National Summit on Artillery & Indirect Fires - Post Report

National Summit on

Artillery & Indirect Fires Increasing Firepower, Speed, and Survivability for Multi-Domain Warfare

Post-Event Report

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2023 Artillery & Indirect Firest Highlights:

The conference met all my expectations and I take away a higher level of knowledge.

Very informative.

LtGen (USMC-ret)

British Army

Good event – Good mix of Military and Defense companies.

The Summit was well organized – the content was focused but had breadth – Great Summit.

Director of Army BD BAE

MRC Product Director U.S. Army

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Esteemed Faculty Included: CHAIRMEN COLONEL (USA-RET) DAVID SHANK

Former Commander U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery School, U.S. Army

DR. TOM KARAKO

Senior Fellow, International Security Program, Director of the Missile Defense Project Center For Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

SPEAKERS LTC JONATHAN HATHAWAY, USA

Product Manager, Common Synthetic Environment (CSE) U.S. Army PEO, Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (STRI)

CHRIS DURBIN

COL MICHAEL ENGLIS, USA

Director, Army Capabilities Manager Fort Sill, OK

KEYNOTES COLONEL DAVID S. LEE, USA

LTG ADOSH KUMAR

Director General Artillery (DG Arty) Indian Army

BRIGADIER GENERAL SHANE P. MORGAN, USA

Commandant US Army Field Artillery School (USAFAS) Fires CoE, Fort Sill

Assistant Director Contracting and National Security Acquisitions Agency, U.S. Government Accountability Office

COLONEL TONY BEHRENS, USA

Field Artillery, Director Army Multi-Domain Targeting Center (AMTC)

Senior Advisor, U.S. Army Missile Defense Cross Functional Team (AMD CFT)

BRYAN CLEVE

CAPTAIN RICHARD GENSLEY USN

Product Director, Mid-Range Capability Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO)

Program Manager, Precision Strike Weapons NAVAIR

COLONEL PETE SITTENAUER

Senior Analyst, Contracting and National Security Acquisitions Agency U.S. Government Accountability Office

CHRIS J. GRASSANO

Director U.S. Army, Combat Capabilities Command (DEVCOM) Armaments Center

TRACY SHEPPARD

Weapons Sciences Division Competency Lead, Weapons Sciences and Materials Research Directorate US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, DEVCOM Army Research Lab

Deputy Fire Support Coordinator U.S. Army Europe and Africa

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Esteemed Faculty Included:

MIKE TURNER

PROFESSOR JAMES HENRY BERGERON (CDR, USN-RET)

Fires Capability Area Lead, DEVCOM Aviation and Missile Center (AvMC)

Political Advisor NATO Allied Maritime Command

LTC TIMOTHY GODWIN, USA

Product Manager Fire Support Command & Control (FSC2), PEO C3T

Executive Director and Senior Contracting Official Army Contracting Command-New Jersey (ACC-NJ), Picatinny Arsenal

“LCOL” YOANN LECLERC-DESJARDINS

DAVID DRAG

Deputy Director, Artillery, Commandant Royal Regiment Canadian Artillery School

WILLIAM EVERITT

Warrant Officer, Class 1, Deep Reconnaissance Strike Brigade Combat Team, Communications & Artillery Systems Cooperation Activities Specialist (ASCA) British Army

LIEUTENANT COLONEL ADAM ROPELEWSKI,

Senior Fire Support Trainer, Vampire 07 Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC)

THOMAS A. DOUGHERTY

ACC-NJ Division Chief Combat Ammunition Division

JON MILNER

Director, BD Weapons and Ammunition American Rheinmetall Defense, Inc.

JASON GAINES

Vice President General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems

COLONEL LEON ROGERS, USA

Project Manager, CAS (Combat Ammunition Systems) Picatinny Arsenal

JOHN COOPER

Division Chief, Munitions Readiness Division ACC-Rock Island

MARK ALTOBELLI

Program Manager, Ground Launched Small Diameter Bomb Precision Engagement Systems, Boeing

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Key Numbers

UNIVERSITY 60+

ATTENDEES

3

GOVERNMENT KEYNOTE ADDRESSES

20+

ARTILLERY & INDIRECT FIRES EXPERT SPEAKERS

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Attendee Companies AFC-DEVCOM

GAO

U.S. Department of Defense

AM General LLC

General Dynamics Ordnance & Tactical Systems

U.S. Marine Corps

American Rheinmetall Defense

GWEO Group

U.S. Air Force

Artillery (DG Arty) Indian Army

Hanwha Defense USA

U.S. Army

Artillery Commandant Royal Regiment Canadian Artillery School, Canadian Armed Forces

Joint Multinational Readiness Center

U.S. Army ARDEC

Joint Staff J2

U.S. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island

Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co. KG

U.S. Army DEVCOM Armaments Center

NATO Allied Martime Command (HQ MARCOM)

U.S. Army Europe

NAVAIR-PMA-201

U.S. Army Missile Defense Cross Functional Team (AMD CFT)

BAE Systems Inc Boeing Brazilian Army Commission British Army Center for Strategic & International Studies Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions Combat Ammunition Systems (CAS) DEVCOM AvMc Edge Case Research Elbit Systems of America Field Artillery School – Fires COE Fire Control Design and Integration Fire Support C2 PEO C3T Fires CDID

Northrop Grumman NSWC Corona OCLL/Army

U.S. Army Multi-Domain Targeting Center (AMTC) U.S. Army – National War College

Orion Consulting

U.S. Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office RCCTO

PEO C3T

U.S. Army Research Laboratory

PEO GCS

U.S. ARMY-USAASC

PEO Ground Combat Systems

U.S. Department of Defense

Raytheon Missiles & Defense

Virginia Tech

SAIC

WPI Services

SRC Inc.

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Attendee Titles Acquisition Officer

Director

Field Artillery, Director

Acting Director

Director – Army Accounts

Fire Support Coordinator

Analyst – Contracting and National Security Acquisitions

Director – Army Capabilities Manager, Fires Cells-Targeting

Fires Capability Area Lead

APM

Director BD/Liaison(PSSC Munitions)

Assistant Director, Contracting and National Security Acquisitions Agency

Director – BD Weapon and Ammunition

Assistant to the Chief of Mission Associate Director Associate Director – Excalibur Battlefield Awareness/Terrestrial Portfolio Lead Branch Chief – Artillery Fire Control Business Development

Director Artillery (Operations & Staff) Director BD/Liaison (PSSC LRPF) Director General Director Howitzer Programs Director of Army Programs Director of Fire Control Systems & Technology Director of Soft Recoil Technology & Mobile Fires Capabilities

Capabilities Analyst Chief of Staff

Director – U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Armaments Center

Chief Technology Officer Commandant Competency Manager -Developmental Artillery Systems Division Deep Reconnaissance Strike Brigade Combat Team, Communications & Artillery Systems Corporation Activities Specialist (ASCA) Deputy Director Deputy Fire Support Coordinator

Division Chief Division Chief, Munitions Readiness Division Engineer ERCA APM Executive Director and Senior Contracting Official Executive Director Business Development

General Engineer Liaison Officer – Picatinny LRPF S&T Advisor Major Major General Manager – Business Development Mechanical Engineer Political Advisor Portfolio Manager Product Director Product Director Paladin Product Manager Product Manager – Common Synthetic Environment (CSE) Program Management Specialist Program Manager Program Manager, Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb Program Officer Project Engineer Project Manager

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Project Manager, Self-Propelled Howitzer Systems Public Affairs Specialist Researcher Senior Advisor Senior Analyst, Contracting and National Security Acquisitions Agency Senior Fellow, International Security Program and Director, Missile Defense Project Senior Fire Support Trainer, Vampire 07 Senior Market and Research Analyst Senior Program Analyst Senior Scientific Technology Manager Sr Director - BD-Large Caliber Ammunition & Artillery Systems SSTM - Autonomy for Armaments SSTM Fatigue & Fracture of Materials SSTM/Director System Engineer Vice President VP & GM – Defense Weapons Sciences Division Competency Lead, Weapons Sciences and Materials Research Doctorate

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Attendees Travelled From:

37% WEST COAST

8%

MID WEST

13% SOUTH

43% EAST COAST

6%

INTERNATIONAL

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2023 Unmanned Systems West Keynote Presentations:

Artillery: The Arm of Decision

LTG ADOSH KUMAR

Director General ARtillery (DG Arty) Indian Army

Army Field Artillery Training Capabilities: Preparing the Next Gen Warfighter for Army Modernization

A.I. and Autonomous Systems S&T — Enhancing Warfighter Artillery Capabilities

BRIGADIER GENERAL SHANE P. MORGAN, USA

CHRIS J. GRASSANO

Commandant US Army Field Artillery School (USAFAS) Fires CoE, Fort Sill

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Director U.S. Army, Combat Capabilities Command (DEVCOM) Armaments Center

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