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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF SEPTEMBER 5,1996 PSA#1673``SMART WEAPONS TRAINING COURSE'' The Guidance and Control Information
Analysis Center (GACIAC) will conduct a three-day Smart Weapons
Training Course at the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) facilities, Ft.
Belvoir, VA on 24 through 26 September 1996. 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. 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# 0468 19960904\SP-0001.MSC)
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