mind: Digital Tools for Capability Portfolio Management | ||
| 1625 - 1630 | Transition to Networking Social |
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| 1630 - 1730 | Networking Social on Remo | ||
| Tuesday, 15 February 2022 | |||
| Track
One |
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| 1000 - 1005 | Welcome
& Announcements |
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| 1005 - 1050 | Keynote: Brigadier General John M. Olson, PhD Mobilization Assistant to the Chief of Space Operations, Headquarters United States Space Force and the Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer for the Department of the Air Force |
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| 1050 - 1055 | Transition
to Parallel Sessions |
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| Track One |
Track Two |
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| Fire Control Platform Capabilities | Directed Energy | ||
| 1055 - 1100 | Session Introduction | 1055 - 1100 | Session Introduction |
| 1100 - 1120 | *Applications of IRST Algorithms for Long-Range Target Detection | 1100 - 1120 | MIRORS – A Multispectral EO/IR Toolkit of HEL for Object Detection and Identification |
| 1120 - 1140 | *Advanced Lethality - Kinetic Energy (AL-KE) | 1120 - 1140 | High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-Dazzler and Surveillance: A Case Study in Evolving Laser – Combat System Integration |
| 1140 - 1200 | Multiple Asset Allocation System Technologies for E-2D with Real-time Measurement of Integration for Naval Deployment (MA2STERMIND) | ||
| 1140/1200 - 1220 | Break |
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| Unmanned & Autonomous Systems (Sensors, Weapons & Platforms, including Counter UAS) | Electronic Warfare | ||
| 1220 - 1225 | Session Introduction | 1220 - 1225 | Session Introduction |
| 1225 - 1245 | *Soldier Portable Anti-Aerial Attack Remotely Operated Weapon System | 1225 - 1245 | Defeating RF Cognitive Sensors |
| 1245 - 1305 | *Next Generation Airborne Early Warning Approach | 1245 - 1305 | *M&S Frameworks to Evaluate Cognitive Algorithm Performance for Enhanced IFC Preparation and Configuration |
| 1305 - 1345 | Swarm Research Experiments with Applications in Fire Control | 1305 - 1325 | *Passive Target Tracking Under GPS Denial |
| 1325 - 1345 | Aether Spy – Bringing a Digital Array to the Battle Space | ||
| 1345 - 1405 | *UAS Kinetic Threat Defeat using Multi-Mode Armament System | 1345 - 1405 | Developing Decision-Support Systems through Collaborative R&D |
| Unmanned & Autonomous Systems (Sensors, Weapons & Platforms, including Counter UAS) Rapid Fire Tech Highlight | 1405 - 1425 | *Generating Realistic RF Test Data Through Style Transfer | |
| 1405 - 1420 | Distributed Effects Chains in the Age of Autonomous Warfare and Unmanned Systems | ||
| 1420/1425 - 1440 | Break |
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| Rapid Transition of New Technology to the Warfighter | Multi-Domain Command & Control & Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance | ||
| 1440 - 1445 | Session Introduction | 1440 - 1445 | Session Introduction |
| 1445 - 1505 | Advanced Object Classification for UHF Radars in Missile Defense | 1445 - 1505 | RF Flare Systems Analysis |
| 1505 - 1525 | A Software defined Arbitrary Waveform Generator (SAWG) Model for a Multi-Mode Radar System | 1505 - 1525 | Rapid Expeditionary Persistent Autonomous Coastal Surveillance (REPACS) |
| 1525 - 1545 | *Common Display Architecture | 1525 - 1545 | Project Hypatia |
| 1545 - 1605 | *Hypersonic Vehicles with Robust and Adaptive Control | 1545 - 1605 | *Combined Radar Sensing and Networked Fire Control |
| 1605 - 1625 | Fourteen Tips to Increase Confidence in the Performance of Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML) Functions during the Five Stages of Development | Multi-Domain Command & Control & Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance Rapid Fire Tech Highlight | |
| 1605 - 1620 | Sonar EMILY Redefining Search and Rescue (SAR) | ||
| 1625 - 1630 | Transition to Networking Social |
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| 1630 - 1730 | Networking Social on Remo: Hosted by Raytheon Technologies | ||
| Wednesday, 16 February 2022 | |||
| Track
One |
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| 1000 - 1005 | Welcome
& Announcements |
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| 1005 - 1050 | Keynote: Dr. Bill Melvin Deputy Director for Research & Director of the Sensors and Intelligent Systems Directorate, Georgia Tech Research Institute |
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| 1050 - 1055 | Transition
to Parallel Sessions |
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| Track One |
Track Two |
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| Mission Planning & Battle Management for Integrated Fire Control | Sensor Resource Management/Sensor & Data Fusion | ||
| 1055 - 1100 | Session Introduction | 1055 - 1100 | Session Introduction |
| 1100 - 1120 | Battle Readiness Engagement Management (BREM) Prototype: A Wargaming Tool to Analyze "Realistic" Complex Kill Chains | 1100 - 1120 | *Angle Only Tracking with Reduced State Estimators; Single and Multi-Sensor Performance |
| Sensor Resource Management/Sensor & Data Fusion Rapid Fire Tech Highlight | |||
| 1120 - 1140 | *CPU and Memory-Driven Real-Time Battle Management Configuration | 1120 - 1135 | MAGIC: Multi-Modal Fusion for Real-Time Target Detection |
| 1140 - 1200 | Progress on an Advanced Mission Planner (AMP) for Integrated Air and Missile Defense – Toward Defeating Coordinated Raids | 1135 - 1150 | Radar Resource Management During Raid Operation |
| Networked & Distributed Warfare | |||
| Mission Planning & Battle Management for Integrated Fire Control Rapid Fire Tech Highlight | 1150 - 1155 | Session Introduction | |
| 1200 - 1215 | High Value Airborne Asset Survivability | 1155 - 1215 | *Directed Energy (DE) Sensor Quality of Service (QoS) Requirements |
| Combat ID | |||
| 1215 - 1220 | Session Introduction | 1215 - 1235 | Integrated Combat System Architecture to Support Distributed Maritime Operations |
| 1220 - 1240 | *Non-Cooperative Combat Identification in AFRL/RY | ||
| 1235/1240 - 1300 | Break |
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| 1300 - 1320 | *Explainable Deep Learning based on Wavelet Transforms for Target Identification | 1300 - 1320 | Differential Relationships: A Track-Based Engagement Broker |
| 1320 - 1340 | Chicken Little Sensor Week 2022 | 1320 - 1340 | Elektra Architecture and Impacts on the Future Naval Force Protection |
| 1340 - 1400 | Air to Surface Combat ID - Are These the Droids We’re Looking For? | 1340 - 1400 | Securing the Kill Chain from Cyber Attacks |
| 1400 - 1420 | *Machine Learning Multi-Look SAR Classification | Application of Autonomy in Fire Control Systems | |
| 1400 - 1405 | Session Introduction | ||
| 1405 - 1425 | Addition of Depth of Fire Considerations in Engagement Coordination | ||
| 1420 - 1440 | Joint Multi-Platform Advanced Combat ID (JMAC) | 1425 - 1445 | Evaluating and Improving the Robustness of DoD Machine Learning Systems |
| 1440/1445 - 1500 | Break |
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| 1500 - 1520 | Multi-Modality, Hybrid Machine Learning and Model-Based ATR for Real-Time Target Identification | 1500 - 1520 | Evaluation of Threat Level using Artificial Intelligence |
| 1520 - 1540 | Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Develop and Evaluate Systems: Assessing Real-World Robustness | 1520 - 1540 | *Scalable Engagement Planning Framework for Missile Defense |
| Combat ID Rapid Fire Tech Highlight | Application of Autonomy in Fire Control Systems Rapid Fire Tech Highlight | ||
| 1540 - 1555 | Temporally-Multiplexed Raman-Waveform Spectropolarimetric LiDAR for Target ID | 1540 - 1555 | Speed of Battle: Acceleration of Sensor to Shooter |
| 1555-1600 | Transition to Networking Social |
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| 1600 - 1700 | Networking Social on Remo: Hosted by The Boeing Company | ||
| Thursday, 17 February 2022 | |||
| Track
One |
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| 1000 - 1005 | Welcome & Announcements | ||
| Advisory Committee Recognition for Outgoing Members | |||
| 1005 - 1050 | Keynote:
VADM Jon Hill Director, Missile Defense Agency |
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| 1050 - 1055 | Transition
to Parallel Sessions |
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| Track One |
Track Two |
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| Combat ID | Live, Virtual, & Constructive Modeling & Simulation, Training & Wargaming | ||
| 1055 - 1100 | Session Introduction | 1055 - 1100 | Session Introduction |
| 1100 - 1120 | *Development and Application of a Neighborhood-Based Classifier for Object Identification | 1100 - 1120 | European Test Bed: Adding Air to the Missile Defense Test Bed |
| 1120 - 1140 | *Development and Application of Alpha Shapes for Trustworthy Classifier Outputs | 1120 - 1140 | The Strategic Decomposition Method: Lessons from the Battle of Britain |
| 1140 - 1200 | Providing Earlier and More Robust Discrimination Results by Merging Multiple Sources | 1140 - 1200 | *Partially Observable Markov Decision Process (POMDP) for Generating Warfighter Figures of Merit |
| 1200 - 1220 | *Bad Pulse Mitigation Algorithm for Radar Frequency Jump Burst Processing | 1200 - 1220 | *Joint Cognitive Operational Research Environment Integration Framework for Information Exchanges (JIFFIE) |
| 1220 - 1240 | Break |
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| Combat ID, continued |
Weapons, Munitions & Engagement Alternatives | ||
| 1240 - 1245 | Announcements | 1240 - 1245 | Session Introduction |
| 1245 - 1305 | *Application of Neural Networks in the Signal Processor | 1245 - 1325 | SkyView Navigation System |
| 1305 - 1325 | DRFM Efforts for CID | ||
| 1325 - 1345 | *Interpretable Machine Learning for Detection and Identification | 1325 - 1345 | Assessment of Closed-Loop Fire Control Technologies |
| 1345 - 1405 | Joint Multi-Platform Advanced Combat Identification (JMAC) Integration and Evaluation | 1345 - 1405 | A Guidance Methodology for Ship-Self Defense |
| 1405 - 1425 | Break |
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| Combat ID, continued |
Hypersonics/Conventional Prompt Strike & Hypersonic Threat Defense | ||
| 1425 - 1430 | Announcements | 1425 - 1430 | Session Introduction |
| 1430 - 1450 | *Generative Adversarial Network for Effective Data Augmentation | 1430 - 1450 | Development of an Automated Hypersonic Aerodynamic Analysis & Optimization Framework |
| 1450 - 1510 | Open Set Vibrometry AiTR Based on Confidence Metrics | 1450 - 1510 | Hypervelocity Gun Weapon System Engagement of Surrogate Cruise Missile |
| Special Topic | 1510 - 1530 | Review of Hypervelocity Projectile Aerothermal Development | |
| 1510 - 1610 | A Vision for the Integrated Warfighting Network | 1530 - 1550 | AI/ML for the Generation of HGV Targeting Probabilities |
| 1550 - 1610 | Rapid Optimization of Trajectories for Hypersonics | ||
| 1610 - 1615 | Transition to Networking Social |
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| 1615 - 1715 | Networking
Social on Remo Early Career Winners to be Announced |
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