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Registration is open!
OSW Approval Memo has been posted to the conference files section!
Active E-O Systems The MSS Active E-O Systems Symposium provides the premier
classified forum for the military application of Active Electro-Optical (E-O)
and laser systems. Our annual meeting features presentations on requirements
and solutions based on efforts carried out by government, industry, and
academic organizations. Our symposium accepts both classified and unclassified
papers. This is a unique forum for presenting classified and sensitive
unclassified materials not approved for public release.
This forum seeks to motivate in-depth discussion of emerging mission
requirements and report on system capabilities that leverage active E-O
technologies to meet current and future threats and / or provide a distinct
military advantage in land, sea, air, and space environments. Building stronger collaboration between
government S&T managers, laboratories, industry, and academic partners is a
key to this objective and will serve to accelerate the development of fielded
capabilities that meet future requirements.
Reports detailing the technical advances achieved, challenges remaining,
and the opportunities for future work should include material, component,
subsystem and system demonstrations, the calibration, processing, analysis, and
exploitation methods needed to drive future active E-O capabilities.
Electro-Optical & Infrared Countermeasures
The Electro-Optical Countermeasures Specialty Group provides a forum that focuses on countermeasures and counter-countermeasures for electro-optically based sensors, seekers, and systems operating from the UV through the far-far infrared. The group focuses on the signatures of US platforms and the suppression of those signatures in order to make the job of countering enemy sensors and seekers easier. Threats are characterized including various types of missile seekers and other guided weapons, in order to develop specific means of countering them. Warning systems that inform platform crew of impending threats or automatically trigger countermeasure systems are covered, including various types of missile and laser warning systems and systems used for situational awareness. Self-protection decoys and active countermeasures systems such as jammers are treated. Finally the group also focuses specifically on hardening of sensors against enemy laser threats to those sensors. |
| Instructions: |
Attendees must register and pay by the extended deadline of 27 March 2026. You will receive an email confirmation once your registration is processed. Registration is a multi-step process and includes online registration and payment, and submission of clearance. Registration fees include a classified notebook, morning and break refreshments, and electronic copies of the unclassified and classified final proceedings. Registration Fees:
- Government Partner Organization: $0*
- Government: $500
- Member Organization: $600
- Presenter: $700
- Industry / Academia / FFRDC: $800
*Government Partner Organizations include U.S. Army DEVCOM C5ISR Center, DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory, Air Force Research Laboratory, Office of Naval Research (to include Naval Research Laboratory), and the Office of the Under Secretary of War for R&E. If you are a civilian employee or military representative of one of these organizations, please contact MSS for the applicable discount code. This rate does not apply to contractors.
Note, if you are a presenter / member organization / government partner organization, the discount does not automatically apply. You will need to enter your discount code during registration and click "Redeem Code" to apply the discount. If you have questions about the discount, please contact us prior to completing your registration, as discounts cannot be retroactively applied to finalized registrations. Government personnel pay the applicable government rate regardless of if they are also a presenter. If you are a government attendee and your government travel card is being declined for payment, you will need to contact your financial department and/or institution, and provide them the AnaVation vendor MCC code of 8699 to confirm AnaVation as an approved vendor and be able to process payment. Please contact MSS if you have any questions.
If you selected to receive a classified notebook for the event, you are expected to adhere to all guidelines regarding receipt of classified material. This includes providing all requested classified mailing information, proper handling, and ensuring return of inner receipts once items are received post-event. Cancellations must be made in writing at least two weeks prior to the event to be eligible for a full refund. Cancellations made less than two weeks prior to the event start date will receive a refund, minus a $100 processing fee. Refunds are only available to attendees who have fully paid. Once the event has started, refunds will not be processed and refund requests will not be accepted for attendees that registered but did not attend. Proceedings are only provided to attendees who have paid the full conference fee. Substitution of personnel is not allowed. |