Main Summit Day One: Tuesday, September 21, 2010

7:30 Registration & Coffee

8:30 Chairperson’s Welcome & Opening Remarks

8:45 Army Force Development: Army Modernization And Equipment Allocation

  • Improving the equipping posture of Army
  • Appropriate fielding of modern equipment
  • Continued pursuit of modernization

Brigadier General Edward P. Donnelly
Director
Force Development Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8 (incoming)

9:30 Special Operation Keynote: Lightening The Load - Modernization In Special Operations

  • How new modernization guidelines will affect US Army special operations in complex environments
  • Acquisition requirements to meet the changing roles of the US Army Special Operations

Lieutenant General John F. Mulholland, Jr., USA
Commanding General
US Army Special Operations Command

10:15 Networking Break

11:00 Acquisition, Logistics, And Technology Advancements And Needs For Army Modernization

Colonel Julian Williams Jr
Director
Battle Command Directorate Assistant Secretary of the Army

11:45 UAS/ICUAS And Other Technology Efforts In Support Of USMC Ground Forces

  • Current UAS initiatives in support of ground forces
  • Immediate cargo requirement
  • How UAS are the foundation for strong modernization efforts

Colonel Stephen Medeiros
Director, Technology Division
Marine Corps Warfighting Lab

12:30 Lunch

1:30 The GAO and The Army: Challenges Facing The Army: GAO Recommendations

  • The urgent need for acquisition reform
  • Army “spinouts” and their development
  • New processes and technologies

John H. Pendleton
Director, Force Structure and Planning Issues
Defense Capabilities and Management Team
U.S. Government Accountability Office

2:15 Future Mission Command Application Development

  • Army Enterpise Architecture
  • Current Battle Command Enviroment
  • End useer ennvirotment & process

David G Shaddrix
Acting Director
Chief Integration Office, CIO/G-6

3:00 Networking Break

3:45 Rapid Support And Fielding Of Technology To Support Ground Forces

  • Integrated logistics support for new technology
  • Expectations for modernizing the force
  • Modernizing the acquisition process to provide solutions more quickly

Frank Apicella
Technical Director
Army Evaluation Center (ATEC)

4:30 An Evolution In Vehicle Modernization: The M-ATV

  • Meeting the need of modernization
  • New challenges in rapid acquisition
  • The future of the M-ATV

Lieutenant Colonel Coll S. Haddon
Program Manager, M-ATV
JPO MRAP

5:15 End Of Day 1

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