Day 1 - Survivability & Mobility - 22 JAN

General Sir Adrian Bradshaw has degrees in Agriculture (BSc Hons, Reading University 1979), Defence Studies (MA, King’s College London, 1991) and International Relations (MA, King’s College London, 2005). He has also been a Visiting Defence Fellow at Balliol College, Oxford (2011). He joined the 14th/20th King’s Hussars in 1980. As a junior officer he served in Germany, Northern Ireland, Africa, the Middle East, South East Asia and the Falkland Islands, first as a tank troop leader and Regimental Intelligence Officer, and then detached from his Regiment flying helicopters followed by a further troop-level command tour. He commanded twice at squadron-level, on armour with his Regiment and then detached with another unit, serving in Germany, the Americas and the Balkans. From 1994-1996, he commanded the King’s Royal Hussars (KRH), first providing the enemy force at the UK Armoured Training Area in Alberta, Canada, and then as Battlegroup Commander on operations in Bosnia. After command, he went on to the UK Higher Command and Staff Course, and served in Military Operations in the MOD. On promotion to brigadier, he went to 3rd (US) Army in Kuwait, planning for Land operations in Iraq. He then became Deputy Commander of US Task Force West in the Iraq region before Commanding the UK 7th Armoured Brigade in Iraq. After attending the Royal College of Defence Studies in London, he became a Component Director in the MoD, being promoted in post to Major General in Nov 07. In Mar 09, he took command of 1st (UK) Armoured Division based in Germany, training brigades for operations in Afghanistan. He has since attended the US Army Strategic Leadership Programme (Advanced) and the US Joint Pinnacle Course. He became Deputy Commander of ISAF in Afghanistan in late 2011 and Commander UK Land Forces in Jan 2013. He assumed his final appointment as DSACEUR on 28 Mar 2014-stepping down in Mar 2017. 

General Sir Adrian Bradshaw, KCB, OBE, DL

DSACEUR (Mar 2014 - Mar 2017)
Conference Chair

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• Uganda Vision 2040: National Security and the modernization of the UPDF
• The journey of the UPDF transitioning from a guerrilla army to a modern and professional Defense Force
• Strategic partnerships with European defence companies
• UPDF's position as a regional and continental force for peace and stability

Lieutenant General Kayanja Muhanga

Commander Land Forces
Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces

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Gen. Perkins served as the 15th TRADOC Commander. Under his leadership TRADOC developed the Army’s concept of Multi Domain Operations which has become a driver for future change not only in the US Military, but around the world. He also served as the Chancellor of Army University, one of the largest university systems in the United States. He has multiple combat tours to include commanding a Brigade and later an Infantry Division in Iraq. As a Brigade Commander he led the historical “Thunder Run” into Baghdad that led to the fall of the regime. He also served as the Special Assistant to the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and on the Joint Staff in the Pentagon. He has advanced degrees in Mechanical Engineering, National Security and Strategic Studies, and Military Studies.

General (Ret.) David G. Perkins

15th Commander of US Army TRADOC (2014-2018)
Chairman, Mobility and Electrification Sessions

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• The Army will receive four Boxer variants, each serving a different purpose – an Infantry Carrier, a Specialist Carrier, a Command Post Carrier, and an Ambulance
• Update on delivery progress
• Future Boxer plans 

Martyn Williams ChPP CEng,

SRO Mechanised Infantry Programme & Director Boxer Strategic Pipeline
British Army HQ

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• OCCAR EA at a glance from history to business model
• OCCAR Programmes–Brief Overview
• BOXER Programme –Brief Overview
• Current and future developments

Alexandra Alonzi

BOXER Programme Manager
OCCAR-EA

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• Developing a common logistics approach for the boxer fleet
• Modularity of the vehicle and variations for each nation
• Challenges of common logistics across a family of vehicle variations
• Future developments and future variations, how they are funded

Martyn Williams ChPP CEng,

SRO Mechanised Infantry Programme & Director Boxer Strategic Pipeline
British Army HQ

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Alexandra Alonzi

BOXER Programme Manager
OCCAR-EA

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Marc Nuijten

BOXER System Group Manager
NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA)

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Lieutenant Colonel Ryan Pearce

Project Manager – Boxer CRV Recon, Land 400-2
Australian Defence Force

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David Russell

MIV Team Leader
DE&S - UK MOD

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·      Beyond Line of Sight Enemy Detection and Neutralization

·      Optimization of Shooter Allocation

·      Networked Combat - Case Study

Sponsored by: RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems

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Mr. Tomer Gabso

Head of Marketing & BD, Multi Domain Warfare Directorate
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd.

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• The work of the Land Warfare Centre training Ukrainians on armoured vehicles
• Lessons generated for the UK both from operational feedback
• How these lessons are feeding UK combined arms manoeuvre training,
• How doctrine is changing around armoured warfare in response

Brigadier Nick Cowley OBE

Commander, Combat Manoeuvre Centre, Land Warfare Centre
British Army

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• Platform integrated multispectral masking as a capability enabler and prerequisite for Deception
• Signature management supporting capabilities in every layer of the survivability onion
• Future sensor threats and detection algorithms
• Multispectral active and passive deception, Multispectral Decoys and masking systems as a system approach.

Sponsored by: Saab Barracuda

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Niklas Ålund

Director Strategy and Business Development
Saab Barracuda

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• Providing critical combat enablers for the “Big Six”
• Joint Assault Bridge
• Manned and unmanned capabilities
• Modernization roadmap
• 21st Century Fleet Management

• Historical background – path to first armoured units
• Building up heavy infantry capability – introduction of CV90
• Training and cooperation
• Sustaining armoured forces
• Way-ahead – National Defence Development Plan

There seems to be something badly wrong with the command of western armed forces. Headquarters are too big. They produce orders which are too long. They take too long to do so. Attendees will examine these problems by discussing the command system as a whole. What is it for? What does it do? How does it do that? How is it structured and organised? Most importantly, what about the people who work in it?

This book points out logical and practical problems with organisations and processes. It suggests abandoning much overt process; building up human expertise; relying on fewer but better-trained people; and deciding and acting much faster.

Jim Storr

Author, 'Something Rotten: Land Command in the 21st Century'
Defence Consultant & Professor of War Studies

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Brigadier (Ret.) Ben Barry

Senior Fellow for Land Warfare
International Institute for Strategic Studies, UK

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Major General (Ret.) Gary Deakin CBE

Founder
Kingfisher Consulting Ltd

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• Background & current status
• Spanish 8x8 AFV: features and specifications
• “Dragón” as the Spanish Army Force 35 spearhead
• “Dragon” as a catalyst for the predictive logistics model and a key part of the Army logistics base project
• Way ahead

Major General José R. Pérez Pérez

Director of Acquisitions, Logistics Support Command (MALE)
Spanish Army

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• Everyone agrees that electrification is a good idea – we have seen the “big picture”
• What are some of the details in terms of interfacing soldiers, vehicles and bases?
• Some work that Ultra are involved in across the electrification space

Sponsored by: Ultra

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Tony White

Chief Technology Officer & Ultra Fellow
ULTRA - PCS

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• Introduction to Vision Under Hatch For Land Carriers Through Assisted Navigation (VUHLCAN)
• Mission of the System
• Tracking System
• Dynamical Test Report
• Incoming New Features 
• Question & Answers

Giuliano Borghi

Vice President Engineer & Design
D Cube Srl

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In late 2021, the new means of warfare were confidently being described as ‘grey zone’, ‘sub liminal’ and ‘below the threshold’. Cyber and influence tools were the future. But by February 2022 War was suddenly 20th Century redux, a tapestry of trenches, bayonets and massed artillery.

The picture, of course, is more complicated and nuanced. Technology is disrupting practices and doing so right across battlespace. But hybrid warfare has very much not disappeared and political warfare in its many forms remains the overt strategy of several States.

This book unpicks the arguments made pre and post 2022 and, based on interviews with experts from around the world, seeks to dissect battlecraft’s enduring themes and how these may affect conflicts’ current norms.

Professor Peter Roberts

Co-Author, War's Changed Landscape, and Senior Associate Fellow
RUSI

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Ted Maciuba

Former Deputy Director, Robotics Requirements, Maneuver CDID, U.S. Army
Chairman, Uncrewed Systems Day

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• Implementing the new National Strategy for Defence
• VBTP-MR Guarani Project,

General Fernando José Sant'ana Soares e Silva

Chief of Staff
Brazilian Army

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• Crossing the gap: Bridge-laying, fascines and novel gap-crossing capabilities - coping with future heavy armour
• Wheels Vs. Tracks – all terrain capabilities and logistical trains; trade-offs and Wheeled options for heavy armoured engineering vehicles
• Deployability as well as manoeuvrability; how quickly can vehicles arrive at the fight?

Attendees will gain a detailed analysis of the role of firepower in the last hundred years of warfare. Which methods led to military victories that could be successfully turned into peace, and why, in contrast, recent conflicts have led to endemic guerrilla warfare and frozen conflicts.

This book argues that Western armies can, and should, develop ground force capabilities – based on battle-proven lines modified by emerging technology – to deter aggressive challenge to the current world order.