·       Updates on existing systems operated by Russia’s Aerospace Forces for ground-based air surveillance and ground-control interception radars

·       Russian initiatives for radar optimisation and modernisation

·       Radar development to respond to the proliferation of drones in Russian and Ukrainian airspace

Thomas Withington

Associate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute
FSAD 2025 Co-Chairman

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• Importance of space-based sensors for birth-to-death tracking and discrimination

• Adapting sensors for ballistic missile defence

• Challenges of sensor integration to increase range, survivability, and performance

Patrycja Bazylczyk

Program Manager & Research Associate, Missile Defense Project
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

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• Employment of passive radar to detect and track targets in current conflicts

• Operation of passive radar in complex environments where the effectiveness of radar is obstructed

• Limitations of passive radar, and developments in detecting hypersonic threats

Professor Daniel W. O'Hagen

Head of the Passive Radar and Anti-Jamming Techniques Department
Fraunhofer FHR

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·       Modernisation of Swiss medium-range air defence, incorporating advanced radar technologies to improve detection and tracking of modern threats

·       Successfully linking command and control with sophisticated radar components

·       Leveraging international collaboration to enhance tracking capabilities, and contributing to a comprehensive air defence network across Europe

Maxime Bagnoud

Project Manager
Armasuisse

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• Importance of having multiple capabilities available to maintain battlespace awareness and superiority

• Approach to sensor deployment

• Broad look at next-generation requirements, and future collaboration with industry

Julie Isaac

Project Director for Sensors Aerial Intelligence
PEO IEW&S

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• Evaluation and Optimization of Long-Range Radars

• Ground Survey, Coverage and Obstruction Evaluation

• Exploration of in-house software design and tools

• Utilising Radar networking and database systems

Darrell McFarland

Director, Radar Evaluation Flight
84th Radar Evaluation Squadron, US Air Force

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·       How do experts envision the integration of artificial intelligence and machine learning into radar technologies to enhance operational effectiveness, and improve performance? How can AI be leveraged for processing detection data?

·       What are the primary challenges in adapting radar systems to counter emerging threats such as hypersonic missiles and stealth aircraft?

·       With the increasing reliance on digital systems, how is industry addressing cybersecurity concerns related to radar technology to protect against potential cyber threats?

How can the military prepare personnel to operate and maintain advanced radar systems, and what training programs are being implemented?

·       Transforming radar hardware into a software-defined aperture, enhancing flexibility and adaptability

·       Understand how digital radar technology supports various missions, including communications, sensing, and positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT), within the array's operating frequency band

·       Perspectives on combatting enhanced electronic warfare capabilities & cyber attacks

Nicholas A. O'Donoughue, PhD

Senior Engineer, Signal Processing Expert
Rand Corporation

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• Understand how multifunctional radar can be integrated to detect and track low-observable targets and hypersonic missiles

• Reducing the need for separate radar units to enhance overall system efficiency and response time

• Operating in complex and contested environments with electronic counter-countermeasures to maintain performance and reliability under EW conditions

Josef Worms

Team Leader
Fraunhofer FHR

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