Protected: Aircraft Combat Survivability Short Course (ACSSC) 2026

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LOCATION

Pratt & Whitney Engineering Building

400 Main St, East Hartford, CT 06118

AIRPORTS

• Bradley International Airport (BDL), Windsor Locks, CT – 17 miles
• T.F. Green International Airport (PVD), Warwick, RI – 83 miles
• Boston Logan International Airport (BOS), Boston, MA – 100 miles
• LaGuardia Airport (LAG), Queens, NY – 111 miles
• John Fitzgerald Kennedy Airport (JFK), Queens, NY – 116 miles
• Albany International Airport (ALB), Colonie, NY – 123 miles

DRIVING DIRECTIONS

• From Points North of Hartford:

Follow I-91 South to I-84 East. Take Exit 58 (Roberts St./Silver Lane). Turn right at the end of the exit ramp onto Roberts Street. At the first intersection, go straight across onto East Hartford Boulevard North. Stay in the right lane and take your first right onto Airport Avenue. Then immediately bear left onto the RTRC campus.

• From Points South of Hartford:

Follow I-91 North to Exit 29 (Charter Oak Bridge/Rtes. 5/15/84). Take Exit 91 (Silver Lane). Turn right at the end of exit ramp onto Silver Lane. At second light, turn right onto East Hartford Boulevard North. Stay in the right lane and take your first right onto Airport Avenue. Then immediately bear left onto the RTRC campus.

• From Points East of Hartford:

Follow I-84 West to Exit 58 (Roberts St./Silver Lane). Turn left at the light at the end of the exit ramp onto Roberts Street. Go straight through the next light. At the next intersection, go straight across onto East Hartford Boulevard North. Stay in the right lane and take your first right onto Airport Avenue. Then immediately bear left onto the RTRC campus.

• From Points West of Hartford:

Follow I-84 East to Exit 58 (Roberts St./Silver Lane). Turn right at the end of the exit ramp onto Roberts Street. At the first intersection, go straight across onto East Hartford Boulevard North. Stay in the right lane and take your first right onto Airport Avenue. Then immediately bear left onto the RTRC campus.

HOTEL INFORMATION/RESERVATION BLOCK

Information is forthcoming.

Please have your security office submit your visit request once you’ve registered for the course.

• Reason for Visit:  2026 Aircraft Combat Survivability Short Course
• First Day of Visit:  2 June 2026 (1 June for Instructors and Admin)
• Last Day of Visit:  4 June 2026
• Point of Contact:  Darnell Marbury, 703-604-4383

SECURITY POC AND PHONE NUMBER FOR EVENT (processing visit requests)

Visit requests for DoD contractors and U.S. government and military should be sent through DoD Defense Information System for Security (DISS) using Pratt & Whitney’s Security Office (SMO) Code 52661.

The POC for the visit is Thao Nguyen, (860) 565-6168, thao.nguyen@prattwhitney.com. 

Non-DoD visitors or those without access to DISS should have their security office fax their visit and clearance information by a visit authorization letter (VAL) to 860-353-0104.

PERSONAL ELECTRONIC AND MEDICAL DEVICES

Because the course will present classified information up to the SECRET level, the RTRC Auditorium will be considered a restricted area, and as such, portable electronic devices (PEDs) will not be allowed inside the conference room. PEDs include any portable device that has wireless or Bluetooth capabilities, can be connected to another device, or can be plugged into another device.

If students need an exemption from this policy for medical devices, such as hearing aids, heart monitors, glucose monitors, and spinal cord stimulators, please send an email to Darnell Marbury at t.d.marbury.ctr@us.navy.mil by 11 May 2026. In the request, please include the type of medical device, manufacturer, model, device serial number, and the capability that the device has (wireless, Bluetooth, camera, radio frequency identification, GPS, infrared, etc.). Also, please state why the device is required and whether it needs to be used throughout the duration of the course. No exemption will be given for mobile phones and earbuds.

LUNCH AND REFRESHMENTS:  $90.00 Lunch & refreshments fee is cash only and collected on first morning of class.

DRESS CODE:  Business Casual