2000 & BEYOND -- FOREIGN AIR DEFENSE IMPACT ON ELECTRONIC WARFARE CONFERENCE The Association of Old Crows will present a 2000 & Beyond -- Foreign Air Defense Impact on Electronic Warfare Conference December 1-2, 1999 at the Defense Intelligence Agency's Missile and Space Intelligence Center (DIA/MSIC), Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. The classification of the conference will be SECRET, U.S. ONLY. Dr. William S. Lummus, Jr., Chief Scientist, Directorate for Intelligence Production, DIA, and Mr. R. Douglas Street, Chief of the Defensive Systems Office, MSIC, will chair the conference. The purpose of the conference is to provide a broad overview of foreign air defense trends for the coming decades, emphasizing those issues related to the development, testing and employment of electronic warfare systems. The keynote speaker will be Colonel Harry Spies, USMC, Commanding Officer, Marine Air Control Group 38. Session One will address air defense systems in the coming decades. It will include topics covering: EO/IR SAMs, Today's Threat & Trends for the Next Millennium; Major Upgrade Programs to 1st and 2nd Generation SAMs; Worldwide Laser Weapon Threats to U.S. Aviation; Air Defense Artillery in the Era of Precision-Guided Munitions, the Market Responds; Airborne EW Systems; Naval Radar Projections; Emerging RF SAM Threats. Session Two will address the topic of the integrated air defense system (IADS). This session will contain a series of briefings that describe how different systems from the first session can be integrated. Papers will address: IADS Collaborative Production Program; Worldwide IADS Trends; Russian IADS; IADS Crisis Tasking for Iraq, FLAMES IADS M&S; and Ground-Based Electronic Warfare/Raven On-line Database. Session Three will focus on new tools for threat analysis to assist EW developers, including modeling and simulation of foreign threat systems. The briefings will describe how the Intelligence Community is developing validated threat air defense engagement-level models as products to support EW development and testing programs. Briefings will focus on: Introduction to Threat M&S and New Software Analysis Tools; S&TI Centers on M&S Efforts; and Joint Research Analysis and Assessment Center Special Study. In addition to the briefings, there will be a foreign air defense equipment display which will include hands-on demonstrations. This is another not-to-be-missed conference. This is the first time the AOC has offered a conference addressing this critical area. The briefings, in conjunction with the foreign air defense equipment displays, will afford attendees a unique opportunity to enhance their technical knowledge and to become current in this high-interest area. Look for further information in future editions of the JED. For registration information, contact the AOC Convention Department at (703) 549-1600 or 1-888-OLD-CROW. WEB: N/A,. E-MAIL: N/A,. Posted 11/12/99 (D-SN400242).

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0286 19991116\SP-0006.MSC)