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DIRECTED ENERGY
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY
Directed Energy Test & Evaluation Conference 2002 |
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13-15 August 2002 |
Huntsville, Alabama | |
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Co-Hosted by the
International Test & Evaluation Association
In Cooperation with the
Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center
Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate
National Directed Energy Alliance Test and Evaluation Group
Directed energy is an important and expanding technology area for the military.
Taken to include High Energy Laser (HEL) and High Power Microwave (HPM) systems, DE is creating a new class of
weapons. Military test and evaluation is now adapting to these radically new technologies. New measures, methods,
and facilities are required for adequate T&E of these systems.
The purpose of this conference was to exchange insights, experiences, and ideas
regarding DE T&E. As major DE systems progress through the various phases of T&E, critical questions arise
regarding our ability to perform appropriate and affordable T&E. Important issues regarding the vulnerability
of other, more conventional systems are also of great interest in DE T&E. Initial efforts in many of these
areas have already been made. Reviewing these initial steps and proposed subsequent steps was the focal point
of this conference.
Issues raised included, but were not be limited to:
- The adequacy of DE T&E ranges, facilities, equipment, and instrumentation
- Developing DE T&E methods and evaluation criteria
- DE lethality and survivability T&E
- Live fire DE testing
- Safety
- M&S strengths and shortfalls
- Targets
Agenda
| Tuesday, August 13, 2002 |
Tutorial I: Introduction to High Power Microwave (HPM) Systems
Dr. William Bailey, Major William Wood, PhD; Air Force Institute of Technology |
Tutorial II: Introduction to High Energy Laser (HEL) Systems
Dr. Robert Hengehold, Lt Col Michael Marciniak, PhD, and Dr. Paul Wolf; Air Force Institute of Technology |
Tutorial III: Introduction to T&E
Dr. Sam Blankenship; Test & Evaluation Research and Education Center, Georgia Institute of Technology |
Wednesday, August 14, 2002 |
Introduction
Mr. Alan Plishker, Executive Director, ITEA
Major General Donald Lamberson, USAF (ret.), Ph.D., President, DEPS
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Welcome
Directed Energy Test and Evaluation Conference, Dr. Marion L. Williams, Chief Scientist, Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center
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Speakers - The History, Capabilities, and Future of Directed Energy
Major General Donald Lamberson, USAF (ret.), Ph.D., President, DEPS
The History, Capabilities, and Future of HPM, Dr. Patrick J. Vail, Chief Scientist, Advanced Concepts Group, Mission Research Corporation |
Plenary Panel A - Warfighter View of Directed Energy and Directed Energy Test & Evaluation (Unclassified)
Chair: Major General Stanley E. Green, USA, Commanding General, Army Air Defense Artillery Center
Panel:
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- Rear Admiral Michael Bachman, USN, Commander, Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division
- Major General George B. Harrison, USAF (ret.), Georgia Tech Research Institute
- Brigadier General William F. Engle, USA, Commander, White Sands Missile Range
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Plenary Panel B - Status of Directed Energy Test & Evaluation (Unclassified)
Chair: Mr. Douglas Crawford, Technical Assistant, PEO for Ballistic Missile Defense Systems
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- AFOTEC Directed Energy Long Range Plan, Dr. Marion L. Williams, Chief Scientist, Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center
- Dr. Leroy Wilson, TRW Space and Electronics
- Steve McCoy, Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems
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| Lunch Speaker:
Mr. John Gehrig, Deputy Director, Resources and Ranges, Director Operational Test & Evaluation |
| Breakout Sessions |
- Session 1: Range/Facility Directed Energy Test and Evaluation Readiness (Unclassified)
Chair: Mr. Ed Sekerak, MEVATEC
- The Etcheron Valley Outdoor High Power Electromagnetic Test Facility,
Jim Adams and Mark Henderson, NAVAIR-Weapons Division, China Lake, CA; and Donald Voss and
Alex Lovesee, Voss Scientific, Albuquerque, NM
- Combining New & Old Diagnostic
Techniques in Recent High Energy Laser Testing at HELSTF, Kevin Suter, Matthew Heino,
Ray Jimenez and Robert James, Northrop Grumman Information Technology, High Energy
Laser Systems Test Facility, White Sands, NM; and Edna Stallings-Kincheloe, Anteon
Corporation, High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility, White Sands, NM
- Session 2: Directed Energy Test and Evaluation Issues/Problems/Solutions and Plans (SECRET/US Only)
- Session 3: Instrumentation/Equipment for Directed Energy Test and Evaluation (SECRET/US Only)
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Thursday, August 15, 2002 |
Plenary Panel C - Public, Press, and Legal Issues of Directed Energy Test and Evaluation (Unclassified)
Chair: Dr. Frank Mello, Live Fire Test and Evaluation, Director Operational Test and Evaluation
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- Legal Implications of Directed Energy Testing and
Evaluation, Mr. Robert Youmans, Assistant General Counsel for International Law, Missile Defense Agency
- Colonel Jeffrey Blanchette, Vice Commander, Air Force Safety Center
- Public, Press, and Legal Issues of Directed Energy
Test and Evaluation, Mr. Marco A. Morales, Public Affairs, U.S. Army
Space and Missile Defense Command, Huntsville, AL
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Plenary Panel D - Directed Energy Test and Evaluation and Technology Development, Where's the Line? (Unclassified)
Chair: Rear Admiral Michael Bachman, USN, Commander, Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division
Panel:
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- Dr. R. Earl Good, Director, Air Force Research Lab/Directed Energy
- Dr. Ed Shaffer, ARL
- Rear Admiral Paul K. Arthur, USN (ret.), White Sands Missile Range
- Colonel William N. Higginbotham, USAF, Deputy Commander, 46th Test Wing
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| Lunch Panel:
National Directed Energy Alliance T&E Co-Chairs |
| Breakout Sessions |
- Session 4: Safety of Directed Energy Test and Evaluation (Unclassified)
Chair: Major Randolph E. Ripley, USAF, Air Force Safety Center
- DEW Safety Policy Development Plan,
Capt Tom Jost, Headquarters Air Force Safety Center, Kirtland AFB, NM
- Validation and Verification of the Laser Range
Safety Tool (LRST), Paul Kennedy, Air Force Research Laboratory, Brooks AFB, TX;
and Ken Keppler, Northrop Grumman IT, Brooks AFB, TX
- Medical Monitoring and Medical Observation
for the ADS Program, Cathy Ann Moreno, RN MA, Biomedical Research Analyst,
Veridian Engineering; and Dennis M. Scholl, LtCol, USAF, BSC, Deputy Chief, AFRL/HED,
ADT Bioeffects Program Manager
- Session 5: Directed Energy Program Test and Evaluation Plans and Results (SECRET/US Only)
- Session 6: Directed Energy Lethality/Vulnerability Test and Evaluation (SECRET/US Only)
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Conference Organizing Committee
For more information, you may contact one of the conference organizing committee
members.
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