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Published by: SMI Publishing, Ltd
Published: Nov. 8, 2006
Table of Contents
- Day 1
- 8.30 Registration & Coffee
- 9.00 Chairman's Opening Remarks
- Dr Elias Stipidis, Director, Vetronics Research Centre and Vice Chairman, MilCAN, Sussex University.
- 9.10 SPECIAL ADDRESS: DIGITIZATION OF THE LAND BATTLESPACE
- Developing Land capabilities for the future
- C4ISTAR and the Effects Based Approach (EBA)
- The challenges of Information Management and Exploitation (IM / IX)
- Developing Joint, Interagency and Multinational (JIM) interoperability
- Implications for the "Human in the Loop" of equipment capability design trends
- Force Protection - enhancing survivability whilst delivering operational success
- Colonel Crispian Beattie, Commander, Command and Control Development Centre, Land Warfare Centre, British Army.
- 9.50 VEHICLE ARCHITECTURES THAT ENSURE NEC COMPATIBILITY
- Balancing desired services with physical actuality
- Mr Hans-Josef Maas, Project Manager, Systems Technology International Systronics Vetronics, Federal Office of Defense Technology and Procurement (BWB).
- 10.30 Morning Coffee
- 11.00 CASE STUDY: INTEGRATION OF SYSTEMS ON THE COYOTE PROJECT
- The Canadian perspective
- Sharing data and sensor information to provide situational awareness all over the battlefield
- Lightweight and efficient power use in reconnaissance vehicles
- Common crew stations
- Connecting sensors with ISTAR systems
- Major Frank Lozanski, Major Frank Lozanski, CD, MSc, Director Land Requirements (DLR) 3-2, Project Director Coyote Life Extension, , Canadian Army.
- 11.40 CASE STUDY: INTEGRATING NEW AND LATEST DESIGN REQUIREMENTS FOR FUTURE LIGHT TACTICAL VEHICLES
- A-B armoured solutions
- Modularity
- Air transportability
- Deep water fording
- Logistic support and other elements
- Mr Doug Miller, President, Advanced Vehicle Systems.
- 12.20 Networking Lunch
- 1.50 LAHAT (LAser Homing ATtack)
- Light weight multipurpose guided weapons
- Providing pin point accuracy at extended ranges against moving targets
- Meeting budgets for light, medium and heavy AFVs
- Equipping vehicles for various LIC and high intensity conflicts, urban warfare as well as wide range of operational scenarios
- Flexible line of Sight and non line of sight operations, with Man In The Loop minimising collateral damage
- Case study evidence
- Mr Moshe Shavit, Manager Business Development, Israel Aircraft Industries.
- 2.30 VEHICLE SYSTEMS INTEGRATION
- MilCAN Physical Layer
- MilCAN Data Link Layer
- MilCAN A Application Layer Spec
- MilCAN B Application Layer spec
- Mr Bob Connor, Technical Leader Vetronics, QinetiQ.
- 3.10 Afternoon Tea
- 3.40 USMC FIREPOWER ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM
- 24/7, All-weather, extended range target engagement
- Unique upgrades to USMC M1A1 Tanks
- Improved Target Engagement
- Far Target Location (FTL) sensors
- Major Wendell Leimbach Jr., PM Tank Systems, Marine Corps Systems Command , US Marine Corps.
- 4.20 LIGHT AND MEDIUM ARMOURED VEHICLES IN PERSPECTIVE
- Professor Richard Ogorkiewicz, Visiting Professor, Cranfield University.
- 5.00 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One
- Day 2
- 8.30 Registration & Coffee
- 9.00 Chairman's Opening Remarks
- Dr Anthony Mc Donagh-Smith, Executive Director and General Secretary, SAE-UK.
- 9.10 DEFEATING THE ASYMMETRIC THREAT
- A land vehicle perspective
- The asymmetric environment
- Legacy impact
- A new paradigm to survivability
- Mr Cobus van der Merwe, Business Development Executive: Land, AVITRONICS.
- 9.50 MILITARY EFFECTS IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT (PILOT STUDY FORCE PROTECTION)
- Lessons identified: enhanced survivability (situational awareness, precision engagement, protection)
- Translation process of Capability Goals in R&T goals: dialogue between Capability Planer and R&T experts
- Influence of results to the further development of Armoured Vehicles, Future European Soldier System, Network Enabling Capabilities
- Mr Thomas Starlinger, Project Officer, Precision Engagement, European Defence Agency (EDA).
- 10.30 Morning Coffee
- 11.40 AFV VETRONIC SYSTEM OR THE FOURTH CREWMAN
- Mr Dominique Hoslin, Advanced Study Engineer, Giat Industries.
- 12.20 Networking Lunch
- 1.50 NEW EQUIPMENT FOR THE SMART TURRET
- New generation turret drives
- BMS computer
- Remote weapon station
- Situation awareness sensor and recorder
- IR Jammer for soft kill defensive kit
- Mr Hervé Gombault, IR Jammer Program Director, EADS.
- 3.10 Afternoon Tea
- 3.40 DAS FOR THE FUTURE
- Increased survivability and/or flexibility
- Future design for land platforms in a unit
- DAS in network
- DAS sensors and sensor interaction
- Achieving increased effectiveness and survivability
- Dr Gustaf Olsson, Assistant Director of Research, FOI Defence Research Agency.
- 5.00 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Conference
- Dr Anthony Mc Donagh-Smith, Executive Director and General Secretary, SAE-UK.
AbstractA variety of major advances over recent years have transformed the battlespace. From specific in-theatre threats to changes in the way that wars are fought and won. Modern militaries require continual development in technologies and strategy; impacting on forward planning, budget, training and securing future capabilities.
SMi’s Land Systems for the Digitized Battlespace Conference has been specifically designed to examine the recent trends, integration of emerging technologies and the capability requirements of future land systems.
Our international panel of expert speakers includes:
- Ingénieur Général, Dr Jacques Vermorel, OTAN Head, Research Technology and Industrial Outreach Section, NATO HQ
- Colonel Charles Coutteau, Project Manager, Manned Systems Integration, Future Combat System, US Army
- Colonel Crispian Beattie, Commander, Command and Control Development Centre, Land Warfare Centre, Ministry of Defence, UK
- Major Wendell B Leimbach Jr, PM-Tanks, Marine Corps Systems Command, US Marine Corps
- Hans-Josef Maas, Project Manager, Systems Technology International Systronics Vetronics, Federal Office of Defense Technology and Procurement, Bundeswehr
- Major Frank Lozanski, Coyote Project Director, Canadian Army
- Mark J McNeil CD, Project Director Armour Patrol Vehicle, Director Land Requirements, Canadian Army
- Dr Roland Decuypere, Ecole Royal Militaire, RTA/AVT - NATO
- Gustaf Olsson, Assistant Director of Research, Department of Electronic Warfare Assessment, Division of Command and Control Warfare Technology, Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI)
- Dr Anthony Mc Donagh-Smith, Executive Director and General Secretary, Society of Automotive Engineers, UK
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