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.  

Nominees must be 40 years of age or less on 31 December 2024 to be eligible. The MSS TSRS committee welcomes submissions for the 2025 Early Career Award using the nomination form.  Completed packages (nomination form, candidate CV / resume, and letters of reference) are due no later than 31 December 2024, 11:59 PM EST to  mss@anavationllc.com.  Any questions regarding the submission process may be directed there as well. Additional information and updates to the process will be available on the 2025 TSRS conference page at the MSS website (mssconferences.org).

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.