AIR MISSILE DEFENCE TECHNOLOGY

Day One | Tuesday 22nd October 2019

8.30 Registration & Coffee

8.50 Chairman’s Opening Remarks Major General (Ret’d) Bohuslav Dvorak, Former Deputy Chief of General Staff, Czech Armed Forces

HOST NATION AND KEYNOTE ADDRESSES

9.00 Peer Threat Analysis and Czech Capability Developments• Examining the adversarial threat evolution and the deterrence

priorities for the Czech armed forces• Building a multi-layered and networked deterrence strategy with

ELM-2084 radar system• Engineering the future deterrence strategy for the Czech Republic Colonel Jan Sedliacik, Commander 25th Air Defence Missile Regiment, Czech Armed Forces

9.40 Comprehensively Enhancing Medium Range Missile Defence Technology• Discussing Hungarian air defence modernisation strategy• Adapting to evolving air threats and preplacing the Mistral system• Enhancing and integrating C2 capacity with the SAMOC system• Analysing the capability requirements for the SA-6 replacement

AD technology Colonel Ferenc Könczöl, DCOM SAM WING 12 ‘Arrabona’, Hungarian Army

10.20 Morning Coffee

ENHANCING FULL SPECTRUM AIR DEFENCE TO DETECT AND DEFEAT MODERN THREATS

10.50 Protecting Soldiers During Manoeuvre from Multi-Dimensional Aerial Threats• Ensuring deployed and manoeuvring troops are protected from

a range of threats with the Multi-Mission Launcher• Optimising and scaling systems with MAFIA C2• Automating multi-domain capabilities to reduce operational

workload• Adapting to modern threats with advanced CUAS technology Dr Juanita M. Christensen, Director, CCDC Aviation and Missile Center, US Army

11.30 Examining the French Military SHORAD and Medium Missile Defence Capabilities• Ensuring the medium range missile defence with the SAMP/T

system and future EUROSAM capabilities• Contributing to national and NATO C-RAM capabilities• Future SHORAD replacement for the Crotale missile system• Modular technology for defending against SHORAD/RAM threats Lieutenant Colonel Manuel Monnin, SBAD Office Division Head, French Air Force

12.10 Common technical scalability across the full IAMD domain — is it possible?• Is countering future threats possible with off the shelf

technology?• How to counter what challenges us the most?• One solution to rule them all? Mr Lars Krogh Vammen, Director Business Development, Weibel Scientific A/S

12.50 Networking Lunch

ENHANCING SYSTEMS FOR COMPREHENSIVE DEFENCE ARCHITECTURE

13.50 Tailoring Integrated Air and Missile Defence Solutions• An overview of a collaborative, customer-focused approach to

address air and missile threat • Current capability gaps• Future requirements• Developments of incremental IAMD modernization solutions Mr Richard Turner, Business Development Manager Ground Based Air Defence, Lockheed Martin

14.30 Designing the new Swedish GBAD capability• Objectives• The technical solution• System engineering• Introducing new capabilities and managing change Mr. Max Berthold, Project Manager GBAD, FMV Mr. Joakim Lewin, Head of Army Systems Management Department, FMV

15.10 Multi Mission Radar (MMR) – Robustness Solution for IMADS Challenges• Sensors robustness to support IAMD mission• The ELTA MMR technology and sensor management• The MMR robustness capabilities enables new IAMD concept

and capabilities Colonel (Ret’d) Moshe Manor, Senior C4I & AMD Expert, ELTA

15.50 Afternoon Tea

DISCUSSING ISRAELI AIR DEFENCE TECHNOLOGY

16.30 Examining the Israeli Layered Approach to Missile Defence Systems• Iron Dome interceptor system capabilities and deployment• Working with the United States to supply Iron Dome defence systems• ICBM threats and the role of the Arrow 3 system in protecting

Israeli citizens • David’s Sling protecting against medium range threats

Colonel (Name witheld for security reasons), Israeli Air Force

APPROACHES TO C-UAS TECHNOLOGY

17.10 Protecting Soldiers and Equipment from the Threat of Low-Profile Attacks • Lessons learned: UAV’s and their use by non-state actors• The threat to soldiers posed by UAS in 2019 and the future• Multispectral detection of small UAVs

Lieutenant Colonel Jan Farlik Ph.D, Designated Chief of Department of Air Defence Systems, University of Defence Brno, Czech Republic

17.50 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One Major General (Ret’d) Bohuslav Dvorak, Former Deputy Chief of General Staff , Czech Armed Forces

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AIR MISSILE DEFENCE TECHNOLOGY Day Two | Wednesday 23rd October 2019

8.30 Registration & Coffee

8.50 Chairman’s Opening Remarks Major General (Ret’d) Bohuslav Dvorak, Former Deputy Chief of General Staff, Czech Armed Forces

KEYNOTE ADDRESSES

9.00 Enhancing the Joint Ground Based Air Defence Organisation with Superior Air Defences Technology• Threat analysis for the British Armed Forces: Current

capabilities and focus areas• Working with international partners to develop systems

interoperability at Thorney Island training facility• Sky Sabre developments and enhanced capabilities• Working with multiple industrial partners to deliver

upgraded capabilities Colonel Giles Malec, 7th Air Defence Group, UK MoD

9.40 Driving the Evolution of Missile Defence within the United States Army• Advancing the capabilities of the PATRIOT missile system• Protecting key infrastructure from cruise missile threats with

enhanced radar systems• Defending soldiers from RAM threats through the adoption

of lightweight and field deployable systems• Providing acquisition support for Upper Tier Missile Defense

and Space Systems Mr Thomas N Doss, Assistant Program Executive Officer, International, PEO Missiles and Space

10.20 Morning Coffee

DEVELOPING AND IMPROVING INTEROPERABILITY FOR EFFECTIVE DETERRENCE

10.50 Lithuanian Integrated Surface based Air defence system — First steps in to NATO IAMD • Tactical and operational approach to LISBADS• Military and industry cooperation to build required

capability• Integration steps to become a part of NATO IAMD Major Ovidijus Pilitauskas, Chief of Staff of Air Defence Battalion, Lithuanian Air Force

11.30 Examining USAFE’s Strategy for Enhanced IAMD• Enhancing warning radar systems for rear area threats• Discussing the integration and standardisation of existing

systems• Procuring systems for increased adaptability to modern

threats• Leveraging industry for enhanced capabilities Mr Max Hanessian, Chief, Integrated Air and Missile Defense, US Air Force in Europe

12.10 Session Reserved for Sponsor

12.50 Examining the NATO Air and Missile Defence Capabilities• Streamlining international cooperation: Increasing efficacy

through combining exercises• Building resilience and deterrence through interoperability• Enhancing Active Layered Theatre Ballistic Missile Defence

(ALTBMD)• Proliferating the NATINADS command network to maximise

interoperability capabilities of allies’ states Mr Peter Woodmansee, Division Chief, Integrated Air and Missile Defence, HQ US European Command

13.30 Networking Lunch

TESTING AMD TECHNOLOGY TO ENSURE PERFORMANCE

14.30 Maintaining Operational Status for Surface Based AMD Assets• Discussing the role of NAMFI in maintaining NATO Missile

Defence readiness• Conducting tactical firing evaluations to ensure maximum

reliability for system• Developing a systematic approach to a range of threat

simulations• Testing the PATRIOT system Lieutenant Colonel Dimitrios Nikolakakos, Chief Tactical Firing Evaluation Section, NATO Missile Firing Installation (NAMFI)

INDUSTRY TECHNICAL BRIEFINGS

15.10 Examining MBDA’s GBAD capabilities • MBDA - The Full Spectrum of Air Defence• EMADS - The next level of SBAD• Meteor and CAMM - Securing the sky• Flexible Procurement - Industrial Collaboration, Government

CooperationColonel (Ret’d) Henri Stievenard, Military Advisor, MBDA

15.50 Afternoon Tea

16.20 Meeting the Demand for High Performance SHORAD Systems• Equipping the Swedish military with enhanced IRIS-T systems• The Falcon, ensuring SHORAD capability to meet modern

threats• Discussing interceptor integration into legacy and future

systems• Future developments for Diehl Mr Andreas Bappert, Technical Director, GBAD Systems, Diehl Defence

17.00 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two Major General (Ret’d) Bohuslav Dvorak, Former Deputy Chief of General Staff, Czech Armed Forces

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