Speakers | International Military Helicopter

24 - 26 February 2026 I Novotel London West, London, United Kingdom

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IMH 2026 Conference Chairman:

Major General (Rtd) James Illingworth OBE
Former Director Land Warfare & Former Deputy Commander Joint Helicopter Command
IMH Conference Chairman

Admiral Sir Keith Blount KCB OBE
Deputy Supreme Allied Commander (DSACEUR) Europe
NATO-ACO-SHAPE

Major General David Hafner AM CSC
Commander, Aviation Command
Australian Army

Major General Mike Keating
Chief of Staff
HQ Allied Rapid Reaction Corps

Rear Admiral Cho Young-sang
Commander, ROKN Naval Air Command
Republic of Korea Navy

Major General Alex Turner *subject to final confirmation
Director Army Futures
British Army

Brigadier General Cain Baker
Director, Future Vertical Lift Cross Functional Team
US Army

Brigadier General David Cruzille
Commanding General
French Army Aviation

Commodore Steve Bolton
Deputy Director Aviation Programmes and Futures
Royal Navy

Brigadier General Wolfgang Luttenberger
Commander, Air Support Brigade
Austrian Air Force

Brigadier General Francisco Coll Herrero
SP Head of Rotary Wing Aerial Systems
Directorate-General of Arms and Materiel (DGAM)

Commodore Steve Jose
Head of UKMFTS Portfolio
UK Ministry of Defence

Air Commodore Nicholas Knight
Head Combat Aviation Programmes
British Army

Commodore Stuart Finn
Commodore Naval Aviation
Royal Navy

Colonel Jeffrey Poquette
Program Manager, Future Long Range Assault Aircraft
US Army

Colonel Krzysztof Kwiatkowski
Chief of Combat Aviation Helicopter Branch
General Command of the Polish Armed Forces

Colonel Robert Tyler
Director Air Requirements
Royal Canadian Air Force

Colonel Brent "Sword" Golden
Force Application Division Chief
US Joint Staff, J8

Colonel Lawrence Jones
Deputy Division Chief
US Joint Staff, J8

Colonel Jorge Inacio
Commander
Multinational Helicopter Training Centre

Colonel Christian Guntsch
Advisor to the Air Chief for CH-47F
German Air Force

Captain Broder Nielsen
Commander
German Naval Air Command

Colonel Timothy Jaeger
Director, Army Aviation
US Army

Colonel Krešimir Ražov
Commander, 93rd Wing
Croatian Air Force

Mark Langrill
Director Rotary Wing and Uncrewed Aerial Systems
DE&S - UK MoD

Colonel Guido Krahl
Branch Chief, Army Aviation
Bundeswehr

Colonel Stefan Okos
Commander, 51st Helicopter Wing
Slovak Air Force

Colonel Roger Waleski Jr.
Commander
US Army Special Operations Aviation Command

Commander Brett Gillies
Commanding Officer, 1710 Naval Air Squadron
Royal Navy

Arbo Probal
UxS and C-UxS Program Manager, Force Transformation Command
Estonian Defence Forces

Sandro Martino
Program Manager Military Transport Helicopter
Armasuisse

Cyril Heckel
Program and Next Generation Rotorcraft Capability Manager
NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA)

Helen Wheatley
DE&S Hels OC - Future RW Strategy Lead
DE&S - UK MoD

James Gavin
UKDI Deputy Director, Head Technology Transition
DE&S

Dr. Jack Watling *subject to final confirmation
Senior Research Fellow, Land Warfare
RUSI

Nick Childs
Senior Fellow
International Institute for Strategic Studies

Senior Representative
NA
Military Aviation Authority - UK MoD

Senior Representative
NA
Hungarian Air Force

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