Check out the previous attendee snapshot, which highlights the companies, militaries, and government leaders who attended our 2023 conference, many of whom are already expected at the 2024 conference.

Full Spectrum Air Defence Conference (25-26 June) will address the challenges faced by forces defending and protecting against air and missile attacks and threats. As part of the Air Defence Week, running alongside the main conference, are two specialist focus days providing depth and breadth in the context of fully integrated and layered Air Defence:

Directed Energy Systems (24 June) will explore recent advancements in R&D that are pushing technology to the level where fully configured DEW systems are now being designed and tested for imminent deployment, particularly for the use of countering drones.

Military Radar (27 June) will provide a deep technical and focused perspective on the usage and future trends of Military Radar, and their role in the field of Air and Missile Defence, looking specifically at the improvement of, detection, monitoring, and early warning capabilities of radar systems.

Check out the current 2024 Attendee Snapshot to see the companies, militaries, and government leaders who have confirmed their attendance!

With new challenges appearing over the horizon as near-peer competitors develop sophisticated forms of attack, there is an almost global renewed focus on Full Spectrum Air Defence. With constrained budgets, ageing equipment, evolving threats, and strategies; challenges for industry and end-users alike are substantial.

DefenceIQ’s market report offers insight into the programmes, capabilities, and goals of 38 nations: pulling back the veil and shedding light on the latest developments in Air and Missile Defence.

In this full spectrum global report, we cover the latest developments in the domain from across the globe. While effective air defence has always been an amalgamation of C2ISR and Kinetic solutions, recently new sub-domains have appeared such as C-UAS and Directed Energy in response to new emerging threats. This report covers:

• Kinetic air defence
• C-UAS
• Directed Energy
• Radar and C2
  

Find out who attended the Full Spectrum Air Defence conference in 2022 and who you can expect to meet onsite in 2024.

Hypersonic weapon research and development is in full swing, with nations across the globe racing to develop their own capabilities as quickly as they can. Being able to counter them is becoming crucial, as they will play a huge role in the global power balance by undermining core pillars of geopolitics such as geography and technological power. 

Ahead of this year’s Full Spectrum Air Defence International, Defence IQ wanted to explore this topic in greater detail, as the Conference will include a focus day on recent development in hypersonic weapons and how best to counter the future capabilities of potential adversaries. 

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Key benefits of downloading the piece:

• Know top investment priorities in hypersonic weapons from countries such as Russia, China, the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Germany
• Gain insights into development trends from your peers
• Learn more about current technologies that can act as countermeasures against hypersonic weapons

Download the piece to learn more about:

• The difference between a hypersonic cruise missile and a hypersonic glide vehicle
• Why the proliferation of hypersonic capabilities can be destabilising and upset local balances of power
• What current technologies act as countermeasures to potential adversaries’ capabilities

Download the piece to gain insight into current developments from the following countries:

• China – expectation of its DF-17 hypersonic glide vehicle to be operational by 2020
• Russia – deployment of an operational hypersonic system, the Kh-47M2 Kinzhal, an air-launched ballistic missile
• Germany – launch of a hypersonic missile programme in 2018, and expectations for the first prototypes to be launched in three years
• United Kingdom – award of a US$ 12 million contract to Rolls Royce and its industrial partners to develop high-Mach aircraft propulsion systems
• United States – Pentagon’s request of US$ 2.6 billion for all hypersonic-related research 

The Air Defence market is expected to reach an estimated US$ 30 billion in 2030, with countries acquiring or upgrading air defence systems. Highlights of this map include a renewed focus on anti-ballistic capabilities and an interest from some countries to be protected against hypersonic glide vehicles.

Download the map to learn more about key programmes and requirements from countries that will be attending this year’s Full Spectrum Air Defence International, such as:

• United States – the Missile Defence Agency is asking for US$ 1.2 billion in FY20 to expand defence against intercontinental ballistic missile threats
• Sweden – contract with Raytheon for the production of Patriot Integrated Air and Missile Defence System
• United Kingdom – order of a replacement for the Army’s Rapier Field Standard C short range SAM systems
• Switzerland – two companies have submitted their bids for the BODLUV long-range ground-based air defence programme
• Czech Republic – CZK 949 million contract with SAAB Dynamics AB for the delivery of 16 RBS-70NG air defence missile systems
• Slovak Republic – requirement for 17 3D air defence radar systems at a value of EUR 155 million 
• Ukraine – test of its S-300B1 S-300V1 air defence system to rebuild their air defence capabilities 
• Poland – acquisition of the AEGIS Ashore system
• Lithuania – procurement of NASAMS from Norway 
• Germany – development of a hypersonic glide vehicle for the military

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Key benefits of downloading the map:

• Know top acquisition and upgrade priorities from countries that will be present at Full Spectrum Air Defence International
• Develop business strategies by meeting the right people from countries having active programmes and key requirements at Full Spectrum Air Defence International  
• Gain insights into investment trends from your peers

Download the full agenda of the conference here. To request a copy to be sent via email, please click here. 

Join us at the conference this year, where the following key themes will be addressed:

• How can air defenders be aided by the OEM and systems integrators to smooth the transition from legacy to contemporary assets?
• As threats become more varied with the development of low slow small uas to hypersonic glide vehicles, what options are there for multi-model air defence systems to engage a range of targets? What are the benefits and limitations of futuristic technology, such as directed energy
• In what ways can nations increase the integration of air defence assets across air, land and sea, in an effort to create a seamless reactive capability to dealing with threats areas across the spectrum
• What lessons can be transferred between GBAD commanders in different regions of the world, in terms of meeting operational challenges?

The Joint Forum is co-located with three events: Full Spectrum Air Defence, Directed Energy Systems and Military Radar and is Europe’s only international joint forum to cover all elements of air defence. This Attendee List showcases high-level attendees and industry experts that will be in attendance across the forum.

The Full Spectrum Air Defence has become the chosen meeting ground for the international air defence community, bringing together both industry and military to address threat.

Last year, the Full Spectrum Air Defence conference gathered senior air defence commanders from Europe, the USA and the ASEAN to discuss the identification and prioritisation of procurements to counter immediate physical threats, the building of lasting partnerships with international allies for layer defence across national borders, and the development of communication links between air defence systems to ensure total C2 efficiency in the battlespace.

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The senior panel of speaker came from all around the world, including Switzerland, the United States, Germany, Malaysia, Portugal, the Netherlands, Australia, Spain, Canada and the United Kingdom. Hosted in Rheinmetall’s offices in Zurich, the event also saw the intervention of leading solution providers in the likes of Kongsberg, Raytheon and Lockheed Martin. This report offers highlights from the conference, a run-down of key sessions and information of past attendees. 

Download this report to learn more about topics covered, such as:

• Understanding the new operational context of air defence by Brigadier Hugo Roux, Commander Air Defence Regiment, Swiss Air Force – Keynote presentation
  
• Command and control management across multiple system ranges by Brigadier General Michael Gschoßmann, Director of Ground Based Operation, Bundeswehr
  
• Ground based air defence procurement cycle by Manfred Eggers, Programme Manager - Communications, Air and Missile Defence Programme, who will be returning to our 2019 event
  
• Orientating the French air defence command towards the future by ICA Renaud Charlet, Operations Director Missiles systems export program manager, DGA/DI
  

To find out more about this year’s event, download the agenda here.

Get a preview of a key session summary:

Command and control management across multiple system ranges by Brigadier General Michael Gschoßmann, Director of Ground Based Operation, Bundeswehr

Brigadier General Gschossman shared insights in to what makes multi-domain command and control efficient and successful. He presented the following:

• Extremely high quality situational awareness is required, on the following: cyber, space, air, land, maritime, EMS, ISR
• Rapid decision making
• Direct forces across domains and missions
• Continuous feedback