Soldier Technology US 2012 offers you a unique opportunity to network meet the program managers, budget holders, decision makers and influencers in soldier modernization US Army, US Marine Corps and Special Forces across North America and also Canada.
Across the four days detailed below, you will be able to benchmark your product lines against the best equipment on offer today! With step changes and budget constraints stemming from tighter DoD budgets, soldier equipment acquisition, requirements and science and technology is changing rapidly. By 2014 DoD budgets will contract by $400bn – basically half. These step changes mean that military acquisition and requirements leaders need to stay up to date on changes including: New approaches to procurement that will change how you sell to your customers: The network integration exercise run by Colonel John Wendel, Deputy PEO, PEO Integration, twice this year, will funnel suppliers by their ability to affordably integrate products into existing systems so make sure you not only get in front of program managers but also the exercise leaders to secure new business. New leadership/new priorities that will impact industry: New S&T leaders including Dr Marilyn Freeman and new procurement leaders including Brigadier General Camille Nichols, PEO, PEO Soldier are building new 3,5 and 7 year technology roadmaps. You are invited to join to understand their priorities. Renewed investment in key programs of record that will generate more business opportunities: Nett Warrior, run by Col Wil Riggins, Project Manager, Soldier Warrior, is the centre piece of the future soldier system and continues to be the number one priority for PEO Solder and Army soldier procurement so make sure you have all the latest information from the program and keep a strong relationship with this central decision maker. New investment in off-the-shelf technologies that is opening up new markets: Joint Battle Command Platform (JBCP), managed by Lt Colonel Mark Daniels, PEO C3T, is radically reshaping US Army supplier criteria, bringing commercial market technologies into play like never before so make sure you understand who the new competition is and what it means for your business
Make your business case based on the benefits of attending Soldier Technology US 2012 which include: - Meet all the program and product managers involved in the major Army and Marine requirement writing and acquisition projects to receive news about capability gaps and opportunities your business could help with
- Receive updates on major Army acquisition programs so you can identify where new opportunities lie
- Identify where the business opportunities are with the biggest Army and Marine Corps science and technology agencies including NATICK and the Office of Naval Research so you can access both big and small Army budgets
- Meet all the Prime Contractor and government program and product managers involved in the major Army and Marine acquisition projects to receive news about capability gaps and opportunities your business could help with
Just Some Of The Confirmed Speakers Include: Col Wil Riggins, Project Manager, Soldier Warrior, PEO Soldier, US Army Brigadier General Camille Nichols, Program Executive Officer, PEO Soldier, US Army Major General Mark Brown, Deputy for Acquisition and Systems Management for the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology (ASA(ALT)) - Donald Sando, Director, Capabilities Integration Directorate, Maneuver Center of Excellence, US Army
- Brigadier General (ret’d) Pete Palmer, Director, EDGE Innovation Network, GDC4S
- Steve Mapes, Program Integrator, Ground Soldier, PEO Soldier, US Army
- Lt Colonel Mike Bodner, Chairman, NATO Land Capability Group 1, Dismounted Soldier
- Dr James Zheng, Chief Scientist, Clothing and Protective Equipment, PEO Soldier, US Army
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