Day 2

Thursday 16th June 2011

2012 agenda will be announced in June 2012


0845 – Morning Coffee

0930 – Chairman’s recap of Day 1
Rear Adm. Chris Parry, Former DG Concepts, Doctrine & Development, UK MoD

0945 – Establishing military and industry collaboration from design to disposal – Reducing costs and improving relationships
  • The European Defence Agency’s role on developing European defence capabilities, promoting cooperation among its member-states and strengthening the European Defence, Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB)
  • EDA EDTIB Strategy: Objectives and roadmaps
  • EDA’s work on Ammunition on the implementation of the EDTIB Strategy
Vassillis Tsiamis, Senior Officer Defence Industry, European Defence Agency

Operational Feedback Morning
As operations continue, feedback from the operators themselves is proving invaluable.  These presentations will enable the audience to discover exactly what is working in Afghanistan and what the current ever-changing requirements are

1015 – Case Study 1: The British Army experience of providing fire support in Musa Q'alah: October 2009 – April 2010
  • The continued requirement for indirect fires, particularly in the delivery of non kinetic natures
  • Precision is important but timely, precision is the battle winner
  • Agile weapon systems that can support a post launch targeting process are the future
Maj. Gareth Barber, Battery Commander, E Battery, 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery, British Army

1045 – Case Study 2: US joint conventional munitions transportation
  • Munitions management and transportation in the CONUS base
  • Strategic munitions movement via sea and air
  • Operational munitions movement via sea and air
  • Tactical munitions distribution in theater
Lt. Col. Larry Cannon, Chief Ammunition Branch, G4, USAEUR 

1115 – Morning Refreshments

1145 – Case Study 3: Complex weapons in the operational enviroment: An RAF example of managing munitions in theatre
Sqn. Ldr. Mike Williams, Officer Commanding, 93 (Expeditionary Armaments) Squadron, Royal Air Force

1215 – Case Study 4: Non-lethal weapons – Options for today's and tomorrow's operations 
  • Operationally suitable and effective non-lethal weapons
  • Insights into Active Denial Technology 
  • Current technological capabilities
Douglas Jerothe, Deputy Director, Joint Non Lethal Weapons Directorate, Department of Defense

1245 – Lunch and Networking

Technology advances in complex weapons
Cost efficiency, improved safety, advanced disposal and storage options and the ever changing requirements from the frontline mean that industry need to keep ahead in terms of technology innovation and weapons capable of multi-purpose tasks.  These sessions will provide an in depth look into the most recent advances in complex weapons systems soon to be available

1415 – Research activities on future guided munitions concepts
  • Concepts of guided munitions
  • Guidance, navigation and control issues
  • Aerodynamics phenomena
  • Open range testing
Dr. Phillipe Wernert, Head of Guidance, Navigation and Control, French-German Research Institute of Saint-Louis (ISL)

1445 – Joint munitions and innovative technologies
  • Solving operational challenges with innovation
  • Safe costs in complete munitions life cycle
Mark Stoop, Product Manager, TNO, The Netherlands

1515 – Afternoon Refreshments

1545 – Leading Expert Panel: Precision Guided Munitions
  • Cost versus quantity – Are PGM’s worth the extra cost?
  • When does a weapon become a complex weapon?
  • Where are PGM’s headed in the future?
  • Can industry deliver affordable guided munition systems?


1615 – Chairman’s Summary

1630 – Close of conference