Conference Day Three: Wednesday, 25 May 2022

7:30 am - 7:45 am EXCLUSIVE BREAKFAST BRIEFING (BY INVITATION ONLY)

7:45 am - 8:15 am MORNING COFFEE AND REGISTRATION

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

8:30 am - 9:00 am INTEGRATING FIRES WITHIN THE JOINT COMPONENT

Brigadier General Francesco Principe - Inspector of the Artillery Corps, Italian Army
  • Overview of current activities to improve interoperability with Allies
  • Italian Army’s training and simulation 
  • Knowledge and capabilities for joint fires operations in a multi-domain context via the Joint fire exercise –computer assisted exercise - JFX CAX Medusa
  • Distributed exercises in the national and NATO context. Networking with the joint force
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Brigadier General Francesco Principe

Inspector of the Artillery Corps
Italian Army

9:00 am - 9:20 am INDUSTRY INSIGHTS FROM NAMMO



9:20 am - 9:50 am ADAPTING THE GERMAN ARMY’S JOINT FIRE CAPABILITY TO THE CHANGING SECURITY CONTEXT

  • Characterizing German Army warfighting concepts for today’s multi-domain environment
  • Equipping the future force: requirements informed by threat
  • Air-land integration challenges for the joint fires force

9:50 am - 10:20 am DEEP FIRES 2.0 - MISSILE ARTILLERY REVIVAL

  • Challenges for long range artillery
  • Rockets vs. missiles or rockets and missiles
  • Why missiles could be a solution against the existing enemy systems

10:20 am - 11:00 am MORNING COFFEE AND NETWORKING BREAK

11:00 am - 11:30 am OPERATIONAL TO TACTICAL - HOW DOES AN NRF /NRDC TRANSLATE IMPLICIT GUIDANCE TO EXPLICIT EXECUTION?

  • No appropriate organization to deliver joint fires exists for 1GNC
  • Targeting process cannot destabilize operations order writing and current operations

11:30 am - 12:00 pm GUIDED MUNITION – QUO VADIS AND WAY FORWARD

  • Product status on guided munition – Vulcano 127mm and 155mm
  • Automated single point land target engagement based on terminal homing with infrared seeker
  • Precision Enhancement of conventional artillery munition

12:00 pm - 12:30 pm FUTURE MODERNISATION PLANS OF REPUBLIC OF KOREA ARMY’S ARTILLERY

  • An overview of RoK’s large arsenal of self-propelled, field, and rocket artillery, including 105mm and 155mm towed howitzers, 105mm and 155mm self-propelled howitzers, 81mm and 107mm self-propelled mortars, and several multiple launch rocket systems
  • Examining current capability and future modernisation plans

12:30 pm - 1:00 pm INDUSTRY SESSION

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm NETWORKING LUNCH

2:00 pm - 2:30 pm U.S. ARMY IMPROVEMENTS FOR CANNON ARTILLERY

  • Extended Range Munitions
  • Precision Munitions

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm BUILDING FIRES READINESS IN EUROPE

  • Geostrategic priorities for building readiness in Eastern Europe 
  • Enhancing Fires interoperability between Allies and partners 
  • Working towards achieving overmatch in any potential conflict

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm SWISS ARTILLERY: CHALLENGES AND DEVELOPMENT

  • Evolution of the Swiss artillery: from a post-cold war world until today 
  • Horizon 2030: a new doctrine and new requirements for the Swiss artillery
  • Redeveloping the Swiss artillery capabilities: mortar and new artillery projects

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm AFTERNOON COFFEE AND NETWORKING BREAK

4:00 pm - 4:45 pm RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATIONS’ PANEL DISCUSSION: WHAT’S NEXT, AFTER DEEP AND JOINED FIRES? A TECHNOLOGY PERSPECTIVE ON FUTURE ARTILLERY

This panel discussion will welcome leading defence Research Technology Organisations (RTOs) to share their thoughts on the future artillery & battlefield, its transformation by top down requirements and bottom up technology enablers. The panel will also provide a great opportunity for the audience engage in the discussion and wrap up the conference. 

  • Back to the Future, a new cold war or high-intensity conflict potential. What’s different this time for artillery? 
  • Guided and rocket assisted projectiles, rocket artillery and loitering ammunition. Blurred lines or sustaining differentiation? 
  • The reconnaissance & range threat. Avoid or escape counter battery fire? 
  • Electronic and navigation warfare. Dependence on satellite navigation for precision strike remaining? 
  • The triangle of RTO’s, defence industry and militaries. New alliances necessary?

Moderator: 

4:45 pm - 5:00 pm CHAIRMAN’S CLOSING REMARKS

5:00 pm - 5:00 pm END OF CONFERENCE