agenda
Last updated: February 9, 2012
| Tuesday, February 14: Adjusting to the New Budget Realities: Congressional, DoD and Service-Level Perspectives |
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| 7:00 a.m. | Registration & Breakfast Sponsored by McKinney Associates |
| 8:05 a.m. | Welcome
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| 8:10 a.m. | Welcome from Conference Chairman
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| 8:20 a.m. | DoD Keynote: Developing New Capabilities in the Era of Affordability
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| 9:00 a.m. | Developing Corporate Strategies In Response To US Defense Cuts, Changes in Policy
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| 10:30 a.m. | Break Sponsored by McKinney Associates |
| 10:50 a.m. | DoD’s Future Science & Technology Strategy How will the Defense Dept. balance current battlefield needs with the future threat environment? It’s a question that will require careful response in terms of application of dollars and programming, to maintain the flow of innovation while also assuring people are in place in the future to respond to emerging needs. This keynote session will provide insight into our future direction and shed light on areas of investment to include complex threats, force multipliers, basic science and how affordability can be achieved by learning to run faster.
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| 11:30 a.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30 p.m. | Air Force: Delivering Warfighting Capabilities to Control the Air, Space and Cyber Domains in a Time of Reduced Resources
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| 2:10 p.m. | Army: Sustaining and Modernizing The Vehicle Fleet As the Army reforms after withdrawal from Iraq and positions itself for the future, choices are being made in terms of personnel and equipment. In this session, the focus will be on application of budget funds to building integrated capabilities across the service while making cost-informed tradeoffs.
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| 2:45 p.m. | Break Sponsored by McKinney Associates |
| 3:00 p.m. | Marine Corps Keynote As the U.S. disengages in Iraq and realigns for the future, the U.S. Marine Corps faces myriad challenges, from people to equipment to setting the stage for the future. In this session, the Deputy Commandant will share additional detail on how the Marine Corps is studying the core mission of amphibious operations, specifically, entry and access options in the future strategic environment.
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| 4:00 p.m. | Defense Budget Analysis
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| 4:45 p.m. | Cocktail Reception Sponsored by Cobham |
| 5:45 p.m. | Conclusion of Day One |
| Day Two Wednesday, February 15: Maintaining Technological Superiority In A Time of Reduced Resources |
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| 7:00 a.m. | Registration |
| 8:00 a.m. | Welcome
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| 8:05 a.m. | Future of Unmanned Aircraft Systems in a Fiscally Constrained Environment Unmanned systems may clearly be playing an increasingly large role in U.S. defense, but the way forward is not so clear. As a relatively new force enabler, industry is presenting the new, different capabilities. In this session industry unmanned systems leaders will discuss about challenges in assuring full capability, affordability and sustainment, and what is needed to assure interoperability across the span of systems.
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| 9:00 a.m. | Charting the Army Aviation Portfolio’s Future Over the past decade, rotor wing aircraft and unmanned systems have been front and center of the nation’s defense strategy. Now, as we move forward, with one less war but with a continued need for upgrade to Army aviation, what is the plan? In this session we will look at how Army Aviation programs will secure cost savings while moving forward with necessary reset, upgrades and demonstration. On the blackboard are Aerial Scout demonstration, joint multi-role rotorcraft, advanced engines and modernized control.
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| 10:00 a.m. | Break |
| 10:15 a.m. | Panel: DoD Research Laboratory Perspectives The role of the Defense Departments research assets has never been more important as they will move forward critical innovation for the defense enterprise. The U.S. Army and Air Force leaders will provide an overview of project priorities and issues that are the underpinning of future capabilities.
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| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:00 p.m. | Enablers for the Long-Range Strike Family of Systems
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| 1:40 p.m. | Space Posture: Policy, Requirements and Objectives The past decade has illustrated increasing dependence upon the nation’s space-based assets as a means of enabling situational awareness, communication and ultimately battlefield decision-making. One of the most important priorities is assuring these assets are protected against adversaries. In this session we’ll learn more about the future requirements for space-based capabilityand how these will be achieved.
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| 2:20 p.m. | The Future of U.S. Missile Defense Missile defense remains an offensive and defensive capability for the United States, and with cuts in funding balancing these needs is critical. In this session we’ll hear about land and ship-based systems, what is needed in terms of future sensing capability, and system priorities for the future, from THAAD to precision tracking.
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| 3:00 p.m. | Conclusion of Day Two |
| Day 3 Thursday, February 16 | |
| 7:30 a.m. | Registration |
| 8:00 a.m. | Welcome
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| 8:05 a.m. | Achieving Affordable, Efficient and Effective Acquisition How systems and capabilities are acquired by the Defense Dept. is one of the most significant issues the enterprise faces — and has faced for decades. In the midst of the economic upheaval of the past four years, this has taken on all-new importance — allowing for movement toward a refined process and approach. The change will require a combination of policy and tradecraft, the focus of this session.
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| 8:35 a.m. | Should-Cost: The Equation for DoD Pricing The distinction between what a major system could cost, does cost and should cost is something that stymies most every discussion about defense spending. Achieving should cost is not an easy matter and requires giving up what a customer wants or what is possible in favor of what is needed. We’ll hear an update on Should-Cost Demonstrations and what is being learned.
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| 9:05 a.m. | Implementing Affordability As A Team Across the defense enterprise, partners are working to identify best methods for achieving cost savings — without unintended consequences. This case study looks at how government, prime contractors and major sub-contractors work together to drive affordability
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| 9:50 a.m. | Break |
| 10:00 a.m. | Lessons Learned From Should-Cost Demonstration Programs Should-cost has become the mantra on effective pricing and sustainment of weapon systems and capabilities. However the path toward establishing should-cost varies on an individual and programmatic basis. For that reason, several Should-Cost Demonstration Programs have been identified. In this session presenters will share what they are learning along the way in this effort, what is being done to address the immediate need, and how they perceive should cost as a key enabler of efficient contracting in the future.
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| 10:45 a.m. | US Defense Strategy: Analysts Evaluate What it Means The annual defense budget submission is probably one of the most parsed out documents in the land. Aviation Week turns to some outside analysts, who have covered the ins and outs of this for decades, to hear what they have to say about the submission, the presentations from the conference, and what it means to the defense enterprise and industry moving forward.
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| 11:30 a.m. | Conference Roundup During three days of intense information sharing, DTAR has focused on the DoD budget submission, the strategy behind the numbers, and the priorities in terms of technology investment, affordability, and system requirements for the future. We’ll recap what we’ve heard, the findings of the second annual Aviation Week Executive Roundtable: Affordability and assess with an open-audience dialogue.
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| 12:00 p.m. | Conclusion of Conference |
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