Upcoming Event:

Date: Tuesday, February 17, 2009

6:00pm: Badge-in, pizza, networking, IEEE announcements.
6:30pm: Presentation
7:30pm: Tour
8:30pm: Badge-out & adjourn

Location: BAE Systems, 2890 DeLaCruz Ave, Santa Clara

RSVP: Attendees must be US citizens. Must RSVP with ID info (attendee's full name, country of citizenship & employer), preferably by Mon. February 2nd to Keiko Costella at keiko.costella@baesystems.com 408-289-2688

Attendance: Limited to 40. For last minute attendees: to get badges the day of the meeting, US citizens must show a government issued ID. Non-US citizens must show their green card document (no other document will be accepted as a substitute).

Cost: Suggest $5 donation for pizza

Title

Future Military Ground Vehicle Fleet: More-Electric Vehicles
Tour of BAE's Armored Vehicle Prototype Yard

Speaker

Don Christian

Abstract

Future ground, air, and sea vehicles will contain more electronics of all sorts including greater onboard generation capabilities. This trend is already evident in commercial, personal, and military vehicles. This talk will examine the factors driving this long-term trend in military ground vehicles, the developing technologies that the trend will drive, and the current state-of-the-art.

7:30 Move from conference room to prototype yard.
7:45. Tour of BAE's Armored Vehicle Prototype Yard
This tour will include a viewing of a variety of tracked and wheeled military vehicle prototypes, exhibiting various levels of electrical power generation and sophistication.