NDIA committees & divisions.

• Position: 2004 Mega Directory - National Defense Industrial Association

Division Review Council

Members:

Joseph S. Bravman

Satellink Technologies, Inc

Frank Cardile

ACS Defense, Inc.

Dale W. Church

Mechanical Technology Inc.

Timothy B. Fleischer

Radian, Inc.

Nathaniel Friends

AT&T Corporation

Robert Ken Guest

Anteon Corporation

Mary E. Lacey

Naval Surface Warfare Center

Joanna T. Lau

Lau Technologies

John H. Moellering

J.M. Associates

Tofie M. Owen, Jr.

SAIC

The Division Review Council is a standing committee of the NDIA Board of Directors. The council reviews and advises on the status of activity for the NDIA Divisions. The council evaluates the work of divisions to ensure that they remain focused and are contributing to the overall purpose of the association. The council advises the president of the association regarding their observations on the performance and relevancy of the various committees and divisions, adequacy of staff support, overlaps in effort or subject matter, and need for additional integration and interface with other divisions.

AIR TARGETS, UAVs & RANGE OPERATIONS DIVISION

Chair

David Miller

Meggitt Defense Systems

Mission:

To provide a forum for open exchange of technical and programmatic information between the Defense Department, its military services, industry representatives and foreign governmental and civil agencies in the test and evaluation of air-to-air and ground-to-air weapons systems.

The division conducts an annual symposium, which is the premiere gathering of government and industry representatives from the aerial targets, UAV and range community. The 42nd Annual Symposium & Exhibition, "Salute to Joint Warfighting," is scheduled for in Charleston, South Carolina during November.

The division annually presents the Willis Howard Award to the member who has contributed the most to the division in furthering its goals and objectives. This year's winner was Cort Doctor of Micro Systems, Inc., in recognition of his over thirty-five years of dedication and accomplishment in the manned and unmanned aerial target fields. The division also selects recipients for its annual Hugh Harris Scholarship award for high school seniors or graduates pursuing engineering, physical science or other technically related field of study.

Staff Director Joe Hylan (703) 247-2583

ARMAMENTS DIVISION

Chair

David E. Broden

Alliant Techsystems Inc.

Mission:

To provide a forum for industry, government and the military services to address issues which ensure a superior armament system capability today and in the future. Division themes link to Defense Department initiatives, as well as identify needed change. The division emphasis is understanding needs, listening to lessons learned and afteraction reports and providing responsive technology, and system solutions to the warfighter.

The division addresses many topics including: armament and concepts, system integration, weapons, munitions, fire control, ancillary equipment, logistic support, and manufacturing. Attention is given to total systems, technological application and state-of-the-art technological advancements. Committees within the division perform assessments of current armaments and related platform integration.

The division's activity is directed through three committees--the Small Arms Committee, chaired by Brian Berger (SNC Technologies), the Gun and Ammunition Committee, chaired by Bob Glantz (ATK), and the Missiles and Rockets Committee, chaired by Ed DePasqual (TALLEY).

The annual technical meeting of each committee provides a forum for presentation and discussion of armament systems, system platform integration, development and deployment, status, technologies, operational lessons leaned, and new objectives or needs. The approach is to be inclusive of emerging trends and technology to ensure a vision of the future and to encourage discussion. The use of panel discussions to address priority and challenging topics with diverse opinions provides in-depth analysis. These meetings are complimented by hardware displays and live fire demonstrations, and provide hands on assessment of topics of interest.

Staff Director: Sam Campagna (703) 247-2544

BALLISTICS DIVISION

Chair

Dr. Joseph Carleone

Aerojet Fine Chemicals

Mission:

To promote the exchange, among the Defense Department, other government agencies, national laboratories, industry and academia, of technical information relating to the various fields of Ballistics, including concepts and theories. Emphasis is both on research results and the application of theories and concepts to the design, development and evaluation of weapon systems and their performance against materiel such as armor and other potential targets.

The Ballistics Division's executive board, whose membership includes world-class U.S. ballisticians, organizes and conducts the widely attended, U.S.-based, unclassified, International Ballistics Symposia, at three-year intervals. They are assisted in this effort by world-class ballisticians from more than 24 countries, who also report on their own current unclassified work in ballistics and in many cases, assist in the paper selection process.

The Ballistics Division also contributes technical support in the paper selection process to the off-shore international ballistics symposia, which are also held at alternating three-year intervals between U.S.-based symposia. The offshore symposia are conducted under the auspices of the International Ballistics Committee, which includes many members of the Ballistics Division executive board. Finally, since May 1998, the Ballistics Division has undertaken to organize and conduct, (jointly with the NDIA's Bomb and Warhead Division), an Annual Joint Ballistics Symposium (Secret--U.S. Only).

Staff Director Sam Campagna (703) 247-2544

BOMB & WARHEAD DIVISION

Chair

Robert D. Ciccarelli

DE Technologies Inc.

Mission:

To encourage the development and fielding of improved military capabilities and the sustainment of a defense industrial base necessary to achieve these accomplishments. To provide a forum for the exchange of technical concepts, design techniques, and test and evaluation data related to bombs, warheads and both kinetic energy and explosive munitions of all types, including those for use against armor, ships aircraft, sub marines, structures and vehicles. To recognize leadership and technical contributions to the field of warhead technology.

Major areas of concern include warhead technology, warhead/target interaction methodology, advanced projectiles, counters to active protection systems, modeling and simulation, testing innovations, chemical energy penetrator technologies kinetic energy penetrator technologies, terminal ballistics, quantification of terminal effects benefits, and multipurpose warheads.

Staff Director: Bruce Roulstone (703) 247-2574

THE COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATIONS, COMPUTERS, INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE & RECONNAISSANCE (C4ISR) DIVISION

Chair

Dr. Steven Kimmel

Alion Science and Technology

Mission:

The Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) Division serves as the focal point within NDIA for the identification, study and resolution of technical, management and business issues that involve military and government strategic and tactical C4ISR matters. The division works with the military departments, the joint staff, defense agencies, combatant commanders and other government agencies to provide industry-wide views and assistance. The C4ISR Division has representation from a wide variety of industry, from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies, as well as academia.

The C4ISR Division provides contributions to national security through:

* Studies performed by industry subject matter experts for identified Department of Defense (DoD) areas of need.

* Sponsorship of national symposia seminars and workshops.

* Regular meetings with DoD civilian and military leaders.

The C4ISR Division is comprised of the following committees: Army, Navy, Air Force, Defense Agency, Coast Guard, Homeland Security and Modeling and Simulation. Studies and symposia are managed by one of these committees with the advice and consultation from a sponsoring DoD activity. Each year the division holds an awards dinner at which it recognizes division members who have been instrumental in the conduct of truly successful efforts. The Dr. Eugene Fubini (known as the "Father of C3I") Award is given annually to a Division member from industry for outstanding contributions to study efforts. Additionally, the Chairman's Award is given each year to recognize individual division members who have made out standing contributions to the mutual benefit of NDIA and the division.

Staff Director: Sam Campagna (703) 247-2544

COMMITTEE OF SMALL ARMS PRODUCERS (CSAP)

Co-Chair

Jean-Louis Vanderstraeten

FN Manufacturing Inc.

Co-Chair

Bruce Stout

USA, Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, Rock Island (TACOM-RI)

Mission:

To provide a forum for government, industry and other parties to exchange data and information regarding the small arms industry. Primary focus is on the policies, procedures, requirements planning and other initiatives relating to government procurement, life cycle costs and the outlook for an ongoing industrial base.

This committee is composed of a chair from industry, a co-chair from TACOM-RI, representatives from NDIA, the Product Manager for Small Arms, a representative from TACOM Armament Research, Development & Engineering Center (ARDEC) and five individual memberships representing the small arms industry.

The committee meets two to three times a year. Half of the industrial membership normally will be reassigned every two years. Topics of discussion in the past have been the fielding policy for small arms, the threats faced in the "new battlefield environment," short and long term requirements planning, common industrial base issues in a downsizing environment, acquisition reform, (CP)2, and the value of "best value."

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