AOC Conferences
EMS Combat Systems Life Cycle Management Conference
This conference will examine how systems that use the EMS can be better integrated with the combat system; more efficiently sustained and upgraded; and the strategies that provide a way ahead.
Today’s EW combat systems are expensive and likely to remain in the DoD’s inventory longer as downturned budgets struggle to procure replacement systems. To ensure these systems remain effective, both performance insertion and cost reduction will be critically important to EW’s future. This conference will discuss in depth how all three Services and other DoD agencies insert performance enhancements into legacy systems. We will discuss cost reduction concepts including combat systems integration, and use, as a case study, the Navy’s new product-line approach to improve the vertical integration of its EW systems.
We encourage you to participate in this conference and receive several perspectives on how DoD systems are sustained, to include how combat systems integration, and other initiatives can help the EW mission. We need these perspectives to not only survive in a challenging fiscal environment, but also help EW missions contribute more to our critical national defense mission.
REGISTRATION FEES
Industry/Contractor- Member: $400
Industry/Contractor- Non-Member: $600
*Government/Academia: $150
*Military: $50
*Active Student: FREE
On-Line Registration | Registration Form
*The military fee applies only to active duty military and the government fee applies to civilian personnel with a current government ID card. Military/Government ID cards must be presented at check in.
Conference cancellations must be submitted in writing with a copy of your registration form by June 25, 2012; telephone cancellations will not be accepted. Cancellations may be faxed to (703) 549-2589 or emailed to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Refunds will be issued minus a $75 administrative fee for all cancellations.
CONFERENCE LOCATION
University of Mary Washington Dahlgren Campus Center for Education and Research
4224 University Drive, King George, VA 22485
ACCOMODATIONS
The AOC recommends the following hotels in Fredericksburg area:
Courtyard by Marriott Fredericksburg Historic District
620 Caroline Street
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
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Hilton Garden Inn Fredericksburg
1060 Hospitality Lane
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
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Holiday Inn Express Dahlgren
4755 James Madison Parkway
King George, VA 22485
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FREDERICKSBURG TOURISM
click here for information on our suggestions for tours, museum and local attractions
click here to check out the official Fredericksburg website
If you would like further assistance planning a golf outing or other activities for your time in Fredericksburg, please feel free to email Lauren Stewart, AOC Logistics Coordinator.
DIRECTIONS
Directions from the intersection of U.S. 301 and Route 206: Travel north on U.S. 301;go 1.2 miles to the traffic signal at the intersection of U.S. 301 and University Drive-Commerce Drive.Turn left on University Drive. As you pass Walmart, the road will bear left.Enter the campus, park in theparking lot, and enter through the main entrance.
Directions from Maryland to King George via the Gov. Harry Nice Memorial Bridge: Once in Virginia, continue south on U.S. 301 for 2.4 miles to traffic signal at the intersection of U.S. 301 and University Drive-Commerce Drive. Turn right on University Drive. As you pass Walmart, the road will bear left. Enter the campus, park in the parking lot, and enter through the main entrance.
Courtyard to Mary Washington Dahlgren Center
Hilton to Mary Washington Dahlgren Center
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Courtyard Marriott
SPONSORSHIP/EXHIBITOR INFORMATION
Your company has many opportunities of sponsorship, including the Welcome Reception or the "Badges & Beer" Reception.
For only $500, you can have a tabletop display at the Mary Washington Dahlgren Campus Center during the conference!
Click here for complete information about sponsorship options. Please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with questions.
CALL FOR PAPERS
The AOC cordially invites you to submit a paper(s) to the EMS Lifecycle Management conference in Dahlgren, VA. Selected speakers will present their expert solutions in front of representatives from government, military, industry, and academia - addressing these issues:
- 1.Combat Systems Integration and Life Cycle Cost and Performance Improvements
- How do the different services conduct EW sustainment and what processes and capabilities would they like to offer for Service-wide consideration?
- What can new programs do better to design-in reduced sustainment costs and therefore reduce the life cycle expense of military systems?
- What does Defense Acquisition University (DAU) train and offer as solutions to reduce life cycle cost of military systems? What training initiatives are supported by DAU to improve tech insertion and cost reduction into legacy systems? What DAU insights could support the unique aspects of EW legacy systems which must be not only sustained but constantly improved to counter new threats regardless of their age?
- What are the three or four main things the DoD and industry can do to reduce EW system sustainment?
- Are there DoD fiscal policies, sustainment policies, or other policies that should be created, modified, or deleted to permit faster legacy system performance enhancement or reduced sustainment costs?
- 2.Combat System Component Integration
- How can EW systems be developed to make our Naval Combat systems more affordable and make it easier to vertically integrate new capabilities?
- How can the Navy further decouple combat system development from platform development while continuing to recognize the need for platform specific requirements?
- How can open architecture assist in the affordable integration of counter-strike elements across the ship and the battle group?
- How can the Navy most effectively perform testing and evolution on future integrated battleforce requirements such as Advanced Offboard EW and EW Battle Management?
Please submit abstracts (one page of unclassified text) to Lauren Stewart for further review and selection by June 4, 2012. Please use these guidelines when submitting an abstract:
Title of proposed paper
Name of presenter and organization represented
One or two short paragraphs describing the scope of the paper
One or two short paragraphs describing the credibility of the presenter on this subject.
Those individuals with entries selected will be contacted by conference chairs to submit a presentation for the conference.
AOC supports the American with Disabilities Act of 1990. Attendees with special needs should contact the AOC Conference Department at (703)-549-1600 or by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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