Main Conference Day One (21 Jan)
7:10 - 8:00 REGISTRATION & COFFEE
7:50 - 8:00 CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS
8:10 - 8:40 OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS: 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
8:50 - 10:30 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: MOVE, STRIKE, PROTECT…THE FUTURE OF COMBINED ARMS FORMATIONS
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
9:30 - 10:00 MULTI-DOMAIN OPERATIONS AND MANOEUVRE
· The operational environment and changes in the character of war
· Brigade Combat Team (BCT) in the close fight and understanding the MDO battlefield at the BCT level
· Compete, penetrate, disintegrate, exploit and re-compete
10:00 - 10:40 MORNING COFFEE AND NETWORKING
10:40 - 11:30 PANEL DISCUSSION: ADAPTING THE WAY WE FIGHT FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF COMBAT VEHICLES
Speakers:
Lieutenant General Shoichi Shibata Director General Armoured Vehicles, ATLA Japan Ministry of Defence
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
Lieutenant General Shoichi Shibata Director General Armoured Vehicles, ATLA Japan Ministry of Defence
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
· 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?
Lieutenant General Shoichi Shibata
Director General Armoured Vehicles, ATLAJapan Ministry of Defence
Major General Charles Beaudouin
Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans & ProgramsFrench Ministry of Defence
11:30 - 12:20 INDUSTRY LEADERS PANEL DISCUSSION: IDENTIFYING TRENDS IN THE MARKET, FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS AND EXAMINING THE CHALLENGES FACED BY THE CUSTOMER
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?
12:20 - 13:30 NETWORKING LUNCH
Survivability
14:00 - 14:00 ISRAELI ACTIVE PROTECTION SYSTEM CAPABILITY· 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 HOW TO ENSURE A MATURE YET EVOLVING APS· APS Solutions and their Challenges
· Maturity and Evolution of APS Algorithms
· Maturity and Evolution of APS Systems
Survivability
13:30 - 14:00 UK ACTIVE INTEGRATED PROTECTION SYSTEMS- Highlighting the importance of APS being integrated to the fighting system for survivability, situational awareness and battle management
- An enabling mission system, not just a threat defeat tool
Survivability
15:30 - 16:00 EXPLOITING THE BENEFITS OF ACOUSTIC VECTOR SENSORS: PASSIVE, DISTRIBUTED AND UNATTENDED SENSING· Detection, localisation, tracking and classification of a variety of audible threats, including drones
· CASTLE detects and localises a variety of supersonic guns (small arms up to 35 mm board canons).
· Localisation of other vehicles, drones and anti-tank launchers
· Localisation of hostile artillery and rocket firing positions
Survivability
16:00 - 16:30 AFTERNOON TEA AND NETWORKINGSurvivability
16:30 - 17:25 PANEL DISCUSSION: SURVIVABILITY· 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 - 17:40 TRANSMISSION TO BRING AUDIENCE TOGETHER FOR PLENARY SESSIONFirepower
14:00 - 14:30 MOBILE PROTECTED FIREPOWER· MPF Programme Overview
· Senior Leader Direction & History
· Acquisition Strategy & Schedule
· Organisation
· Concerns & Path Forward
Firepower
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 THE ROLE OF ARMOUR AS PART OF POLISH NATIONAL DEFENCE· Ensuring the ability to mobilise for conducting effective collective defence operations
· Continuing to introduce new armoured vehicles, which are more resistant to enemy fire, with special emphasis to be put on developing a new generation tank
· Intensified schedule of exercises, both in the national and allied frameworks
Firepower
15:30 - 16:00 GETTING TO THE LEFT OF BOOM…LASER WARNING AS A COMBAT MULTIPLIER· Advanced laser threat warning systems for force protection
· Providing the extra seconds needed to ensure crew survivability
· Chemical detection systems for a range of current and emerging threat environments
Firepower
16:00 - 16:30 AFTERNOON TEA AND NETWORKINGFirepower
16:30 - 17:10 PANEL DISCUSSION: FIREPOWER· 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?
Firepower
17:30 - 17:40 TRANSMISSION TO BRING AUDIENCE TOGETHER FOR PLENARY SESSIONMobility
14:00 - 14:30 ARMOURED MOBILITY AS A DETERRENT FOR ROMANIA AND NATO IN THE BLACK SEA REGION· MNDSE - a regional multinational divisional headquarters establishing tailored forward presence in the strategic Black Sea region
· Insight into current and planned Romanian mechanised capability and its contribution to MNDSE in ensuring high readiness armoured manoeuvre
Major General Daniel Petrescu
Commander, Headquarters Multinational Division South-East, Romanian Land Forces StaffNATO
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 ENHANCED NATO REACTION FORCE – SPANISH ARMOUR MODERNISATION AND CONTRIBUTION TO VJTF· Spanish contributions to the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF)
· Feedback from national Spain’s 2019 national training events
· Current and future plans to procure a new fleet of 8x8 (VCR) vehicles
· 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 ADDRESSING THE MARKET NEED FOR A HIGH PERFORMANCE AND AFFORDABLE REAL MILITARY 14- 18 TONES CHASSIS : FROM AXLE SUPPLY TO ROLLING CHASSIS SUPPLY· 14t to 18t Market demand
· Chassis technology
· Application for French Army
Mobility
16:30 - 17:10 PANEL DISCUSSION: MOBILITY· 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?
Mobility
17:30 - 17:40 TRANSMISSION TO BRING AUDIENCE TOGETHER FOR PLENARY SESSION17:45 - 18:15 LEADING THE ARMY’S EFFORT TO MODERNISE THE ARMY’S NEXT GENERATION OF COMBAT VEHICLES
· 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