DIRECTED ENERGY WARFARE CONFERENCE POC Association of Old Crows, Convention Department, (703) 549-1600. The Association of Old Crows, in cooperation with the Joint Staff Conference, is presenting the first Directed Energy Warfare Conference (DEW) 14-15 June 1995 at the Mitre Corporation, McLean, Virginia. POC is the Association of Old Crows (AOC) Convention Department (703) 549-1600. The AOC's first conference will set a forum for a government-industry exchange on this new element of Electronic Warfare (EW) policy and doctrine, established under JCS MOP 6, Electronic Warfare. The Joint Staff will chair the conference. The theme of the conference is a detailed review of DEW today and for the future. The four technical sessions will give industry and the operational community a comprehensive overview of DEW on today's battlefield and its role in future conflicts. Session I will address: DOD, DEW Policy and Weapons Technology and will be chaired by Dr. William L. Baker, Deputy Director, Advanced Weapons and Survivability Directorate, Phillips Lab, Kirkland, AFB. Other topics will include: a technology overview of lasers, high powered RF and particle weapons; joint employment policy; and weapons effects on equipment and personnel. Session II will address: the DEW threat and be chaired by Dr. Elliot Lehman, Intelligence Officer/Physicist, DIA. Other topics include: DEW intelligence production and overview; ground combat applications of lasers and ground based ASAT; DE applications for Naval applications; air and space based DE weapons; implications of laser technology advances; RF and particle beam weapons; and laser protection technologies. Session III will address: joint requirements process and the JROC; high energy laser test facility; and services DEW programs. The session will be chaired by CAPT James Powell, USN, J-33/STOD-C2W, C2W Branch. Session IV (the final session): will address challenges for the DEW industry, power spectra high powered RF; and briefings by TRW, Boeing, Rockwell, Hughes and Martin-Marietta. Session IV will be chaired by Dr. Lou Marquet, Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Advanced Development. The conference will be held at the SECRET NOFORN clearance level and unclassified summaries of the papers will be made available to attendees. There will also be a number of displays available at the conference.

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