International Infantry
& Joint Services Small Arms Systems Symposium, Exhibition &
Firing Demonstration
"Enhancing Small Arms Effectiveness in Current and Future
Operations”
19 - 22 May 2008
Dallas, TX
Agenda
Tuesday, 20 May
2008
Session I: Joint Services Small
Arms Synchronization Team (JSSAST)
Chair: COL Karl Scott Flynn,
USA, Chairman, JSSAST
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<!--[endif]-->COL Robert
Radcliffe, USA
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<!--[endif]-->CAPT Pat
Sullivan, USN
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<!--[endif]-->COL Charles Beck,
USAF
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<!--[endif]-->Lt Col Tracy
Tafolla, USMC
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<!--[endif]-->CAPT Scott
Genovese, USN
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<!--[endif]-->Mr. Kevin Swenson,
Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate (JNLWD)
Small Arms Section Awards
Presentation
Chinn
Award
Recipient:
Mr. Troy Smith
Hiram Maxim and His Machinegun: A Great Force
Harnessed to a Useful Purpose
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<!--[endif]-->Dr. Stephen Small,
JSSAP, U.S. Army, ARDEC
PM Soldier Weapons
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<!--[endif]-->Mr. Richard Audette,
Deputy, PM Soldier Weapons
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<!--[endif]-->LTC Timothy Chyma,
USA, PM Individual Weapons
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<!--[endif]-->LTC Michael Ascura,
USA, PM Crew Served Weapons
Session II: Small Arms Ammunition and
Technology
Lethal
Limited Range Harbor Security Ammunition
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<!--[endif]-->Mr. Stephen
McFarlane, U.S. Army, ARDEC
Effects
of Small Caliber Ammunition through Intermediate
Barriers
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<!--[endif]-->Mr. Jeremy Lucid,
U.S. Army, ARDEC
After
Barrier Effectiveness of Small Caliber Ammunition
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<!--[endif]-->Mr. Mark Minisi, U.S.
Army, ARDEC
.50
Caliber Short Range Training Ammunition
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<!--[endif]-->Mr. John MacDougall,
General Dynamics OTS, Canada
Session III: Advancements in 40mm Munitions
(Low and High Velocity);Presentations by 40mm Technology Insertion
Team
Chair: Mr. David Broden,
Broden Resource Solutions, LLC
M385A1
Composite Projectile Feasibility Study
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<!--[endif]-->Mr. Christopher
Summa
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Wednesday, 21 May
2008
Keynote Address
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<!--[endif]-->Col Robert
Mattes, USAF, CTO Director, DUSD, AS&C
Session IV: JSSAP
Lightweight
Small Arms Technologies Update
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<!--[endif]-->Ms. Kori
Spiegel,
U.S. Army, ARDEC
The Ultimate Caliber: Myth
or Reality?
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<!--[endif]-->Mr.
Shawn Spickert-Fulton, U.S. Army, ARDEC
Infantry
Studies and Simulations
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<!--[endif]-->Mr. Alexander
Lee, U.S.
Army, ARDEC
Joint Service
Small Arms Program Applied Research Initiatives
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<!--[endif]-->Mr. John
Edwards, U.S. Army, ARDEC
JSSAP’s Future
Small Arms Technology Plan: The Fusion of Science and Science
Fiction
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<!--[endif]-->Mr. Joel
Goldman, Chief, JSSAP, U.S. Army, ARDEC
Session V: NATO
NATO
Research and Technology Organization Update
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<!--[endif]-->Mr. Mark
Richter, U.S. Marine Corps
Systems Command, Quantico
NATO Infantry
Weapons Standardization
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<!--[endif]-->Mr. Per
Arvidsson, FMV, Sweden
Session VI:
Time for a Change – U.S. “Incremental” Small Arms Fielding:
Failures and Solutions
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<!--[endif]-->Mr.
Jim Schatz, Jr., Time for a Change Team
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<!--[endif]-->Dr. Gary
Roberts, DDS
Session VII: Industry Ammunition Producers and
Technology Companies
Chair:
Mr. David, Broden, Broden Resource Solutions, LLC
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<!--[endif]-->Mr. Steve
Torma, General Dynamics OTS
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<!--[endif]-->Mr. Dave
Council,
Olin
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<!--[endif]-->Mr. Sy Wiley,
Polytech
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Thursday, 22 May
2008
Keynote Address
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<!--[endif]-->Mr. Chris Grassano,
Project Manager, Maneuver Ammunition Systems
National Small Arms
Center Update
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<!--[endif]-->Mr. Frank Puzycki,
U.S. Army, ARDEC
Session IX: Testing, Training and
Simulation
Technical
Evaluation, Operational Evaluation, Lessons Learned in Small Arms
Procurement
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<!--[endif]-->Mr. Joseph Abram,
NAVSEA, Crane
Suppressing
Sacred Cows
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<!--[endif]-->Mr. Graham Evenden,
System Design Evaluation, Ltd.
NDIA
Strategic Initiatives
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<!--[endif]-->Mr. David Broden,
Chairman, Armaments Division; Broden Resource Solutions, LLC
Session X: Less Lethal Systems and
Technology
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Overview, JNLWD
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Effects and Effectiveness, HECOE
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Payload Module, NL Weapon System, MCSC
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Flash Bang Grenade, SOCOM
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International
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Technologies
Session XI: Weapons
Canadian
Proposed Small Arms Demonstration Project
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<!--[endif]-->Mr. Gilles Pageau,
Directorate Soldier System Program Management 10-4
Advanced
Thermal Management of Automatic Rifles
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<!--[endif]-->Ms. Laurie Florio,
U.S. Army, ARDEC
Implementation of the New Israeli Light Machine Gun (LMG),“The
NEGEV,” as a Fire Power Multiplier
in
the Current and Future Battlefields: Assessments &
Conclusions
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<!--[endif]-->Lt Col Michael
Hartman, IDF Israel, North East Technologies,
Ltd.
Experimental Performance Analysis on Recoil Pad for Reducing Firing
Shock Force
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<!--[endif]-->Dr. Joon-Ho Lee,
Agency for Defense Development, Korea
Development of a Non-Lethal 12ga. Shotgun System for Use with the
EM113REV
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<!--[endif]-->Mr. Kevin Adams, U.S.
Army, ARDEC ATF
Session XII: Fire Control
Fire
Control Units for Thermal Weapon Sights
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<!--[endif]-->Mr.
Alexander Kuhrt, Helmut Schmidt
University, Germany
Aimpoint
BR8: A Fire Control System for Small Arms
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<!--[endif]-->Mr. Lennart
Ljungfelt, Aimpoint, Inc.
Real Time
Fire Control Solution for Individual and Crew-Served Direct Firing
Infantry Weapons:
Algorithm
and Implementation
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<!--[endif]-->Mr.
Alexander Kuhrt, Helmut Schmidt University,
Germany
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