Appendix C
Committee Meetings and Data-Gathering Activities
FIRST COMMITTEE MEETING
JANUARY 24–25, 2013, ABERDEEN, MARYLAND
Objective: To introduce National Research Council (administrative actions, including committee introductions and composition, balance, and bias discussions for committee members); review committee statement of task with sponsor; visit the Aberdeen Test Center, examine equipment, and receive detailed presentations; and discuss future meeting dates and next steps.
Briefings and Discussions
Body Armor Study and Helmet Testing. Cameron R. Bass, Thomas F. Budinger, and Ronald D. Fricker, Former members, Committee on Testing of Body Armor—Phase II, and members, Committee to Review Test Protocols Used by the DoD to Test Combat Helmets.
Army Perspectives on Helmet Protection and Performance Requirements and Specifications. Ian Rozansky, Project Engineer, Office of the Product Manager for Soldier Protective Equipment, U.S. Army.
Marine Corps Perspectives on Helmet Protection and Performance Requirements and Specifications. Deidre Hooks, ECH Project Officer, and Kathy Halo, Project Engineer, Office of the Product Manager for Soldier Protective Equipment, U.S. Marine Corps.
Special Operations Forces Perspectives on Helmet Protection and Performance Requirements and Specifications. David Colanto, Project Officer—Helmets Office of the Program Manager, Special Operations Forces—Survival, Support and Equipment Systems (PM SOF-SSES).
Medical Research on Skull Behind Armor Blunt Trauma (BABT) and Injury Criteria. Richard Shoge, Deputy Port-folio Manager, Blast Injury/Hearing and Vision Protection, Military Operational Medicine Research Program, U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command.
The Peepsite Headform. Robert Kinsler, Survivability/Lethality Analysis Directorate, Army Research Laboratory.
Joint Live Fire Test Program Behind Helmet Blunt Trauma Skull Injury. Karin Rafaels, Survivability/Lethality Analysis Directorate, Army Research Laboratory.
Protocol Analyses and Statistical Issues Related to Testing Methodologies. Janice Hester, Research Staff Member, Institute for Defense Analysis.
SECOND COMMITTEE MEETING
MARCH 21–22, 2013, WASHINGTON, D.C.
Objective: To review documents and data received; receive briefings on perspectives on the new protocol; review preliminary report outline and confirm committee writing assignments; and discuss information-gathering requests, and confirm next steps.
Briefings and Discussions
Perspectives of the PEO Chief Scientist. James Zheng, Chief Scientist, Soldier Protective and Individual Equipment, PEO Soldier, U.S. Army.
Protocol Analyses and Statistical Issues Related to Testing Methodologies. Laura Freeman, Research Staff Member, Institute for Defense Analysis.
Presentation on IOP PED-003. Kyle Markwardt, Test Officer, Aberdeen Test Center.
DOT&E Issues Update. Christopher Moosmann, Live Fire Test and Evaluation Office of the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E).
Perspectives on the New Protocol. Robby Young, Manager of Quality Engineering, Gentex Corporation; David Rogers, Vice President of Concept Development Ops-Core, Artisent LLC (a subsidiary of Gentex); with, by video and teleconference, Clayton Maddio, Sector Integrator, and Kenneth Williams, Lead Platform Command Defense Contract Management Agency.
Perspectives on the New Protocol. Marc A. King, President, Ceradyne Armor Systems, Inc.; Vasilios Brachos, General Manager, Diaphorm Division, and head of R&D for helmet products, Ceradyne, Inc.
THIRD COMMITTEE MEETING
APRIL 25–26, 2013, WASHINGTON, D.C.
Objective: To review documents and data received; to receive briefings on perspectives on the new protocol; review the concept draft; confirm committee writing assignments; and discuss information-gathering requests, and confirm next steps.
Briefings and Discussions
Setting the Specifications for Ballistic Helmets. Frank J. Lozano, Product Manager, Soldier Protective Equipment, U.S. Army.
Blast Injury Research. Natalie Eberius, Predictive Analysis Team Leader, Survivability and Lethality Analysis Directorate, Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Grounds.
Helmet Performance Testing with Respect to Head and Brain Injury Prevention. Carol Chancey, Injury Biomechanics Branch Chief, U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory (via video teleconference).
FOURTH COMMITTEE MEETING
JUNE 17–18, 2013, WASHINGTON, D.C.
Objective: To review documents and data received; receive a briefing from the Office of the DoD Inspector General; review the first-full-message draft; confirm committee writing assignments; and discuss information-gathering requests, and confirm next steps.
Briefing
Advanced Combat Helmet Technical Assessment. Anna Ferre, Tom Bulk, Kandasamy Selvavel, and Rajesh Rajendrapillai, Office of the Inspector General.
FIFTH COMMITTEE MEETING
JULY 29–30, 2013, WOODS HOLE, MASSACHUSETTS
Objective: To review documents and data received; review the concurrence draft; confirm committee writing assignments; and confirm next steps.
SIXTH COMMITTEE MEETING
OCTOBER 10–12, 2013, WASHINGTON, D.C.
Objective: To review the concurrence draft and reach concurrence on findings and recommendations.
