[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 180 (Tuesday, September 17, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58590-58591]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-23554]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Meeting of the Naval Research Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DOD.

ACTION: Notice of closed meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Naval Research Advisory Committee will meet to discuss 
basic and advanced research and technology. All sessions of the 
meetings will be devoted to briefings, discussions and technical 
examination of information related to the application of technologies 
to improve the physical security of Navy and Marine Corps bases; and 
the roles of unmanned vehicles including air, surface, ground and sub-
surface vehicles.

DATES: The meetings will be held on Monday, September 30, 2002, through 
Friday, October 4, 2002, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Monday, October 7, 
2002, through Thursday, October 10, 2002, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and 
Friday, October 11, 2002, from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

ADDRESS: The meetings will be held at the Space and Naval Warfare 
Systems Center San Diego, 53560 Hull Street, San Diego, California.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis Ryan, Program Director, Naval 
Research Advisory Committee, 800 North Quincy Street, Arlington, VA 
22217-5660, (703) 696-6769.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice of meetings is provided in 
accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 
U.S.C. App. 2). All sessions of the meetings will be devoted to 
briefings, discussions and technical examination of information related 
to anti-terrorism/force protection (AT/FP) issues with respect to the 
security of Navy and Marine Corps bases including: access control, 
automation, intrusion detection systems, consolidation of manpower, 
threat detection, counter-surveillance, situational awareness, and 
deterrence; and to the roles of unmanned vehicles in future conflicts 
including discussions

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of: current operational requirements, research and development of air, 
surface, ground, and sub-surface unmanned vehicles and projected 
technologies. These briefings and discussions will contain proprietary 
information and classified information that is specifically authorized 
under criteria established by Executive Order to be kept secret in the 
interest of national defense and are in fact properly classified 
pursuant to such Executive Order. The proprietary, classified, and non-
classified matters to be discussed are so inextricably intertwined as 
to preclude opening any portion of the meeting. In accordance with 5 
U.S.C. App. 2, section 10(d), the Secretary of the Navy has determined 
in writing that the public interest requires that all sessions of the 
meetings be closed to the public because they will be concerned with 
matters listed in 5 U.S.C. section 552b(c)(1) and (4).

    Dated: September 11, 2002.
R.E. Vincent II,
Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, 
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-23554 Filed 9-16-02; 8:45 am]
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