9TH ANNUAL ARMY GROUND VEHICLE SURVIVABILITY SYMPOSIUM 9th Annual ARMY GROUND VEHICLE SURVIVABILITY SYMPOSIUM, March 21 -April 2, 1998, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA. This entire symposium on combat and tactical vehicles is classified up to and including SECRET US ONLY. The Symposium is significant because of recent progress made in critical survivability technologies and in the military utilization of these technologies. The symposium will provide a setting for discussion of the implications of this technology on the modern battlefield, their relationship to the Army's Tactics and Doctrines, and the effects these new technologies have on ground combat vehicle designs. Speakers will include The Honorable Gilbert F. Decker, former Army Acquisition Executive and Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research, Development and Acquisition; Dr. Michael Andrews, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research and Technology; Major General Roy E. Beauchamp, Commanding General(CG), US Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command; Major General John F. Michitsch, Program Executive Officer, Ground Combat Support Systems; Major General Edward L. Andrews, CG, US Army Test and Evaluation Command and Mr. Arthur J. Veitch, President, General Dynamics Land Systems. Sessions will be conducted on Mine Protection and Effects, Countermeasure Development and Assessment Session, Light Armor Design and Application, Analysis and Modeling Session, Energetic Armor Technology, Active Protection Damage Reduction, and Detection Avoidance. There will also be Poster Papers. For a copy of the symposium brochure, please call NDIA at 703-522-1820 or Fax 703-522-1885 and refer to Event #856. WEB: Click here to learn more about the National Defense Industrial Association, http://www.ndia.org. E-MAIL: Click here to learn more about NDIA, fbajowski@ndia.org.

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