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Registration is now open!
The General Information brochure will be posted shortly. Attendees can refer to the Attendee Packet and Agenda-at-a-Glance in the Files section below for initial information on the virtual program.
Considering
Executive Order 14222, the recent OSD memo on use of government travel purchase
cards, and the current impact on travel across the DoD, the BAMS and NSSDF
Committees and MSS have carefully considered options for the 2025 meeting,
including a change to a virtual format or cancelling. In coordination with MSS
and the government, the committee Chairs and Vice Chairs have decided that
hosting the meeting virtually is the preferred option. The meeting
will be held as the 2025 MSS Joint (BAMS and NSSDF) Virtual Conference from 17-21 November, at no cost to attendees.
Battlespace Acoustic, Seismic, Magnetic, and Electric-Field Sensing and Signatures Committee (BAMS)
Previously the ARL sponsored Acoustics Meeting, the BAMS specialty group joined IRIS in 1997 and began its evolution into the Military Sensing Symposium. The BAMS specialty group provides a mixed forum for unclassified distribution C and a SECRET level classified material focused on exploitation of mechanical wave (acoustic and seismic) and field strength (electric, magnetic, and gravitational) sensors to support military and homeland security applications. Beginning with theory, modeling and simulation, the group treats source and background phenomenology, propagation, noise mechanisms, detection, processing and interpretation. Signal and Information processing areas covered include beamforming, target detection and tracking algorithms, noise reduction, target identification, and fusion of inputs from multiple sensors and sensor/data sources. In the sensors area the group treats evolving requirements, improved sensor concepts and designs, performance, test and evaluation, and operational application. A key area of interest is sensor fusion of disparate sensing types at the node level. Specific applications covered include unattended ground sensors, persistent surveillance systems, sensors for robots, weapon mounted, and implanted acoustic sensors; littoral sensors; sensors on vehicles, airplanes, ships, UAVs and UGVs; acoustic, magnetic, hybrid and other mine (surface, buried and marine) detection sensors; tunnel detection sensors; vehicle signature identification; etc.
National Security Sensor and Data Fusion Committee (NSSDF) The NSSDF conference provides a secure forum for the presentation, discussion, and dissemination of classified and unclassified foundational, technological, and application-focused innovations in the sensor, data, information, and knowledge fusion scientific domain within the defense, intelligence, and homeland security communities. NSSDF hosts both SECRET level and higher level sessions presenting the latest developments in integrated information operations (fusion) technology, requirements, and programs. Our intent is to bring together fusion researchers, practitioners, and users of multisource information from the academic, industrial, and governmental components of the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Intelligence Community, to discuss recent advances and new applications in sensor and data fusion that contribute to the defense of the United States. |
| Instructions: |
Registration is free of charge for all attendees. All attendees must have an active account on the MSS website and must complete a registration for the conference to attend any virtual sessions. This requirement applies no matter the planned sessions of attendance. Please note that website account creation and conference registration are two separate steps. Plan accordingly as website account approval can take up to 5 business days.
Registration and clearances are due 24 October 2025.
Attendees who plan on ONLY attending the unclassified portions being held on DoD Teams do not need to submit a clearance.
Attendees who plan on attending any classified portions of the program being held on S-VTC will need to submit the appropriate level clearance to MSS. If attending from an established S-VTC site, participants will be required to follow the access / clearance passing requirements defined by that S-VTC site. Please contact the S-VTC site POC for access instructions for that site.
If you did not pass a clearance for the symposium, your clearance will need to be verified prior to distribution of any classified proceedings.
Virtual conference registration requirements, deadlines, S-VTC site information, and attendee guidelines will be included in the General Information brochure. |