A Road Map to Readiness at Best Cost for Improving the Reliability, and Safety of Ground Vehicles, Sept. 19th-20th, Waterford Conference Center, Springfield, VA.

1. A Road Map to Readiness at Best Cost for Improving the Reliability and Safety of
Ground Vehicles
Workshop & Symposium September 19 & 20, 2012
Waterford Conference Center, Springfield, Virginia, September 19 & 20, 2012
Opening Keynote Speakers on September 19th:
HON David L. Strickland, Administrator, National Highway Transportation Safety Administration
HON Katrina McFarland, Assistant Secretary of Defense (Acquisition), Office of the Secretary of Defense
(Acquisition, Technology, Logistics)
Lt. General Michael Hough, (U.S. Marine Corps, ret.), Wally Massenburg, Senior Director, Mission Assurance Business Execution, Raytheon
Integrated Defense Systems; Brett Horachek, Program Manager at Nevada Automotive Test Center; Tracy V. Sheppard, Director, Automotive
Directorate, US Army Test Center, Aberdeen Providing Ground, Md. etc.
7 Subject Matter Expert Panels: (1) A Futuristic View of Ground Transportation Systems; (2) Technology Innovation; (3) Reliability & Safety
Standards for Ground Vehicles; (4) Crash Worthiness (Survivability); (5) A New Acquisition Approach to Improve Cost, Schedule, Performance
& Supportability; (6) Achieving and Sustaining Readiness at Best Cost; (7) Readiness at Best Cost as it Relates to Reliability, Maintainability &
Supportability
Participating Organizations: U.S. Army, BAE Systems, NHTSA; OSD; Volpe Center, Vehicle Research, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety;
Active Safety Engineering ; Honda Motor Company; Active Safety Engineering; Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems; University of Alabama,
Huntsville; SoHaR, Inc.; ReliaSoft; Clockwork Solutions; Alion Science and Technology Corp., Southern Methodist University; Office of
Secretary of Defense (MR), OSHKOSH, ANSER Inc., General Dynamics, TACOM & ------more
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