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Southern California Sections Of

American Society Of Naval Engineers

To Hold Centennial Symposium

February 18-19, San Diego, California

The purpose of the symposium is to provide government and industry personnel with a forum to ponder the challenges that will confront the naval engineering profession in the future. The aim is to stimulate seri- ous thought on how to improve the naval engineer's ability to apply en- gineering and technology to the de- sign, construction and ownership of naval ships, aircraft and combat systems. The symposium will con- centrate on the role of the engineer and what will be required of him.

Leaders from government, indus- try and academia will present a technical program on the practice of naval engineering and the human element in modern seagoing tech- nology. Among the notable speakers will be Vice Adm. William H.

Rowden, USN, Commander, Nav- al Sea Systems Command, who will present the keynote address on

Thursday, February 18, and Vice

Adm. Benedict L. Stabile, USCG (Ret.), president of Webb Institute of Naval Architecture, who will present "Naval Engineering—Is the

Past Prologue?" at lunch on Febru- ary 18. Thursday evening's banquet speaker is scheduled to be Adm.

Kinnaird R. McKee, USN, Direc- tor, Navy Nuclear Power.

On Friday morning, February 19, a panel of experts, moderated by

Capt. Clark C. Graham, USN,

Commander, David Taylor Naval

Ships Research & Developmental

Center, will discuss the technologi- cal and human challenges facing naval engineers. The panel will in- clude: Lester Rosenblatt, M. Ro- senblatt & Son and former presi- dent of the Society of Naval Archi- tects and Marine Engineers (SNAME); Vice Adm. George

Davis, USN, Commander, Naval

Surface Forces-Pacific; Ronald K.

Kiss, Director of Shipbuilding, Of- fice of Assistant Secretary of the

Navy; Arnold P. Moore, director of design engineering, Ingalls Ship- building; and Capt. H.V. Haber- meyer, USN, commandant of mid- shipmen, U.S. Naval Academy.

There will also be technical sessions on "Personal Perspectives" and "Man's Relationship to Combat

System Technology."

A special exhibit at the sympo- sium will display the America's Cup, regained last year by Dennis Con- nor, after he had lost it to the Alan

Bond Syndicate of Australia in 1983.

The Southern California Sections of the American Society of Naval

Engineers (ASNE) will hold a sym- posium entitled "Naval Engineer- ing—The Challenge of the Next 100

Years" in honor of the society's cen- tennial on February 18-19 in San

Diego, Calif. The symposium, which is also being sponsored by the Su-

VADM William Rowden pervisors of Shipbuilding, Conver- sion and Repair of San Diego and

Long Beach and the Naval Weapons

Engineering Station, Port Huen- eme, will be held at the Hotel Del

Coronado, Coronado, Calif.

VADM Benedict Stabile, USCG (Ret.)

For further information on the symposium, including registration, contact: Capt. Erick N. Swenson,

USN (Ret.), 2073 Smokewood Ave- nue, Fullerton, Calif. 92631, or tele- phone: (714) 732-4168.

TECHNICAL PROGRAM

Thursday, February 18

Opening Session 9 a.m.—Call to order. Rear Adm. E.J. Otth,

USN (Ret.) "Welcome address," Dr. Alfred Skolnick, president, ASNE. "Keynote address," Vice Adm. William H.

Rowden, USN, Commander, Naval Sea Sys- tems Command.

Session I

Personal Perspectives

San Diego Section

Introduction: Del J. Herbert

Moderator: Rear Adm. Frederick C. John- son, USN (Ret.) 10 a.m.—"The Naval Reserve and Naval

Engineering," by Comdr. Watson W. Lunt,

USNR (Ret.), Solar Turbines Inc. 10:40 a.m.—"The Future of Women in Nav- al Engineering," by Susan M. Lee Bales,

Executive Panel for Chief of Naval Opera- tions. 11:20 a.m.—"The Naval Engineer at Sea—

Challenges & Opportunities." by Capt.

Charles Wasson, USN, Supervisor of Ship- building, Newport News, Va. 12:15 p.m.—Lunch "Introduction," Capt. Charles S. Nieder- man, USCG (Ret.)

Speaker: Vice Adm. Benedict L. Stabile,

USCG (Ret.), president, Webb Institute of

Naval Architecture, will present "Naval Engi- neering—Is the Past Prologue?"

Session II

Man's Relation To

Combat System Technology

Channel Islands Section "Introduction," Comdr. George C. Garden,

USN.

Moderator: Rear Adm. John D. Beecher,

USN (Ret.) 2:30 p.m.—"Automated Technical Informa- tion—Supporting System Readiness," by

Dr. Robert J. Smillie, Naval Personnel R&D

Center, San Diego. 3:10 p.m.—"Integrating Smart Machines and Smart People—The Engineering Chal- lenge of Al," by John R. Gersh, Johns Hop- kins University, Applied Physics Laborato- ry- 3:50 p.m.—"Operational Training—Where

Tactics and Engineering Mix," by Robert

Hynes, Vitro Corporation, Oxnard Division. 7 p.m.—Reception 8 p.m.—"Introduction," Rear Adm. E.J.

Otth, USN (Ret.)

Speaker: To be announced. 10 p.m.—Dancing

Friday, February 19 8:30 a.m.—"Introduction," Capt. James B.

Acton, USNR (Ret.)

Opening address: Dr. Robert M. Hillyer, technical director. Naval Ocean Systems

Center, will present "The Role of the Naval

Laboratory in Making Naval Engineers."

Session III

Meeting the Technological & Human Challenges

Long Beach/Greater L.A. Section "Introduction," Michael R. Donovan

Moderator: Capt. Clark Graham, USN,

Commanding Officer, David Taylor Re- search Center. 9:15 a.m.—A brief 10-minute presentation by each panel member.

Panel Members

Rear Adm. John D. Beecher, USN (Ret.),

NKF Industries (2) Capt. H.V. Habermeyer Jr., USN, com- mandant of midshipmen, U.S. Naval Acade- my (3) Lester Rosenblatt, M. Rosenblatt & Son (4) Arnold P. Moore, Director of design engineering, Ingalls Shipbuilding (5) Vice Adm. George W. Davis, USN, Com- mander, Naval Surface Forces-U.S. Pacific

Fleet (6) Ronald K. Kiss, Director of Shipbuilding,

Office of Ass't Secretary of the Navy (Ship- building and Logistics) 10:45 a.m.—Audience/Panel Discussion

Noon—Adjournment

Navy Plans To Develop

ASW Minisubmarine Fleet

At Cost Of $5 Billion

The U.S. Navy and five military contractors are reportedly develop- ing a $5-billion fleet of robotic mini- submarines for a number of impor- tant Antisubmarine Warfare (ASW), underwater intelligence and military missions.

According to a recent report, the

Navy is planning to develop and build a fleet of 379 unmanned min- iature submarines at a cost of $5 bil- lion for a wide range of missions including: minelaying; leading manned vessels through mine fields; decoying enemy warships; and un- derwater intelligence-gathering mis- sions. Additionally, Antisubmarine

Warfare experts contend that the minisubs could be used to close the gap between the Soviet Union and the U.S. in the number of active submarines. Presently, the Soviet fleet stands at 342 submarines, while the U.S. fields only 136.

The design of the autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), as pro- posed by Martin Marietta's Aero and Naval Systems Division, Balti- more, Md., calls for a 30-foot-long, battery-powered vehicle. The AUV would be fitted with sophisticated electronics, cameras and sensors to gather intelligence and perform sur- veillance. The prototype is expected to be operational in 1989.

Other companies working proto- types are: the Oceanics Division of

Westinghouse Electric; the Under- seas Systems Division of Honeywell;

Lockheed Corporation's Marine

Systems Group; and Rockwell Inter- national's Marine Systems Divi- sion.

At present, the Navy plans to invest about $500,000 annually on the AUV's development until the end of this decade. By the mid- 1990s, the government expects to invest about $500 million annually on the program.

Under the contract, Anadec, a professional services firm specializ- ing in logistics, program and finan- cial management systems for the government and industry, will per- form program-level resource plan- ning, program planning and evalua- tion, and contract monitoring asso- ciated with the Navy's acquisition of the AN/BSY-1 submarine combat system.

General Dynamics Forms

Undersea Warfare Center

General Dynamics Corporation recently announced the formation of an Undersea Warfare Center in

Washington, D.C. The center will be headed by Gerald A. Cann, staff vice president-Undersea Warfare

Center.

The new company group will pur- sue emerging business opportunities in advanced submarine sensor sys- tems and antisubmarine warfare concepts/technologies.

For further information on the new Undersea Warfare Center,

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