Considering Executive Order 14222, the recent OSD memo on use of government travel purchase cards, and the current impact on travel across the DoD, RTI and MSS have carefully considered options for the 2025 meeting, including a change to a virtual format or cancelling. In coordination with OSD, RTI and MSS have decided that hosting the meeting virtually is the preferred option.
The meeting will be held as the 2025 MSS Tri-Service Radar Virtual Symposium from 23-27 June 2025.
The virtual program will take place over a modified set of hours to enable participants from various time zones. Regular presentation sessions will take place on S-VTC (classified)
To accommodate sessions on S-VTC, the TSR Committee and MSS have established several S-VTC sites that can host attendees in person, with one identified as the “anchor” site that can host a large number of attendees. Please refer to the S-VTC Site document / General Information brochure once posted for more details on attending from these sites.
The Tri-Service
Radar Symposium (TSRS) is the most prestigious and oldest continuous meeting of
defense radar engineers, scientists, and technologists. The TSRS will celebrate
its 71st Symposium in 2025. The Symposium evolved from the Synthetic Aperture Radar
Symposium, first held by the University of Michigan in 1955. The change from
university to military sponsorship in the late 1960s expanded the event by
presenting a wide range of radar technology programs that span research and
development through currently fielded systems of the Army, Navy, Marines, Air
Force, and Coast Guard. It is the only venue that specifically concentrates on
classified and sensitive radar technology and development. Chairmanship rotates
yearly among the Army, Navy, and Air Force; the 2025 Symposium is being
coordinated and led by the Army. This rotation synergistically benefits the
services, the broader Government, and Department of Defense (DoD) contractors
through peer interactions that enhance the quality of work and stimulate creativity
by sharing ideas and progress across services and corporate organizational
boundaries. Over the years, participation has grown to include industry and
academic partners with the TSRS becoming a truly integrated community event.
The 2025 TSRS
will feature presentations and poster sessions, two days of short courses, and
focused-topic workshops. The symposium will include a “Diversity, Equity and
Inclusion” luncheon, as well as plenary and invited speaker sessions. The 2025
TSRS will provide an unparalleled opportunity to gain insight into the latest
radar technology and military applications across the Tri-Service Radar
community. Since its inception, the TSRS has focused on providing a forum for
peer review and exchange of science and technology (S&T) information that
is typically not available in the open literature, with all papers published in
the proceedings and provided to every attendee.
Military Sensing Symposia (MSS)
Tri-Service Radar Symposium Early Career Award
This award recognizes those
younger scientists and engineers in the field who have demonstrated technical
and leadership achievements, work that impacts National Defense, and
contributions that provide a valued service to the MSS’ Tri-Service
Radar Symposium (TSRS). The purpose of the Early Career Award (ECA) is to
grant recognition of outstanding service to the radar art, and related radio frequency
systems, in the classified and limited distribution domains. Goals in
granting this award are to encourage individual and collaborative efforts,
accelerate development of younger radar scientists and engineers, and foster
increased participation in the TSRS by recognizing radar talent, all in support
of our larger National Security interests.
We look forward to your
participation in the ECA process and your assistance recognizing our first
Early Career Awardee at the 2025 Tri-Service Radar Symposium, which is
scheduled for June 2025.