Major General François-Yves Le Roux

Deputy General (Coherence) to the Commander Land Force and Operations French Land Force and Operation Command

Conference Day One: Tuesday, 20 May 2025

10:05 INDUSTRY LEADER’S PANEL

  • How does industry approach spiral development?
  • How do you prioritise R&D projects to ensure they align with market demands and technological advancements?
  • What strategies do you employ to manage supply chain challenges and enhance industrial capacity in the production of artillery systems?
  • How could government and the military better facilitate collaboration during the development of artillery systems?
  • What is the optimal balance between achieving perfection and delivering a functional solution in a timely manner?

16:40 DISRUPTING ARTILLERY FIRES: REVOLUTIONISING PLATFORM SURVIVABILITY WITH MOBILITY AND SPEED

  • Proven combat effectiveness – initial reactions from the battlefield
  • Creating an impact in manoeuvrability: Soft Recoil Technology (SRT) enabling lightweight mobility solutions
  • Impact of SRT scalability on tactical vehicle enhancements

Conference Day Two: Wednesday 21 May 2025

13:50 A SILICON VALLEY APPROACH TO DOUBLING LETHALITY

  • How Tiberius used fast-paced CICD to transform the lethality of a 155mm howitzer
  • Reinforcing the domestic industrial base
  • DaaS and agility: a new ecosystem

Conference Day Three: Thursday, 22 May 2025

9:25 SAFRAN PNT SOLUTIONS FOR ARTILLERY: INCREASING SYSTEM SURVIVABILITY IN NAVWAR CONDITIONS

  • Understanding the vulnerability of the GNSS signal
  • Identifying GNSS threats in the battlefield
  • Improved navigation and pointing solutions in GNSS degraded conditions

11:10 JUNGHANS DEFENCE – ARTILLERY FUZING IN AN INCREASINGLY DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT

  • The Fuze: Essential component to mission success
  • The challenge of mass production – The JUNGHANS industrial perspective
  • JUNGHANS solutions to answer to new artillery needs and trends

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Major General François-Yves.

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