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Sensors in the Sky: Airships and Homeland Security

31 October, 2002

MEMORANDUM TO EDITORS

What: Forum: Sensors in the Sky: Airships and Homeland Security When: Wednesday, November 6, 2002 - 9:00 am to 12:00 pm Where: Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Ballston Metro Center Office Tower 901 N. Stuart Street, Suite 200 Arlington, VA 22203 (Ballston stop on the Orange line) Why: Sustained threats to the security of ports, borders and public assemblies in the age of terror require innovative surveillance solutions -- and airships equipped with sophisticated electronic sensors and cameras are often considered as part of that solution. Can the relatively old technology of airships be married to new technology to meet today's urgent needs? The forum will explore the capabilities of such platforms and discuss ways in which airships are being used and could be used.

Who: (The Panel)

Ron Hochstetler, Senior Systems Engineer, SAIC (Science Applications International Corporation), Washington DC Delia Smith, Senior Vice President Innovation and Commercialization, QinetiQ William Fanshawe, Managing Director, Skycruiser Corp., England Commander Al Elkins, Head, Assured Access, Navy Warfare Development Command, Newport RI Charles Huettner, Executive Director, Commission on the Future of the U.S. Aerospace Industry, Washington DC David Williams, Deputy Associate Under Secretary for Aviation Security Management, Transportation Security Administration, Washington DC New York City Police Department - invited Moderator: William G. Armstrong Jr., Vice President, Airship Management Services, Greenwich CT

Please RSVP - acceptances only via e-mail to jgatchalian@potomacinstitute.org, or by telephone at 703-525-0770. ###