To achieve the AF Science and Technology vision of anticipate, find, fix, track, target, engage, assess, anything, anywhere, and anytime, the AF Material Command and the AF Research Laboratory (AFRL) developed eight Focused Long Term Challenges (FLTCs) constructs that employ a capability-based planning process to define the investment in future technologies. The FLTCs address technology investment in the near, mid and far terms across the air, space and cyber domains. AFRL is sponsoring two identical workshops (one on each coast) to present the portfolios of two of the eight FLTCs and to coordinate research and planning activities with other US government agencies and US industry partners. The focus of the workshops will be FLTC 3 "Dominant Difficult Surface Target Engagement/Defeat" and FLTC 4 "Persistent and Responsive Precision Engagement". The west coast workshop will be in San Diego California at the Hotel Del Coronado September 15-18. The east coast workshop will be October 6-8 in Williamsburg Virginia at the Woodlands Hotel. The intent of these workshops is to socialize the AFRL portfolio and to coordinate activities with other government and non-government organizations. The primary objective of FLTC 3 is to detect, identify, tag, track, and engage time sensitive surface targets in congested and/or concealed environments and to deliver the desired effects while minimizing collateral damage. This is accomplished by dominating the battlefield with a system of systems capable of persistent ISR as well as the ability to survivably engage time sensitive surface targets. The primary objective of FLTC 4 is to enable global and strategic strike. Through the execution of the FLTC 4 portfolio, the Air Force will have the tools enabling it to maneuver through anti-access or area denied environments to deliver effects rapidly and persistently. FLTC 4 is a multi-discipline portfolio that ties the manner of effects (kinetic, non-kinetic, and novel functional defeat) together with the delivery platform (supersonic and hypersonic) to enable efficient and precise solutions for the future strategic environment. Please follow the link to review workshop information and to register: http://events.signup4.com/fltc For additional information, you may contact either Primary: Ms Cari Boos at (937) 255-2074, email:
[email protected] Secondary: Dr Keith Bowman at (937) 904-8201, email
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