PRECISION STRIKE TECHNOLOGY SYMPOSIUM (PSTS-12)

PSTS-12 has been canceled due to Hurricane Sandy.

As we embark on the Defense Department's new strategic guidance and transition from an emphasis on today's conflicts to preparing for future global challenges, we must focus on emerging and rapidly evolving threats that will continually pose key challenges to U.S. national military capability. The penetrating and perceptive Precision Strike Technology Symposium 2012 (PSTS-12) agenda for this year is designed to concentrate presentation and discussion on these future challenges with senior DoD leadership and precision strike community stakeholders in an accommodating, security supportive environment at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Laurel, Maryland campus.

PSTS-12 will showcase many of the key national-security challenges that continue to face our great Nation. Keynote speakers will focus on New Precision Strike Capabilities for Global SOF Needs, Required Technologies for the 7th Fleet AOR, Kill Chain Challenges to Counter Naval Threats & Future of Air-Sea Battle, Joint Operational Access Concept and Strategic Posture for Regional Deterrence. Additionally, a hot-topic session will address Intelligence - U.S. Global Threats and a critical panel will concentrate on Nuclear Challenges and Issues. Other riveting agenda topics for this enlightening three-day classified symposium are highlighted below: