25 - 29 January, 2021
| Twickenham Stadium, London, United Kingdom
Main Conference Day One (21 Jan)
7:10 - 8:00
REGISTRATION & COFFEE
7:50 - 8:00
CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS
General Sir Adrian Bradshaw, KCB, OBE, -
DSACEUR (Mar 2014 - Mar 2017),
Conference Chairman
8:00 - 8:30
OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS: NATO ALLIED LAND COMMAND
Lieutenant General Richard Cripwell CB CBE -
Deputy Commander,
NATO Allied Land Command
The Theatre Land Component and Land Advocate responsible for coordinating and synchronising NATO and Partner Land Forces by ensuring land domain readiness, interoperability, standardisation and competency
8:30 - 9:00
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: MOVE, STRIKE, PROTECT…THE FUTURE OF COMBINED ARMS FORMATIONS
Lieutenant General Theodore D. Martin -
Deputy Commanding General,
U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command
TRADOC recruits, trains and educates the Army, driving constant improvement and change to ensure the Total Army can deter, fight and win on any battlefield now and in the future.
Lieutenant General Theodore D. Martin
Deputy Commanding GeneralU.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command
9:00 - 9:30
THE ARMY OPERATING CONCEPT – A BRITISH APPROACH
Major General Jez Bennett -
Director Capability,
British Army
9:30 - 10:00
AJAX - FUTURE CAPABILITIES
Steve Bingley -
Chief Engineer (Future Business),
General Dynamics Land Systems - United Kingdom
This panel discussion invites key industry players to discuss the topics currently driving the community – questions will then be opened to the floor.
· How must culture and process within industry adapt to be be more effective in the 21st century? What can enable closer collaboration between military and industry and how can we better leverage innovation from non-traditional defence entities?
· Local content requirements are common in manty nations. What case-studies demonstrate where this can be done to everyone’s advantage and where can local content make the biggest impact?
What are the technological breakthroughs and performance requirements that vehicle users are now looking for/or should be looking for?
Sponsored by: General Dynamics Land Systems
Steve Bingley
Chief Engineer (Future Business)General Dynamics Land Systems - United Kingdom
10:00 - 10:30
PANEL DISCUSSION: ADAPTING THE WAY WE FIGHT FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF COMBAT VEHICLES
Major General Gary M. Brito -
Commanding General, Maneuver Center of Excellence,
U.S. Army
Major General Jürgen-Joachim von Sandrart - Commanding General 1 Panzerdivision, German Army
Major General Charles Beaudouin - Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans & Programs, French Ministry of Defence
Major General Jez Bennett - Director Capability, British Army
Major General Karl Engelbrektson - Commander, Army of Sweden
· What are the likely obstacles for aligning the next generation of combat vehicle technology, with emerging doctrine, such as multi-domain operations and systems fusion?
· What are the key considerations for mitigating the cyber vulnerabilities of fighting vehicles in a digitised battlespace?
· Outlining the considerations for automation & AI, deception, novel barriers and persistent surveillance for armoured manoeuvre warfare in the future battlespace
· Acquisition and the Military-Industrial Relationship: how must military acquisition culture and processes adapt to be more effective in the 21st century? What can enable closer collaboration between military and industry, particularly with non-traditional defence entities?
Major General Charles Beaudouin
Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans & ProgramsFrench Ministry of Defence
10:30 - 11:15
MORNING COFFEE AND NETWORKING
11:15 - 11:45
INCREASED CAPABILITY AND SECURITY OF SUPPLIES - THE BAE SYSTEMS HÄGGLUNDS MODEL
Sponsored by: BAE Systems
11:45 - 12:15
FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS OF THE ENLARGED SCORPION PROGRAMME
Major General Charles Beaudouin -
Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans & Programs,
French Ministry of Defence
Major General Charles Beaudouin
Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans & ProgramsFrench Ministry of Defence
12:15 - 12:45
SERVAL®: 4X4 WITHOUT COMPROMISE
Sponsored by: Nexter
Sponsored by: Texelis
12:45 - 14:00
NETWORKING LUNCH
Survivability
14:00 - 14:00 ISRAELI ACTIVE PROTECTION SYSTEM CAPABILITY Confirmed Representative - Weapons Development Department, Armored Branch, Israel Defence Force· Operating the only fully operational and combat-proven APS in the world
· Current APS capability which includes four fire-control radars to track incoming threats such as anti-tank-guided-missiles and rocket-propelled grenades
· Plans for further weapons development
Confirmed Representative
Weapons Development Department, Armored BranchIsrael Defence Force
Survivability
14:30 - 15:00 IRON FIST ACTIVE PROTECTION SYSTEM; A GAME CHANGER FOR MISSION SUCCESSSponsored by: Elbit Systems
Survivability
13:30 - 14:00 UK SURIVABILITY RESEARCH ACTIVITIESSurvivability
15:30 - 16:00 SESSION RESEVRED FOR MICROFLOWN AVISASurvivability
16:00 - 16:30 AFTERNOON TEA AND NETWORKINGSurvivability
16:30 - 17:25 ACTIVE- / PASSIVE HYBRID SOLUTIONS – THE NEXT LEVEL OF SURVIVABILITY FOR ARMOURED PLATFORMS ON THE FUTURE BATTLEFIELD General Sir Adrian Bradshaw, KCB, OBE, - DSACEUR (Mar 2014 - Mar 2017), Conference ChairmanSponsored by: Rheinmetall Defence
Survivability
17:00 - 17:30 PANEL DISCUSSION: SURVIVABILITY General Sir Adrian Bradshaw, KCB, OBE, - DSACEUR (Mar 2014 - Mar 2017), Conference ChairmanTom Newbery CPhys - Platform Survivability Group, Dstl
· What are the main challenges of integrating APS into vehicle platforms?
· How to better use vehicle protection capability as part of an enabling mission system, not just a threat defeat tool?
· What are the likely future trends in survivability as we move towards 2030?
Survivability
17:30 - 17:35 TRANSMISSION TO BRING AUDIENCE TOGETHER FOR PLENARY SESSIONFirepower
14:00 - 14:30 TRAINING AND DOCTRINE ENABLERS FOR ENSURING ROMANIAN ARMOURED FIGHTING CAPABILITYFirepower
14:30 - 15:00 MAXIMIZING OPERATIONAL CAPABILITY, READINESS, AND LCC THROUGH COCKERILL® 3000 SERIES MODULARITY· Execute complete target set effectively
· Maintain extremely high readiness (Training and Maintenance)
· Do both economically, within today and tomorrow’s constraints
Sponsored by: John Cockerill
Firepower
14:30 - 15:00 BRITISH ARMY’S BF WEAPONS CONCEPT Lieutenant Colonel Iain Fake - SO1 Medium Forces, Ground Maneoeuvre Capability, Army HQ, British Arm
Lieutenant Colonel Iain Fake
SO1 Medium Forces, Ground Maneoeuvre CapabilityArmy HQ, British Arm
Firepower
15:30 - 16:00 THE RE-EMERGING ROLE OF SATELLITE BASED NAVIGATION IN FUTURE ARMOURED VEHICLE SITUATIONAL AWARENESSSponsored by: Collins Aerospace
Firepower
16:00 - 16:30 AFTERNOON TEA AND NETWORKINGFirepower
16:30 - 17:10 BUSHMASTER CHAIN GUNS AND ADVANCED AMMUNITION: A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO NEXT GENERATION LETHALITYSponsored by: Northrop Grumman
Firepower
16:30 - 17:10 PANEL DISCUSSION: FIREPOWER Colonel Syd Hills - Director, Stryker Warfighter's Forum, I Corps, U.S. ArmyBrigadier (Rtd) Ben Barry, OBE - Senior Fellow Land Warfare, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
Rory Chamberlain - Business Development Director, CTA International
· What are the tradeoffs in up-gunning new missile systems onto APCs and IFVs?
· For a conflict with a near-peer competitor, what is the likely level of firepower required on IFVs?
· What are the key considerations for mitigating cyber vulnerabilities of remote/semi-autonomous weapon systems?
· What are the current/future trends in vehicle firepower as we move towards 2030?
Brigadier (Rtd) Ben Barry, OBE
Senior Fellow Land WarfareInternational Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
Rory Chamberlain
Business Development DirectorCTA International
Firepower
17:30 - 17:35 TRANSMISSION TO BRING AUDIENCE TOGETHER FOR PLENARY SESSIONMobility
14:00 - 14:30 JLTV JOINT LIGHT TACTICAL VEHICLE PROGRAMME Colonel Michael Sprang - Program Manager, JPO JLTV, U.S. Army
Mobility
14:30 - 15:00 COMPOSITE RUBBER TRACK OPERATE AT REACH – LOWER LOGISTIC NEED - FIGHT FOR LONGER· An overview of the Composite Rubber Track System
· Survivability benefits include: Noise & vibration (troops fight for longer), durability & maintainability, vehicle weight & manoeuvrability, ammunition & electronics, l ow logistic support & life cycle costs
· Challenges for Integration and Maintainability
Sponsored by: Soucy Defense
Mobility
15:00 - 15:30 CURRENT AND FUTURE PLANS TO PROCURE A NEW FLEET OF 8X8 (VCR) VEHICLESMobility
15:30 - 16:00 THE ARMOURED COMBAT SUPPORT VEHICLE G5· FFG’s unique company perspective
· System house verses package upgrades
· FFG vehicle solutions
Sponsored by: FFG
Mobility
16:00 - 16:30 AFTERNOON TEA AND NETWORKINGMobility
16:30 - 17:00 EVOLUTION OF RUNFLAT TECHNOLOGY - HOW 30-YEAR-OLD TECHNOLOGY IS BEING TRANSFORMEDMobility
16:30 - 17:10 PANEL DISCUSSION: MOBILITY Commander Sergio Augusto de Freitas Ros - Command of Materiel of Marines Corps, Brazilian NavyBrigadier General Angelo Minelli - Commander of the Cavalry School and Inspector of the Cavalry, Italian Army
Colonel Jesús Marco Vila - SP Logistic Command / Aquisitions Directorate, Spanish MoD
· What are the key considerations for deployability and maneuverability to large urban and densely populated operating environments?
· How are autonomous systems able to support future armoured manoeuver? What are the drawbacks for autonomous systems?
· What are the main challenges for ensuring rapid deployability and readiness as we move towards 2030?
Brigadier General Angelo Minelli
Commander of the Cavalry School and Inspector of the CavalryItalian Army
Mobility
17:30 - 17:35 TRANSMISSION TO BRING AUDIENCE TOGETHER FOR PLENARY SESSION
17:35 - 18:05
LEADING THE ARMY’S EFFORT TO MODERNISE THE ARMY’S NEXT GENERATION OF COMBAT VEHICLES
Brigadier General Richard Coffman -
Director, Next Generation Combat Vehicle,
U.S. Army Futures Command
· The Vision for Future Warfare
· NGCV Portfolio Overview & Review which includes: Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle, Robotic Combat
· Vehicles, Armoured Multi-Purpose Vehicle, Mobile Protected Firepower, Joint Light Tactical Vehicle and Future
Decisive Lethality
· Working to syncronize the capability development process and rapidly transitioning the requirement to a leader
approved capability in the Army Acquisition System
Brigadier General Richard Coffman
Director, Next Generation Combat VehicleU.S. Army Futures Command
18:05 - 18:35
RAFAEL'S CAPABILITIES FOR FUTURE ARMORED VEHICLES
Major General Jürgen-Joachim von Sandrart -
Commanding General 1 Panzerdivision,
German Army
18:35 - 19:00
THE CURRENT AND PLANNED ARMOURED FIGHTING & MECHANISED CAPABILITY OF THE GERMAN ARMY
Major General Jürgen-Joachim von Sandrart -
Commanding General 1 Panzerdivision,
German Army
19:00 - 21:00
DRINKS RECEPTION
Sponsored by: RUAG MRO
