Speakers | International Military Helicopter

IMH 2027 Conference Chair & Co-Chair

Major General (Ret'd) James Illingworth
Former Deputy Commander
Joint Helicopter Command

Vice Admiral (Ret'd) Jeff Hughes
Former Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, Warfighting Development, US Navy
& Former Deputy Chief of Staff for Capability Development, NATO ACT

& Former Deputy Chief of Staff for Capability Development, NATO ACT

2027 Speakers

Air Vice-Marshal Lee Turner
Commander
Joint Aviation Command

Rear Admiral Giancarlo Ciappina
Commander, Naval Aviation
Italian Navy

Rear Admiral Mehmet Savaş Eser
Naval Air Commander
Turkish Navy

Air Commodore Nick Paton
Head Combat Aviation Programmes, Land Capability Portfolio
British Army

Air Commodore Jeroen Van Bruchem
Commander, Defence Helicopter Command
Royal Netherlands Air and Space Force

Major General David Walsh
Deputy Portfolio Acquisition Executive (Aviation)
US Marine Corps

Brigadier General Robert B. Finneran
Assistant Deputy Commandant for Aviation
US Marine Corps

Brigadier Richard Ball
Chief of Staff
British Army - Joint Aviation Command HQ

Brigadier Andy Mitchell
Commander, 1st Aviation Brigade
British Army

Brigadier Nick English
Head Joint Plans, MSHQ
British Army

Brigadier General John Creel
Commander
NATO ISR Force

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

Commodore Steve Jose
Head of Air Enablers Portfolio
National Armaments Director Group, UK MoD

Commodore Nick Sargent
Head of Helicopters 1, National Armaments - Materiel
National Armaments Director Group, UK MoD

Commodore Neil Mathieson
Head of Regulation and Certification
Military Aviation Authority, UK MoD

Commodore Anthony Savage
Incoming Commander, Fleet Air Arm
Royal Australian Navy

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

Mark Langrill
Director Rotary Wing, Uncrewed Air Systems & Air Enablers
National Armaments Director Group, UK MoD

Colonel Niklas Blomberg
Helicopter Wing Commander
Swedish Armed Forces

Colonel Robert Tyler
Director Air Requirements
Royal Canadian Air Force

Colonel Guido Krahl
Branch Chief, Army Aviation
Bundeswehr

Colonel Kevin Easter
Deputy Director, Army Aviation
U.S. Army

Colonel Ryan Nesrsta
Project Manager, Utility Helicopters
US Army

Colonel Joshua Wort
Program Manager, H-53 Heavy Lift Helicopters Program Office PMA-261
US Marine Corps

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

Colonel Timothy Jaeger
Director, Army Aviation
US Army

Colonel Guillaume Briançon-Rouge
Chief, Studies and Strategic Foresight Division
French Army Aviation Command

Colonel Stjepan Stepić
Chief, S3 Operations Section, 93rd Wing
Croatian Air Force

Colonel Jason Raub
Director, Aviation Future Capability Directorate
US Army *Subject to Final Confirmation

Captain Thorsten Werning
Commanding Officer, Naval Air Wing 5
German Navy

Captain Thomas Butts
Commander, Helicopter Sea Combat Wing
US Navy

Captain Brett Elko
Commander, Helicopter Maritime Strike Wing
US Navy

Lieutenant Colonel Ossi Heikkinen
Chief of Army Flight Training Plans Division (G5)
Finnish Army

Lieutenant Colonel Aaron Kia
Commander, Center for Rotary Wing, Fixed Wing & UAV Developmental Flight Test
US Army - Redstone Test Center

Lieutenant Colonel James Pidgeon
Commandant Army Aviation Training Centre
Australian Army

Lieutenant Colonel Laurent Gestone
Head, Air Force Helicopters Capacity
French Air & Space Force

Christoph Bergs
Research Analyst for Airpower
RUSI

James Gavin
Deputy Director, UK Defence Innoation
National Armaments Director Group, UK MoD

Senior Representative
Army Aviation
Ukrainian Armed Forces

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