PRECISION STRIKE SUMMER PEO FORUM

The Precision Strike Association will be hosting a PEO Summer Forum at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station Rivers Edge Conference Center on June12-13, 2012. The symposium will be a two-day event, preceded by the 2nd Annual PSA Golf Event on June 11, 2012. The theme of this event will be Integration and Interoperability...Getting More from Less.

We will be addressing the What, When, Where, Why, and How of Integration and Interoperability… What does integration and interoperability mean, Why is it so important, How do we achieve integration and interoperability, Where have we seen successes, and When will we be seeing more? We will touch on all aspects of integration and interoperability.

We will address integration and interoperability from an acquisition perspective (e.g., how do we do requirements definition, budgeting, and test and evaluation), from an operational perspective (e.g., what are the problems we see and what has worked), and from a technical perspective (e.g., what are some industry solutions and what challenges does industry see).

There will a rich variety of speakers at the PEO Summer Forum. VADM David Architzel, USN, will kick off the event on the morning of June 12. In addition to his current assignment as Commander, Naval Air Systems Command, VADM Architzel has served as Program Executive Officer for Aircraft Carriers; Commander, Operational Test and Evaluation Force, Norfolk; Commander, Navy Region Mid-Atlantic; Commander, Naval Safety Center, Norfolk; and Commander, Iceland Defense Force and Commander, Fleet Air Keflavik.

Major General Ken Merchant, USAF, will also be a keynote speaker. Maj Gen Merchant is Commander, Air Armament Center, and Air Force Program Executive Officer for Weapons, Air Force Materiel Command, Eglin AFB, FL. Prior to his current assignment he was Director of Logistics, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott AFB, IL He has also been a program manager on numerous weapon system development and production programs, including the F-22, E-3, Air Force One, KC-10, E-4, Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser, Sensor Fused Weapon, Joint Standoff Weapon, Low Altitude Navigation & Targeting Infrared System for Night (LANTIRN), GBU-15 and the AGM-130.

Meanwhile, Lt Gen Tom McInerney, USAF (Ret), a well respected Fox News military analyst, is confirmed as the luncheon speaker on June 13.

The event promises to be full of interesting presentations and discussions. Key topics include: Navy Integration and Interoperability; Net Ready KPP Development Process; Enhancing Mission Capability through Innovative Integration and Interoperability Solutions; Propagating and Measuring Interoperability in the DCGS Enterprise; Weapons Integration Challenges on 5th Generation Fighters; Integration & Interoperability (I&I) Development, Test, and Training Facilities; Unmanned From the Carrier: Interoperability Lessons Learned; C2 Interoperability and Integration at PMA-281; A Universal Gateway Architecture: Results from the 2011 ONR/PEO IWS/PEO C4I; Combat System/C2 Limited Test Experiment The conference is at the unclassified level.

Please join our distinguished speakers as they showcase all the issues regarding precision weapons integration and interoperability