November 12-15,2009 ~ Marriott Kauai ~ Lihue, HI

ONLINE PROCEEDINGS and PRESENTATIONS

ITEA Annual Meeting – COL Bill Keegan, USA (Ret) ITEA President Equator Corporation

KEYNOTE ADDRESSES AND SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKERS

• James Faist – Director, Defense Research & Engineering for Advanced Capabilities Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD)
• Col. Ryan Blake – Commandant, U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School
• Air Commodore Ross Bender – Director, General Capability Integration, Test and Evaluation Australian Defence Force
• Patrick Lardieri – Principal Architect, Cyber Support Ops Lockheed Martin
• Malcolm G. Tutty, PhD, CPEng, CTEP, FIE(Aust), FRAeS – Vice President ITEA Southern Cross Chapter, and Managing Director JAIME Enterprises Australia Pty Ltd.

SPECIAL PANELS

The State of T&E Panel

• Moderator: Peter Nikoloff – NOVA Systems
• Dave Duma – Principle Deputy Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E) Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E)
• James “Jim” A. Faist – Director of Defense Research and Engineering for Advanced Capabilities, Under Secretary of Defense Research and Engineering Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD)
• Steve Hutchison, PhD – Director of Test and Evaluation Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

Workforce Development Panel

• Moderator: Terry Murphy Deputy Director, T&E Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Darryl Ahner, PhD – Director, Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT)
• Mindy Dowling – Computer Scientist, Federal Aviation Association (FAA)
• Laura Freeman, PhD – Associate Director, Virginia Tech
• Robin Poston, PhD – Director, System Testing Excellence Program, University of Memphis
• Kenneth Stefanek – Learning Director, Defense Acquisition University (DAU)

The Changing Threat

• George Rumford – Program Manager, Test Resource Management Center (TRMC)
• RDML Stephen R. Tedford – Commander Commander, Test and Evaluation Force (COTF)
• James Wells – Deputy Director, Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Bradley Thomason – Director, Threat Systems Management Office, Army PEO STRI

International T&E Panel  

• Moderator: Adrian Britton – T&E Campaign, QinetiQ Ltd. (UK)
• John Binns – Asst. Head Evaluation Strategy & International Minister of Defence Ministry of Defense (UK)
• Vivek Chanana, PhD, CPEng SO1CD – AFR/Chief Engineer AF Ranges Directorate
• COL. Damien McLachlan – Australia Defence Force
• Cathy O’Carroll – Global Campaign Director, Integrated Test & Evaluation QinetiQ Ltd. (UK)

Future Range Panel  

• Moderator: Rob Vargo – Director, Range Technology Innovation, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division
• Mike Contratto – Technical Director, 96th Range Group, USAF
• Tom Dowd – Director, Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division
• Paul Harvey, PhD – Multi-Domain T&E, Australian Defence Force Tactical Data Link Authority
• Bob Kay – Technical Director, Pacific Missile Range Facility

Old School vs. New School Panel

• Moderator: Wayne Dumais – Department of Homeland Security
• Antonia Pulley – United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (UNCIS)
• Mark Raffetto – United States Marine Corps
• Timothy Sienrukos – Federal Aviation Administration
• Colby Stevens – KBR Government Solutions – US

Speakers Forum Panel

• Moderator: Peter Green – Senior VP, KBR Government Solutions – US
• Wayne Dumais – Department of Homeland Security
• Charlie Hall – United States Coast Guard (USCG)
• Captain Timothy H. Young – Commanding Office, Pacific Missile Range Facility (PRMF)

Testing Hypersonics Panel

• Moderator: Mike White
• George Rumford – Program Manager, Test Resource Management Center (TRMC)
• Ed Tucker – Tech Director, Arnold AFB

TECHNICAL  SESSIONS

Big Data & Knowledge Technical Track

• Chairs: Mr. Ryan Norman – Department of Defense, and Mark Kiemele, PhD – Air Academy Associates
• A Unified Approach to Post Test Analysis – Dale Jones – Symvionics Telemetry Systems
• Accelerating Knowledge Gain from Test Data – Mark Kiemele, PhD – Air Academy Associates
• Big Data Analysis Techniques for Modern T&E – Kenneth Sanchez – NAVAIR
• JSAS Crowdsourcing to Enhance Development and Readiness – Thomas (Ted) Dempsey – Rockwell Collins
• Knowledge Management and the Big Data Evaluation Revolution with the F35: Northern Edge 2019 Support – Tracy Mullendore – KBR Government Solutions – US ,and Mr. Chris Moyer – DellEMC

Cyber & EW  Technical Track

• Chair: Patrick Lardieri – Lockheed Martin
• Cyber Compliance, Test and Evaluation Evolution – Pedro Ramirez – Director, Jacobs Cyber Technology Group
• Cyber-resilient Design and Test Using MBSE – Frank Alvidrez – Spectrum, Inc.
• Planning and Testing for an Dynamic Cyber Threat – Alex Hoover – Department of Homeland Security
• Safe and Secure Cyber T&E on Cyber-Physical Systems – Suresh Damodaran – The MITRE Corporation
• Shifting Left of the Cyber Adversary – Paola Pringle – Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWPNS)
• Test & Evaluation Methodologies – Donya Shakiba – Jacobs

Future Range Technical Track

• Chairs: Rob Vargo – Naval Air Systems Command, and Ed Romero – Naval Air Systems Command
• Advanced Weapons Effects Test-Capability – Caitlin Ezell – USAF – 96th TW (96 TSSQ)
• Capabilities For Global Security Solutions Resident at the Nevada National Security Site – Bart Jones – Mission Support & Test Services, LLC – Jacobs, Honeywell, HII
• Connected Ranges & Digital Health, Safety, & Environment (HSE) – Dennis Miller – Jacobs
• Developing Common Instrumentation Package – Richard Wride – USAF – 96th TW (96 OG), and MAJ Daniel Welsh – AFRL/RWPIon
• The KBR Test Facility: Building a Homegrown Test Facility – Scott Martin – KBR Government Solutions – U.S.
• Overcoming Challenges in Distributed T&E Using TENA and JMETC – Gene Hudgins KBR Government Solutions – US

International T&E Challenges Technical Track

• Chairs: Adrian Britton, QinetiQ Ltd. (UK), and John Binns, UK Ministry of Defence
• Agile Test & Evaluation Regime for Woomera Test Range Remediation – Vivek Chanana, PhD – CPEng, AF Ranges Directorate Air Warfare Centre, RAAF Base Edinburgh, Australia
• Challenges with International Collaborative Development and T&E – Joyce Matias – Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD)
• Coalition and Multinational Testing Environments – Floyd Reed – Jacobs / Joint Interoperability Test Command
• How Intelligent Asset Management (IAM) Enables the Range of the Future – Robert Poche – Jacobs
• Knowing the International Language of Test & Evaluation – Mark Kiemele, Ph.D. – Air Academy Associates
• Test & Evaluation Benefit Assessment Tool (TEBAT): A Risk Based Approach for the Prioritization of Test & Evaluation (T&E) – Mr. Brian Gillett, Ceng – MIET UK Defence Scient & Technology Laboratory (DSTL)

Spectrum Technology Technical Session

• Chair: Tom O’Brien, Test Resource Management Center
• Counter Directed Energy Weapons (CDEW); Evaluation of Naval Aircraft Defenses & Survivability Against Directed Energy Weapons – Bonnie Johnson – Naval Postgraduate School Systems Engineering Department
• Electromagnetic Spectrum Encroachment – Guenever Aldrich, PE – Spectrum Reallocation Lead, DoN
• Global Spectrum Demand Challenges for T&E AMT – Guy Williams – ENS/ Air Force Test Center (AFTC)
• Joint Laser Systems Effectiveness (JLaSE) Joint Test – Scott Boyd – Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD)
• Latest Development Status on the Commercial Derivative Aircraft Based Instrumentation Telemetry System (CBITS) Program –  J. Kyle Roudebush – TRSA PM Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)
• Strategies for Satellite Safety During Laser Test and Evaluation – Heather Witts – USAF JFSCCN359

T&E with Advanced Threat Environments Technical Session

• Chair: Mr. Marcus Makarehchi – NAVAIR WD Point Mugu
• Autonomous Swarms of High Speed Maneuvering Surface Vessels – Mr. Tyler Halpin-Chan, NAWCWD Surface Targets Engineering
• Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) & Software Intensive Systems Test (C4T) Test Technology Area: Using Artificial General Intelligence in the Operational Evaluation F-35 System of Systems – Mr. Kent Pickett and Mr. Kenneth Sanchez (C4T TTA) and Edward Chow, PhD, (JPL)
• Common Threat T&E Models – Ms. Melody Johnson, Test Resource Management Center
• Data Association Algorithms for Open Air Range Electronic Warfare Testing – Mr. Daniel Carlson, Air Force, 771st Test Squadron
• Testing Domains Supporting SoS T&E: C4I & Software Intensive Systems Test (C4T) Test Technology Area (TTA) – Mr. Kenneth Sanchez (C4T TTA)

T&E S&T Technical Track

• Chairs: Geoff Wilson, General Infomatics, Inc., and Phil Hallenbeck, TRIDEUM Corporation
• The Architecture of the F-35 Lightening II Mission Systems Integration Lab: “Then and Now“ – Paul Garrison, PhD – Lockheed Martin Corporation
• Conducting Complex Underground Chemical Explosion Experiments for Nuclear Explosion Monitoring – Lisa Garner – Mission Support & Test Services, LLC / Jacobs, Honeywell, Hill
• Exploring Agile Acquisition Principles and Practices for Complex System Delivery – Sybil E. Abraham – Federal Aviation Administion, WJ Hughes FAA Technical Center, Timothy Sienrukos, and Mindy Dowling
• Extending CRIIS for LVC in OT&E, Range Operations, and Training Applications – Mr. Jon Skarphol – Collins Aerospace
• Net-Centric Weapons Test and Evaluation Environment (NCWTEE) – Jason Lucas USAF – 96th TW (96 TSSQ)
• Overwater Scoring and Surveillance (OWSS) – Josue DeJesus USAF – 96th TW (96 TSSQ)

Testing Hypersonics Technical Session

• Chair: Mike White, Department of Defense
• Application of Scientific Test and Analysis Techniques to Autonomous & Hypersonic Systems – David R. Harrison – Lockheed Martin Corporation
• Advanced Systems Test and Evaluation (T&E) on DoD Ranges – Jay Clark – KBR Government Solutions – U.S.
• Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) Systems Integration Laboratory (SIL): A Unique HWIL Simulation and Test Architecture for Evaluating Rapid Prototyping of Critical Hypersonic Technologies –  Rachael Armayer – CCDC Aviation & Missile Center

Threat Picture Technical Session

• Chairs: Tim Morey, KBR Government Solutions – U.S., and Mike Laber
• A Flexible Architecture for Range Safety System Based on DDS – KyeongWon Park – Agency for Defense Development
• Test and Evaluation (T&E) Infrastructure Development: Increased Efficiency in the Development of Test Fixtures Through the Use of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Modeling & Rapid Prototyping – Wesley Ercanbrack – Jacobs / Dugway Proving Ground, and Brad Thacker
• Tester:  Meet the Global Challenge:  Simple Solutions to an Increasingly Complex World – Paola Pringle – Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, and Paul Fonua