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Central & Eastern Europe’s Most Focused Armoured Vehicles Meeting
The SMi Group Proudly Present The 3rd Annual...
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2017
15th - 16th
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Andels Hotel, Prague, Czech Republic
Pragueczech republic
CHairMaN: Major General (ret) Josef Sedlak, Former Commander,
Joint Forces, Czech Ministry of Defence
seNior MiLitarY sPeaKers: Major General Jaromir Zuna, Head of Support Branch,
Czech Ministry of Defence Brigadier General Norbert Huber, Director Armament and
Procurement, Austrian Ministry of Defence Brigadier General Mircea Mindrescu, Deputy Commander,
Land Forces Operational Component, Romanian Armed Forces Brigadier General Morten Eggen, Head of Land Systems
Armament and Procurement, Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation
Brigadier General Norbert Wagner, Commander, Munster Training Centre, German Army
Brigadier General Roberto Soria Martinez, Head of Land Systems, Spanish Ministry of Defence
Colonel Glenn Dean, ProjectManagerStryker,PEOGroundCombat Systems, United States Army
Colonel Ilmars Lejin´
š, Commander, Latvian Land Forces
Colonel Dalius Polekauskas, Chief of Staff, Lithuanian Land Forces
Colonel Tomas Dvoracek, Director, Land Forces Armaments, Armaments and Acquisition Division, Czech Ministry of Defence
Colonel Ing. Zdenek Mikula, Head of Mechanized & Infantry Section, Capabilities Development & Planning Division, Czech Ministry of Defence
Lieutenant Colonel Miroslav Radoslavov, Chief, Interoperability and Planning Department, Bulgarian Land Forces HQ
Lieutenant Colonel Jan Kerdik, Commander 73rd Tank Battalion, Czech Army
Mr Fatih Yakici, Head of Land Platforms, SSM, Turkish Ministry of Defence
Future Armoured Vehicles Central & Eastern Europe 2017 Day One Monday 15th May
8.00 Registration & Coffee
9.00 Chairman’s Opening Remarks Major General (ret) Josef Sedlak, Former Commander,
Joint Forces, Czech Ministry of Defence
8.40 Optimising The Deployment and Maintenance of Armoured Vehicles
•AssessingthethroughlifesupportneedsfortheCzechlandforces armoured vehicles
•Managingsparepartsandrepairwhenintheatreandonoperations
•Engineeringandupgradecapability •Seeinglogisticsasalandforcesenabler Major General Jaromir Zuna, Director of Support Division,
Czech Ministry of Defence
9.20 Host NatioN address: Policy, Plans and Capability Development to Support the Czech Army’s Mechanised Infantry
•TheroleandstructureoftheCapabilitiesDevelopmentandPlanning Division within the Czech MoD
•TheimportanceoftheLandForcesMechanisedInfantryasaflexibleandrapidlydeployableforce
•Doctrineandpolicytosupportthemechanisedinfantryduringmodern warfare
•Whatarethecurrentgapsandareasconsideredforcapabilitydevelopment?
•Workingwithprocurementtosetrequirementsandintegratenew equipment
Colonel Ing Zdenek Mikula, Head of Mechanized & Infantry Section, Land Forces Development Department, Capabilities Development & Planning Division, Czech Ministry of Defence
10.00 PEO Ground Combat Systems Development of Stryker: Supporting US Army Europe’s Armoured Capability within the Region
•ThedemandsofthecontemporaryoperationalenvironmentwithintheEasternEuropeantheatre
•Armament:Howtheintegrationofa30mmweaponsystemwillbridgeandfillcapabilitygaps
•Survivability:UpgradesandintegrationofdoublevhulltocountermineandIEDthreats
•C4ISTAR:Missionsystemsenhancinginformationgathering,processing and dissemination
•Plansforfullintroductionandintegration Colonel Glenn Dean, ProgrammeManager,Stryker,PEOGround
Combat Systems, United States Army
10.40 Morning Coffee
11.10 Capabilities Delivered by the Austrian Armed Forces Procurement of BsV10
•RequirementsbehindBSV10:Theneedforahighlymobileandversatile vehicle to support operations in challenging terrain
•BvS10enhancedcrewergonomics,internalvolumeandadvanced protection
•Potentialforintegrationofsubsystemsanddifferentvehiclevariants to support a variety of missions
•AustrianplansandtimelinessupportingprocurementofBSV10 Brigadier General Norbert Huber, Director Armament and
Procurement, Austrian Ministry of Defence
11.50 Session Reserved for Lockheed Martin Mr Simon Johns, Business Development
Manager, Lockheed Martin UK
12.30 Future Development of the Romanian Land Forces to Ensure Operational Readiness
•StructureofRomanianLandForcesOperationalComponent •Romanianrequirementsforregionalsecurityandoperations
abroad •KeyareasforgrowthandinvestmentwithintheRomanianArmy •Timelinesandplansforfutureforcedevelopment Brigadier General Mircea Mandrescu, Commander, Land Forces
Operational Component, Romanian Armed Forces
1.10 Networking Lunch
2.10 German Army Approach to Training and Doctrine Development of Armoured Forces
•Anoverviewoftheoperationalenvironmentandthechallenges that armoured operators must train to face
•Someofthekeyareastoconsider:Maneuver,GunneryandCommunications
•Approachesforeffectivetraining:Blendingsyntheticandlivetraining for cost effective and comprehensive learning
•FeedbackfromjointexercisesandpotentialforcollaborationwithNATOandregionalpartners
Brigadier General Norbert Wagner, Commander, Munster Training Centre, German Army
2.50 Evolution and Enhancement of the Lithuanian mechanised Infantry Brigade “Iron Wolf”
•Brigadeforcestructureofthe6battalionsandimportantroleindefence of territorial integrity
•Enhancingtrainingandsupportthroughinternational co-operationwithNATOpartners
•Enhancingbrigademobility,protectionandlethality:NewBOXERvehiclesandadvantagesdeliveredoverlegacyM113tracked APC
•Currentfurtherplansandprioritiesfordevelopmentofthebrigade Colonel Dalius Polekauskas, Chief of Staff, Land Forces,
Lithuanian Ministry of Defence
3.30 Afternoon Tea
4.00 The Turkish Land Forces Development of Enhanced Survivability for Armoured Vehicles
•AnoverviewofwheeledandtrackedTurkishfightingvehiclescurrently developed
•AnoverviewofthreatstothevehiclethattheTurkishLandForces must be prepared to face
•Signaturemanagement:MultispectralCamouflageSystems(MobileCamouflage)
•DevelopmentofActiveProtectionSystemProject-AKKOR •PassiveProtection:FlexibleLayerCageArmourSystemfor
ArmouredVehicles Mr Fatih Yakici, Head of Land Platforms, SSM,
Turkish Ministry of Defence
4.40 BOXER Vehicle Solutions and Applications for Modern Land Warfare
•Historyoftheprogrammefromconcepttocompletion •Survivability:Provenprotectionagainstballisticthreats
Integratedstate-of-the-artprotectionagainstmine/IED •Lethality:Integrationofnewweaponsystemssuchasa30mm
capability •ModularityandMobility:Theadvantageofamulti-rolevehicle
for adapting mission requirements •FeedbackfromcollaborationwiththeGerman,Netherlands
and Lithuanian Armed Forces Mr Andreas Zekorn, ProgrammeManager,BOXER, oCCar
5.20 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One Major General (ret) Josef Sedlak, Former Commander,
Joint Forces, Czech Ministry of Defence
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8.30 Registration & Coffee
9.00 Chairman’s Opening Remarks Major General (ret) Josef Sedlak, Former Commander,
Joint Forces, Czech Ministry of Defence
9.10 KeYNote address: Future Armoured Vehicles - Norwegian Perspectives and Experiences
•CurrentforcestructureoverviewoftheNorwegianLandForces •Combatvehiclecapabilityareasthathaverecentlyseen
development •Findingfromtherecentwhitepaperandsubsequentfuture
priorities Brigadier General Morten Eggen, Head of Land Systems
Armament and Procurement, Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation
9.50 Czech Army Armoured Vehicle Procurement and Systems Integration
•Anoverviewofthefleetstructureandmanagement •Lightmediumandheavyplatformscurrentlyutilisedwithinthe
land forces •Keyareaswithinthevehiclesfordevelopment:C4I,Weapon
Systems and Survivability •Wherearethecurrentcapabilitygapsandwhatarethe
capabilities under consideration? Colonel Tomas Dvoracek, Director, Land Forces Armaments,
Armaments and Acquisition Division, Czech Ministry of Defence
10.30 Morning Coffee
11.00 Combat Vehicle Modernisation within the Spanish Land Forces •OperationalrequirementsoftheSpanishlandforces •Afocusoncombatvehiclemodernisationwithinkeyplatforms: - 8x8 APC -PizarroIFV - Leopard MBT •Futuremilestonesforcapabilitydevelopment Brigadier General Roberto Soria Martinez, Head of Land Systems,
Spanish MoD
11.40 Plans for Infantry Brigade Mechanisation and Integration of Combat Vehicles into the Latvian Armed Forces
•Structure,strategyanddoctrineofLatvianarmy:Howmustthe Latvian Armed Forces adapt to meet existing and future threats?
•Currentprioritiesforcapabilitydevelopment:Theneedfor combat vehicles to support land forces in the area of protectedmobilityandfirepower
•ProcurementofCVRTandtimelinesforintroductionofthevehicle into the army
•PlansandareasforupgradeofthesystemstomeetLatvianrequirements
Colonel Ilmars Atis Lejins, Commander of Land Forces Brigade, Latvian Armed Forces
12.20 Networking Lunch
1.20 Bulgarian Development of Mechanised Forces Interoperability
and Combat Effectiveness •Bulgarianlandforcedevelopmentplansforthearmytomeet
the challenges of the current operational environment •Afocusoncombatvehiclesassetswithinthearmy: - T72 - BMP-23 - Mine protected vehicle •LessonslearntfrommechanisedoperationsinAfghanistanand
Iraq •PlansforenhancinginteroperabilitywithNATOpartners:
Feedback from mechanised exercises and training Lieutenant Colonel Miroslav Radoslavov , Chief, Interoperability and
Planning Department, Land Forces HQ, Bulgarian Armed Forces
2.00 73rd Tank Battalion: Ensuring Operational Readiness and Combat Effectiveness
•OverviewoftheBattalionstructureandforcedevelopmentinrecent years
•Feedbackfromnewequipmentthathasbeenintroducedandupgrades to the T-72 MBT
•Feedbackfromongoingjointexercisesandcollaborationwithinternational and regional partners
•Currenttraininganddoctrineutilisedtoensureoperationalreadiness
Lieutenant Colonel Jan Kerdik, Commander 73rd Tank Battalion, Czech Armed Forces
2.40 Afternoon Tea
3.10 UK Development of Active Integrated Protection Systems for Combat Vehicles
•AnoverviewofprojectMedusaandtheoperationalrequirements driving procurement
•Testandevaluationmodelsforcombatvehiclesoftkillandhard kill active protection
•Feedbackfromtrialsandsubsequentintegrationchallenges •StepsforwardfortheUKprogrammeandprogressI
implementation Ms Heather Elsley, Programme Manager, Land Integrated
Survivability Programme & Delivery Directorate, dstL
3.50 Acquisition & Through Life Cycle Support of Armoured Vehicles and Anti-Armour Weapon Systems: Key Aspects from the NSPA Perspective
•AcquisitionofArmouredVehicles:ChallengesandLessonsLearned •IntegrationofSensorsandWeapons:ASupportabilityPerspective •LongTermCooperativeSupportforAnti-ArmourMissiles:
Case Studies for new and legacy systems •ApproachestoMissile’sservicelifeextension-Differentcases
inwhichlifeextensionworkedout(TOW,Stinger,Hellfire,Spike).Advice for new missile acquisition
Mr Giorgio Scappaticci, HeadofWeaponsSystemsandEquipmentSupport,NsPa
4.30 Armament and Modernization Programs for the Development of Motorised and Mechanised Battalions
•Activities,nextstepsandfutureplans •LMV4x4 •APC6x6 •APC8x8 •IFV8x8 Mr Miha Matek, Head of Armaments Project Management
Division, Slovenian Ministry of Defence
5.10 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two Major General (ret) Josef Sedlak, Former Commander,
Joint Forces, Czech Ministry of Defence
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Future Armoured Vehicles Central & Eastern Europe 2017 Day Two Tuesday 16th May
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