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SPECIAL PANELS

Innovation Panel

Moderator: Anthony J. Rubino, NH-IV, DAF, Director, 412th Range Squadron

Panelists:

• TJ Wuth, XCITE Innovation Member, 412 TW, Edwards AFB
• Andreia Rauta, Strategic Innovation Group, Booz Allen Hamilton
• Steven Matousek, Formulation Office, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• Dave Crawford, Executive R&D Imagineer, Walt Disney Imagineering, R&D Inc.

Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUASs) and Counter-sUAS Systems Panel: Are Test Ranges Ready For Them?

Moderator: Albert Sciarretta, President, CNS Technologies, Inc.

Panelists:

• Michael J. Hopmeier, President, Unconventional Concepts, Inc.
• Eric T. Matson, PhD, Associate Professor, Purdue University
• Paul Kolodzy, PhD, Independent Consultant, Kolodzy Consulting, LLC

Telemetry Spectrum Encroachment Blue Ribbon Panel

Moderator: Mikel Ryan, Mid-Atlantic Area Frequency Coordination Office, Patuxent River MD

Panelists:

• Fredrick D. Moorefield, Jr., SES, Director, Spectrum Policy & International Engagements for the DoD Chief Information Officer
• Elisabetta L. “Betta” Jerome, PhD, SES, Technical Advisor, Armament & Weapons Test & Evaluation, Eglin Air Force, FL. , Senior Technical Advisor to the Air Force Test Center Commander
• Paul D. Mann, SES, Principal Deputy Director, Test Resource Management Center (TRMC)
• Thomas C. Dowd, SES, Director, Range Department, Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, Naval Air Systems Command
• William “Ken” Keane, Partner Duane Morris LLP, Legal Counsel for TRMC and AFTRCC

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TECHNICAL TRACK SESSIONS

A view of MRTFB Test Ranges

Chair: Tony Rubino, NH-IV, DAF, 412th Range Squadron

• NAVAIR MRTFB RANGES – Tom Dowd (SES), James Allen, & Ben Rasnick, NAVAIR
• 412^th Range Squadron MRTFB – Tony Rubino, NH-IV, DAF, 412th Range Squadron
• WSMR MRTFB – Paul D. Mann, SES, Test Resource Management Center (TRMC)

Cybersecurity

Chair: Bob Baggerman, Zodiac Data Systems

• Addressing the Infrastructure Needs for Cybersecurity T&E – Chip Ferguson, Test Resource Management Center (TRMC)
• DoD Cybersecurity Policy Update – Edward A. Adkins, DAU-S Professor of Engineering, Test & Cybersecurity
• Cyber Security – A vendor perspective – Bob Baggerman, Zodiac Data Systems

Data Quality from a statistical perspective

Chair: Ron Pozmantier, 412 TENG/ENI

• Considering Consequences in Managing Decision Risks in Flight Testing – Robert Poulson, 412th Test Wing
• Testing parachute maximum fall rate: determining confidence and power using simulation and the Generalized Extreme Value Distribution – Rita Caraig, 412th Test Wing
• Parametric TLE: adapting reliability model analysis to target location error (TLE) analysis – James Brownlow, 812 TSS/ENT
• RIDIT Analysis for Cooper-Harper and other Ordinal Ratings for Sparse Data – A Distance-Based Approach – Arnon Hurwitz, US Air Force

Distributed Range Operational Issues

Chair: Ray Sommer, JT3 LLC, Edwards AFB

• Utilizing the Telemetry Applications of TENA and JMETC for Successful Distributed Events – Gene Hudgins, TENA / JMETC
• Operational Planning Considerations For Cross-Range Test Operations – Darryl Johnson, SRC
• State of Multi-Range Test and Training Technology – Timothy Laffoon, JT3
• JMETC: An Enterprise approach to Distributed Testing – Gene Hudgins, TENA / JMETC

IRIG Standards Future Directions

Chair: Bob Selbrede, JT3 LLC

• Comments on RCC-118-02, vol-2, App C: Solar Calibration – Michael Thomason, Bevilacqua Research Corp.
• Future Directions of Chapter 10 Recorders – Paul Ferrill, ATAC
• TSCC RF Vendor Working Group – Johnny Pappas, Zodiac Data Systems
• Telemetry Network Standards Overview – Thomas Grace, NAVAIR and Ben Abbott, SwRI

IRIG Telemetry Network Standard

Chair: Thomas Grace, NAVAIR

• System Management usage in Test Article Networks – Joe Sulewski, L3 Technologies – Telemetry & RF Products
• NRES: Non-blocking Ruggedized Ethernet Switch for Airborne Applications – Ali Namazi, & Chujen Lin, Intelligent Automation Inc.; Tom Young, USAF AFMC; Mark Radke, Tybrin Corporation
• Network Telemetry Standards in the iNET Link Manager – Ben Abbott, SwRI and Thomas Grace, NAVAIR
• An Evaluation and Demonstration of a Networked Based Aircraft Telemetry System – Matt Waldersen, & Otto Schnarr, NASA

Knowledge Management and Big Data

Chair: Thomas Treakle, DELL EMC

• TRMC Big Data Analysis – Ryan Norman, TRMC
• Knowledge Management Architecture Framework – Edward Powell, PhD, TENA; Ryan Norman, TRMC
• An Architecture for Knowledge Management and Big Data Analysis for the DoD T&E Community – Sanket Amin & John Nacker, NAVAIR
• Artificial General Intelligence Technology for Automated Life-Cycle Knowledge Management – Edward Chow, Zack Nolan, Tony Barrett, Mark James, George Paloulian, David Horres, & Farrokh Vatan, NASA/Jet Propulsion Lab; Gilbert Torres, Naval Air Warfare Center, Point Mugu
• C4I & Software Intensive Systems Test (C4T) Test Technology Area (TTA) Big Data Analytic Technology Needs for T&E – Gil Torres, NAWC Weapons Division

Next Generation Range

Chair: Bill Rauch, 412th Range Squadron, Edwards AFB

• Mission Voice Communications for Distributed Flight Test Operations on the Next Generation Range – Michael E. Leik, 412 RANS/ENREE
• Common Architecture – Tom Kegel, USAF Edwards AFB
• Distributed Test Operations: Lessons Learned from Geographically Separated Control Rooms – Frances McKee, & Matthew Bond, USAF Eglin AFB
• Developing an IADS Plugin for Chapter 10 Data Display and Analysis – Stephen Frees, Avionics Test & Analysis Corp.

Non-Intrusive Instrumentation

Chair: Alan Colthorp, 412 TENG/ENI

• Passive acoustic marine mammal monitoring tools for Undersea Test and Evaluation (T&E) events – Ronald Morrissey, PhD; David Moretti, & Susan Jarvis, Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC); David Mellinger, & Curtis Lending, Oregon State University; Elizabeth Henderson, Steve Martin, & Brian Matsuyama, SPAWAR Systems Center
• Printed Sensing Networks for Testing and Evaluation of Aerostructures – Giovanni Nino, Quest Integrated LLC (Qi2)
• Embedded Sensors for Flight Test – Making Every Aircraft a Test Aircraft – Jay Kudva, Robert Bortolin, & Robert DeMott, NextGen Aeronautics Inc.
• Novel Wireless Power Transfer Systems for Test and Evaluation Systems – Stavros Georgakopoulos, Florida International University

MRTFB Spectrum Relocation

Chair: Guy Williams, AFTC/ENS

• NTPS Aeronautical Mobile Telemetry Technology Upgrade – Stephanie Luongo, National Test Pilot School and Paul Chamberlain, Nginuity
• The Spectrum Relocation Fund (SRF) efforts at the NAVAIR Ranges – Jeffrey Conaway, Navair
• Air Force South West Ranges: Mitigating the impacts of losing 1755-1780 MHz for flight test telemetry – Bobbie Wheaton, 412 Test Wing, Edwards AFB
• The Spectrum Relocation Fund (SRF) Project at Eglin AFB – Adrian Mijangos, SRF Program / Eglin AFB

Special Topics

Chair: Chris Coyne, 412TENG/ENIMD

• Data Validation: Methods for Detecting Anomalous Data during Aircraft Propulsion System Test and Evaluation – David Kidman, 412th Test Wing
• Multi-Component Force Measurement – Bill Zwolinski, Kistler Instrument Corp.
• An Update on the Conformal C-Band/Multiband Antenna Project – Scott Kujiraoka, Russ Fielder, Max Apalboym & Michael Chavez, NAVAIR
• NIST-on-a-Chip – Nate Orloff, NIST

Spectral Efficient Telemetry

Chair: Tom Young, 812th TSS/ENTI Edwards AFB

• Flight line Telemetry using Universal Beamforming Technology – Anand Kelkar & Norm Lamarra, CDSI
• Universal Beamforming Technology applied at reflector feeds – Anand Kelkar & Norm Lamarra, CDSI
• Spectrum Efficiency Through Metrics – Michael K. Painter, & Ronald Fernandes, PhD, Knowledge Based Systems, Inc.; Charles H. Jones, PhD, C. H. Jones Consulting, LLC
• Comparing T&E and Commercial Spectrum Metrics – Charles H. Jones, PhD, C. H. Jones Consulting, LLC; Michael K. Painter, Knowledge Based Systems, Inc

Spectrum Access Research & Development Program

Chair: Robert Palmer, 412th Range Squadron, Edwards AFB

• Steered Conformal Array for the Rotating Airframe Missile – Kevin Cook, & Kathy Bowland, GTRI
• Smart Data Selection and Telemetry Compression – Mark Wigent, & Shannon Wigent, Laulima Systems
• LTE 4G Cellular Technology for Range Telemetry – Anthony Triolo & Achilles Kogiantis, PhD, Vencore Labs / ACS
• Cell-Based Telemetry (CRTM) – Bob Picha, LTE-N, Nokia Mobile Networks
• Adaptive Spectrum Aggregation & Management (ASAM) – Mark Wigent, Laulima Systems

Telemetry Spectrum Encroachment

Chair: Mikel Ryan, Mid-Atlantic Area Frequency Coordination Office

• A Concise History of Aeronautical Mobile Telemetry Frequency Band Encroachment: Both National- and Field-Level Perspectives – Fredrick D. Moorefield, Jr., SES, Spectrum Policy & International Engagements for the DoD CIO, & Mikel Ryan, Mid-Atlantic Area Frequency Coordination Office, NAS Patuxent River MD
• The Spectrum Stewardship Senior Steering Group (S4G) and the Range Spectrum Requirements Working Group (RSRWG) – Paul D. Mann, SES, Test Resource Management Center (TRMC)
• A Concise History of the International Consortium for Telemetry Spectrum (ICTS) – Mikel Ryan, Mid-Atlantic Frequency Coordination Office, NAS Patuxent River MD
• The Aerospace and Flight Test Radio Coordinating Council, Inc. (AFTRCC) and the National Advanced Spectrum and Communications Test Network (NASCTN) – Ken Keane, Duane Morris LLP, Legal Counsel for TRMC and AFTRCC

Test Management

Chair: David Smith, 412th TW/ID, Edwards AFB, S&E Recruitment and Retention Dan Stevenson, C4ISR Flight Chief 775 TS/ENVC

• Innovative Project Management; tying it all together – Julie Cagle, 412 TW/TMG AF Plant 42
• Leadership 101: Essential Skills for Leaders – Ben Tomlinson, 412 TW/EN, 773 TS/ENI
• How To Do More With Less – Michelle Perry, 412 CEG
• STEM, building a “farm team” for future intellectual capital – Humberto Blanco, 412 TW/XP
• Fibre Optics For Structures – Jack Earl, 412TENG/ENIMD
• Dynamic Shape Sensing Using Optical Fiber Strain Sensing – Alec Hammond, Frederick Seng, LeGrand Shumway, Helaman Johnston, Stephen Schultz, & Ivann Velasco, Brigham Young University; Drew Hackney, Tyler Goode, Kara Peters, & Mark Pankow, North Carolina State University; George Shoemaker, Advanced Instrumentation Systems Technology
• High Repetition-Rate Strain Sensing using Fiber Bragg Grating – Frederick Seng, LeGrand Shumway, Alec Hammond, Helaman Johnston, Ivann Velasco, & Stephen Schultz, Brigham Young University; Drew Hackney, Tyler Goode, Kara Peters, & Mark Pankow, North Carolina State University; George Shoemaker, Advanced Instrumentation Systems Technology
• Digital Image Correlation for Vibration Measurement in Supersonic Flight – Timothy Beberniss, AFRL/RQHF; David Ehrhardt, UES (contractor to AFRL)

TSPI Systems And Lessons Learned

Chair: Peter Wright, 412th Range Squadron, Edwards AFB

• Tri-Service GPS Sustainment Management Office: Airborne Instrumentation development for the Navy’s JSF Operational Testing Program and New Navy CEIS Contract for Support, Sustainment, and Procurement of all Range Instrumentation – Dick Dickson, Dynetics
• Tri-Service GPS Sustainment Management Office: Ensuring T&E Ranges Can Meet the GPS Instrumentation Sustainment Challenges of the Future – Dick Dickson, Dynetics
• Common Range Integrated Instrumentation System (CRIIS): Major Test Range and Facilities Base (MRTFB) Modernization – Roshelle Orgusaa, USAF AFLCMC/EBYC
• NFER Indoor Location System – Hans Schantz, Q-Track Corporation, and Sheila Jones, Naval Undersea Warfare Center
• Next Generation Joint Service High Accuracy TSPI Sensor (GRITS) – Richard Gean, Eglin AFB