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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