Conference Day Two: Friday, June, 26 2009

8:00 Welcome & Chairperson’s Opening Remarks

Dr. Peter Brackett
Director of Advanced Technology
DRS Tactical Systems

8:15 Delivering Integrated, Joint, Net-Centric C2 Capability For The Warfighter

• Evolution Of Existing DoD C2 Systems And Convergence With Net-Centric C2 Capabilities
• Lifecycle Management Of The Command And Control (C2) Portfolio
• Ensuring Compliance Of C2 Systems With DoD Directives And Policy

Brig. Gen Peter Hoene, USAF
Program Executive Officer
PEO C2C,DISA

9:00 USJFCOM Requirements Development In Support Of Network Enabled Command And Control For The Joint Force

Maj Gen William M. Rajczak USAF
Deputy Director for Joint Capability Development
US Joint Forces Command

10:30 DARPA Perspective: Closing Networking Gaps With Quint Technology

• Enabling truly smart weapons capabilities
• Providing dismounted ground force situational awareness of the air picture
• Allowing for real time weapons impact information

Stephen Waller
Program Manager
DARPA

11:15Tiger Team update: Air Force Improvements To The Theater Air Control System

• Air Force Command and Control Tiger Team (AFC2TT) Charter
• DOTMLPF study of the Theater Air Control System
• Specific recommendations for change/improvement

Col Francis Xavier, USAF
Chief, C2ISR Requirements Division
Air Combat Command

1:00 Transitioning C2 Research Technology To The Field

• Acquisition challenges and potential solutions using examples from actual activities
• Practical applications for cutting edge C2 developments

Dr. Stan Levine
Professor and Faculty Member
George Mason University C4I Center

1:45 Netcentric C2 Warfighter Solutions

• Background, Experience and Successes
• Existing Capabilities
• Near Term Improvements

Gregory Cerbus
Principal System Engineer, RTSC Customized Engineering and Depot Support
Situational Awareness Products Raytheon Technical Services Company

2:30Human Element of C2: Human Element Of C2: Human Cognition And Its Impact On The Performance Of Digital Battle Command Systems

• How automated C2 systems will increasingly operate autonomously – under loose, human supervisory control
• Maintaining effective human control of armed automatic systems will not easily be solved
• Perspectives, problems, and prospects for maintaining effective human control including examples from actual systems and events

Dr. John Hawley
Chief, Human Research and Engineering Field Element, ARL
Fort Bliss

3:45 Capabilities Development At The USMC: Marine Corps C2 Capability Development

• Defining requirements for warfighter-centric C2 systems
• Resolving the Blue Force Situational Awareness (BFSA) interoperability gaps between the MCS and the C2PC with JTCW (Joint Tactical COP Workstation)
• Evolution of JTCW and future efforts

LtCol Dennis Manaco, USMC
Head, Capabilities Branch, Command and Control Integration Division, Capabilities Development Directorate
Marine Corps Combat Development Command

4:30 NATO Perspective: NATO Friendly Force Tracking Capability Development

• NATO FFT Capability based on national capabilities with NATO interoperability standard and infrastructure
• Development in conjunction with support to current operations
• Future capability development to support CID and command and control

LTC Joseph Chacon, USA
Chairman, Friendly Force Tracking Ad-Hoc Working Group
NATO Supreme Allied Command Transformation

5:15 End Of Main Conference

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