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NETWORKED LETHALITY: BEYOND GENERATIONS

12 - 14 November 2019 | Over 250 attendees, spanning 29 countries from both large and small air forces will gather in Berlin. 

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Key Conference Discussion Points include: 

• Retaining Air Superiority for Operations of Today and Tomorrow
• Delivering the Future Combat Air System: Driving Pace and Affordability
• Topic Focus: Versatile, Adaptable, Affordable Force
• Topic Focus: Disruptive Technology 

Ahead of International Fighter 2017, Defence IQ sat down with General (ret) Frank Gorenc, recently retired Commander of US Air Forces Europe, Africa and NATO Allied Air Command to discuss his thoughts on the future of multi-domain conflicts, the role of combat airpower in NATO security, interoperability and A2/AD environments.

Our exclusive future requirements report provides a surface-level overview of current global fighter aircraft activity and highlights key programmes either predicted or in development.

This November, leading military air combat decision-makers and industry professionals will assemble at the annual International Fighter conference in London. Returning to chair the event is Lt Gen (Rtd) David Deptula, the US Air Force’s former Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR). Listed as one of the 100 most influential people in the defence world, General Deptula served more than 34 years of distinguished service, being the principal attack planner for Desert Storm (1991) and the Director of the Combined Air Operations Center for Operation Enduring Freedom (2001) to name just two of his most prominent assignments.

At the International Fighter conference, Air Vice Marshal Farooq Habib, Deputy Chief of Air Staff (Training) at the Pakistan Air Force, discussed the service's modernisation efforts and methods of improving the skills of its pilots. In this article, we take a deeper look at the performance of the PAC JF-17 Thunder, from engine and refueling developments to export rumours. ACR Mahmood Khalid, PAC Vice-Director, talks to Georg Mader for Defence Industry Bulletin.