military radar summit

Pertinent and Focussed Discussion will Include:• Cognitive Radar

• Low SWAP-C AESAa for UAS

• Multifunction Radar

• FOPEN/GPEN

“ Good mix of talks spanning

different aspects of radar

systems, technologies,

processing, and requirements.” – AFRL

Sponsored By: Media Partners:

2014 Military Radar Chairman:

Dr. Joseph R. GuerciIEEE Fellow and Warren D. White Award Recipient

Braham Himed, PhDTechnical Advisor RF Technology Branch, Air Force Research Laboratory

Adam HendricksonSensor/Systems Engineer, US Army - PM UAS - USAIC PD

Vincent SabioProgram Manager, DARPA Systems Technology Offi ce

LTC, AV Hector A. GonzalezProgram Manager, Silent Knight Radar, USSOCOM, PEO RW

Kurt W. SorensenManager, ISR EM & Sensor Technologies Department, Sandia National Laboratories

Mike MeanyDirector, Ground Based Tactical Radar, Northrop Grumman

www.MilitaryRadarSummit.com | 1.800.882.8684 | [email protected]

• Bi-static and passive radar

• Advanced Real-Time Radar Signal Processing and Embedded Computing

Welcoming back!

MILITARY RADARSUMMIT

7TH ANNUAL

Developing the Next-Generation Military Radar while Maintaining and Advancing Current Systems

What’s New for 2014

Presents:

April 7th– 9th, 2014Washington D.C.

April 7th: Cognitive Radar Workshop Day April 8th: Main Summit Day OneApril 9th: Main Summit Day Two

Sign up for the Workshop Day and take an in-depth look at Cognitive Radar! Pg. 3

• Cognitive Radar: Developments and Requirements Discussion

• Open Architecture Advancements in Radar

• Overcoming Cluttered Environments

• FAA Requirements for Drone Activity

MILITARY RADARSUMMIT

7TH ANNUAL

April 7th– 9th, 2014 • Washington D.C.

Developing the Next-Generation Military Radar while Maintaining and Advancing Current Systems

Dear Colleague,

IDGA’s Military Radar Summit is a unique and intimate opportunity to focus on the pertinent aspects of the current and future state of military radar. This event will bring together the most infl uential and knowledgeable military radar experts, in order to discuss the future measures and strategies for advancing radar capabilities and improving partnerships.

The complexity and the scale of military radar encompasses many different strategies, technologies and methods of implementation. Being able to protect high value equipment and personnel, while simultaneously improving C4ISR capabilities.

In its 7th year, the event is the only one of its kind in North America that focusses solely on advancing military radar capabilities. This event will bring together the most infl uential and knowledgeable radar experts in order to discuss the future measures and strategies for Developing the Next-Generation Military Radar while Maintaining and Advancing Current Systems.

Attend this event to learn about a new era of radar research and development in the new environment of sequestration and budget cuts. It will investigate the current state of technology implemented within the radar industry and the road ahead. I hope that you sign up to be a part of this exclusive and collaborative event dedicated to advancing partnerships and technology for the future of military radar.

Kind regards,

Tyler BaylisProgram DirectorIDGA

P.S. Gather your team to secure your spot today! Early

registration is available at www.MilitaryRadarSummit.

com.com or by calling 1-800-882-8684. Remember to

ask about group discounts


Who You WillNetwork With:Job Title Account

Senior Vice President Accelerate

International Contract Agency forManager Defense Development

Business Development AgilentManager Technologies

System Application AnalogEngineer Devices

Sr. Product Manager Anritsu

Dir Of Business ArtemisDevelopment Electronics LLC

Vice President Auriga Microwave

Director BCI Systems & Software Engineering

Sr Systems Engineer Boeing

Director Business BurtekDevelopment Enterprises Inc.

Corporate Account Carlisle InterconnectManager Technologies

Avionics Engineer Cessna Aircraft Company

DRSS Manager CGI Federal

Capture Manager, Air & Ground Ew Programs Cobham

Director Long Range Department ofRadar JPO Homeland Security

Senior Engineer DSTA

Director of Business Development Dynetics, Inc.

President Eastern OptX

Technical Director Exelis IS - Microwave Systems

Director of Advanced First RFPrograms Corporation

“ The opportunities to

network with suppliers

and potential teammates

were great. Most of the

academic info had been

presented elsewhere, but

the military representatives

gave great insight to the

real needs they have and are

forthcoming.”

- Sr Electrical Engineer, Rockwell

Collins

“ Great set of topics; excellent

speakers/presentations;

diverse technologies and

applications were excellent.”

- Lockheed Martin

COGNITIVE RADAR WORKSHOP DAY Monday, April

7th, 2014

8:30 Registration and Coffee

11:00 Networking Break

1:30 Close of Workshop Day

900 WORKSHOP AAdaptive Radar Resource Management: Towards Cognitive Radar Systems

11:00 WORKSHOP BChallenges and Potential Solutions for Current Issues Affecting Cognitive Radar Systems

• Radar resource management to exploit the fl exibility of naval phased array radars

• Adaptive algorithms for challenging, littoral environments

• Coordinated techniques for networked radars• Enhanced tracking performance of novel, adaptive

techniques

• Mitigating intelligent signal processing, which builds on learning through interactions of the radar with the surrounding environment

• Advancing feedback from the receiver to the transmitter, which is a facilitator of intelligence

• Implementing preservation of the information content of radar returns

How you will Benefi t • Learn fi rst hand from the latest advancements in Canada’s

cognitive radar research• Hear from the international community on how cognitive

radar will affect the global radar market• Discuss advanced solutions for improving cognitive radar

Dr. Peter MooGroup Leader, Wide Area Surveillance RadarDefence Research and Development Canada (DRDC)

How you will Benefi t • Learn from the IEEE about the benefi ts of cognitive radar and

how it will shape the future of military radar• Hear about the latest advancements and next steps for

promoting cognitive radar • Discuss how cognitive radar will play into the next generation

of future radar systems



Separately bookable workshops

MAIN EVENT DAY ONE Tuesday, April 8th, 2014


9:00 Chairperson’s Welcome & Opening Remarks

9:15 Radar Roadmap: Taking the Radar to the Next Level• Developing multi-functional radars with expanded

capabilities for all theatres of war• Improve capacity to detect and defend against cyber

threats• Increase capacity to collect and analyze intelligence


10:00 The Role of Radar Expanding Network Centric Warfare • Brainstorming development areas for radar networks to

improve network centric warfare techniques• Exploring newest acquisition priorities and understanding

the role of radar components in NCW• What are the most up-to-date programs and where

does government invest – do these match the industry capabilities?

Kurt W. SorensenManager, ISR EM & SensorSandia National Laboratories


11:15 UAS Radar Life-Cycle Modernization Projects• Taking a look at the MQ-1B Predator, MQ-1C Gray Eagle,

MQ-9 Reaper radar refurbishment projects and new capabilities

• Outfi tting drones to house competitive radar and radar defeat technology

• Advancing Drone radar capabilities through research and development to prepare them for the next theatre of deployment

Braham Himed, PhDTechnical Advisor RF Technology BranchAir Force Research Laboratory

12:00 Newest Developments in Tracking Targets in Challenging Clutter Environments• Exploring C-Speed’s Lightwave Radar with its two

effective modes• Demonstrating the benefi ts of Low PRF low cost, primary

surveillance radar operating mode• Mitigating the radar clutter effects produced by wind

turbines with High PRF mode

David LysackPresident & CEOC Speed LLC

12:45 Lunch

1:45 Developing the Next-Gen Radar• Current and future radar projects and developments• Steps and measures for protecting radar capabilities to

keep the US on the cutting edge• Deploying the next wave of radar systems

Sponsorship Opportunities Available: For more information contact Marc Zamarin at 212-885-2694 or [email protected]

2:30 OEM Radar Systems Panel: Industry insights on procurement, research and development • Where is most government budget for military radar

allocated?• Improving electronically scanned arrays and phase arrays• Advancing multimode radar• How to reduce the radar system’s total cost of operation?• How to address second tier suppliers and partner for new

opportunities?

Mike MeanyDirector, Ground Based Tactical RadarNorthrop Grumman


4:15 G/ATOR Case Study• Understand the operational cost and requirements for G/

ATOR – How are costs developing? • Explaining the performance of air surveillance, cue air

defense weapons and counter-fi re target acquisition • Technological advancements: How to keep weight down

in the radar system

Lee BondProgram Manager, G/ATORPEO Land Systems USMC

5:00 Spectrum Sharing/Allocation Issues and Challenges• Strategies to enhance spectrum estimation and spectrum

management • Learn about current challenges and potential solutions to

maximize spectrum effi ciency • How does proper spectrum management affect radar

systems? • Exploring new spectrum operations to advance radar

systems

Bob SchneiderTechnical DirectorDefense Spectrum Organization

5:45 End of Main Day 1


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MAIN EVENT DAY TWO Wednesday, April 9th, 2014


9:00 Chairperson’s Opening Remarks

9:15 Developing Open Architecture in Radar• Understand how to add different components to a radar

system and what effi cient open architecture means• Creating more power and fl exibility in your radar system,

due to open architecture• Evaluate open architecture as a logical progression of

standardization

Vincent SabioProgram ManagerDARPA Systems Technology Offi ce

10:00 Expanding on the FAA Drone and Flight Requirements• Exploring the FAA’s primary and secondary radar

requirements• Looking at the new network of multifunction phased-

array radars and their capabilities• Small drone radar requirements by the FAA

Adam HendricksonSensor/Systems EngineerUS Army - PM UAS - USAIC PD


11:30 New Airborne Radar Capabilities• Understanding current needs and technological

developments for SAR• Brainstorming strategies to improve SAR applications• Defi ning AFOSR science and engineering capability

requirements and acquisition strategies• Strategies behind algorithms and algorithmic systems for

processing large data sets

LTC, AV Hector A. GonzalezProgram ManagerSilent Knight Radar, USSOCOM, PEO RW

12:15 DHS Requirements, Plans, and Acquisitions for Radar: What Homeland Security needs to be Successful• Defi nition of radar for homeland protection and DHS

radar needs• Understanding radar costs: How to prioritize DHS radar

spending with a much tighter budget, compared to the DoD

• How to track DHS CBP radar requirements most effi ciently?

Sponsorship Opportunities Available: For more

information contact Marc Zamarin at 212-885-2694 or [email protected]

1:00 Lunch

2:00 How to Standardize all Different Components of Radar: Transmitter – Antenna – Receiver – Signal Processing – Tracking• Tackling the challenge of information overload: How

to standardize if the radar system already has so much information on transmitting, receiving, processing and tracking data?

• Find out about different techniques on how standardization can be implemented, with minimum added information to the system

• Brainstorming possible solutions and lessons learned – Which method could revolutionize the market?

Jeff McHargTechnical StaffMIT Lincoln Laboratory

2:45 Combatting Wind farm Impact/ Mitigation Disruption Issue• What do wind turbines mean for you, and what can you

do about it? • Understand the impact of wind turbines on air

surveillance radars and their missions • Learn about the alternative strategies proposed to

mitigate these impacts • Get the latest on the government’s interagency activities

to evaluate these options

Guy ThomasAdvisorC-SIGMA Centre


4:00 Budget Impact on Radar Procurement• Exploring the 2014 budget request and the upcoming

radar procurement projects• Case Study: Weapons system program acquisition,

looking at the individual radar programs• Expanding on the lifecycle modernization projects and

radar refurbishment

Dr. Eli BooknerPrincipal Engineering FellowRaytheon Company

4:45 End of IDGA’s Military Radar Summit


“ This is a very good high level overview of

issues with radar systems.” – Penn State University EOC


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