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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF JULY 30,1996 PSA#1647``SMART WEAPONS TRAINING COURSE'' Contracting Office and Address:
Defense Supply Center Columbus, ATTN: DSCC-PLI/Paul Recklau, P.O. Box
16704, Columbus, OH 43216-5010. The Guidance and Control Information
Analysis Center (GACIAC) will conduct a three-day Smart Weapons
Training Course at STRICOM in Orlando, FL on 13 through 15 August 96,
and again at DLA facilities in Fort Belvoir, VA on 24-26 September 96.
Army, Air Force, and Navy smart weapon systems fielded or under
development will be covered. The course is sponsored by the AMC Smart
Weapons Management Office (AMC-SWMO) and the Defense Technical
Information Center (DTIC) and taught by the GACIAC contractor, IIT
Research Institute. This seminar will provide a single source of
information on specific U.S. and foreign smart weapons, to include
their development status, system description, performance
characteristics, and effectiveness. The full gamut of U.S. smart weapon
systems will be covered, to include direct fire, indirect fire,
aviation-launched and ship-launched missiles, rockets, projectiles, and
submunitions. Army systems covered include Dragon, Javelin, TOW, STAFF,
WAM, Stinger, Hellfire, Copperhead, Longbow, SADARM, BAT, and ATACMS.
Air Force systems discussed include AMRAAM, Maverick, Raptor, GBUs,
JDAM, and SFW. Navy systems covered include Penguin, JSOW, HARM,
Harpoon, SLAM, and Tomahawk. Information will be provided on technology
base systems and future concepts, to include smart mortar, EFOG-M,
Damocles, and LOCAAS powered submunitions. Selected foreign smart
systems will be discussed, to include ATGMs, mines, projectiles,
rockets, bombs, and missiles. Future requirements and opportunities
will be addressed, including digitization, joint
operations/requirements, and future smart weapon trends. This course
will benefit project managers, materiel developers, service and major
command staff officers, systems analysts, industry marketeers, and
engineers interested in gaining an understanding of critical
weapons-related systems, subsystems, and technologies. The seminar is
classified at the SECRET level (U.S. citizens only). Attendance is
limited to 30 students, and similar seminars conducted last year were
quickly filled. To insure a place in the seminar, please forward your
registration ($995/government, $1495 industry) and Visit Request as
soon as possible. For additional details (or to discuss a tailored
on-site seminar at your facility), contact the seminar coordinator, Ms.
Jeri McAllister, at IIT Research Institute in Huntsville, AL (205)
880-0884, by fax at (205) 880-0886, or by e-mail: iitri@iquest.com. Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0577 19960729\SP-0001.MSC)
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