Defense Strategies Institute professional educational forum: Tactical Summit

~Delivering Information Superiority to the Tactical Edge~

September 12-13, 2017 Mary M. Gates Learning Center, Alexandria, VA The 2017 Tactical Communications Summit will focus on providing network capability and enhanced C4ISR to the tactical edge in support of the Warfighter. The Summit will seek to enhance reliable access to data, voice, and video anytime to support Commanders’ situational awareness and C2 capabilities.

Program Design Today’s Service Members operate across a multitude of austere, expeditionary environments & Goal: that severely limit their ability to effectively communicate critical information with partners in real time. Warfighters are dependent upon the Commanders’ ability to communicate from Mission Command to the Tactical Edge in order to maintain critical operational dominance.

Commanders rely heavily on the development and sustainment of robust and information systems that provide advanced battlefield situational awareness. This Summit will examine the technology, policy and strategy that facilitate agile and resilient networks in expeditionary environments in support of critical mission success.

DSI’s team specializes in the extensive research and development of our Summits' content and focus areas, and we will assemble the most respected minds in networking and communications technology as well as key policy-makers across military and civilian offices. Our non-partisan approach allows us to reach across all services and organizations to bring together a truly holistic group of decision makers and solution providers. DSI’s Symposium directly supports DoD priorities by providing a conduit for officials to efficiently reach audiences outside of their respective offices that directly impact their department's mission success, at no charge to the government, and in an efficient expenditure of time.

Operating DSI’s Symposium will provide a forum to address and improve internal and external Guidelines: initiatives, meet with and hear from partner organizations, disseminate vital capability requirements to industry, increase visibility within the larger community, and generally support their mission.

* The Summit is open and complimentary to all DoD and Federal employees and is considered an educational and training forum.

(Industry and academia members are charged a fee of attendance)

Summit is CLOSED TO PRESS / NO RECORDINGS

Solution providers, Government Agencies and DoD Commands, as well as Academia interested General Target in supporting advanced networking for the Armed Services in expeditionary environments. Audience: Attendees will hear from DoD and Service leads on tactical networking policies, requirements, R&D, as well as near and long term goals for the DoD Enterprise.

- Delivering Information Superiority to the Joint Warfighter - Addressing Future U.S. Military SATCOM Needs for Future Operations in Contested Environments Specific topics - Network Modernization and Standardization Efforts across the Services to be discussed - Developing Mobile Technology Capabilities to Provide Greater Situational include: Awareness in Expeditionary Environments - Providing Mission Command Greater Situational Awareness at the Tactical Edge

- JIE and Impact on the Tactical Edge - RDT&E in Support of Enhanced Communication and Network Architectures - Developing Future MILSATCOM Warfighter Requirements - Efforts to Protect the Digital Security of Military Communications - Integrating COMSATCOM Solutions to Supplement DoD Communication Capabilities

Speakers Noted as Invited Are Not Confirmed and Topics Subject to Edits

September 12, 2017

8:00 - 8:45 Registration and Light Breakfast Reception Open

8:45- 9:00 Moderator Opening Remarks

9:00- 9:45 Shaping the Joint Information Environment to Support Joint Warfighter Mission Success

- Current status of the JIE Framework and the implementation challenges ahead - Initiatives supporting greater mobility to support the Warfighter in expeditionary environments - Efforts to provide advanced and interoperable communication capabilities to the Joint Warfighter

COL Kirby Watson, USA (Confirmed) Interoperability Division Joint J6 9:45 – 10:30 *US Army Keynote Remarks* One Army Network: CIO G-6 Lines of Effort to Ensure Future Army Network Readiness

- Global Overview of Army Network: Enterprise to Strategic to Tactical - Status update on Implementation Guidance Near Term 2017-2018 of Army Network Campaign Plan 2020 and Beyond - Key network modernization priorities and focus areas to meet Network 2025 goals

Gary C. Wang (Invited) Acting CIO CIO/G6, HQDA 10:30 – 11:00 Networking Break

11:00 – 11:45 Addressing C4 Requirements for the Joint Fight at USSTRATCOM

- Major focus areas for meeting mission requirements of C4 systems to support space, global strike, and cyberspace operations - Current priorities towards JIE Objectives: necessary next steps - Advancing and managing global cyber risk to support networked operations at the tactical edge

Ms. Kerry Kelley, SES (Confirmed) J6 Director, C4 Systems CIO and Director, Joint Cyber Center USSTRATCOM 11:45-12:45 Delivering Information Superiority to Soldiers at the Tactical Edge

This panel will focus on delivering communications and network technologies to the Warfighter to facilitate greater capability at the tactical edge. Maintaining and enabling a decisive mission command is fundamental to supporting warfighting functions across joint and coalition forces. The panel will detail acquisition priorities and perspectives from providers of networking and communications technologies, as well as those responsible for fielding capabilities that enable Army, Joint, and Coalition Forces mission success within communication degraded environments.

Panelists:

COL Jim Ross, USA (Confirmed) Project Manager, Tactical PEO C3T

COL Bergmann, USA (Invited) Director, TRADOC Capability Manager, Brigade Combat Team, Mission Command

12:45-1:45 Networking Lunch

1:45 – 2:30 Strengthening NATO Alliances through Effective and Information Systems Connectivity

- Delivering Effective Telecommunication Capabilities to Support NATO and Mission Partner Operational Success - Managing CIS Infrastructures to support global coverage capabilities - Future NATO SATCOM priorities and considerations

Dr. Gregory B. Edwards (Confirmed) Director, Infrastructure Services & Transition NATO Communications and Information Agency 2:30- 3:15 Developing and Integrating Technology to Advance Tactical Communication, Networking, and Cybersecurity Capabilities for the U.S. Army

- Developing resilient networking techniques supporting uninterrupted communications in contested environments - Technology efforts to increase expeditionary capabilities of networks - Developing interoperable network architectures to support Joint and Coalition operations - Signal processing techniques that enable a dynamic, autonomous network

Seth Spoenlein (Confirmed) Associate Director for Systems Engineering CERDEC – S&TCD 3:15 - 3:30 Networking Break

3:30 – 4:15 Update on Current Capability Development for Tactical Communications at the USMC

- Current initiatives to improve joint and coalition interoperability capability - Status report on MAGTF priorities - Efforts to increase common applications, as well as Defensive Cyber Operations

Thomas Ziek (Confirmed) Deputy Director, C2/Cyber & EW ID HQMC CD&I 4:15 – 5:00 Deploying Effective Communication and Networking Solutions for Dynamic Environment Operational Mission Success

- Developing mobile and communication and networking capabilities to support operations in degraded environments - Supporting real-time data transport through network capability development - Integrating next generation architectures for enhanced Warfighter support

Dr. Peter Klein (Confirmed) Head, Networks and Communications Systems Branch Naval Research Laboratory End of Day One

September 13, 2017

8:15-8:45 Registration and Light Breakfast Reception Open

8:45-9:00 Moderator Opening Remarks

9:00-9:45 Synchronizing and Defending Global Network Operations through JRSS

- Current status of the JRSS and JRSS/JMS Deployment Plan - Providing enhanced control and visibility of DoD Networks - Standardization of security and architecture

Col Scott Jackson, USAF (Confirmed) Chief, JIE Solutions Division DISA 9:45 - 10:30 Managing Modernization Efforts to Build, Operate, Maintain and Defend Army Networks

- Supporting a globally interoperable and secure network capacity to enable efficient Mission success - Delivering a cyber secure network that enables a distributed Mission Command - Efforts to optimize Army installations to better support networked operations

BG David Isaacson, USA (Invited) Deputy to the Commanding General NETCOM 10:30-11:15 Integrating Modernized Network Capabilities for Future Force Net-Enabled Operations

- Delivering and operationalizing modernized networks for tactical formation - Developing a single integrated command system to provide deployed commanders rapid situational awareness - Capabilities and requirements to be met for a robust LANDWARNET - Leveraging the end user’s perspective for informed acquisition requirements

Michael McCarthy (Confirmed) Chief, LANDWARNET Division ARCIC 11:15-11:45 Networking Break

11:45 - 12:45 Panel Discussion: Developing and Integrating MILSATCOM Capabilities to Meet Future & Emerging Threats for DoD Mission Success

This panel will focus on addressing the requirements, strategic guidance and technological innovation needed to meet future U.S. Military Satellite Communication needs. This informal panel discussion provides our invited panelists the opportunity to provide their own perspectives on the challenges and opportunities that must be addressed in order to support the DoD’s future missions.

Moderator: Terry Jaggers, President, Excela Ventures Group (Invited)

Panelists: Dr. John M. Chapin, Visiting Professor, Carnegie Mellon University (Invited)

Cynthia Dion-Schwarz, Senior Scientist, RAND Corporation (Confirmed)

Brad Grady, Senior Analyst, Northern Sky Research (Confirmed)

12:45-1:30 Developing Advanced Communications and Networks Capabilities for Future Naval Missions

- Near and future term R&D of antennas and communications - Developing wireless network capabilities and resiliency for emerging Naval missions - Enabling rapid and accurate tactical decision making in network centric environments

Dr. Santanu Das (Confirmed) Program Officer, Communications and Networking Program ONR 1:30-2:30 Networking Lunch 2:30 –3:15 Supporting Strategic, Operational, and Tactical Operations Worldwide through Scalable and Rapid C4 Support

- Enabling the first joint and secure communication capabilities for expeditionary and SOF units - Providing SATCOM support for joint force mobility within non-permissive environments - Initiatives and technologies that provide greater situational awareness and tactical decision making capabilities to Commanders

COL Wade Johnston, USA (Confirmed) Commander, Joint Communications Support Element Joint Enabling Capabilities Command, USTRANSCOM 3:15-4:00 Supporting Sailors and Marines Communication Needs at the Tactical Edge with Air Combat Electronics Advancements

- Update on programs advancing the effectiveness and efficiency of data capturing, processing, and dissemination - Enabling acquisitions managers to address issues with near-term funds through the Navy's Avionics Component Improvement Program - Leveraging industry perspective to advanced current capability level of FACE and HOST initiatives

CAPT Chris McDowell, USN (Confirmed) PMA 209 NAVAIR 4:00 End of Symposium

Speakers Noted as Invited Are Not Confirmed and Topics Subject to Edits