ASSOCIATION OF OLD CROWS ELECTRO-OPTICAL/INFRARED CONFERENCE The AOC will conduct its third government/industry Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) conference March l5-l6, 2000 at the US Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, Maryland. The conference will be at the Secret, US Only classification level and will be chaired by Mr. Tony Grieco, Deputy Director, Electronic Warfare, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology & Logistics). The keynote speaker will be RADM Jeffrey Cook, USN, Navy Program Executive Officer (Tactical Aircraft). The conference will provide an important forum on the systems and technologies being developed to counter the modern EO/IR threat. The theme of the conference is: "EO/IR Countermeasures in an Uncertain World-Future Challenges." Session I, chaired by COL William R. Aultman, USA, OUSD (AT&L), will include the following briefings: OSD Infrared Countermeasures (IRCM) Plan; a Threat Overview by DIA; individual Service program briefings from Army's PEO Aviation, Redstone Arsenal, the Navy's PEO Tactical Aviation, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition (SAF/AQPS) and US Special Operations Command (SOCOM). Session II, chaired by Tom Burgher, Director, ECM Systems, Raytheon Company, will focus on IRCM systems status. Briefings on specific systems and programs include: the AAR-54 & AAR-57 passive missile warning systems; Common Missile Warning System (CMWS); Naval Research Lab (NRL) on TACAIR Directional IRCM and Shipboard Littoral IRCM; Air Force Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC) on Large Aircraft IR Countermeasures (LAIRCM); US Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) on AVR-2 airborne laser detector, VVR-1 laser warning receiver and the Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasures (ATIRCM) system; and a SOCOM briefing on SOF DIRCM. Session III, chaired by Ron Langietti, Northrop Grumman, will cover Technology Status and the Army, Navy, Air Force and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) IRCM Roadmaps. The final session, chaired by Steve Bowers, President, Alloy Surfaces, will cover expendables with papers being given by ASC on the Advanced Strategic and Tactical Infrared Expendables (ASTE) http://209.207.236.112/man/dod-101/sys/ac/equip/aste.htm program; PMA-272J on Navy Advanced Expendables; the US Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center (AMRDEC) covering the AIRCM Program; NRL on Ship IR Expendables and Preemptive Countermeasures for the A-10 and F-16 by the Air National Guard Air Force Reserve Test Center (AATC). Look for additional information in future editions of the JED or call the AOC Convention department for registration material at (703) 549-l600 or 1-888-OLD-CROW. WEB: N/A,. E-MAIL: N/A,. Posted 02/28/00 (D-SN429114).

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