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Submarine Technology Symposium
Submarine Technology Symposium 2010 Increasing the Submarines’ Value in Theater Operations and Irregular Warfare The 2010 Submarine Technology Symposium was held at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and co-sponsored by the Naval Submarine League. A principal objective of the Submarine Technology Symposium is to facilitate the development and employment of new and emerging technologies in our current and future submarines to minimize unanticipated vulnerabilities. If you attended the symposium we strived to meet this objective and are soliciting your input so that we may continue to grow the symposium in ways that are beneficial to the Navy and the Technical Teams supporting the Navy.
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If you have already provided feedback via use of the comment card located at the back of your Symposium brochure, then please disregard this notice.
The survey will be available through 30 June 2010.
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The following were the technical sessions and Session Chairs for STS 2010: Technologies to Support Special Operating Forces and Irregular Warfare (SOF/IW)
Chair: Mr. Chris Watkins, JHU/APL
Asst: Mr. Rick Blank, JHU/APL
Session One introduced innovative technologies to support Special Operating Forces and Irregular Warfare. Technical topics focused on enhancing the submarine role in Special Operating Forces and Irregular Warfare. Technologies to Enhance the Submarine’s Contributions in the Maritime Theater of Operations
(e.g., ASW, ASuW, MIW, Maritime ISR)
Chair: Tom Bush, RADM, USN (Ret), Raytheon
Asst: Paul Rosbolt, CAPT, USN (Ret), Raytheon
Session Two offered technology solutions that have significant potential to provide for improvements to the submarine force to conduct ASW, ASUW, USW, ISR and MIW missions in the future (10-20 year time-frame). This session focused on improvements in digital imaging, acoustic, and non-acoustic technologies with emphasis on detection, classification, tracking, targeting and targeting. Technologies that Enhance the Submarine’s Contributions beyond the Undersea Battlespace
(Strike, BMD, SEAD, Reconstitution of Space Assets, Extended ISR)
Chair: Mr. Franz Edson, GD-EB
Asst: Ms. Jennifer Panosky, GD-EB
The focus of Session Three was on technical solutions that will enable submarine contributions to Strike, BMD and Suppression of Enemy Air Defense Missions in the future (10-20 year time-frame). This session provided technical topics related to the submarine acting as a force multiplier by destroying or otherwise neutralizing hostile assets and ballistic missiles that would otherwise inhibit friendly sea, air, and land operations.
Technologies to Enhance Submarine Survivability in Theater Level and Irregular Warfare Operations
Chair: Dr. Pierre Corriveau, NUWC Newport
Asst: Mr. George Zvara, NUWC Newport
Session Four presented a range of technologies that will enhance submarine survivability with emphasis on vulnerabilities that might be the result of irregular warfare, SOF and theater warfare operations. Topics focused on technical solutions for traditional and non-traditional submarine security concerns to include signature control and masking, situational awareness, offensive capabilities, defensive resources, and the ability to withstand battle damage.
New Technologies to Improve Submarine C3 and Interoperability
Chair: Fred Byus, RDML, USN (Ret) Battelle
Asst: Dennis Haines, CAPT, USN (Ret) Battelle
The thrust of Session Five was Improving Interoperability through technical solutions that will improve secure command, control and communications with the submarine force by any platform (land, air, surface, subsurface) in multiple mediums and modes. This session addressed technology solutions that allow force units to passively, as well as actively share intelligence, friendly and hostile force status, and commanders’ intentions.
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