23 - 25 February, 2021
Online Event
CONFERENCE DAY ONE (25 February): VISION 2030
9:00 am - 9:05 am
WELCOME REMARKS FROM DEFENCE IQ
9:05 am - 9:15 am
CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS
Lieutenant General (Retd.) Kenneth E. Tovo -
Former Commander, US Army Special Operations Command,
United States Army
Lieutenant General (Retd.) Kenneth E. Tovo
Former Commander, US Army Special Operations CommandUnited States Army
9:15 am - 9:45 am
OPENING KEYNOTE: THE FUTURE ARMY AVIATION ENTERPRISE
- Rethinking the force structure to support multi-domain helicopter operations again a peer adversary.
- Integrating FVL within the future joint force, and planning for a capability transition
- Preparing for long-range assault operations in a contested operating environment – delivering range and reach for the future helicopter force
- Where are the opportunities for the future Army Aviation enterprise? Embedding autonomy and exploiting innovation in readiness for the future fight?
9:45 am - 10:15 am
KEYNOTE ADDRESS FROM BELL HELICOPTER, THE FIVE STAR LEAD PARTNER
10:15 am - 10:45 am
DELIVERING A JOINT HELICOPTER CAPABILITY FOR THE FUTURE
- Enabling the UK’s future joint operations and retaining air manoeuvre in the complex battlespace
- Establishing common doctrine and TTPs to support interoperability for NATO’s helicopter forces
- Supporting force integration at the operational and tactical levels. Considerations for complex mission sets
- Networking the future helicopter force. Enhancing connectivity intra-force and inter-force
10:45 am - 11:30 am
MORNING NETWORKING BREAK
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
FUTURE VERTICAL LIFT IN A SPECIAL FORCES CONTEXT
- Deploying globally to execute dynamic missions in challenging environments
- Modernising to provide enhanced combat power for the joint force. Leveraging AI as a critical component of future USASOC aviation
- Refining TTPS to support lethality and readiness for JMDO
- Sustainig communications and mission command in the contested environment
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
REVISING OPERATIONAL CONCEPTS FOR FUTURE HELICOPTER OPERATIONS
- Short-term priorities for the Dutch Defence Helicopter Command. Driving up availability and retaining personnel
- Defining an operational concept which better reflects the characteristics of the multi-domain operating environment.
- Avoiding stovepiping and developing a combined approach to multiple mission sets
- Creating a continuum of operations which recognizes network-centricity, unmanned systems integration and small-scale deployments as components of every mission set
- Applying a new operational concept to standardize training and create synergy across the full-spectrum of joint operations – ultimately supporting the ability to deliver joint effects
12:30 pm - 1:00 pm
DELIVERING LETHAL AND SURVIVABLE VERTICAL LIFT
- Delivering manoeuvrability, range and lethality for future vertical lift
- Defining critical capabilities for next-generation platforms – building a modular system architecture and embedding cyber resilience
- Assuring platform survivability for complex operations in the contested environment
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
NETWORKING LUNCH
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
FROM TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION TO READINESS – MEETING THE FUTURE THREAT
- Technology as a game-changer; introducing new capabilities and CONOPS
- Harnessing data to ensure future forces can compete and win. From C2ISR to condition-based maintenance
- Delivering a resilient information architecture which can take advantage of the connected battlespace without increasing vulnerability to cyber and IW threats
- Developing the architecture for advanced teaming. Integrating manned rotatry, unmanned systems and air-launched effects to accomplish greater situational awareness, lethality and survivability
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
THE VISION FOR FRANCE’S FUTURE HELICOPTERS
- Helicopters in the post-2030 air domain. Providing an enabler that can integrate with the future joint force
- The impact of autonomy on future operational concepts. Successfully integrating manned unmanned teaming
- Optionally manning future helicopters. Identifying technical and doctrinal considerations and minimising risk for future assets and crews
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
AFTERNOON TEA AND NETWORKING
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
RAPIDLY DEPLOYING CANADA’S HELICOPTERS FOR OPERATIONS TODAY AND TOMORROW
- Sustaining a decisive command and control function for Canada’s helicopters as they deploy in the complex theatre
- Increasing connectivity across the force and enabling joint force integration
- Integrating unmanned systems as a vital force multiplier within the future air mix
4:00 pm - 4:45 pm
UNMANNED SYSTEMS WITHIN THE FUTURE ROTARY MIX
Lieutenant General (Retd.) Kenneth E. Tovo -
Former Commander, US Army Special Operations Command,
United States Army
- How will unmanned systems support the future manned helicopter platform?
- To what extent can unmanned rotary systems operate autonomously?
- How might the unmanned system gap-fill for the manned platform in the high-threat, contested environment?
- Can the survivability of those platforms be high enough?
Lieutenant General (Retd.) Kenneth E. Tovo
Former Commander, US Army Special Operations CommandUnited States Army
4:45 pm - 5:00 pm
CHAIRMAN’S CLOSING REMARKS
Lieutenant General (Retd.) Kenneth E. Tovo -
Former Commander, US Army Special Operations Command,
United States Army
Lieutenant General (Retd.) Kenneth E. Tovo
Former Commander, US Army Special Operations CommandUnited States Army
