IDGA's Military Armor Protection is the premier forum for the military armor community to exchange ideas on new armor technologies, challenges and developments in protective equipment, and recent research on armor systems. You will find no other conference that focuses solely on current requirements and the enhancement of armor initiatives. The event will bring together military and government leaders tasked with ensuring warfighter safety and vehicle protection capabilities against persistent threats. IDGA’s 5th Annual Military Armor Protection is the home of key decision makers who take the opportunity to discuss future development opportunities for the entire armor community.

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May 24 - 27, 2010
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Hilton McLean Tysons Corner, Latest updates on lightweight Meet key decision-
McLean, VA materials, mobility requirements,
and opportunities for the makers and hear
next two years! from a distinguished
speaker faculty that
includes:
This year’s mission-critical topics include:
BG Peter Fuller, USA
• Innovations in survivability of • Optimizing the performance Program Executive Officer, PEO
ground vehicles of ultra-light composite Soldier
armor solutions
• Holistic protection in a complex
LTC Jon Rickey, USA – PM
operating environment • Protection from IEDs and
blast shock waves Soldier Protective Equipment,
• Weight reduction without PEO Soldier
compromising ballistic protection
LtCol A.J. Pasagian, USMC
PM Infantry Combat Equipment,
Marine Corps Systems
Command
Dr. Bob Lusardi
Deputy Program Manager, Light
Armored Vehicles, USMC
Scott Adams
Product Manager, Combat
Support Equipment, Marine
Corps Systems Command
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2. 5th Annual
TM
Securing Warfighter & Vehicle Survivability May 24 - 27, 2010
Hilton McLean Tysons Corner,
McLean, VA
Welcome to the only annual event focusing exclusively on military Who You Will Meet
armor solutions for both vehicle and individual body armor! IDGA’s Military Armor Protection is the home of the
military armor community and the premier forum
where DoD, military, vendors, and academia come
With the increase in US soldiers sent to Afghanistan, the demand for enhanced together to focus on armor solutions. This is the
protection of military assets becomes an ever-increasing challenge and annual must-attend event for Program Managers,
opportunity for those involved in military armor solutions. 2010 is the year to business development professionals, engineers, and
academia in the armor protection space. Delegates are
develop and fulfill a definitive set of requirements for vehicle and involved in the following industry categories:
personal armor capabilities suited for the battlefield in Afghanistan. • Add-on armor • Mechanical engineering
• Tactical wheeled • Countermine
IDGA's Military Armor Protection is the premier forum for the military armor vehicles technology
• Vehicle armor • Combat survivability
community to exchange ideas on new armor technologies, challenges and programs • Explosive ordnance
developments in protective equipment, and recent research on armor • Reactive armor disposal
systems. You will find no other conference that focuses on current • Armor testing • Explosion protection
requirements and the enhancement of military armor initiatives, as well • Armor structures systems
Armor survivability • Composite body armor
as future development opportunities to assist our current war effort. •
• Ceramics and metals • Lightweight plastics
• Operational • Nanotechnology
This year’s mission-critical topics include: requirements • Flexible armor
• Innovations in survivability of ground vehicles • Materials scientists technology
• Holistic protection in a complex operating environment
• Weight reduction without compromising ballistic protection
• Optimizing the performance of ultra-light composite armor solutions
• Protection from IEDs and blast shock waves About IDGA
The Institute for Defense &
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www.MilitaryArmorProtection.com to book your place today. (IDGA) is a non-partisan
information-based organization
Don’t forget to register early to save with our early bird discounts! dedicated to the promotion of innovative ideas in public
service and defense through live conferences and events.
We bring together speaker panels and events comprised
of military and government professionals while attracting
delegates with decision-making power from military,
government, and defense industries. For more
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offers an online community dedicated to
providing defense industry professionals
with breaking news, business
opportunities, introductions, podcasts,
"Information and feedback from webinars, and presentations from key
industry leaders. Members of our online
-0-4, 0-5, 0-6 officers returning from the community are able to extend their live
event experience and interact with the
battle field is invaluable." defense industry by leveraging the opportunity to network,
share ideas, best practices, and business solutions.
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3. Vehicle Protection Focus Day Vehicle Protection Focus Day
Monday, May 24, 2010
Sign up for this in-depth and interactive workshop day examining the current research and development of military satellite systems.
During this focus day, you can expect smaller, classroom-style sessions and in-depth discussions with class leaders and fellow attendees.
7:30am Registration & Coffee
8:30am – 10:30am Gain insight into the next generation of armor
Advanced Armor Technologies
Today's market requires advanced lightweight armor solutions How you will benefit:
while meeting the demands of vehicle and warfighter protection. • Get up to date on into threat protection level requirements
Today's armor technologies are no longer unwieldy and bulky, but • Discover the new ways to create flexible and responsive armor systems
have developed into advanced hard and flexible armor solutions • Gain insight into the production of high technology, lightweight armor
that protect lightweight vehicles against high velocity threats. This
session will discuss vehicle armor systems that allow effective What you will learn about:
• Liquid Crystal Polymers (LCPs)
modifications of the varying armor protection levels currently • Multiple hit capabilities
needed in the battlefield. • Composite/ceramic armor solutions
Vic LaSala, Senior Vice President for R&D, American Defense
Systems, Inc
10:45am – 12:45pm Explore reactive armor advancements
Advanced Reactive and Hybrid Armor and Active Protection Systems for Armored Vehicles
is crucial to design and develop an armor system that is able to
identify the type of shaped charge directed toward a vehicle in How you will benefit:
• Gain insight into the mechanics behind reactive armor systems
order for an offensive counter-attack. This session will discuss the
• Find out the technology behind weapons identification
cost to design, develop and deploy reactive armor technologies,
• Improve your knowledge of the costs that involve design and
and compare it with the cost of current armor solutions. Session
leaders will discuss the current and future requirements of military deployment
vehicles, resulting in a better understanding of the future of What you will learn about:
reactive armor technologies. • Design enhancements for ground vehicle survivability
• Minimization of a vehicle’s weight and cost
• Advancements in explosive reactive armor
Sean Agnew, Professor, Department of Materials Science &
Engineering, University of Virginia
12:45pm Lunch will be served
Discover the value and development of strengthened transparent armor
1:45pm – 3:45pm
Chemically Strengthened Glass for Transparent Armor Applications
Special glass compositions can be chemically strengthened to How you will benefit:
develop as much as 1 GPa (~145 ksi) surface compression and ~1 • Obtain a better understanding of the transparent Amor Applications
mm compression case depth. With this level of protection, • Understand the advantages of using the method for enhanced
laminated composites made using such glass should have testing and evaluation
enhanced tolerance to potential damage from reflected tensile • Gain insight into the glass strengthening process and testing
stress wave after a projectile impact. The finished cost of such glass
would be significantly less than that of other competitive materials What you will learn about:
such as transparent ceramics (e.g., ALON and spinel materials) and • Chemical strengthening of glass
glass-ceramics currently in the market. • Strength and fracture performance of chemically strengthened glass
• Potential configurations
Dr. Arun Varshneya, Professor of Glass Science & Engineering,
Alfred University
3:45pm End of Vehicle Protection Focus Day
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4. MainMaySummit Day One
Tuesday, 25, 2010
7:15 Registration & Coffee 12:15 Lunch
8:15 Chairperson’s Welcome & Opening Remarks 1:30 The Art and Science of Armor Development
• Case study on armor technology development
• Managing threats while maintaining maneuverability
8:30 Improving Survivability, Mobility, Sustainability • Maintaining maneuverability and transportability for
and Quality of Life for the Individual Marine mission success
Morning Keynote
•Individual armor integration Session will be lead by a representative from CoorsTek
•Body armor and load carriage integration/improvements
• Increased area of coverage
• Plate adjustment capability 2:15 Multifunctional Materials and Applications
Col Joseph Shreader, USMC, Director, Combat Equipment & • Design and application strategies
Support Systems Product Group, Marine Corps Systems Command • Materials and processing
• Performance measurements and techniques
Dr. Peter Matic, Head of Multifunctional Materials,
9:15 Personnel Armor Research and Development Naval Research Laboratory
•Analytical and numerical modeling tools for armor system
development
• Armor system performance assessment 3:00 Networking Break
• Materials research for enhanced personnel armor
LTC Jon Rickey, USA, PM Soldier Protective Equipment,
PEO Soldier 3:45 Improved Fabric Armor Design
• Shear thickening fluid Kevlar
• Magnetomechanical Kevlar
10:00 Networking Break • Effects of weave type on ballistic performance
Celia Powell, Textile Technologist - FR Clothing Specialist,
Natick Soldier Research, Development & Engineering Center
10:45 Infantry Combat Equipment: Lightening the
Load
•Design and test of body armor and related equipment 4:30 Materials Engineering for Enhanced Armor
•Weight reduction, improved functionality and capabilities Technologies
• Requirements to adapt to dynamic environments • Boron carbide armor
LtCol A.J. Pasagian, USMC, PM Infantry Combat Equipment, • Next generation body armor
Marine Corps Systems Command • Presureless sintering methods
Robert Speyer, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering,
Georgia Institute of Technology
11:30 USMC Lightening the Load
Lighten the Load Initiative
•
TRUE boots-on-the-ground perspectives on real warfighter needs
• 5:15 Cocktail Reception Sponsored by:
in theater in relation to personnel armor
1stLt Justin Singleton, USMC, Field Testing Branch,
Marine Corps Warfighting Lab 6:15 End of Day One
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on-one interactions with potential customers aren't interrupted with the sometimes overwhelming distractions, which
often come along with the larger, more glamorous conferences. Kudos to you and others at IDGA involved with the
planning, selection of speakers and overall organization of the programs."
– VP Sales and VP International Sales & Mktg, SEKAI
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5. Main May 26, 2010 Day Two
Wednesday,
Summit
7:15 Registration & Coffee 12:15 Lunch
Afternoon Keynote
8:15 Chairperson’s Opening Remarks 1:30 Responding Quickly to Protect our Warfighters:
Lightweight Soldiers Armor for Troops in
Afghanistan
8:30 Improvements in Armor on Legacy Vehicle BG Peter Fuller, USA, Program Executive Officer, PEO Soldier
Platforms
•Tile configuration and design limitation and capabilities
•Testing conducted during the qualification phase 2:15 Armored Fabric and Tentage: Force Protection
• Mount and dismount on the vehicle and packing configurations • Modular ballistic panels
to make it easier for the soldier in the field • Integration into fabric shelters
• The retrograde kit and return kit from the field after deployment • Organic ballistic protection
Erinn McCarthy, Mechanical Engineer, US Army ARDEC Frank Kostka, Shelters Technology, Engineering & Fabrication
Director, US Army Natick Soldier Research, Development &
Engineering Center
9:15 Protecting Light Armored Vehicles
Morning Keynote
•Base vs. add-on systems
•Mission role protection kits 3:00 Networking Break
• Expanding the protection envelope
Dr. Bob Lusardi, Deputy Program Manager, Light Armored
Vehicles, TACOM 3:45 Marine Corps Current and Future Efforts to
Protect our Warfighters from CBRN Threats
• Requirements for personal protection materials
10:00 Networking Break • Flame and thermal protection as applied to armor applications
• Fabric composites for enhanced warfighter protection
Scott Adams, PM Combat Support Equipment, Marine Corps
10:45 Anti-Armor Analysis Program Systems Command
•Following the threat to protect the warfighter
•Advancing research and development through analysis
• Developing better, focused protection of the warfighter 4:30 Next Generation Platform Design and
LTC David F. McFadden, USA, Cavalry Chief, Anti-Armor Analysis Integration
Program, National Ground Intelligence Center • Ultrastrong composites with properties suitable for transparent
Robert L. Talbott, Jr., Senior Intelligence Analyst, Anti-Armor armor using nanomaterials
Analysis Program, Exploitation Directorate, National Ground • Advanced techniques using the unique properties of
Intelligence Center nanomaterials
• Nanoscale laminates and how they are a part of new transparent
armor solutions
11:30 Optimizing the Performance of Ultra-Light Dr. Kelechi Anyaogu, Center for Photochemical Sciences,
Composite Armor Solutions Bowling Green State University
•Case study on armor technology development
•Managing threats while maintaining maneuverability
• Maintaining maneuverability and transportability for mission 5:15 End of Main Summit
success
Eric Dunn, President, HP White Laboratories
"IDGA has done it again! They continue to put together first class events that address the critical issues facing defense
suppliers. I've been to numerous conferences hosted by various organizations and IDGA always seems to have the best
mix of small, medium and large companies along with key players from the acquisition community. The staff expertly
facilitates valuable networking opportunities and deftly handles key introductions. Attendance at IDGA events is always
a worthwhile investment of time. I look forward to attending these events in the future."
– CEO, Impact Ceramics, LLC
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6. Advanced Composite Materials Focus Day Advanced Composite Materials Focus Day
Thursday, May 27, 2010
8:00am Registration & Coffee
8:30am – 10:30am Improving mobility to raise survivability
Protecting the Warfighter with a Lightweight Armor System
Keeping the warfighter mobile and protected is the ultimate goal How you will benefit:
for all armor engineers. This case study will discuss mission-critical • Discover in detail the principles behind penetration protection and
requirements for lightening the load of each warfighter with a stopping power
composite sheet layering system, hermetically sealed, unidirectional • Learn from technical experts about optimized panel data
aramid micro-fibers that are multi-layered in a state-of-the-art • Understand how to customize lightweight, moldable panels in
cross-ply technology. In this session you will learn about the terms of size, weight and installation
development of principles applied in developing this material
What you will learn about:
ensure that the underlying fibers are used to their maximum • Fiber panel and processing
advantage to provide tremendous penetration protection and • Moldable armor manufacturing process
stopping power while significantly reducing the level of back-face
deflection. Dr. John Song, Soldier Research, Development and Engineering
Center, US Army Natick
10:45am – 12:45pm
Specialized materials to drive armor innovation
Advanced Materials for Armor Applications
The ever-increasing need for more specialized materials for armor How you will benefit:
applications continuously pushes the envelope of modern • Discover threats and opportunities driving research initiatives
technology, equipment and human intellect. The understanding of • Gain a better understanding of traditional performance
fundamental properties of structures increases exponentially approaches vs. vehicle and Warfighter needs
through fabrication of very small test objects using new
What you will learn about:
capabilities, and analyzing them with the aid of sophisticated • Ballistic performance
computational models. As this field continues to expand, materials • Fragmentation performance
technology will produce products, components and systems that • Blast mitigation material advances
are smaller, smarter, multifunctional, environmentally compatible,
more survivable and customizable. Dr. Bazle Gama, Scientist, University of Delaware Center for
Composite Materials
12:45pm Lunch will be served
1:45pm – 3:45pm
Armor designed to match the threats posed in OIF and OEF
Workshop: Transparent Armor for the Individual Soldier
Transparent armor is an important frontier in the arena of personal How you will benefit:
protection. With current events in Iraq and Afghanistan, demands • Gain insight into the vulnerability of face protection with
for lightweight and better protective transparent armor materials transparent armor compared to the opaque armors
are rapidly increasing. Over the course of several decades, • Obtain the understanding of technical barriers due to the nature
polycarbonate (PC) and polymethylmetacrylate (PMMA) have of the materials
remained the materials of choice with regards to transparent
personnel armor. With good fragment resistance, easy What you will learn about:
manufacturability and relatively low cost, these materials have
• Learn behavior of transparent materials under ballistic impact
• Learn various approaches of next generation materials researches
proven to stand as the best option. For personnel armor, these
materials are used as a monolithic, such as, face shield, goggles and some results
and spectacles as well as hybrid of them, such as, for EOD shield Dr. Kelechi Anyaogu, Center for Photochemical Sciences, Bowling
and riot protective face shields. However, currently, significant Green State University
research and development efforts are going into the new improved
transparent armor materials. This workshop will discuss new
potential materials as well as various approaches and stages of
research and development efforts on next generation transparent
armor materials.
3:45pm End of Advanced Composite Materials Focus Day
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7. Venue & Lodging 5 Ways to Register!
Hilton McLean Tysons Corner
7920 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, VA 22102 Web: www.MilitaryArmorProtection.com
Phone: 1-800-Hiltons • Web: www.mclean.hilton.com
Email: info@idga.org
IDGA has arranged for a special room rate of $226 per night for attendees
(based on availability). To secure this rate you must reserve your room by Phone: 1-800-882-8684 or 646-378-6026
Monday, May 3rd at 5pm EST and mention Armor-IDGA. Please note that
you are eligible for this rate three days prior and three days post the event.
Fax: 646-378-6025, 24 hours a day
Mail: IDGA
535 5th Avenue, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10017
Sponsorship and Exhibition Opportunities Pricing Military, Government & Academia*
Still Available! Register by
Fri Mar 19
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Fri Apr 23
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For more information on sponsoring or exhibiting please contact Angela Vehicle Protection
DiNatale at 212-885-2761 or sponsorship@idga.org. Focus Day $500 $500 $500
(Mon May 24)
Main Summit
(Tues-Wed May 25-26) $799 $899 $999
Sponsors: Advanced Composite
Materials Focus Day $500 $500 $500
(Thurs May 27)
Superpass
(all 4 days) Best Value! $1,499 $1,599 $1,699
* This category does NOT include government contractors. Contractors are considered
civilian/industry for the purpose of determining registration fees.
Pricing Industry
Register by Register by Standard
Fri Mar 19 Fri Apr 23 Pricing
Vehicle Protection
Focus Day $500 $500 $500
Media Partners: (Mon May 24)
Main Summit
(Tues-Wed May 25-26) $999 $999 $999
Advanced Composite
Materials Focus Day $500 $500 $500
(Thurs May 27)
Superpass
(all 4 days) Best Value! $1,699 $1,799 $1,899
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be confirmed until payment is received and may be subject to cancellation.
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• Holistic protection in a complex operating
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ALL NEW for 2010: information on
Latest updates on lightweight
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opportunities for the next two years! future
5th Annual plans!
Meet key decision-makers
and hear from a
distinguished speaker
faculty that includes:
BG Peter Fuller, USA
TM Program Executive Officer, PEO Soldier
LTC Jon Rickey, USA – PM Soldier Protective
Equipment, PEO Soldier
LtCol A.J. Pasagian, USMC
PM Infantry Combat Equipment, Marine Corps
Systems Command
Securing Warfighter & Vehicle Survivability Dr. Bob Lusardi
Deputy Program Manager, Light Armored
Vehicles, USMC
May 24 - 27, 2010 Hilton McLean Tysons Corner, Scott Adams
Product Manager, Combat Support Equipment,
McLean, VA Marine Corps Systems Command
Sponsored by:
www.MilitaryArmorProtection.com