STS 2020 PROGRAM AGENDA: A VISION TO DOMINATE FUTURE COMPETITION WITH PRECISION EFFECTS FROM THE UNDERSEA DOMAIN

PRELIMINARY: PRESENTATIONs SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

Opening Remarks– VADM Michael Connor, USN, Ret., STS 2020 General Chair
Opening Remarks – Lisa Blodgett, JHU/APL Sector Head, Force Projection Sector
Opening Remarks – ADM Kirk Donald, USN, Ret., Chairman of the Board, Naval Submarine League
Keynote – ADM Frank Caldwell, USN, Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program

SESSION 1: ENABLING FLEXIBILITY AND ADAPTABILITY TO MAINTAIN A VIABLE DETERRENT FOR AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE
Session Chair Introduction – CAPT Todd Massidda, USN, Ret., JHU/APL
–     Asst. Session Chair: Chris Cupples, Lockheed Martin
SSTP at 50 — Dr. Andrew Slaterbeck, OPNAV N975, Director, Submarine Security Programs
— A High Wire Act: Balancing Competing Strategic Requirements
— Rapid Feature Development and Deployment via Disruptive Practices
— COLUMBIA: The Most Survivable Leg of the Nuclear Triad
— iScReam
— SSBN Flexible Position Navigation and Timing to Ensure Survivable and Credible Sea-Based Strategic Deterrence
— SSBN Navigation Sonar System Modeling and Simulation

Speaker – Mr. Ron O’Rourke, Congressional Research Service

Keynote — VADM Johnny Wolfe, Jr., USN, Director, Strategic Systems Programs

SESSION 2: DESIGNING THE NEXT GENERATION SUBMARINE WARFARE
Session Chair Introduction – Alex Erving, HHI-Newport News Shipbuilding
–     Asst. Session Chair: CAPT Dave Knapp, USN, Ret., HHI-Newport News Shipbuilding
Fleet Brief — CDRE Lincoln Reifsteck, USN, Commander, Submarine Development Squadron 5
— Saturn Underway: Subsea/Seabed Warfare Wargame Results and Implications on SSW and Undersea Warfare
— Development of Advanced Hydrodynamic Tools of Relevance for the Navy
— A Holistic Approach to Long Range ASW
— Design Impacts of Integrating Survivability Features for SSN(X)
— Design Trade-offs for the Next Generation Submarine Sonar Suite
— SSN/SSBN Air Independent Emergency Power

SESSION 3: ASSESSING AND COUNTERING THE TECHNOLOGY OF THE ADVERSARY
Session Chair Introduction – John Babb, NUWC-Newport
–     Asst. Session Chair: Craig Shelden, Office of Naval Intelligence
Fleet Brief – CAPT Eric Sager, USN, Director, Undersea Warfighting Development Center Aggressor Squadron
— Undersea Net Assessment through Iterative Wargaming
— Assessing New and Emerging Foreign Seabed Warfare and Nuclear Deterrence Technology & Threat Submarine Design
— Foreign Submarine Signature Reduction
— Not Your Grandfather’s Undersea Threat

Speaker – VADM, Daryl L. Caudle, USN, Commander, Naval Submarine Forces, Submarine Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Allied Submarine Command

Keynote – RADM Tom Ishee, USN, Director, Undersea Warfare Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (N97)

SESSION 4: A VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF UNDERSEA WEAPONRY
Session Chair Introduction – Dr. Angus Hendrick, ARL-PSU
–     Asst. Session Chair: Dr. Kurt Hacker, ARL-PSU
Fleet Brief: CAPT Kevin Mooney, USN, Director, SUBLANT Training, Tactical Development and Force Improvement (N7)
— A New Approach to Anti-Submarine Weapons
— The Next Generation Heavyweight Torpedo
— Tactical Control System Rapid Software Development Improvements
— Expanding the UUV Effects Web with Non-Conventional Vehicles: Demonstrating Covert UUV Placement of Devices on Static Ships in Contested Ports and Harbors

Speaker – ADM Michael Gilday, USN, Chief of Naval Operations

Keynote – RDML James Waters, USN, Commander, Submarine Group TWO

SESSION 5: INNOVATING TO MAXIMIZE Ao
Session Chair Introduction – CAPT Hal Barge, USN, Ret., Oceaneering
–     Asst. Session Chair: CAPT John Newton, USN, Ret., Cypress International
Fleet Brief – CDR George Howell, USN, Commanding Officer, USS MISSOURI (SSN-780)
— Overcoming the Design and Technology Barriers Necessary to Employ Metal Additive Manufacturing in the Undersea Domain
— 24-Hour Submarine Watchbills: Impacts on Submariner Sleep and Fatigue
— Operational Availability and Hull Coatings: Development of a Method for In-Water Inspections
— Alternative Submarine Waterspace Management Doctrine for Enhanced Warfighting

Keynote – RADM Blake Converse, USN, Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet

Keynote – ADM Chas Richard, USN, Commander, U.S. Strategic Command

Keynote – RADM Dave Goggins, USN, Program Executive Officer for Submarines