Agenda & Speakers

Asymmetric Threats Briefing - Tuesday 10th January 2012

Session Leaders:

Colonel Santiago San Antonio, Director, Counter-IED Centre of Excellence, Spanish Ministry of Defence Lieutenant
Colonel Greg Moore, C-IED Partnering Lead, Marine Corps Warfighting Lab, USMC

13:30 Registration and coffee

14:00 Current and future capabilities to resist asymmetric threats

• Assessing current asymmetric threats on future vehicle designs
• Will IEDs become the structural driver for vehicle design over the next 20 years?
• Analysing the need for vehicles to have all-round protection against RPG attacks, IEDs and anti-tank mines
• Assessing the variety and location of armour to resist threats
• Improving battlefield organisation and tactics to withstand threats during operations
• Understanding the latest requirement for explosive detection equipment on armoured vehicles in theatre
• Analysing occupant safety measures to reduce blast injuries
• Training the force for enhanced IED awareness
• Establishing a dynamic set of capabilities, systems and data repositories that can defeat enemy networks
• Analysing 'lessons learned' from a number of combat, hostage rescue and counter-suicide bomber incidents around the world

17:00 Close of briefing

Day One Conference & Exhibition - Wednesday 11th January 2012

08:00 Registration and Coffee

08:50 Chairman’s Introduction

Christopher Foss, Editor of Jane’s Armour and Artillery

09:00 Keynote Presentation : The Marine LAV:  Maintaining Relevancy Until 2035
Historical Upgrades of the LAV
Current Initiatives for Survivability
LAV Sustainment
Colonel Brian K. Buckles, Program Manager, Light Armored Vehicles, USMC

09:45 Lead Sponsor

10.30 Networking Coffee

11:00 Upgrading & modernising current armoured vehicles fleet for enhanced overall survivability- Country Case Study
An analysis of Brazilian army’s modernisation programs and possible alternatives in response to survivability threats
Survivability requirements for the Brazilian Armed Forces in the near future
Lieutenant Colonel Marcio Callafange Jr.,  Brazilian Armed Forces

11:45 Architecture and operational requirements in increasing crew and vehicle survivability
Hull Shape, Architecture & Design
Reducing the size and silhouette of the vehicle
Specific protective technologies such as armour and fire suppression systems
The optimum trade-off between mobility and survivability
Jim Webb, Senior System Engineering Manager, Mounted Soldier Survivability Programme, National Defence Canada

12:30 Networking Lunch

14:00 Analysing advances in sensor, computer and countermeasure technology to detect, identify and defeat potential threats
Assessing the need for tailored solutions on new platforms and fast response solutions to new threats
Avoiding detection through camouflage and reducing vehicle signatures to background levels
Appropriate and timely countermeasures to reduce the effectiveness of threats
Colonel Emilio Corbucci, Head of Armament, Ammunition, CBRNE and Sensors Office, Italian Army General Staff

14:30 Situational awareness and survival
The connection between survival and surveillance
Why specifications have a critical impact on survivability
Increase survivability with situational surveillance by understanding the
difference in camera technology
Jorgen Peter Anderson, Sales Director, Copenhagen Sensor Technology

15.00 Enhancing Vehicle Survivability through Modelling & Simulation
The role of M&S in support of operational requirements, training and interoperability
The  use  of modern  simulation  tools  in the development  of new  armoured  vehicles
Future Modelling  and Simulation Challenges
Colonel Francesco Mastrorosa, Director, NATO Modelling & Simulation Centre of Excellence

15:30 Networking Coffee

16:00 Speed of deployment and logistical efficiency in optimising survivability
Limitations of current logistics models for the deployed force
Assessing the need to provide protected tactical mobility
Common purchasing, pooled maintenance and greater interoperability of capabilities for efficient supply chain
Brigadier General Norbert Huber, Director Force Development, MoD Austria

16:45 Developing transparent armour to increase survivability
How are requirements being met by innovation in production
Life cycle costs as a critical value in procurement
How are evolving threats and environmental conditions shaping development
Stefan Haase, Marketing Director, SCHOTT

17:30 End of Day One

Day Two Conference & Exhibition - Thursday 12th January 2012

08:00 Registration and Coffee

08:50 Chairman’s Introduction

Christopher Foss, Editor of Jane’s Armour and Artillery

09:00 Keynote Presentation: Evaluating options for combat vehicle survivability
Analysing factors that influence performance
Assessing potential survivability enhancements
Assessing survivability over different scenarios
Chris Yunker, Mobility Section Head, US Marine Corps

09:45 Keynote Presentation: Russian Armed Forces Case Study: Future solutions in enhancing survivability of Russian Fleets
The use of additional passive armour protection  in response to survivability threats
Assessing weight reduction options  while maintaining survivability of the platform
Analysing the performance of Defensive aids system equipped vehicles
Major General Alexander Shevchenko, Chief of General Tank Automotive Directorate, Russian Armed Forces

10.30 Networking Coffee

11.00 Danish Armed Forces Case Study: Upgrade of current Danish vehicles to optimise crew and vehicle protection
Lessons Learned from the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan on vehicle survivability
Status on the Danish vehicle fleet
Ongoing and future improvements on the Danish fleet
Major Claus Heesakker Johansen, Study & Development Division , Danish Army Combat Centre

11:45 Technology Focus Session

12:30 Networking Lunch

 


14:00 Reducing the effectiveness  of anti-armour threats through Active Sensor Technology
Enhanced sensors  and  digital processing in improving vehicle  survivability
Development  of sensors  with increasing  accuracy  and  precision
Evaluating the need  to minimize  interference  with vehicle sensors
Merkava Mk4 Case Study- the development of active protection systems (APS)
Brigadier General Yaron Livnat, Merkava Tank Program Manager, Israeli Defence Forces

14:45 Future DAS for armoured vehicles
Future  Defensive Aids Suite (DAS) - a generic approach
Threat  evaluation and threat libraries
DAS - integration to other systems
DAS in network - an example
Gustaf Olsson Ph.D, Assistant Director of Research, Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI)

15:30  Networking Coffee

16:00 Panel Debate: Assessing procurement priorities in ensuring survivability
Overcoming challenges in balancing armour, firepower and manoeuvrability
Full market analysis up to 2032
How will platforms be adapted to meet requirements for potential future threats?
Where do we see future conflicts occurring and how does the global economical climate affect us?
Christopher Foss, Conference Chairman
Brigadier General Yaron Livnat , Merkava Tank Program Manager, Israel Defence Forces
Brigadier General Norbert Huber, Director Force Development, MoD Austria
Chris Yunker, Mobility Section Head, US Marine Corps

17:00 Close of Conf-Ex

Keynote Speakers

Christopher Foss

Editor of Jane's Armour and Artillery, Conference Chairman

Brigadier General Roberto D'Alessandro

Deputy Chief of Logistics Department, Italian Army

Lieutenant General IJ Singh

Director General EME, Indian Army

Ted Maciuba

Director, Mounted Requirements, Maneuver Center of Excellence,

Training and Doctrine Command, US Army

Brigadier General Chris Gildenhuys

Commanding General of the South African Army Armour Formation

Lieutenant Colonel Alan Bolster

Director Land Requirements – Armoured Fighting Vehicle Systems,

National Defence Canada

Colonel Yoo Haeil

Director, Armoured Vehicle Program Team, Defence Acquisition Program

Administration (DAPA), Republic of Korea

Colonel Emmanuel Gaulin

Capability Manager, Army Future Combat Systems, French Ministry of Defence

Lieutenant Colonel Oren Giber

Head Survivability System Branch, Land Systems Division, Israeli Ministry of Defence

Major General Renato Joaquim Ferrarezi

Logistics Commander, Brazilian Army

Daniel Klein

Senior Armaments Co-operation Officer, European Defence Agency

Future Technology Day 27th Sept 2011

09:00 Registration and Coffee

09:50 Chairman's Introduction: Christopher Foss, Editor of Jane's Armour and Artillery

10:00 Tackling the threat from Improvised Explosive Devices – technology advances

• What are the requirements for vehicle protection against the IED threat?

• Will IEDs become the structural driver for vehicle design over the next 50 years?

• Examining the latest requirements for explosive detection equipment on armoured

· vehicles in theatre

Robert Shaw, Head of Counter IED, ISAF

11:00 Situational awareness technology for future armoured vehicles

Jorgen Peter Andersen, Sales Director, Copenhagen Sensor Technologies

12:00 Networking Lunch

13:00 Development and Utilization of Robotics and Unmanned Ground Vehicles

• Which kind of use UGVs will we be seeing on the field in the following two decades

• and which lines of development should be pursued?

• Outlining the unlimited choice of systems which are easily fitted to a remotely

• operated Unmanned Platform in order to give it the possibility to perform a great

• variety of tasks

• Utilising armed, armoured combat robot to reduce risk and neutralize threats to

• the warfighter

Ted Maciuba, Director, Mounted Requirements, Maneuver Center of Excellence,

Training and Doctrine Command, US Army

14:00 Emerging Sensors and Electron Devices for Future Armoured Vehicles

• Situational Awareness and Vectronic systems, Vehicle Optics Sensor System (VOSS)

• Electro-optical infrared sensor technology for armoured vehicle night vision, and

• other enhanced vision combat vehicle applications

• French Army Case Study – The SCORPION PROJECT

Colonel Benoist Clement, Engagement & Combat Systems Manager, Army Staff, DGA France

15:00 Close of day

Day One Conference & Exhibition 28th Sept 2011

08.00 Registration and Coffee

08:50 Chairman's Introduction: Christopher Foss, Editor of Jane's Armour and Artillery

09.00 Keynote Presentation: Strategy & Doctrine in Achieving an Integrated Defence

Force – Incorporation of Armoured Vehicles on the battlefield

• The intended role and characteristics of armoured vehicles on the battlefield

• Advances in automotive, artillery, and armour technology to combine the best characteristics

• Firepower – mobility – protection: the three key aspects of any fighting vehicle

• Analyzing threats, advances in technology and crew training

Brigadier General Roberto D'Alessandro, Deputy Chief of Logistics Department,

Italian Army

09.30 Integrated design concepts for armoured and multirole vehicles

Andrew Simpson, Senior Defence Advisor, Iveco Defence Vehicles

10.00 Optimising Armoured Vehicle C4ISR Capabilities

• The Integration of Communication Equipment

• Assessing the need for a mobile command center providing advanced communication

• capabilities in the field

• How do the C4I capabilities reduce crew workload, expand operational capabilities and

• increased mission safety?

• Assessing the benefits of C4I capabilities for enhanced situational awareness, more

• effective deployment of forces, improved firepower and more accurate damage assessment

Representative from Defence Science & Technology Organisation,

Australian Department of Defence

10.30 Networking Coffee

11.00 Assessing the importance of increasing situational awareness for the mounted soldier

• Examining the need to develop and integrate mounted soldier systems that connect the

• mounted soldier to the network

• Outlining capability improvements in battle command, situational awareness,

• survivability, and mobility

• Situational Awareness on Mission Effectiveness

Ted Maciuba, Director, Mounted Requirements, Maneuver Center of Excellence,

Training and Doctrine Command, US Army

11.30 Survivability Capabilities to maximise the Protection and Operational Effectiveness

of the Israeli Defence Forces

• Increasing survivability against future threats

• Assessing protection vs. mobility

• Current and future programme upgrades

Lieutenant Colonel Oren Giber, Head Survivability System Branch,

Land Systems Division, Israeli Ministry of Defence

12.00 Norwegian Army Current and Future Procurement Strategies

• The Norwegian Army's response to the increased threat of attacks

• Assessing the requirements for maintenance and repair tasks

• Norwegian Case Study: Future requirements

Lieutenant Colonel Erik Ramm, Programme Manager, Armoured Vehicles,

Norwegian Defence Logistical Organization Land Combat Systems

12.30 Networking Lunch

14.00 Future operational requirements of the Swedish Army

• The demands of tomorrow: The new structure with a more balanced mix of heavy,

• medium and light vehicles

• Swedish Land Force capabilities in combating current and future threats

• The process of upgrading the Swedish existing fleet of combat vehicles and the

• development of the new multi-role armoured platforms

Representative from the Swedish Armed Forces

14.30 Indian Army's Perspective: Current and Future Armoured Vehicle Requirements

and Procurement Plans

• Assessing the future capability plans of Indian armoured vehicles

• Examining Operational threats

• Overview of the Arjun MBT advancements

• Outlining logistic challenges within the Indian Army

• The Indian Army's Lethality Upgrades To Armoured Fighting Vehicles

Lieutenant General IJ Singh, Director General EME, Indian Army

15.00 Delivering future ATV capabilities with the Viking (BvS10)

• Survivability is in focus, the battlefield is evolving

• Payload is essential for protection

• Extreme mobility is a key ability for ATV

Bjorn Hellholm, Programme Manager, BAE Systems

15.30 Networking Coffee

16.00 German Army's plans to upgrade the protection, mobility and firepower of existing fleets

• Integrating updated levels of protection and survivability elements into the design of

• armoured vehicles

• Examining plans for new and upgraded vehicles to meet future capability and survivability

• requirements and objectives of the German Army

• Examining upgrades for armoured vehicles to ensure they have enough power to cope

• with the environment they are to operate in

• Examining the threat factor increases with the advancement of technology and the need

• to upgrade armoured vehicles

Colonel Axel Hasenkamp, Conceptions and Engagements TRADOC,

German Armed Forces

16.30 Through-Life Capability Management for Armoured Vehicles

• Obtaining the right information to enable armies to fully asses value for money, through-life

• New ways of maintaining and repairing the Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicle (AIFV) 'FRECCIA'

• 'Exchange matrix', a single channel of communication between Army and Industry

Lieutenant Colonel Franco Fratini, Mobility and Countermobility Branch,

Logistic HQ, Italian Army

17.00 Networking Evening Reception

Day Two Conference & Exhibition 29th Sept 2011

08.00 Registration and Coffee

08.50 Chairman's Introduction: Christopher Foss, Editor of Jane's Armour and Artillery

09.00 Keynote Presentation: Future requirements and capabilities up to 2020

• Reviewing current requirements: lessons learned in theatre

• Post Iraq and Afghanistan: What are the emerging threats and future requirements?

• Forecasts of the global armoured vehicles market

• Analysis of strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and threats affecting the armoured

• vehicles market

Christopher Foss, Editor of Jane's Armour and Artillery

09.30 Examining options for modernising current armoured vehicle fleet

• Highlighting Canada's current and future armoured vehicle requirements

• LAV III Modernization Programme – Upgrading the Canadian Force's Primary Wheeled

• Light Armoured Vehicle

• Upgrade of mobility systems such as powertrain, suspension, running gear and brakes

• Upgrade of the weapon system

• Installation of additional armour, heightening its protection against increased threats

Lieutenant Colonel Alan Bolster, Director Land Requirements – Armoured Fighting

Vehicle Systems, National Defence Canada

10.00 Fire Power capabilites of the DRACO system

• One weapon system for multiple purposes

• The perfect answer to modern peacekeeping scenarios against conventional and

• asymmetric threats

• A guarantee for a secure and effective defence thanks to its state-of-the-art ammunition

Marco Brogi, Head of Research & Development, Oto Melara

10.30 Networking Coffee

11.00 Estonian Armoured Vehicle requirements and the modernization process

• Upgrade of existing vehicle types and looking towards new procurements

• Assessing how to improve vehicle architecture to adapt to different environments

• Lethality Upgrades to Armoured Fighting Vehicles

Marius Kuningas, Director of Armouring Division, Baltic Armoury, Estonia

11.30 Combating the threats of the future – K21 Next-Generation Infantry Fighting

Vehicle (NIFV)

• Highlighting the current armoured vehicles capabilities and life cycle

• Recent developments and emerging threats encountered in theatre

• Assessing the effectiveness of self-protection features

• Examining the necessity for high-tech sensory equipment to detect NBC-type attacks

Colonel Yoo Haeil, Director, Armoured Vehicle Program Team, Defence Acquisition

Program Administration (DAPA), Republic of Korea

12.00 Networking Lunch

14:00 VBTP-MR: Brazil Army's advanced vehicle capabilities

• Replacement and Maintenance for Brazil's armoured vehicle fleet

• Examining the benefits of remote-controlled weapon stations for additional firepower

Major General Renato Joaquim Ferrarezi, Logistics Commander, Brazilian Army

14.30 South African Armed Forces – Technology developments to maximise protection

and mobility of armoured vehicles

• How does the Common platform concept also help the training, maintenance, and the

• logistic support planning?

• Examining how Optimised body angles and a low silhouette lead to increased survivability

• and mobility

• Paramount Mbombe 6x6 Armoured Fighting Vehicle and its features

Brigadier General Chris Gildenhuys, Commanding General of the South African

Army Armour Formation

15.00 Networking Coffee

16.00 New technological capabilities and solutions to meet the transformational needs of

the modern armed forces

• Reconnaissance, Intelligence and Surveillance Capabilities

• How has the changing face of warfare opened the need for new requirements for vehicles?

• Outlining major programmes to replace the current AMX-10RC/Sagie armoured cars and

• the VAB APC

• Discussing the French Army upgrades for urgent operational requirements

Colonel Emmanuel Gaulin, Capability Manager, Army Future Combat Systems,

French Ministry of Defence

16.30 The efficiency of collaborative procurement

• Cooperation in order to meet the demand at national, European and international level

• International Operational requirements for technologically advanced, evolving and easily

• deployable armoured vehicles with a shared or interoperable logistics chain

• Observations and comparisons made by the forces deployed in the different theatres of

• operation

• The Capability Development Plan (CDP)

Mr Daniel Klein, Senior Armaments Co-operation Officer, European Defence Agency

17.00 Close of Conference