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Published by: SMI Publishing, Ltd
Published: Feb. 27, 2002
Table of Contents
- DAY ONE
- Registration and Coffee
- Chairman's Opening Remarks
- Tim Young, Business Group Manager, Vehicle Sub-Systems & Robotics, QinetiQ, Future Systems Technology.
- OPENING ADDRESS
- Armoured reconnaissance - an American perspective
- An overview of armoured reconnaissance
- The role of armoured reconnaissance in the military
- Passing of information to intelligence organisations and other services
- An overview of the roles different armoured vehicles play in reconnaissance
- Future of armoured reconnaissance in future campaigns
- Brigadier General W. Mixon Jr., Deputy Commanding General, HQ US Army Armour Centre and Fort Knox.
- UK KEYNOTE ADDRESS
- Reconnaissance in the RAF
- History of reconnaissance at RAF Marham
- Tornado recce - to present day
- The operational structure of the base
- Passing of information to intelligence organisations and other services
- An overview of the roles different aircraft play in reconnaissance
- Future of reconnaissance at RAF Marham
- Group Captain R Garwood DFC ADC MA RAF, Station Commander, Royal Air Force Marham.
- PROJECT AIR 87 UPDATE - ARMED RECONNAISSANCE IN A FUTURE ADF LAND FORCE
- The Australian perceived need to replace current military armed reconnaissance helicopter
- The replacement of the Bell 206B-1 (Kiowa) and the UH1-H (Iroquois) and perceived needs
- Procurement requirements and the development of Project Air 87
- Tender procedures and processes selected
- Development of a new reconnaissance and fire support capability
- The tender selection process
- Future role of Air 87 in Australian defence plans
- The ADF requirement for an air manoeuvre capability in the land force
- How this influenced Eurocopter’s bid process
- The ADF tender evaluation and development process
- Eurocopter’s role in tender development
- The result achieved in AIR 87.
- Brigadier Mark Patch/Marci Joann, Director General Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter Branch/Project Director ARH, Aerospace Sys Div Defence Material Organisation, Australian Dept of Defence/Eurocopter International.
- Morning Coffee
- AIRBORNE EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS
- An overview of technologies, projects and markets
- History overview of AEW in the World’s defence forces
- AEW platforms - a growth industry for the 21st century
- The importance of AEW
- The role of AEW and AWACS in reconnaissance
- AEW and AWACS aircraft and components
- Future of AEW technical developments and future programmes
- LCDR Edwin L Armistead, Program Manager, Task Force Web, Chief of Naval Operations Staff, US Navy.
- ADVANCED TACTICAL AIR RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEM (ATARS)
- United States Navy’s development of ATARS
- Provision of organic aerial reconnaissance platform to Marine Expeditionary Force and commanding officers
- To be located on fixed-wing Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) within the Marine Aircraft Wings (MAW)
- ATARS captures and disseminates information via data links or tape, with EO, IR, and SAR imagery to TEG for exploitation
- The squadron ground station or tactical exploitation group can produce digital imagery in a variety of formats
- Data interfaces
- Future developments of organic aerial reconnaissance
- Major Brian “Irish” Kelly, ATARS Project Officer, US Marine Corps, Naval Air Warfare Centre.
- Lunch
- LOW FREQUENCY RADAR
- Development of low frequency radar
- The importance of traditional radar in reconnaissance
- An identification of need for increased radar detection of small grounded targets
- The development process of low frequency radar
- Key tactical advantages of low frequency radar
- The future role of low frequency radar in the military campaign
- Bjorn Larson, Research Manager, FOI.
- BELGIUM AIR FORCE UPGRADE RECONNAISSANCE
- BAF upgrade to full day/night reconnaissance capability
- The Belgium Air Force introduce full electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) tactical reconnaissance for its reaction forces
- The multi-stage programme
- Installation of Vinten’s Type sensors and Type cameras on BAF pods
- The modification of 16 F-16A Operation Capability Upgrade standard aircraft to carry the pods
- Further upgrades are under consideration.
- LtCol Luc Gennart / Major Marc Scheers, Belgian Air Staff - Section Policy, Plans and Requirements - Head of Requirements/Combat, Belgian Air Force.
- Afternoon Tea
- AIR FORCE DEVELOPS FUTURE RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEM
- US Air Force Research Laboratory and the development of new technology
- Development of a next generation airborne unmanned reconnaissance system known as Sensor Craft could become operational in the - time frame
- System attributes to the Sensor Craft are being able to perform multiple missions using multiple sensors and global coverage
- Sensor Craft’s objective is to develop long range autonomous, stealthy, unmanned aerial vehicle
- Envisioned missions could include detection of low observable cruise missiles, targets hidden under camouflage - such as tanks under canopies and so-called bi-static sensor operations
- The design of the craft will have to include future threats (especially communication and information warfare-type threats)
- The programme may also take advantage of technologies emerging from a future Air Force programme known as HILDA (High Lift-To-Drag Active wing)
- Ron Crumbacher, Sensor Directorate, Applications Division, Air Force Research Laboratory.
- DATA COMMUNICATION IN RECONNAISSANCE
- Imagery data links
- The Common Data Link
- Applications of Wide Band Line of Sight (LoS) links
- Airborne and surface based equipment
- Interoperability
- Releasibility
- David Jenny, International ISR Marketing Engineer, L3 Communications Systems - West.
- RECONNAISSANCE IN SPACE
- Satellite reconnaissance - getting the most from available assets
- Exploitation of civilian sources
- Current and future data sources
- Data to information
- In filed reception and processing
- Command and control of data collection
- Ian Pilling, Manager QinetiQ Satellite Ground Segment, Space Department, QinetiQ.
- Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One
- DAY TWO
- Re-registration and Coffee
- Chairman's Opening Remarks
- LCDR Edwin L Armistead, Program Manager, Task Force Web, Chief of Naval Operations Staff, US Navy.
- KEYNOTE ADDRESS
- U.S. Navy Multi - Mission Maritime (MMA) Aircraft programme overview and status update
- U.S. Navy expects to initiate a replacement programme for its P-3C maritime patrol aircraft
- The Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft (MMA) encompassing a manned aircraft and an unmanned aerial vehicle
- The service’s EP-3Es (due for retirement in ) are to be replaced with manned aircraft selected for the MMA,
- UAVs such as the Global Hawk to be used instead of manned craft for wide areas for their ability to stay at altitude for long periods of time
- Basing the UAVs at strategic bases, the whole planet could be covered
- NAVAIR set to start competition, after completion of an Analysis of Alternatives
- Captain C. Alan Easterling, Programme Manager for MMA, US Naval Air Systems Command.
- MARITIME RECONNAISSANCE
- UK procures new maritime surveillance aircraft
- The RAF procures a new maritime patrol aircraft - the Nimrod MRA4
- Contract led by BAES involving defence companies on both sides of the Atlantic
- New Nimrod MRA 4 will have three primary missions: anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare and search and rescue but will be multi-mission capable
- The crew complement will be reduced from 13 to 10 and the new glass cockpit will be configured for two pilot operation
- The mission system software is based on the Boeing E-3 and Indonesian surveiller programmes but has been customised to UK requirements
- Twenty-one stripped-out Nimrod MR2 fuselages will be rebuilt to MRA 4 standard with first flight in and delivery in
- Squadron Leader Gary Morgan RAF, OC Nimrod Operational Evaluation Unit (Detachment), RAF Air Warfare Centre BAES Warton.
- UK ISTAR
- ISTAR at formation
- ISTAR C2
- Intelligence collection
- Data fusion
- Assignments and assessments
- Major Mark Nash, Commanding Officer, 4MI Battalion, British Army, and, Major Phil Ingram, Commanding, 3MI Company, British Army.
- Morning Coffee
- THE UK ISTAR RESEARCH
- Science and capability research
- Research in MoD
- The ISTAR research challenges
- Overview of programmes including highlights
- Research under competition
- Mike Burstow, Capability Research Director, ISTAR, Central Science Staff, Ministry of Defence.
- ISTAR ANALYSED
- Operational evaluation of ISTAR
- ISTAR assessment and evaluation
- Defining the intelligence requirement
- Portraying the intelligence where needed
- Impact of ISTAR on the military environment
- Future needs of ISTAR analysis
- Brian Stewart, Senior Defence Analyst, Centre for Defence Analysis, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory.
- Lunch
- A MIX OF ISTAR SYSTEMS
- The realities of procuring a mix of ISTAR systems
- Requirements
- Understanding architectures and infrastructures
- Scenarios, capabilities and cultural diferences
- Cost versus performance
- Procurement concepts and putting a stake in the ground
- Peter Robbie, Director Business Development Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Raytheon Systems Ltd.
- UNMANNED VEHICLE RECONNAISSANCE
- The role Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) robotics play in reconnaissance
- A historical overview of UGV reconnaissance & other roles
- Current UGV reconnaissance programmes
- UGV reconnaissance - strengths & weaknesses
- The challenge to compliment existing ISTAR systems
- The Future of UGV Reconnaissance - and beyond
- Tim Young, Business Group Manager, Vehicle Sub-Systems & Robotics, QinetiQ, Future Systems Technology.
- Afternoon Tea
- TACTICAL ANALYSIYS
- TRADOC Analysis Centre - Fort Lee’s role in tactical analysis
- Appropriation of tactic, techniques and procedures for the RAH - 66 Comanche, Future Scout and Cavalry (FSCS). The Tactical UAV (TUAV) employed as a combined arms reconnaissance capability
- Results of how the Initial Brigade Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition (RSTA) Squadron, and Army XXI Cavalry Squadrons fulfill reconnaissance requirements using virtual and constructive simulation
- C4ISR architecture requirements in support of reconnaissance missions
- Improvements on existing methodologies, models and simulation structure in support of analysis concerning reconnaissance, intelligence, and situation awareness issues
- Measures of Effectiveness (MOE’s) and Measures of Performance (MOP’s) collected and analysed
- Major Luis Castro, Operations Research Systems Analyst, TRADOC Fort Lee.
- INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE AND RECONNAISSANCE MANAGEMENT
- ISR asset and battle management
- Visualisation environment
- Platform sensor tasking and control
- Exploitation tools
- Streaming video / archiving and exploitation
- Curt Osterheld, Director ISR Operations, Boeing.
- Chairman's Closing Remarks and Close of Conference
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- Low frequency radar
- An operational analysis of ISTAR
- Data imagery
- Tactical analysis
- Armoured reconnaissance
- Country specific programmes
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