Conference Day Two: Wednesday, September 16, 2009

7:30 Registration & Coffee

8:15 Welcome & Chairperson’s Opening Remarks

Scott McCormick
Connected Vehicles Trade Association

8:30 Heavy Tactical Vehicle Army Strategy

  • Su stainability of the fleet
  • Force generation model
  • Logistics modular force design

COL Mark Barbosa, USA
Chief, Focused Logistics Division
Army G-8

9:15 USMC Heavy Vehicle Systems Update And Outlook

  • Field service support
  • Integrated logistics support
  • Expectations for modernizing the fleet

Maj MJ Walters, USMC
Heavy Armor Capabilities Integration Officer
FMID, CDD, MCCDC

10:00 Networking Break

10:45 New Reliability And Availability Improvement Policies And Their Implementation

Jane Krolewski
Reliability and Maintainability Directorate
AEC, Army Test and Evaluation Center

(Representing Major General Roger Nadeau)

11:30Heavy Vehicle Transportability Engineering

John D. Newman
Deployability Engineering Branch Chief, Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command
Transportation Engineering Agency (SDDCTEA) Deployability Division

12:15 Lunch

1:30 Yuma Proving Ground Vehicle Testing

  • Full production vehicle testing
  • Future “shakedown” test
  • The heavy vehicle test range

Julio C. Dominguez
Technical Director (Acting)
US Army Yuma Proving Ground

2:15 Advancements With Vehicle Health Management (VHMS)

  • New advancements in vehicles health technology
  • How VHMS combines diagnostic tools into one environment
  • What has and hasn’t worked for health management

TBA

3:00 Networking Break

3:45 Defense Trade Policy Control For Heavy Vehicles

  • Purchasing or selling parts for vehicles outside the US
  • New export/import controls for vehicles

Jonathan Dennis
Political Military Affairs
Department of State

4:30 End Of Main Summit