INTELLIGENCE ROLE IN INFORMATION SUPERIORITY CONFERENCE The National Security Agency (NSA) and the Association of Old Crows are sponsoring the Intelligence Role in Information Superiority Conference to be held June 6-7, 2000 in the Research & Engineering Symposium Center at the National Security Agency, Fort Meade, Maryland. The conference will be chaired by Dr. John H. O'Hara, the NSA Deputy Chief Scientist and will be at the TS/SI/TK classification level. The theme of the conference is "Shrinking World, Expanding Challenges." The keynote address will be presented by VADM Herbert A. Browne, Deputy Commander, U.S. Space Command. Session I will focus on "Defining the Threat and Courses of Action." Briefings include: an Army Perspective (MG Noonan, USA, Commander, INSCOM); an Air Force Perspective (Brig Gen Rider, USAF, Director of Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance); a Navy Perspective (RADM Whiton, USN, Commander, Naval Security Group); a US Marine Corps Perspective( Maj Gen Shea, USMC, Assistant Chief of Staff C4I has been invited); and Emerging Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (Randy Jones, Senior Technical Advisor, Missile & Space Intelligence Center). Session II will address "Planning and Warfighting" with papers covering: Kosovo Lessons Learned (RADM Nutwell, USN, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for C3ISR & Space Systems); International Discussions (Michele Markoff, US Department of State); Status of ELINT (Jim Cain, National Security Agency); Electronic Warfare Update (Col Charley Allan, USAF, Commander, 53d EWG); and Suppression of Enemy Air Defense Perspective (MSgt Kirk Wells, USAF, Spangdahlem AB, Germany); a briefing and demonstrations on STAR SAPPHIRE (Lavena Watty, NSA/W9M ); and Navy Network-Centric EW (LCDR Wilhelm, USN, OPNAV/64). Session III will focus on "Acquisition, Testing and Training." The keynote speaker will be Lt Gen Hayden, USAF, NSA Director, discussing NSA/CSS in the 21st Century. Additional briefings include: a Congressional View (Jim Barnett, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence staff); Army Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Sensors Acquisition Roadmap (Ed Bair, US Army, PEO/IEW&S); Joint SIGINT Avionics Overview (Col Wayne Johnson, USAF, ASC/RAJ); Global Hawk & U-2 Migration Plan (Col Ray Briscoe, USAF, Aerospace Command and Control and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Center); ELINT & EW Training (CMDR Widdick, USN, NSG); and a Test Range Briefing. The final session will have as the keynote speaker, Dr. Paul Kaminski, former Under Secretary of Defense, Acquisition, Technology and Logistics and will cover "Special Activities, Applications and Advanced Research." Papers include: a DARPA Perspective (Dr. Meyers, Director of Advanced Technology, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency); Specific Emitter Identification (Chuck Heider, Naval Research Lab); the Future of Space (Ivan Bekey, Bekey Designs, Inc.); and Advanced Technology Apertures (Taylor Lawrence, Northrop Grumman). A reception at the National Cryptologic Museum will be held on the evening of June 6. For further information and registration material, contact the AOC convention department at (703) 549-1600 or look on the web at www.crows.org. WEB: AOC Home Page, www.crows.org. E-MAIL: N/A,. Posted 05/24/00 (D-SN458371).

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