Netcentric Warfare's Future and Battlefield Experiences to Be Examined At Aviation Week's Netcentric Conference

NEW YORK, NY, Sept. 30, 2003 -- The cornerstone for 21st century battlefield dominance -- network centric warfare -- has had many successes and modifications since it came to age in the Afghan and Iraqi war. Netcentric warfare's current status as well as its future will be examined by military, intelligence and industry experts at Aviation Week's' NetCentric Conference, October 8 in Washington, DC.

Developed under the guidance of Vice Admiral (Ret.) Arthur Cebrowski, Aviation Week's NetCentric Conference will provide a top-level review of recent operations in the Middle East and will let you hear first-hand from some of the industry and military leaders who designed and successfully deployed existing systems.

In a series of provocative presentations, reports and roundtables, the NetCentric Conference will include:

-- Top level review of operations -- successes and shortfalls -- in Afghanistan and Iraq

-- Discussion of future imperatives -- a study of how capabilities-based planning is shaping tomorrow's programs

-- The Environment: surveillance & reconnaissance; unmanned capabilities; command, control and communications; and simulation relying on data mining, rules/protocols and synthesis

-- Assessing Joint Operations

-- Industry Direction: Explaining the Business Model

-- Power to the Edge and the latest thinking

"This major gathering of visionary military, government and business leaders will seek to apply lessons learned from recent conflicts to shape future military systems, technologies and operations," said Kenneth E. Gazzola, Aviation Week Executive Vice President/Publisher. "Those who build, procure or deploy network centric warfare technology will help push the technology envelope further by attending."

Additional information and registration is available at http://www.AviationNow.com/conferences, or by calling (800) 240-7645.

The NetCentric Conference will feature presentations and panel discussions by leaders in this field, including:

-- Vice Admiral (Ret.) Arthur K. Cebrowski, Director, Office of Force Transformation

-- Mike Cuff, Program Manager FCS, Honeywell

-- Matthew DeZee, Director Internet Business Solutions, Cicso Systems, Inc.

-- Terry Drabant, President, Lockheed Martin Mission Systems

-- Norman Eaglestone, Chief Technology Officer Government Solutions, Sun Microsystems

-- Capt. Linda Lewandowski, Project Lead, Sense & Respond Logistics, Office of Force Transformation, US Department of Defense

-- Lt. General Michel Maisonneuve, Chief of Staff, Allied Command Transformation, NATO

-- Tom Mayhew, Senior Director Network Centric Architecture, Oracle Corp.

-- Carl O'Berry, Vice President Strategic Architecture, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems

-- James R. Truemper, Vice President Federal Systems division, EADS TELECOM North America

-- Lt. General William S. Wallace, Command General, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center (Commanding General, V Corps. during Operation Iraqi Freedom)

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