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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF MAY 15,1997 PSA#1846SMART WEAPONS TRAINING COURSE The Guidance and Control Information
Analysis Center (GACIAC) will conduct a three-day Smart Weapons
Training Course at Eglin AFB in Ft. Walton Beach, FL on Tuesday through
Thursday, 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 AM-RAAM, Maverick, Raptor, GBUs,
JDAM, and SFW. Navy systems covered include Penguin, JSOW, HARM,
Harpoon, and SLAM. Information will be provided on technology base
systems and future concepts, to include smart mortar, EFOG-M, Damocles,
and LOCAAS powered sub-munitions. 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. Toinsure 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: jeri@iitri.com. Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0616 19970515\SP-0004.MSC)
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