The Land EW Conference: Innovation and Demonstration

CONFERENCE DESCRIPTION

Due to protracted acquisitions and traditional doctrinal warfare solutions there is a lack of exposure or appreciation for the cutting-edge innovation and technological development resulting in missed opportunities to provide warfighters the most up-to-date spectrum and information related capabilities.

The 2013 Land EW Conference; Innovation and Demonstration will be held 10-11 December in Quantico, VA to provide a forum for government and commercial attendees to both appreciate the latest innovations and/or witness how these tactics may be implemented.

Day one will consists of sessions covering the most cutting-edge technologies or organizational models whether in theory or some stage of practical development. Day two will focus on demonstrations of technologies or organizational practices that are beyond the theoretical. In either case the intent is for attendees to appreciate the art of the possible and the practical.  Discussions on the latest innovations and demonstrations sessions and demonstrations provide evidence of how the U.S. Military, Government, Academia and Industry partners are developing and implementing technology and changing organizational paradigms in order to exploit the EMS and the information environment.

Since information technology will manipulate a commander’s perception of the battlefield, capabilities associated with the exploitation of the electromagnetic spectrum and the information environment are altering how commanders view the concept of combined arms in the 21st Century. From an EMS perspective, the challenge is twofold; identifying the right technologies, and then institutionalizing their use. In order to ensure spectrum activities are integrated into traditional or emerging operational schemes of maneuver, implementation of these technologies requires that members fully embrace the extent to which these capabilities can alter the conduct of warfare. However, the state of technological innovation coupled with archaic organizational paradigms is such that members often miss opportunities to transform 21st Century warfare.

CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES

(1) Provide a forum to highlight the most recent technologies that will provide service commanders with an enhanced EW capability.
(2) Provide a forum to allow Government Labs, Academia and our Industry Partners to demonstrate their most recent technology and developing technology.
(3) Provide a forum for the Operating Forces to collaborate with Government Labs, Academia and Industry the capabilities needed to combat emerging threats in the EMS.
(4) Provide a forum to discuss the integration of technology to provide the Service or Joint Commander greater situational awareness within the EMS during combat operations.
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CONFERENCE AGENDA (Updated as of 07/08/13.  All sessions will be held at the Secret// REL USA CAN AUS GBR level.)

Innovation sessions may be classified up to – SECRET/REL USA CAN AUS GBR Sessions will be on going with break out rooms available for side bar conversations. After presentations speakers will be available in the post presentation room for follow-on questions and discussions.

• Check In at Gray Research Library (GRL)
• Welcome & Admin Remarks Opening Keynote Address
• Session 1: Low Power/High Density
• Session 2: The Future of Navigation Warfare Intermission/Follow on discussions in breakout rooms
• Session 3: The Advantages and Disadvantages of Digitizing Ultra-Wide Bandwidth RF Signals
• Session 4: Features and Advantages of Future Land EW Intermission/Follow on discussions in breakout rooms
• Session 5: A New Channelized Jamming EW Receiver Architecture
• Session 6: Silk Thread Intermission/Follow on discussions in breakout rooms
• Session 7: 3-Dimensional DF Technology for Advanced EW Systems
• Session 8: Recent Air and Ground EW Demonstrations
• Wrap-up and Admin Notes
• Follow on discussions in breakout rooms

DEMONSTRATION DAY – Locations TBD Wednesday, 11 December

Demonstrations can be classified up to – SECRET/REL Demonstrations will be on going throughout the morning and afternoon sessions. The morning industry partner demonstrations will be ongoing with attendees able to move freely between them all. The afternoon session will replicate the 2012 demonstration with 3-4 groups moving through the Land EW collaborative demonstration.

• Check In/Admin Remarks
• Demonstration – 3 industry or government partners will be chosen amongst the submitted proposals to present on-going demonstrations through the morning.
• Lunch
• Demonstration - USA and USMC collaborative EW Operations
• Grp 1
• Grp 2
• Grp 3
• Intermission/Follow on discussions in breakout rooms
• Closing Remarks (GRL)

* Note: Attendees will sign up for one of three demonstration periods (Groups 1, 2, or 3). Each period will begin in Gray Research Library classrooms with an overall explanation of the demonstration and the supporting architecture followed up by walk through of the CEWCC and the TOC.

CONFERENCE LOCATION

General Alfred M. Gray Marine Corps Research Center 2040 Broadway Street MCDDC, Quantico, VA 22134

OPTIONAL NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY

Tuesday , 10 December 1630 - 1830 Salute to the Warfighter Reception

The Globe & Laurel Restaurant 3987 Jefferson Davis Hwy Stafford, VA 22554

SECURITY

All attendees must be registered and cleared for Secret // Rel.  Clearance submission and visit request information will be posted shortly.

Base Access - a government identification card is required to drive onto base.

All conference attendees will be required to show proper state or federal issued photo identification at check-in.  Notebooks, briefcases, cellular phones, and two-way pagers will not be permitted in the auditorium. The use of cameras or audio/video recorders is strictly prohibited throughout the conference.