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Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
1 March - 2 March 2004
Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
ISR has become increasingly central to the modern warfighting capability of national militaries. It has both a tactical use for assessing potential targets, threats and strike evaluation; and a strategic/political use to limit collateral damage, and provide an accurate update of military achievements.

This conference will address the developing capabilities that integrate command direction, sensors, and processed intelligence with timely dissemination in order to provide decision makers with effective ‘Situational Awareness’. It will examine, in detail, the dynamic process from tasking a platform or unit for reconnaissance through to collection and processing of the resulting information.

The programme will cover all aspects of ISR from short-range battlefield reconnaissance to satellite and high altitude surveillance.

Benefits of Attending:
· UNDERSTAND the increasingly central role of ISR in combat operations
· IDENTIFY the next stages in NATO and coalition surveillance programmes
· APPRAISE the importance of ISR to the network-centric concept
· ASSESS the main trends in ISR technology and techniques
· DISCOVER the growing importance of space-based surveillance
· EXPLORE the possibilities, limitations and applications of ISR systems

A unique opportunity to learn from leading military and industry experts including:

  • Major General Gary A Winterberger, Force Commander, NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force Command
  • Colonel Mike Cantor, Program Manager Comanche, US Army
  • Lieutenant Colonel Michael Glaccum, U2 Program Manager, US Air Force
  • Lieutenant Colonel Kurt Schake, Offensive Air Requirements, Allied Command Transformation, NATO
  • Allan McKenzie, Chief, C2 Systems Design and Architecture Branch, NATO C3 Agency
  • Anthony Lisuzzo, Director, Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate, US Army
  • Captain David Gardam, Director, Maritime Policy, Operations and Readiness, National Defence Headquarters, Canada
  • Dr David Hull, Technical Capability Leader, ISTAR, DSTL
  • Professor Peter Hoogeboom, Senior Advisor Radar, TNO-FEL
  • Guy DuBois, Vice President Imagery & Geospatial Systems, Information and Dissemination Systems, Raytheon

    “Very professional, great cross section of expertise…
    I learned and enjoyed”

    Captain Peter Avis, Director, Policy, Operations and Readiness, Department of National Defence

  • Conference agenda

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    8:30

    Registration and Coffee

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    9:00

    The rise of commercial high-resolution imaging satellites

  • Providers
  • Services
  • Imaging: request to delivery
  • Shutter control
  • EROS and ImageSat’s Satellite Operating Partner (SOP) concept
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    Improvements on the available technology

  • Hypersampling
  • Undersampling
  • Triplets (stereo + hypersampling)
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    10:45

    Morning Coffee

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    11:00

    Real-time satellite imagery for monitoring missions

  • Providing time-sensitive responses
  • Advantages of commercial geo-spatial imagery
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    11:30

    Case study – Australia

  • The mission
  • The sensors
  • The Operation
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    12:00

    The security issue

  • Making sensitive information available
  • Providing services for non-allied nations
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    12:10

    Discussion and questions – review of session

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    12:30

    Close of Executive Briefing

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    13:00

    Registration and Coffee

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    13:30

    Evolution of Today’s Imagery/ISR Capabilities and Issues

  • A review of recent applications – Gulf War, Bosnia, Afghanistan
  • Shortfalls and issues
  • Today’s systems
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    14:30

    The use of geospatial imaging for ISR

  • Space, air and ground sensor grid
  • Data collection and dissemination
  • Data flow challenges
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    15:30

    Morning Coffee

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    15:45

    Imaging technology capabilities and capability gaps

  • Achieving situational awareness
  • Reducing the need for human intervention
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    16:15

    Future technology fulfilling ISR requirements

  • Balancing affordability and reliability
  • Technologies to increase current capabilities
  • A look at solutions available
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    16:45

    Discussion and questions – review of the session

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    17:00

    Close of Executive Briefing

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    8:30

    Registration and Coffee

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    9:00

    Chairman's Opening Remarks

    Martin Streetly

    Martin Streetly, , Radar and Electronic Warfare Consultant and Author

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    9:10

    OPENING ADDRESS

    Dennis Fitzgerald

    Dennis Fitzgerald, Deputy Director, National Reconnaissance Office

  • The changing purpose and remit of the NRO
  • Squaring the circle: maintaining operations in an era of greater scrutiny
  • The fundamental importance of rapid intelligence to national security
  • The differing requirements of fighting the War on Terror from the Cold War
  • How NRO assets are becoming increasingly indispensable
  • Continuously improving interaction with the wider intelligence community and allies
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    9:40

    KEYNOTE ADDRESS

    Major General Gary A. Winterberger

    Major General Gary A. Winterberger, Force Commander, NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force Command

  • Defining a role in the 21st century for the NATO AEW & Control Force Command
  • Air surveillance and communications support for air operations; counter-air, close air support, rescue, reconnaissance and airlift
  • Mission, people, tasking and collection process
  • Platforms used and their contributions
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    10:20

    NATO’S ALLIANCE GROUND SURVEILLANCE (AGS) REQUIREMENT

    Lieutenant Colonel Kurt Schake

    Lieutenant Colonel Kurt Schake, Offensive Air Requirements, Allied Command Transformation, NATO

  • NATO-owned and operated core capability
  • Supplementation by interoperable national assets
  • Recent NATO developments
  • Programme timelines
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    11:00

    Morning Coffee

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    11:20

    INCORPORATION OF ISR NATO C2

    Allan McKenzie

    Allan McKenzie, Chief, C2 Systems Design and Architecture Branch, NATO C3 Agency

  • Distinction between intelligence and surveillance is being minimised
  • Planning, management and distribution of ISR data affects many command levels
  • CIS infrastructure must be re-organised to accommodate real-time ISR information
  • Implementation of integrated ISR could significantly improve NATO’s military capabilities
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    12:00

    ISR DATA INTEGRATION

    Peter Doran

    Peter Doran, Chair, ISR Working Group, NATO

  • ISR as a NATO alliance tool
  • Developing the necessary tools and technical interface standards
  • Achieving interoperability between alliance partners
  • The differing requirements of NATO nations
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    12:40

    Networking Lunch

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    14:00

    SURVEILLANCE AND MARITIME DOMESTIC POLICY

    Captain David Gardam

    Captain David Gardam, Director Maritime Policy, Operations and Readiness, National Defence Headquarters, Canada

  • The battlespace in domestic security requires interagency co-operation
  • Surveillance must now be defined in a broad fashion
  • Government must be involved to permit information and intelligence sharing
  • North America presents unique challenges and has many gaps
  • Through co-operation, information sharing and fusion, gaps can be filled
  • Areas of improvement
    Areas still requiring transformation
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    14:40

    THE IMPORTANCE OF IMAGERY AND GEOSPATIAL SYSTEMS FOR ENHANCED SITUATIONAL AWARENESS

    Guy DuBois

    Guy DuBois, Vice President Imagery and Geospatial Systems, Information Management and Dissemination Systems, Raytheon

  • The complete imagery cycle
  • Sources of imagery – national, tactical, commercial
  • Merging imagery and geospatial data for a complete picture
  • Lessons learned from recent events – Gulf, Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq
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    15:20

    Afternoon Tea

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    15:40

    MAKING EFFECTIVE USE OF GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY

    Colonel J Douglas Beason PhD

    Colonel J Douglas Beason PhD, Director ISR, Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Details to be confirmed
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    16:20

    DIFFICULT TARGETS AND DIFFICULT ENVIRONMENTS

    Dr David Hull

    Dr David Hull, Technical Capability Leader, ISTAR, DSTL

  • The difference between developers assumptions and warfare as experienced by the warfighter
  • Constructing testing and development equipment to simulate that experience
  • The next generation of ISR technologies
  • The limitations of physics upon ISR equipment and electronic warfare
  • How advances are alleviating those limitations
  • Maximising the importance of the man-in-the-loop
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    17:00

    Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

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    8:30

    Re-registration and Coffee

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    9:00

    Chairman's Opening Remarks

    Martin Streetly

    Martin Streetly, , Radar and Electronic Warfare Consultant and Author

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    9:10

    THE NEXT GENERATION OF ISR OBJECTIVES

    Anthony Lisuzzo

    Anthony Lisuzzo, Director, Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate, US Army

  • The work of the Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate
  • Removing stove pipes from the information network
  • The principles behind disseminating increasing quantities of information material
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    9:40

    AIRBORNE GROUND SURVEILLANCE

    Professor Peter Hoogeboom

    Professor Peter Hoogeboom, Senior Advisor Radar, TNO-FEL

  • Identification of airborne ground system surveillance requirements
  • Relation of SOSTAR-X to AGS developments
  • Aiming for interoperability
  • Current radar developments and technical project status
  • A look at future technological advances
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    10:20

    MARITIME SURVEILLANCE

    Squadron Leader Gary Morgan

    Squadron Leader Gary Morgan, OC Nimrod Operation Evalation Unit, Royal Air Force

  • UK requirements for airborne maritime surveillance
  • Procurement of new Nimrod MRA4 patrol aircraft
  • Overview of new mission systems: radar, electro-optic, ESM, acoustic
  • The asymmetric threat and developments in Network-Centric warfare
  • Traditional roles of ASW and AsuW moving from blue water to brown water
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    11:00

    Morning Coffee

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    11:20

    ROTORCRAFT SURVEILLANCE

    Colonel Mike Cantor

    Colonel Mike Cantor, Program Manager Comanche, US Army

  • The priority ISR mission of the Comanche
  • How Low Observable technology will aid the intelligence and surveillance role
  • The advantages of having ‘eyes on the target’
  • In-built information interconnectivity
  • Developing tactics to exploit the Comanche’s capability
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    12:00

    ALLIANCE GROUND SURVEILLANCE

    James Moseman

    James Moseman, Director, Europe and NATO, Northrop Grumman International Inc.

  • Assessment of NATO's requirement
  • TIPS' Proposed System Architecture
  • System functionality and growth potential
  • Industrial participation
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    12:40

    Networking Lunch

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    13:40

    HIGH ALTITUDE RECONNAISSANCE

    Lieutenant Colonel Michael Glaccum

    Lieutenant Colonel Michael Glaccum, U2 Program Manager, US Air Force

  • Introduction
  • An overview of current U-2 and Global Hawk capabilities
  • Summary of U-2 and Global Hawk performance in Operation Enduring and Iraqi Freedom
  • Complimentary U-2 and Global Hawk roles in peacetime and contingency operations
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    14:40

    OPERATIONAL ISR

    Gavin Dyer

    Gavin Dyer, ISR, Qinetiq

  • RAF present capability
  • UK experience in the Gulf and Kosovo
  • The change from wet-film to digital reconnaissance
  • The advantages of digital reconnaissance
  • Prospective future developments
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    15:20

    Afternoon Tea

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    15:40

    ISR BATTLE MANAGEMENT AND VISUALISATION

    Curt Osterheld

    Curt Osterheld, Vice President Business Development, L-3 Communications

  • Current technologies at the disposal of the operational commander
  • Future projects under development
  • Additional capabilities this platform will have over previous platforms
  • UAV developments for the future
  • Counter stealth – can stealth stay ahead?
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    16:20

    UAVs: KEY FACTORS IN FUTURE ISR TASKS

    Franz Bucher

    Franz Bucher, Projects & Marketing Manager, EADS-Dornier

  • Segments and systems of the ISR architecture
  • UAV segment in change of common acceptability
  • Operational requirements for strategic, theatre and tactical ISR systems
  • Suitability of UAVs for ISR tasks
  • CONOPS parameter for UAV engagement
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    17:00

    Chairman's Closing Remarks and Close of Conference

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