Full Spectrum Air Defence Day 2 | 24 June 2026
7:15 - 7:55
REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS
7:50 - 7:55
CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS
Major General (Ret'd) Gary Deakin CBE -
Former Chief of Staff,
NATO Joint Force Command
Paul R. Daniels, Senior Defense Consultant and President, P. Daniels Consulting
8:30 - 9:00
RESERVED FOR INDUSTRY INSIGHTS
9:00 - 9:30
ROMANIAN MODERNISATION PRIORITIES TO STAY AHEAD OF EVOLVING THREATS
Lieutenant General Iulian Berdila -
Deputy CHOD for Operations and Training,
Romanian Defence Staff
• Strengthening Romania’s defensive capabilities
• Prioritising layered defence through procurement of long-range and SHORAD/VSHORAD capabilities
• Bolstering detection capabilities to counter regional threats and bolster Eastern Flank defence
Lieutenant General Iulian Berdila
Deputy CHOD for Operations and TrainingRomanian Defence Staff
9:30 - 10:00
INDUSTRY INSIGHTS FROM RTX
Colonel (rtd) Anthony Walters -
Sustainment and Services Director, Requirements & Capabilities,
Raytheon, an RTX business
Colonel (rtd) Anthony Walters
Sustainment and Services Director, Requirements & CapabilitiesRaytheon, an RTX business
10:00 - 10:30
STRENGTHENING AIR DEFENCE CAPABILITIES
Colonel Xavier Tarot -
Commander - 54th (FR) Artillery Regiment,
French Army
• Modernising French Army air-defence assets
• Organisational structure and operational readiness
• French Army priorities to adapt to new threats and complex environments
10:30 - 11:00
MORNING COFFEE AND NETWORKING
WORKING WITH ALLIES AND INDUSTRY TO MAXIMISE INTEROPERABILITY OF AIR AND MISSILE DEFENCE
11:00 - 12:30
FINLAND’S LAYERED DEFENCE CAPABILITY TO COUNTER EVOLVING COMPLEX THREATS
Colonel Mano-Mikael Nokelainen -
Inspector of Ground-based Air Defence,
Finnish National Defence Forces
• Lessons identified from current conflicts
• Future requirements for advanced radar and C2
• Responding to the evolving UAS threat
Colonel Mano-Mikael Nokelainen
Inspector of Ground-based Air DefenceFinnish National Defence Forces
11:30 - 12:00
INDUSTRY INSIGHTS FROM HENSOLDT
12:00 - 12:30
MODULAR GBAD HIGH VISIBILITY PROJECT
Emmanuel D’Almeida -
Modular GBAD Principal Project Officer),
NSPA
• Latest updates on NATO’s Modular GBAD Project
• Fostering multinational acquisition, interoperability, and commonality within NATO’s defence projects
• Next steps to accelerate development
12:30 - 13:00
INDUSTRY INSIGHTS FROM INDRA
Brigadier General (rtd) Ignacio Ojeda González-Posada -
Military Consultant,
INDRA
13:00 - 13:30
SHIELD PRIORITIES, CHALLENGES, AND THE PATH TO FUTURE READINESS
Colonel Bradley Son -
Project Manager, SHIELD,
PAE Fires
• Current priorities for SHORAD and M-SHORAD capability development
• Updates on the Next Generation Short Range Interceptor program
• Balancing rapid capability development with interoperability, cybersecurity hardening, and resource constraints across joint stakeholders
13:30 - 14:30
LUNCH AND NETWORKING BREAK
MODERNISING AIR DEFENCE ACROSS DOMAINS
• Ensuring operational availability and readiness
• Developing a comprehensive C-UAS strategy
• Procurement priorities
• Accelerating C-UAS capabilities
• Preparing a holistic strategy to detect, track, and neutralise UAS across ranges and
altitudes
• Countering drone swarms and loitering munitions
• Defending against an expanded scope of complex missile threats
• Training and education priorities to prepare for the growing hypersonic threat
• Current capability and future plans for procurement
• Recent updates on IAMD policy
• 360-degree approach to strengthening deterrence and defence across domains
• Response to the evolving threat landscape and increasingly complex threats
• Insights into NATO Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine
• Training for Ukrainian forces to operate in contested environments
• Achieving greater interoperability for IAMD
16:00 - 16:30
AFTERNOON TEA AND NETWORKING BREAK
PREPARING ANDTRAINING FOR FUTURE THREATS
• S&T priorities aligned with the Army’s modernisation strategy and broader C-UAS
mission
• Increasing collaboration with strategic partners to refine the C-UAS strategy
• Long-term C-UAS goals
• Space Force’s priorities for tracking and countering aerial threats
• Leveraging space to defend against hypersonic missiles
• R&D initiatives to ensure future readiness
• IAMD priorities in current NATO operations
• Embedding space capabilities into NATO’s defence strategies and response planning
• Lessons identified from recent conflict
