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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF MARCH 12,1997 PSA#1800SMART WEAPONS TRAINING COURSE This notice corrects a March 6, 1997
notice by changing the dates of the McLean, VA course and providing an
e-mail address for the seminar administrator. The Guidance and Control
Information Analysis Center (GACIAC) will conduct a three-day Smart
Weapons Training Course at Ft. Carson in Colorado Springs, CO on March
18-20; at the Logistics Management Institute in McLean, VA on April
22-24; and at Eglin Air Force Base in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida on May
20-22, 1997. 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 administrator, Ms. Jeri
McAllister, at IIT Research Institute in Huntsville, AL (205) 880-0884
x. 223; by fax at (205) 880-0886; or by e-mail at jeri@iitri.com. Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0448 19970312\SP-0004.MSC)
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