# Presentation: 685815

## Closing Remarks

**Mr. Samuel P. Williamson**
**Federal Coordinator for Meteorology**

**Sponsored by:**
**The Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research**
**and**
**Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), Committee on Environment and Natural Resources (CENR) Subcommittee on Disaster Reduction (SDR)**

**Multifunction Phased Array Radar Symposium**
***“******Leveraging Technology for a Next-Generation National Radar System”***

**Closing Remarks**

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## Symposium Demographics
Symposium Objectives
Overarching Requirements
Fundamental Message / Outcome
Action Items and Way Ahead
Presentation Availability
Feedback
Special Recognition
Thank You

**Symposium Objectives**
**Overarching Requirements**
**Fundamental Message / Outcome**
**Action Items and Way Ahead**
**Presentation Availability**
**Feedback**
**Special Recognition**
**Thank You**

**Overview**

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**Symposium Demographics**

**181 Total Participants**

**Percent Participation**

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## Highlight future user PAR requirements and summarize benefits derived from PAR’s adaptive scanning capability
Explore implementation of R&D priorities laid out in the June 2006 Interagency JAG/PAR report, accounting for: (1) work already accomplished; (2) items that still need additional focus; and (3) potential alternative configurations
Gather perspective from the radar industry on the state of the technology, the technological uncertainties, and the challenges of delivering affordable phased array radar systems in the future
Develop the way ahead to address MPAR risk-reduction challenges through an implementation strategy and interagency management approach 

**Explore implementation of R&D priorities laid out in the June 2006 Interagency *****JAG/PAR *****report, accounting for: (1) work already accomplished; (2) items that still need additional focus; and (3) potential alternative configurations**
**Gather perspective from the radar industry on the state of the technology, the technological uncertainties, and the challenges of delivering affordable phased array radar systems in the future**
**Develop the way ahead to address MPAR risk-reduction challenges through an implementation strategy and interagency management approach **

**Symposium Objectives**

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## Overarching Requirements

**Overarching Requirements  **
** ****No ****g****aps**** to current capability**
** ****Improve ****forecasts and l****ead ****t****ime**
**Backup to FAA NAS**
** ****N****on****-cooperative s****urveillance**** throughout the NAS**
** ****Reduce ****life cycle costs**
**Specified / detailed requirements documented in report, *****Federal Research and Development Needs and Priorities for Phased Array Radar***
** ****Requirements will continue to be refined / updated**

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## Fundamental Message / Outcome

**Now is the time to begin evaluation of MPAR; need risk-reduction implementation strategy**
**Legacy surveillance radars nearing end of life cycle**
**Society demands greater protection of life and property**
**More timely warnings of hazardous weather events; increased accuracy, spatial resolution and lead times**
**Need for enhanced capability to track non-cooperative aircraft and other airborne threats to safety and national security**
**Multifunction capability leads to reduced life cycle costs**
**Risk-reduction implementation strategy will reduce uncertainties and produce cost-effective alternatives**
**Leads to sound business case**

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## Place all presentation materials on symposium website for maximum accessibility
Develop an interagency management approach for the MPAR risk-reduction activities, considering the management approach used for the NEXRAD program and also other options
The OFCM-sponsored Working Group for Multifunction Phased Array Radar (WG/MPAR) needs to develop a risk-reduction implementation strategy 

**Place all presentation materials on symposium website for maximum accessibility**
**Develop an interagency management approach for the MPAR risk-reduction activities, considering the management approach used for the NEXRAD program and also other options**
**The OFCM-sponsored Working Group for Multifunction Phased Array Radar (WG/MPAR) needs to develop a risk-reduction implementation strategy **

**Notes:**
- Chapter 6 of the report, Federal Research and Development Needs and Priorities for Phased Array Radar, outlines an R&D plan of risk-reduction activities to support the decision on how best to meet the Nation’s future needs for surveillance radar. The risk-reduction implementation approach should:
Leverage military R&D (e.g., Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego; AFRL, ONR, NRL)
Reach out to critics
Include outreach efforts; opportunities to:
Participate and/or present at meetings / workshops (e.g., IEEE, AAAS, AGU, ATA, AOPA, RTCA, WGA, WMO, ICAO)
Be included in magazines / publications
Link with other communities, like the wildland fire community
Conduct additional MPAR workshops / symposiums

## - Risk-reduction implementation strategy should:
Leverage military R&D (e.g., Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego; AFRL, ONR, NRL)
Reach out to critics
Enhance outreach and education efforts, including opportunities to:
 Participate and/or present at meetings / workshops 
   (e.g., AMS, IEEE, AAAS, AGU, ATA, AOPA, RTCA, WGA, 
   WMO, ICAO)
 Be included in magazines / publications
 Link with other communities, like the wildland fire community
 Conduct additional MPAR workshops / symposia
 Reach out to potential industry partners
 Conduct technology interchange meetings
 Inform/update agency senior leadership, and OMB and 
   OSTP representatives

**- Risk-reduction implementation strategy should:**
**Leverage military R&D (e.g., Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego; AFRL, ONR, NRL)**
**Reach out to critics**
**Enhance outreach and education efforts, including opportunities to:**
** ****Participate and/or present at meetings / workshops **
**   ****(e.g., AMS, IEEE, AAAS, AGU, ATA, AOPA, RTCA, WGA, **
**   ****WMO, ICAO)**
** ****Be included in magazines / publications**
** ****Link with other communities, like the wildland fire community**
** ****Conduct additional MPAR workshops / symposia**
** ****Reach out to potential industry partners**
** ****Conduct technology interchange meetings**
** ****Inform/update agency senior leadership, and OMB and **
**   ****OSTP representatives**

**Notes:**
- Continuing on with a look at the risk-reduction implementation approach, the approach obviously needs to involve both federal laboratories and industry
The roles and missions of the Federal laboratories, due to their expertise, they can make recommendations on risks and areas of research; they can also perform some R&D—advanced development
It’s important that we know who all of the Labs are and what they’ve been working on regarding Phased Array Radar technology...I’ve listed some of the Federal labs on the slide

##   - Risk-reduction implementation strategy should:

**  ****- ****Risk-reduction implementation strategy should:**

** ****Involve both federal laboratories and industry**
**  ****--**** **_**Federal laboratories**_** roles and missions: labs are in **
**      ****the position, due to their expertise, to make**
**      ****recommendations on risks and areas of research and **
**      ****development; also able to perform some R&D (advanced **
**      ****development**
**       ****-- Conduct technology demonstration projects**
**   ****-- **_**Industry**_** potential roles and missions: **
**      ****-- Develop alternative system design approach (cost- **
**          ****effective alternative(s)**
**       ****-- Production feasibility study (results evaluated by****	**
**          ****government****	****	**
**       ****-- ****Acquisition and logistics / maintenance (life-cycle costs)**

**Notes:**
- As far as industry, they can have very important roles and missions in the risk-reduction implementation approach
- The roles and missions could be:
Develop alternative system design approach (cost effective alternative(s))
Production feasibility study (results evaluated by government)
Acquisition and logistics / maintenance (life cycle costs)
Tests required to evaluate capability; tests need to be clearly identified
Future trade-off studies regarding uncertainties
Site surveys and geographical coverage of MPAR
Facilities analysis / requirements (towers, etc.)
Frequency allocation analysis
Acquisition approach alternatives; best course of action to acquire system (four phases? two phases?)

## Action Items and Way Ahead

** ****-- Tests required to evaluate capability; tests need to **
**       ****be clearly identified**
**   ****-- Future trade-off studies regarding uncertainties**
**   ****-- Site surveys and geographical coverage of MPAR**
**   ****-- Facilities analysis / requirements (towers, etc.)**
**   ****-- Frequency allocation analysis**
**   ****-- Acquisition approach alternatives; best course of **
**      ****action to acquire system (four phases? two **
**      ****phases?)**

**   ****-- **_**Industry**_** potential roles and missions (cont): **

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## http://www.ofcm.gov/

**http://www.ofcm.gov/**

**Presentations and other material will be available on the OFCM web site shortly after the symposium.**
**Click on “Special Projects” and navigate to ****“Multifunction Phased Array Radar Symposium”**

**Presentation Availability**

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## FEEDBACK

**Mark.Weadon@noaa.gov**
**(301) 427-2002**

**FEEDBACK**
**IS**
** ****WELCOME**

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## The University of Oklahoma
Participants
Moderators / Panelists / Rapporteurs
Luncheon Speaker
 NSSL / OFCM / STC Staff 
National Weather Center
Media Support

**Participants**
**Moderators / Panelists / Rapporteurs**
**Luncheon Speaker**
** ****NSSL / OFCM / STC Staff **
**National Weather Center**
**Media Support**

**Special Recognition**

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## Thank you for attending and participating in this symposium!

**Thank you for attending and participating in this symposium!**

**Have a safe trip home...**

**And Thanks Again!**

**Thank You!**

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## Multifunction Phased Array Radar Symposium

**Multifunction Phased Array Radar Symposium**

***“******Leveraging Technology for a Next-Generation National Radar System” ***

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