Session 1:      Army Team C4ISR Overview and Support to ARFORGEN

Speakers: Mr. Ed Thomas, Deputy to the Commander, CECOM LCMC, and Mr. Jay Herod, Chief Future Operations

The session provides an overview of the organizations, processes and initiatives that provide integrated, life cycle support of the C4ISR systems and capabilities that comprise LandWarNet, from the development of breakthrough technologies, through acquisition and fielding of systems that provide critical capabilities for Warfighters, to meeting the challenges of sustaining and maintaining those systems.  The session will then illustrate the integrated life cycle management of systems and capabilities that results in coordinated and synchronized support to ARFORGEN through the Unit Set Fielding process.

Session 2 :     ISR Roadmap – Acquisition and Associated S&T

Speaker:  BG Cole PEO IEW&S (Moderator); COL Carpenter; COL Joseph Grebe, PM DCGS-A; and Mr. Tom Conway, PM NV/RSTA (Presenters)

The session provides an overview of the overarching architecture and vision of the Army ISR Enterprise and its interfaces with the Future Combat System, Army and Joint battle command, and national resources.  A summary of acquisitions and fieldings in support of the enterprise will be outlined and two critical ISR efforts will be highlighted:  provision of actionable intelligence for battle commanders by dissemination of ISR products through the flagship program, Distributed Common Ground System-Army (DCGS-A); and persistent surveillance, focusing on the quick reaction capabilities that have been fielded in support of OEF/OIF and the enduring capability envisioned with current and future programs of record.  The session will also provide a description of the efforts to develop technologies that will provide effective capabilities for the current and future joint warfighter, emphasizing improved situational awareness through advanced sensors and detection of IED and minefields.

Wednesday, 20 August 2008

Session 3:      Command and Control Roadmap – Acquisition and Associated S&T

Speaker: BG Nicholas Justice, PEO C3T (Moderator); COL David Moore; Mr. Eric Goodman, FCS PM BC; and Mr. Tom Newsome, CERDEC C2D (Presenters)

The session addresses the work being accomplished through a partnership of materiel developers and the FCS program to achieve a single battle command solution.  This track will highlight the commitment to current force battle command relevancy and how these lessons learned are being incorporated into future battle command development.  A high level technical approach will be presented as well as experimentation results and future work to better inform unified battle command decisions. The session will also provide a description of efforts to develop technologies that will provide effective capabilities for the current and future Joint Warfighter. 

Session 4:      Communications Roadmap – Acquisition and Associated S&T

Speaker:  BG Nicholas Justice, PEO C3T (Moderator); Mr. Sverapa, SFAE-PEO C3T; Mr. Chris Swenarton, PM WIN-T; Mr. Robert Golden, PM NSC; and Mr. Art Reiff, PM DCATS (Presenters)

The session addresses the work being accomplished through a partnership of materiel developers to provide communications capabilities from the tactical level through the strategic level, including long-haul satellite and installation infrastructure.  It will address regional hub nodes, combat support service communications, mobile electric power, and Army processing centers that support LandWarNet.  The session will outline the communications capabilities that are being developed for the future, to include how these will meet FSC requirements, and how the Army is advancing communications by progressing from present capabilities of comms-at-the halt to comms-on-the move. The session will also provide a description of efforts to develop technologies that will provide effective capabilities for the current and future Joint Warfighter. 

Session 5 :     Software Intensive System Development, Certification and Support

Speaker: COL Drake, Director CTSF (Moderator); Mr. Ted Dzik, Deputy Director, Software Engineering Center; Mr. David McClung; Mr. Mark Hosson; and Ms. Judy Pinksy (Presenters)

This session will explain the overarching management framework that is being developed to efficiently execute multiple certification requirements.  It will discuss current and future data interoperability strategy, the rationale behind building information assurance and interoperability “up-front” in the software development process, and will diagram the interoperability certification process from PM/PEO through the DAG6, laying out specifics of the actual test process.  It will address the infrastructure that enables distributed testing configuration using the Federated Army Net-Centric Sites concept.  The session will also address efforts to improve and modernize systems through post deployment and post production software support.  

Thursday, 21 August 2008

Session 6:      Army C4ISR Sustainment Challenges

Speaker: Mr. Charles "Mike" Carter, CECOM LCMC Logistics and Readiness Center (LRC) Associate Director of Operations; Mr. Rich O’Donnell, CECOM LCMC Logistics and Readiness Center (LRC) Associate Director of Operations; and Mr. Terrance Hora, Director of Business Management, Tobyhanna Army Depot

This session will cover sustainment challenges, including those presented by non-programs of record; Condition Based Maintenance (CBM+) which is an enabler to maintenance, logistical and spare costs reduction as well as being a readiness and operational availability multiplier; performance based logistics which provides opportunities for performance based contracts to increase operational availability, reduce logistics footprint and augment warfighter readiness, while minimizing costs; continuous technology refreshment and the challenges in a COTS environment where obsolescence is a reality; and resetting the force.  The session will present examples of depot responses to sustainment challenges in integrating and surging capabilities and capacities across its core competencies, including success in supporting the accelerated production demands of Firefinder both at the depot and in the theater, implementing Lean Six Sigma across the depot enterprise, and providing field support through a network of field service organizations and representatives.

Session 7:      Army C4ISR Science and Technology Program

Speaker:  Mr. Henry Muller, Associate Technical Director, CERDEC; Mr. A. Rivera, AMSEL-IE-TD

The session will highlight efforts to develop technologies that provide effective C4ISR capabilities for the future Joint Warfighter, including FCS.  It will emphasize the art and science of battle command, improved situational awareness through advanced sensors, detection of IED and minefields, advancements in the development of antennas, data fusion and cognitive networking and the optimization of force and vehicle protection for Joint Warfighters and their platforms.   It will also discuss the application of technologies that are being used by the current force, but are designed to support future applications.