FUTURE ARMOURED VEHICLE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS 2019 Day One | Wednesday 3rd April 2019 8.30 Registration & Coffee 9.00 Chairman’s Opening Remarks Mr John Crozier, Technical Partner Urban Canyon Sixth Sense (UC6S), DSTL, UK MoD KEYNOTE OPENING ADDRESSES 9.10 The Vital Importance of Situational Awareness for modern Infantry Fighting Vehicles • An evaluation of the current British armoured vehicle platforms • How battlefield situational awareness is crucial for armoured vehicle survivability as well as lethality on the modern battlefield • The future of the British Army’s Armoured Vehicle Fleet Lieutenant Colonel Simon Routledge, SO1 Land Systems, Land Systems Programme, Platforms Division, DSTL, UK MoD 9.50 Digital Situational Awareness through Sensor Technology Development • Maximising digital sensor networks to improve inter-vehicle communication • Enhancing compatibility through modular digital architecture • Plug and play sensor suites: the ability to integrate sensor information and deliver a mission defined sensor • Real time digital intelligence gathering and dissemination to support situational awareness platforms Mr Hans-Josef Maas, Armoured Fighting Vehicles, Vetronics Project Leader, Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment and Information Technology, Bundeswehr 10.30 Morning Coffee ARMOURED VEHICLE SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE 11.00 Improved Open Systems across the Land Environment for Effective Situational Awareness • Optimising Armoured Vehicle crew capabilities whilst reducing the current training burden • Enhanced interoperability through easier system management • The future of British Armoured vehicle programmes Mr Keith Smith, GVA Manager, Land Environment Operating Centre, DE&S, UK MoD 11.40 CASTLE: The State of the Art Acoustic Subarray • Acoustic localization of gunshots • Sound ranging • Tracking ground vehicles • Fire control Mr Alex Koers, Co-founder and Director, Microflown AVISA 12.20 Situational Awareness and UAS and C-UAS Operations • How the role of UAS will develop the future of situational awareness on the battlefield • Calculating how C2IS systems can successfully receive real time information and data from UAS • Measures for successful counter UAS Major Ola Petter Odden, Development Officer, Combat Lab, Norwegian Army Land Warfare Centre, Norwegian Armed Forces 1.00 Networking Lunch MILITARY PROGRAMME UPDATES 2.00 Protected Mobility Capability Update • An update on the plan to modernise the New Zealand Defence Force’s light armoured vehicles, enhancing situational awareness across the fleet • Maintaining the effectiveness of New Zealand Defence Force’s protected land mobility capability • Highlighting the future situational awareness requirements for the New Zealand Defence Force mechanised capabilities Lieutenant Colonel Chad Preece, Capability Integration Lead, Protected Mobility Capability Project, NZDF Capability Branch, New Zealand Defence Force 2.40 The Future of Main Battle Tanks in Land Forces • Main battle tanks role in the future security challenges • Situational awareness requirements for the main battle tank of the Romanian Land Forces • Methods of training crews for maximised situational awareness • Maintenance support achievement for tank structures based on competence levels Lieutenant Colonel Torcica Valentin, Chief of Armoured Office, Romanian MoD 3.20 Afternoon Tea 3.50 An Assessment of the Infantry Fighting Vehicle Piranha III’s survivability through Situational Awareness Maximisation • An appraisal on the successes and challenges of the Piranha III • Enhancing situational awareness capabilities through communications and real time intelligence gathering • Future development prospects for the Piranha III Captain-commandant Kristel Mostrey, Material Manager Piranha and Dingo, Belgian MoD MILITARY PANEL DISCUSSION PANEL DISCUSSION 4.30 Situational Awareness Requirements for Combat Platforms in Multi-Domain Battle and the Implications for the End User • Quantifying the value of situational awareness through training, simulation and joint exercises • Capturing situational awareness needs in platform requirements • Question and answer session with military experts Moderator: Mr John Crozier, Technical Partner Urban Canyon Sixth Sense (UC6S), DSTL, UK MoD Lieutenant Colonel Chad Preece, Capability Integration Lead, Protected Mobility Capability Project, NZDF Capability Branch, New Zealand Defence Force Lieutenant Colonel Torcica Valentin, Chief of Armoured Office, Romanian MoD Major Ola Petter Odden, Development Officer, Combat Lab, Norwegian Army Land Warfare Centre, Norwegian Armed Forces Captain-commandant Kristel Mostrey, Material Manager Piranha and Dingo, Belgian MoD 5.10 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One Mr John Crozier, Technical Partner Urban Canyon Sixth Sense (UC6S), DSTL, UK MoD www.asdevents.com - www.asdevents.com/event.asp?id=19181