Events

September 23-25, 2008
Washington, DC
International Sonobuoy Interoperability Conference

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Program

Schedule

Proposed Schedule

Tuesday 23 September 2008  
     
06:30 - 08:00 Registration / Breakfast  
08:00 - 08:10 Opening Comments Peter Verburgt, Technical Director PMA 264, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division
08:10 - 08:15 Welcome Major Steven Chouinard, Chairman SG/41
08:15 - 08:20 Introduction Keynote Speaker Peter Verburgt
08:20 - 08:50 Keynote Address Rear Admiral Steven R. Eastburg, Commander Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division
National Government Presentations
     
08:50 - 09:10 Australia Flt Lt Jann White
09:10 - 09:30 Canada Major Scott Campbell
09:30 - 09:50 France Hervé Fabre
09:50 - 10:20 B R E A K  
10:20 - 10:40 Germany Cdr Björn Malmus
10:40 - 11:00 Norway Maj Stein Groenvik
11:00 - 11:20 Turkey Lt. Ozer Eroglu
11:20 - 11:40 United Kingdom Master Aircrew Greham Pratt
11:40 - 12:00 USA John Joseph
12:00 - 13:30 L U N C H  
Industry Presentations
Versatility
13:30 - 14:00 Versatile Uses of Sonobuoys from History Roger Holler – Navmar Applied Sciences Corp.
14:00 - 14:30 Passive Acoustic Monitoring Requirements and Solutions for the Oil and Gas Industry Joe Hood – Akoostix, Inc.
14:30 - 15:00 Sonobuoys for Seismic Applications  Andrew Keast – Ultra Electronics Maritime System
15:00 - 15:30 Marine Mammal Detection for P-3C    Joe Lee – Lockheed Martin Corporation
15:30 - 16:00 B R E A K  
16:00 - 16:30 Seabed Mapping in the Arctic Ocean using Geobuoys Don Mosher - Defence Research and Development Canada
16:30 - 17:00 Sonobuoy Test Processor (STP) Art Cole – MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates
17:00 - 17:30 Sonobuoy Based Communications Gateway Dr. David J. Powell – ERAPSCO / STS
17:30 - 18:00 NATO Uplink Sonobuoy Implementation Joe Peters – ERAPSCO/STS
19:00 - 21:00 Kick-Off Social Reception hosted by ERAPSCO / STS  All Attendees and Attendees’ guests
     
     
Wednesday 24 September 2008  
     
06:30 - 08:00 Registration / Breakfast / Administrative Remarks  
  MULTISTATIC  
08:00 - 08:30 Sonobuoys for Low Frequency Multistatic Systems  Chuck Logar - ERAPSCO / STS
08:30 - 09:00 Operator Workload Reduction in Wide Area Search Multistatic Sonobuoy Systems  Chris Barlow – General Dynamics, Canada
09:00 - 09:30 Multistatic Active Sonar – An Effective Counter to the Modern Submarine Ultra Electronics, Limited
09:30 - 10:00 Sensor Coordination for Optimal Utilization and Tactics (SCOUT) Donald R. DelBalzo – Planning Systems, Inc
10:00 - 10:30 B R E A K  
10:30 - 11:00 Highly Multistatic Active Sonobuoy Experiment (Network Enabled ASW) Murray Dunn - Exponent
11:00 - 11:30 Digital Vertical Line Array Sonobuoy Ronald H. Buratti – Richard Dator Associates, Inc
11:30 - 12:00 FST:  Simulation-Based Sonobuoy Mechanical Design Tool Semeul Franko – Information Technologies Institute
12:00 - 17:00 Field Trip to Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, National Air & Space Museum (Box lunches provided, Group Photo will be taken at the Museum) Bus service provided from L’Enfant Plaza Hotel to Museum and back to hotel (All Attendees and Attendees’ guests)
     
     
Thursday 25 September 2008  
     
06:30 - 08:00 Registration / Breakfast / Administrative Remarks  
  Past, Present & Future  
08:00 - 08:30 P-8A Poseidon Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft (MMA) Dan Squires - The Boeing Corporation
08:30 - 09:00 Sonobuoys – From Cold War to the New World Order  John Martin – Ultra Electronics, Limited
09:00 - 09:30 Modeling the Drift & Dispersion of Deployed Sonobuoy Fields  David Hammond - Advanced Avionics, Inc.
09:30 - 10:00 U.S. Next Generation Sonobuoys Edward Kaster - ERAPSCO / STS
10:00 - 10:30 B R E A K  
10:30 - 11:00 Airborne Overland Acoustics – from Vietnam to Afghanistan Ken Walker - Ultra Electronics Maritime System
11:00 - 11:30 Land Acoustic and Seismic Studies for Surveillance Operations Dr. Sean Pecknold – Defence Research and Development Canada
11:30 - 12:00 Advantages of SEA Buoy Environmental Consideration Donald R. DelBalzo – Planning Systems, Inc.
12:00 - 13:15 L U N C H  
13:15 - 13:45 Sensor for Environmental Assessment (SEA Buoy) Dr. Arthur W. Horbach - Navmar Applied Sciences Corporation
13:45 - 14:15 Sparker Acoustic Sources for Sonobuoys  Dr. Raymond Shaefer – Phoenix Science and Technology, Inc.
14:15 - 14:45 High-Voltage, High-Power Density DC-DC Converter  J. Elmes – Advanced Power Electronics  Corporation
14:45 - 15:15 High Altitude Stand-Off Sonobuoy Delivery J. Fanucci -  KaZaK Composites Corporation (3-08)
15:15 - 15:45 B R E A K  
15:45 - 16:15 Using Electronic Field Sensors for Localization Dr. Mike Larsen – Information Systems Lab, Incorporated
16:15 - 16:45 Sonobuoy Deployed UAS System Andrew M. Osbrink – Advance Ceramics Research
16:45 - 17:15 Electromagnetic Sensors for Buoys and Bottom Arrays Douglas D. McGregor – Polatomic, Incorporated
17:15 - 17:45 Closing Remarks & Open Discussions John Joseph
NAWC
17:45 - 19:00 Personal Admin  
  Travel time to Nationals Park via Metro subway Nationals Park
19:00 - 22:30 Washington Nationals vs. Florida Marlins Limited tickets available

  Major League Baseball Game Fan Appreciation Night
     
     
     
     

 

 
   
 
 
 
 
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