--First Workshop for the Infrared Countermeasures Test Infrastructure Requirements Study

DO NOT CONTACT SHERRI COMER FOR INFORMATION - CONTACT THE POINT OF CONTACT LISTED BELOW. The Test Resource Management Center will conduct the first workshop for the Infrared Countermeasures (IRCM) Test Infrastructure Requirements Study (ITIRS) on Au gust 2931, 2006, in Chicago, Illinois. The ITIRS, a Central Test and Evaluation Investment Program study, will design a roadmap for improvements in Department of Defense IRCM test infrastructure, necessary to keep abreast with advancements in IRCM system s and heat-seeking missiles. We are limiting participation in this interactive meeting to organizations responsible for either developing IRCM systems or designing tests to determine if IRCM systems meet requirements and specifications. We hope to collect our participants knowledge of expected future test plan use cases, which the ITIRS will use to form the roadmap baseline. The workshop will focus on defining drivers, use cases, architecture, test concepts and sample test plans. A second workshop in the March 2007 timeframe will f ocus on IRCM test infrastructure and will include organizations responsible for developing test resources or actively conducting IRCM testing. The goal is to create a dynamic exchange of current and desired capabilities, plans, issues, data, lessons-learn ed, and best practices, which will allow us to work together to provide a comprehensive IRCM infrastructure for the Department of Defenses test needs. The workshop will be held at the W Lakeshore Hotel in Chicago beginning at 0800 on August 29 and concluding at 1200 on August 31. The meeting will be unclassified and there is no registration fee. A detailed agenda, registration form, hotel information a nd read-aheads will be posted on http://www.acq.osd.mil/trmc/cteip/itirs/. Please register by August 4 if you plan to attend. If you have any questions or concerns my point of contact for this meeting is Leslie Morgan ([email protected], (703) 601-5202).