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Enclosure B
Summary of Committee Meetings and Site Visit
The committee on Capability Surprise for U.S. Naval Forces was first convened
in February 2012. Over a period of 4 months, the committee has held three data-
gathering meetings which included presentations from outside experts and discussion and
debate among the committee. A summary of the committee’s meetings, thus far, is
provided below:
February 28-March 1, 2012, in Washington, D.C.: First full committee meeting.
Briefings on information and intelligence perspectives from the Office of Naval
Intelligence Scientific and Technical Center and the National Maritime Intelligence-
Integration Office; operational perspectives from the Assistant Deputy Chief of Naval
Operations for Operations, Plans, and Strategy (N3/N5B); Marine Corps perspectives
from the Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development Command/Deputy
Commandant for Combat Development and Integration; Office of Naval Research
perspectives from the Executive Director, Office of Naval Research; fleet readiness and
logistics perspectives from the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Fleet Readiness and
Logistics (N4); cyber perspectives from the Deputy Commander, U.S. Fleet Cyber
Command/Deputy Commander, U.S. TENTH Fleet; rapid prototyping perspectives from
the Director, Rapid Prototyping Technology Office, Principal Deputy, Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Rapid Fielding; U.S. Coast Guard perspectives from the
Assistant Commandant for Capability; and the Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency (DARPA) perspectives from the program managers, Tactical Technology Office,
DARPA.
April 11-12, 2012, in Washington, D.C.: Second full committee meeting. Briefings on
capability surprise with perspectives from the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations,
Assessment Division (N81); the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research,
Development, Test and Evaluation; the former Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard
(ADM Thad W. Allen, USCG, retired); the Program Executive Officer, Littoral Combat
Ships; the Naval War College and its Modeling and Analysis Department; SSBN (nuclear
powered, ballistic-missile-carrying submarine) Security Program; Chief of Naval
Operations Strategic Studies Group; and the NRC Committee on Avoiding Technology
Surprise for Tomorrow’s Warfighter.
May 2, 2012, in Washington, D.C. at the Naval Research Laboratory: Site visit and
small group data-gathering session. Briefings from the Tactical Electronic Warfare
Division, Naval Research Laboratory on electronic warfare support measures, electronic
countermeasures and supporting counter-countermeasures, and studies on modeling and
simulation for improving the performance of electronic warfare systems.
May 16-17, 2012, Washington, D.C.: Third full committee meeting. Briefings on
capability surprise with perspectives from the NeXTech, Emerging Capabilities Division
Rapid Reaction Technology Office, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Rapid
Fielding; Air Force Red Team, Lincoln Laboratory Air Vehicle Survivability Evaluation
Program; Space Systems, Strategic and Space Systems, Office of the Assistant Secretary
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of Defense for Research and Engineering and the Office of the Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, and the Office of the Deputy Chief
of Naval Operations for Information Dominance (N2/N6), “Operation Burnt Frost,”
Program Executive, Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense, and the Air and Missile Defense
Department, Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory; the Assistant Chief
of Staff for Concepts, Navy Warfare Development Command; and the Pacific Fleet
Command, Warfighting Assessment and Readiness.
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