Conference Day One: Monday, 23 May 2022

8:30 am - 12:30 pm BY INVITATION ONLY: TECHNOLOGY BRIEFINGS FROM THE INSTITUTE OF SAINT-LOUIS AND TOUR OF ITS FACILITIES

Focused on leading-edge research in defence and security in the heart of Europe, Defence iQ is delighted to partner with the French-German Research Institute of Saint-Louis (ISL), a bi-national research institute jointly operated by the French Defence Innovation Agency (AID) and the German Ministry of Defence.

Conference attendees will also participate in a unique site visit to ISL, where they will tour its state-of-the-art facilities and gain exclusive insight into breakthrough innovations spearheaded by the Institute. 

7:30 am - 8:15 am MORNING COFFEE AND REGISTRATION

8:15 am - 8:30 am CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS

8:30 am - 9:00 am OPENING KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: GERMAN INDIRECT FIRE CAPABILITIES

9:00 am - 9:30 am INDUSTRY INSIGHTS FROM RHEINMETALL + RBSL





9:30 am - 10:00 am PRIORITISING AND DELIVERING LONG-RANGE PRECISION FIRES

  • Update on the Long-Range Precision Fires Program including priorities and challenges
  • Refining and delivering the requirement for a long-range fires capability that can deliver deepstrike in the contested operating environment 
  • Setting expectations for future fires. Balancing the need for long-range, sophisticated systems with the requirements for mass and lethality on the future battlefield 
  • Beyond the CFT’s initial objectives; fielding next-generation precision systems as a component of US Army’s fires capability
  • Building an Alliance with industry to maintain the decisive advantage in any future engagement

10:00 am - 10:30 am FUTURE ARTILLERY CAPABILITIES – TODAY!

  • Lethality - range - precision - mobility – protection
  • Unmatched new KMW technology
  • Closing the gaps!

10:30 am - 11:00 am MORNING COFFEE AND NETWORKING BREAK

11:00 am - 11:30 am ARTILLERY AS AN EFFECTIVE JOINT ENABLER FOR THE PEER FIGHT

11:30 am - 12:00 pm SOFT RECOIL TECHNOLOGY: THE FUTURE OF FIREPOWER

  • How Soft Recoil Technology (SRT) can impact the modern battlefield – advantages over heavily armoured artillery
  • The SRT transformation of 105mm and 155mm artillery
  • Customer interest in SRT

12:00 pm - 12:30 pm PROSECUTING AREA TARGETS IN THE DEEP – MAXIMISING WEIGHT OF FIRES

  • Fielding capabilities that can sustain freedom of manoeuvre and influence the battlespace at range
  • Retaining the technical ability to deploy artillery decisively at low densities and to concentrate and generate mass where necessary
  • Using area weapons to engage adversaries that cannot be located precisely, or which are dispersed
  • Networking from sensor to shooter to enable long-range targeting

12:30 pm - 1:00 pm TARANIS ADLER – THE FUTURE OF DIGITAL COMBAT COMMAND OF JFS ASSETS

  • Digital enhancement for more precision in target acquisition
  • Dismounted Joint Fire Support Team (DACAS)
  • Training and simulation systems

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm NETWORKING LUNCH

5:00 pm - 5:15 pm HOST CLOSING REMARKS AND END OF TOUR

5:15 pm - 7:00 pm PRE-DINNER NETWORKING DRINKS RECEPTION (SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE)

7:00 pm - 7:00 pm GALA DINNER: By invitation only (SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE)