6th Annual Military Armor Protection

IDGA's Military Armor Protection is the premier forum for the military armor community to exchange ideas on new armor technologies, challenges and developments in protective equipment for vehicles and personnel. The conference aims to deliver a national, large-scale military armor event where armor protection professionals (both military and non-military) can come to learn the current requirements, latest advancements and future development of military armor.

In its sixth year, IDGA’s Military Armor Protection 2012 is geared to provide the military armor community with a focused, dedicated event to address the design, development, manufacturing and procurement of armor protection. This includes requirements, testing, material performance, innovations and challenges – this is your chance to come together with the greater military armor community and their supporting product and service providers!

This year’s mission-critical topics include:

Military Armor Needs & Requirements
Materials for Military Vehicles
Advances and Challenges of Reducing Weight and Increasing Mobility
Soldier Protective Equipment
Innovations in Armor Alternatives

Speaker and Presenter Information

LtCol Kevin Reilly, Program Manager, Infantry Combat Equipment, MARCORSYSCOM William G. Fahrenholtz, Professor of Ceramic Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology Dr. Nicholas Kotov, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan Ted Maciuba PE, Deputy Director, Mounted Requirements, US Army Maneuver Center of Excellence Peter Matic, Ph.D., Branch Head, Multifunctional Materials Branch (Code 6350), Naval Research Laboratory Khosrow Nematollahi, Ph.D., Associate Faculty, Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at Indiana University Rodney Peterson, Marine Corps Vulnerability & Protection Program Manager, Naval Surface Warfare Center - NSWC Carderock Bryan Prosser, PM MTVR/LVSR, PEO Land Systems Dr. Pradeep K. Rohatgi, State of Wisconsin and UWM Distinguished Professor Director of UWM Center for Composites, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Materials Department CEAS Robert Speyer, Ph.D., Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology Jonghwan Suhr, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Center for Composite Materials, University of Delaware Robert Talbott, Jr., Senior Intelligence Analyst, Anti-Armor Analysis Program, National Ground Intelligence Center Dr. James Zheng, Chief Scientist for Project Manager - Soldier Protective & Individual Equipment, Program Executive Office Soldier