AMERICAN HELICOPTER SOCIETY

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GENERAL INFORMATION The American Helicopter
Societys Hampton Roads Chapter, Southeast
Region, and the Army Aviation Association of
America, Colonial Virginia Chapter, are
sponsoring this National Specialists meeting on
Helicopter Military Operations Technology (HELMOT
XIII). The theme is "Vertical Lift Devils of
the Night, Angels of the Day." An exhibit area
will display some of the latest state-of-the-art
helicopter technology. The technical sessions
and exhibit displays will take place in the
Crowne Plaza Williamsburg at Fort Magruder,
located in historic Williamsburg, Virginia,
except for the first day (Tuesday, 28 October
2008). The classified session will be held at
Fort Eustis. For your convenience, buses from
the Crowne Plaza Williamsburg at Fort Magruder
Hotel will be operating to and from Fort Eustis.
See schedule in lobby. EXHIBIT HOURS Newmarket
Hall Tuesday, 28 October 2008 1800-2000 Wednesday,
29 October 2008 0700-1700 1800-2000 Thursday, 30
October 2008 0700-0900 MESSAGE CENTER
attendees may be contacted by calling (757)
220-2250 (Crowne Plaza Williamsburg at Fort
Magruder Hotel) and ask for the AHS HELMOT
meeting extension. HOSPITALITY SUITE Room 367,
Crowne Plaza Williamsburg at Fort Magruder
Hotel. HOTEL DATA FAX NUMBER [phone]

1200 HELMOT XIII Charity Golf
Tournament Shot Gun Start
(Proceeds to Benefit USO)
Williamsburg National Golf Course 1600-2000

Registration
Crowne Plaza Hotel
(Clara Barton
Room) 1800-2000
Early Bird Social
Crowne Plaza Hotel

(Stuarts)
AMERICAN HELICOPTER SOCIETY HAMPTON ROADS
CHAPTER SOUTHEAST REGION and ARMY AVIATION
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA COLONIAL VIRGINIA CHAPTER
Helicopter Military Operations Technology Speciali
sts Meeting HELMOT XIII 27-30 October
2008 Crowne Plaza Williamsburg at Fort
Magruder Williamsburg, Virginia ADVANCE
PROGRAM 6 Oct 08
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0915-0920
Session Introduction
Dr. Gordon Spencer
0920-0955 World-Wide UAV
Threat to U.S.
Rotary Wing Aviation

Christopher Pericak Artillery Aviation
Div, Ground Systems Dir, NGIC 0955-1005

BREAK Modisett Training
Facility Break Area 1005-1030
Short Range Air Defense Threat
MANPAD
Systems
Jeff Claxton
Short Range SAM Div,
MSIC 1030-1100 Short Range Air Defense
Threat AAA
Steve Bailey Radar Air
Defense Div, Ground Systems Dir, NGIC 1100-1130
Non-Conventional Threats to U.S.

Rotary Wing Aviation
LTC David Clark
Artillery Aviation Div, Ground Systems Dir,
NGIC 1130-1200 Countering U.S. Helicopter
Superiority
MAJ David Menser
Asia/Americas Div, Ground Forces Dir, NGIC

1200-1205
Session Wrap-Up
Dr. Gordon Spencer 1205-1225
Bus transportation to Fort Eustis Club
1225-1350 Lunch at Fort
Eustis Club Luncheon Guest Speaker Mr. Paul
Bogosian PEO Aviation 1350-1415 Bus
transportation back to Modisett
0715-0745 Transportation (Bus)
from Crowne Plaza Hotel to
Fort Eustis 0730-0800 Registration
Coffee/Donuts Modisett Training
Facility Break Area (Registration also available
at Crowne Plaza Hotel) 0930-1700 0800-0815
Welcome to HELMOT XIII
Raymond Wall
AATD, General
Chairman Administrative
Announcements
0815-0915 Keynote
Address COL A. Thomas
Ball (invited) Chief
of Staff, HQ, USARPAC (Commander,
25th CAB, 25th ID, in OIF)
Session Chairman Dr. Gordon Spencer Chief
Scientist NGIC 1415-1420
Session Introduction
Dr. Gordon
Spencer
1420-1450
Advances in Foreign Aircraft

Protection Systems
James
Gaston Artillery and Aviation Div, Ground Systems
Dir, NGIC 1450-1520 Foreign GPS
Jamming Technology
Chad Moyer
Battlefield Electronics Div, Ground Systems Dir,
NGIC 1520-1530
BREAK
Modisett Training Facility Break Area 1530-1600
Helicopter Acoustics the Battlespace
Daniel
Newman, DARPA
John Hall, AFRL
Session Chairman Dr. Gordon Spencer Chief
Scientist NGIC



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1100-1130 VUIT Technology for MUM Teaming
LTC Chuck Walls, CW4 Jon
Lenander
AATD, AMRDEC 1130-1135
Session Wrap-Up

COL Steve Kihara 1135-1300
Lunch at Crowne Plaza Hotel
1600-1630 Aircraft Shootdown
Analysis
Gregory Fuchs Surv Tactics Div,
DOTC, USAACE, Ft. Rucker
Session Chairman COL Steve W. Kihara Commander AAT
D 0800-0805
Session Introduction
COL Steve Kihara

0805-0835
Apache Modernization Program
LTC Rob Johnston
PM,
Longbow Apache 0835-0905
Utility Helicopter Programs
COL Neil Thurgood
PM,
Utility Helicopters 0905-0935 Armed
Scout Helicopter Programs
COL Keith Robinson
PM, Armed Scout
Helicopter 0935-1000
BREAK
(Newmarket Hall Exhibit
Area) 1000-1030 TAPO MH-47G
Modernization
LTC Randy Murray
PD MH-47, TAPO, USASOC
1030-1100 Army Special Operations
Aviation
Mission Equipment
LTC Brian Thompson
PD Mission Equipment, TAPO,
USASOC
1630-1700 Rotorcraft
Survivability
COL Kennedy Jenkins
PD ASE, PEO IEWS 1700-1705
Session Wrap-Up
Dr. Gordon
Spencer
1705
Transportation (Bus) from
Fort Eustis to Crowne Plaza Hotel 1800-2000
Exhibits Reception
(Newmarket Hall Exhibit Area)
Session Chairman Mr. Glenn Harrison Dep. Director
CRD, USAACE, Ft. Rucker 1300-1305
Session Introduction

Glenn Harrison
1305-1335
Canadian Experience in Afghanistan
LTC Robin
Steward
(invited)

1335-1405
V-22 Operations
LTC Rock (invited)
EA, Department of
Aviation, USMC 1405-1435 Vertical Flight
Australian Technology

Perspective
LTC (Dr) Arvind Sinha Dir, Aerospace
Aviation, Wackett Aerospace Centre Royal
Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia




1435-1505
BREAK
(Newmarket Hall Exhibit Area)
0700-1700 Registration and
Exhibits
0700-0750 Coffee
Danish in Exhibit Hall
(Newmarket Hall Exhibit Area) 0755-0800
Welcome to HELMOT XIII
Raymond Wall
AATD, General
Chairman
Administrative Announcements
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0945-1015
BREAK
(Richmond Hall) 1015-1045
USMC Tactical UAS Employment
Current Plans and Future Visions
MAJ
Thomas Heffern USMC UAS Requirements, CDD,
FMID, USMC 1045-1115
Army Aviation Requirements COL
Joseph B. Jellison / Glenn Harrison
CRD, USAACE, Ft.
Rucker 1115-1145
Joint Heavy Lift
Bruce Tenney
Associate Dir. of Technology, AATD,
AMRDEC 1145-1150
Session Wrap-Up
Layne
Merritt 1150-1205
Closing Remarks
Raymond Wall

Conference Adjourns


1505-1535 Disaster Recovery Operations
of the Pacific Fleet,
USPACOM
Lt Benjamin Bowersox
US Navy
1535-1605
Operation Jump Start
MAJ Perry Jones


NGVA
(formerly, OJS, TF Raven, S-3) 1605-1635
Pakistan Earthquake Relief

Operations
LTC Walter Bradley
Iowa National Guard 1635-1640
Session Wrap-Up

Glenn Harrison 1830-1930
Reception
(Newmarket Hall Exhibit Area) 1930-2100
Banquet
(Crowne
Plaza Hotel)
0700-0900 Registration
and Exhibits
0700-0750
Coffee Danish in Exhibit Hall
(Petersburg
Hall) 0755-0800 Welcome
to HELMOT XIII
Raymond Wall
AATD, General
Chairman
Administrative Announcements
Session Chairman Mr. Layne Merritt Chief
Scientist PEO Aviation 0810-0815
Session Introduction

Layne Merritt 0815-0845 Navy
Rotorcraft Advancement

Doug Isleib
Director, NACRA, US
Navy
0845-0915
Rotorcraft Requirements
LTC Matthew McSwain

ACC, USAF
0915-0945
Aeromechanics and Flight Control

ST Highlights
John M. Davis, Acting Dep Director
Aeroflightdynamics Directorate, AMRDEC