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U -- SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE SOL 6200-072-3142 POC Joe Hylan 703-247-2583 WEB: Click here to learn more about the conference & NDIA, http://www.ndia.org. E-MAIL: NDIA POC, jhylan@ndia.org. NDIA's Science and Engineering Technology Division will hold the conference May 9-11, 2000 at the Kossiakoff Center of Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, MD. Commercial industry is currently creating the global communications grid, launching imaging satellites, mapping the world, and proposing commercial navigation services. Ease of use in peacetime, expedience in crisis, and decreasing budgets mean that military systems in the future will increasingly depend on COTS technology. The continued technological superiority of the U.S. will depend on rapidly, exploiting critical commercial technology for military purposes. At the same time the key requirements of availability, survivability, control and security must be preserved and enhanced. What is the operational and technical strategy for a combined commercial and military infrastructure? What are the implications for DoD investments in technology to make these combined infrastructures robust? Where should the DoD invest so that it leverages but does not duplicate commercial investments? How do the S&T and the R&D communities work together to rapidly assimilate developments in technology into the military infrastructure? Following areas will be covered during the conference: Session 1 -- Future Military Operations and Systems Session 2 -- Emerging Commercial Systems Session 3 -- Emerging Military Systems Technology Session 4 -- Future Technology Insertion Business Models Sleeping arrangements have been booked at the following locations: Sheraton Columbia (formerly the Columbia Inn) 10207 Wincopin Circle Columbia, MD 21044 Tel: (410) 730-3900 fax: (410) 730-2212 resv: (800) 638-2817 single or double: $109.00 These rates are available until Monday, April 24th! Hilton Columbia Twin Knolls Business Park 5485 Twin Knolls Road Columbia, MD 21045-3247 Tel: (410) 997-1060 resv: (800) 445-8667 single or double: $109.00 These rates are available until Monday, April 10th! Posted 03/03/00 (W-SN430761). (0063)

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