Main Summit Day Two: Wednesday, May 26, 2010
7:15 Registration & Coffee
8:15 Chairperson’s Opening Remarks
8:30 Next Generation Platform Design And Integration
- Ultra strong composites with properties suitable for transparent armor using nano-materials
- Advanced techniques using the unique properties of nano-materials
- Nanoscale laminates and how they are a part of new transparent armor solutions
Dr. Kelechi Anyaogu
Senior Scientist
Nico Technologies Corporation
9:15Morning Keynote: Protecting Light Armored Vehicles
- Base vs. add-on systems
- Mission role protection kits
- Expanding the protection envelope
Dr. Bob Lusardi
Deputy Program Manager, Light Armored Vehicles
TACOM
10:00 Networking Break
10:45 Anti-Armor Analysis Program
- Following the threat to protect the warfighter
- Advancing research and development through analysis
- Developing better, focused protection of the warfighter
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LTC David F. McFadden, USA
Cavalry Chief, Anti-Armor Analysis Program
National Ground Intelligence Center
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Robert L. Talbott, Jr.
Senior Intelligence Analyst, Anti-Armor Analysis Program, Exploitation Directorate
National Ground Intelligence Center
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11:30 Optimizing The Performance Of Ultra-Light
Composite Armor Solutions
- Case study on armor technology development
- Managing threats while maintaining maneuverability
- Maintaining maneuverability and transportability for mission success
Eric Dunn
President
HP White Laboratories
12:15 Lunch
1:30Afternoon Keynote: Responding Quickly To Protect Our Warfighters: Lightweight Soldiers Armor For Troops In Afghanistan
BG Peter Fuller, USA
Program Executive Officer
PEO Soldier
2:15 Armored Fabric And Tentage: Force Protection
- Modular ballistic panels
- Integration into fabric shelters
- Organic ballistic protection
Frank Kostka
Shelters Technology, Engineering & Fabrication Director
US Army Natick Soldier Research Development & Engineering Center
3:00 Networking Break
3:45 Marine Corps Current And Future Efforts To
Protect Our Warfighters From CBRN Threats
- Requirements for personal protection materials
- Flame and thermal protection as applied to armor applications
- Fabric composites for enhanced warfighter protection
Scott Adams
PM Combat Support Equipment
Marine Corps Systems Command
4:30 Materials Engineering For Enhanced Armor
Technologies
- Boron carbide armor
- Next generation body armor
- Pressure-less sintering methods
Robert Speyer
Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology