The Department of Veterans Affairs is hosting this event on August 15-18th, 2011, at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana being assisted by Halfaker and Associates LLC. The largest nationwide conference of its kind, the National Veteran Small Business Conference provides Veteran-Owned and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (VOSBs and SDVOSBs) an opportunity to learn, network and market their businesses....

Inertial Navigation Systems. Fundamental Concepts. Schuller pendulum errors. Strapdown implementations. Ring laser gyros. The Sagnac effect. Monolithic ring laser gyros. Fiber optic gyros. Advanced strapdown implementations. Radionavigation’s Precise Position-Fixing Techniques. Active and passive radionavigation systems. Pseudoranging solutions. Nanosecond timing accuracies. The quantum-mechanical principles of cesium and rubidium atomi...

If present plans materialize, 128 radionavigation satellites will soon be installed along the space frontier. They will be owned and operated by six different countries hoping to capitalize on the financial success of the GPS constellation. In this popular four-day short course Tom Logsdon describes in detail how these various radionavigation systems work and reviews the many practical benefits they are slated to provide to military and civili...

Performance based Lifecycle Product Support In a Time of Limited Resources Performance Based Logistics has become one of the Defense Industry's key strategies to extend the lifespan and improve the reliability of today's defense systems. Increased deployments and shifting acquisition budgets are driving logisticians to minimize system downtimes and improve warfighter support using innovative PBL approaches. The evolution of PBL is happening no...

You are INVITED......! * 3rd Thursdays * @ The Kennedy Center 5:30pm - 7:30pm FOYER LEVEL MILLENNIUM STAGE For more info, all of the FAQ's and to REGISTER, please visit: http://JenniferSchaus3.eventbrite.com

Don’t miss the launch of SMi's first Military Airlift Asia Pacific conference and exhibition - bringing together the most influential regional and international players from within the airlift community. Armed forces within the Asia Pacific region have seen a steady increase in defence budgets in recent years. With two of the world’s largest air forces - India and China - situated in the region there is no limit to the indigenous d...

This three-day course is designed for sonar system design engineers, managers, and system engineers who wish to enhance their understanding of sonar transducer design and how the sonar transducer fits into and dictates the greater sonar system design. Topics will be illustrated by worked numerical examples. What You Will Learn: Basic acoustic parameters that affect transducer designs including: Aperture design Radiation impedance Beam patterns...

The workshop will address how industry across the international cooperation community can work together to bring to the warfighter the latest innovative technology at an affordable cost. The event will be held at the British Embassy and is designed to provide the latest information to the international community and industry. We envisage a program with plenty of interaction. Who should Attend Government Industrial policy staff Government inte...

MAST is the Global Maritime Security and Defence community’s dedicated conference and exhibition series. Uniting senior-level leaders from over 40 countries, MAST is the ultimate event at which to discuss future capabilities and concepts with the major maritime security and defence ‘shareholders’, and evaluate future and state-of-the-art technologies. MAST is organised by an unmatched international committee of renowned and r...

The marcus evans Persistent ISR conference will address concerns about the government-wide paradigm shift toward achieving "true persistence" in a budget and resource constrained environment, finding the balance between automating PED processes while still allowing for the human analysis of ISR-related data, provide tips on how to more rapidly and more securely share information across different information networks and maximize the potential...