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Future Armoured Vehicles Survivability 2023
13 November - 15 November 2023
Future Armoured Vehicles Survivability 2023

Be part of the 8th annual Future Armoured Vehicles Survivability conference - the only armoured vehicle conference dedicated to survivability.

Collaborate across an unmatched 3 day programme - including an APS Focus Day.

Join forward-thinking protection experts to discuss the next generation of tools to  counter the growing number of AFV threats. 

150 + Attendees | 3 Day Conference | 35 + Sessions | APS Focus Day | 12 + Nations in Attendance | Dedicated Networking Opportunities | British Army Exhibition Stands

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APS Focus Day - Monday 13th November


Building up the success of last year's event, we are thrilled to announce the return of our APS Focus Day.


Recognising the growing influence of UAVs  on armoured conflict, this dedicated session will further empower your response to this novel challenge to AFVs.
 

Here's why you can't afford to miss the APS Focus Day:

  • Expert insight into NATO's response from 3 members of NATO STANAG 4686 
  • Access key subject leaders from the UK, US, France, Germany, Turkey, and Israel 
  • Gain vital insight into the future influence of C-UAS technology on Active Protection 
  • Hear about the development of Directed Energy weapons 

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Colonel Jeffery Jurand

Colonel Jeffery Jurand

PM XM30 Combat Vehicle, US Army Program Executive Office (PEO) Ground Combat Systems (GCS)
Colonel Michael Scott

Colonel Michael Scott

Director, Land Vehicles, Land Capability Division, Australian Department of Defence
Colonel Pete Cowell

Colonel Pete Cowell

Team Leader, Land Open Systems Architecture (LOSA) , UK Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S)
Colonel Steven Gutierrez

Colonel Steven Gutierrez

PM DE M-SHORAD , US Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO)
Colonel Timothy Hough

Colonel Timothy Hough

Program Manager Advanced Amphibious Assault (AAA), PEO Land Systems, US Marine Corps
Colonel William Waugh MBE

Colonel William Waugh MBE

Programme Manager, Armour (MBT) Programme , British Army Programmes Directorate
Lieutenant Colonel James de St John-Pryce

Lieutenant Colonel James de St John-Pryce

Commanding Officer, Armoured Trials and Development Unit (ATDU) , British Army Land Warfare Centre
Mr Mark McNeil

Mr Mark McNeil

NATO Chair for the STANAG 4686 Team of Experts and Program Coordinator, Land Engineering Support Centre (LESC) & Land Materiel Assurance (LMA), Canadian Department of National Defence
Mr Tom Newbery

Mr Tom Newbery

Lead, Platform Survivability Group , UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl)

Arunsundar Sekaran

Scientist E, Combat Vehicles Research & Development Establishment (CVRDE), Indian Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
Arunsundar Sekaran

Brig (Ret'd) Nick Cowey MBE

Director, Cambrai Group Ltd
Brig (Ret'd) Nick Cowey MBE

Colonel Antonio R. Llorens Perez

Tracked Vehicle Support Programme, Subdirección General (SDG) de Programas, , Spanish Dirección General de Armamento y Material (DGAM)
Colonel Antonio R. Llorens Perez

ANTONIO LLORENS, COLONEL, SPANISH ARMY – INFANTRY


MARRIED, 1 DAUGHTER

Service History:

  • 01SEP84 JOINED in the ARMY
  • 2ND LIEUTENANT, TANK PLATOON COMMANDER
  • CAPTAIN
    • Commander of CSS, CS and Tank companies.
    • TANK BATTALION. ActinG S-3.
  • MAJOR
    • ARMY WAR COLLEGE Instructor
    • G4 DIVISION CCLAND HQ as DEPUTY LOG PLANS BRANCH
  • LIEUTENANT COLONEL
    • ARMY WAR COLLEGE Instructor
    • TANK BATTALION COMMANDER
    • ARMY LOGISTIC COMMAND, SO
  • COLONEL
    • MECHANISED INFANTRY REGIMENT COMMANDER
    • ARMY LOGISTIC COMMAND, SECTION HEAD
    • PIZARRO AND VAC PROGRAMMES MANAGER (CURRENT POST)

TOURS OF DUTY:

  • SFOR. MECHANISED COMPANY COMMANDER and AS-3 (SPABRI IX) (BiH)
  • ISAF. LOGOPS BRANCH CHIEF – J4 ISAF HQ (AFGHANISTAN)
  • EUFOR. CJ9. DEPUTY. (BiH)
  • UNIFIL. MECHANISED TASK FORCE COMMANDER

SEVERAL SPANISH AND NATO MILITARY COURSES, GRADUATED IN LAW, MASTER,S DEGREE IN LOGISTICS.

 

Colonel Duncan Mann

Assistant Head Ground Manoeuvre, Mil Cap Plans, British Army Futures Directorate
Colonel Duncan Mann

Colonel Duncan Mann commissioned into the Parachute Regiment in 1999, and served in various regimental appointmnets in Sierra Leone, Northern Ireland and Iraq. He also trained junior soldiers ate the Army Foundation College Harrogate.


Following the Intermediate Command and Staff Course (Land) and simulation employment training he combined his engineering degree and infantry experience as a requirements manager in the training and simulation projects team in Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S). Colonel Mann then returned to regimental duty as a sub-unit commander including a tour in Afghanistan before running the Platoon Commanders’ Battle Course at the Infantry Battle School in Brecon.


Colonel Mann graduated from the Advanced Command and Staff Course in 2015; after a short spell as a staff officer in the MOD he took command of 2 PARA in 2016. In 2018 he returned to DE&S and was selected to promote and lead the Dismounted Close Combat Portfolio. From 2021 to 2023 he commanded the Land Regional Hub and British Army Training Unit in Kenya where he validated light role battlegroups and coordinated training and capacity building with allies and partners across east Africa. He assumed his current appointment as assistant head for ground manoeuvre in September 2023.


Colonel Mann is married with two young children. He enjoys military history, hill walking and running, though his times are slowing, and he is now an out of date skydiver.
 

Colonel Jeffery Jurand

PM XM30 Combat Vehicle, US Army Program Executive Office (PEO) Ground Combat Systems (GCS)
Colonel Jeffery Jurand

COL Jeffery W. Jurand graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1998 and commissioned a Second Lieutenant of Armor. He initially served as both a Tank and Scout Platoon Leader in 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, TX. In November 2001 he deployed as an Assistant Operations Officer with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division to Kuwait as Operation Enduring Freedom began.


Following the Armor Captains Career Course, he then served as a Rear Detachment Commander and Assistant Operations Officer for 1st Battalion, 34th Armor, 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley, KS. In June 2005, he assumed command of C/1-34 AR. In May 2006, C/1-34 AR tripled in size, converted to a motorized company and COL Jurand commanded the company during its subsequent deployment in support of OIF 06-07. Upon re-deployment, he transitioned into the Army Acquisition Corps.


In 2008, COL Jurand was assigned to the Army Research Laboratory at Adelphi, MD and served as a counter-IED Project Team Lead. There he led project teams conducting limited development and experimentation with both developmental and off-the-shelf technology and led initial fielding efforts in Afghanistan in support of Joint IED Defeat Organization’s (JIEDDO) efforts. In 2010 he was reassigned to Warren, MI where he served as an Assistant Product Manager for Mobility and Power Generation Systems in the Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) Program. In 2013 he was nominated and selected for an assignment with the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) at Fort Bragg, NC. There he served as both a Product Director for Sensitive Activities and Chief of Requirements. COL Jurand assumed responsibilities as Product Manager, Heavy Tactical Vehicles in June 2016. In June 2020, COL Jurand was reassigned to the Pentagon and served as the Executive Officer to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology (ASAALT). In November 2020, COL Jurand assumed duties as Project Manager, Maneuver Combat Systems back in Warren, MI.


COL Jurand has a B.S. in Engineering Science from Vanderbilt University and an M.Eng in Project Management from University of Maryland, College Park. He attended the U.S. Army War College Fellowship at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburg, PA in 2019-2020 where he studied Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Colonel Michael Scott

Director, Land Vehicles, Land Capability Division, Australian Department of Defence
Colonel Michael Scott

Colonel Scott serves as Director Land Combat Vehicles Program, Australian Army and is responsible for the capability development, management and modernization of elements of Army’s Combined Arms Fighting System. An Armoured Corps officer with command and staff-level deployments to; East Timor, Iraq, Afghanistan, Bougainville, Israel, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt.

Colonel Scott holds a Bachelor of Management and Professional Studies, a Master of Management, in Defence Capability Development and Acquisition, and a Master of Arts in Strategy and Management.
 

Colonel Pete Cowell

Team Leader, Land Open Systems Architecture (LOSA) , UK Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S)
Colonel Pete Cowell

Colonel Steven Gutierrez

PM DE M-SHORAD , US Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO)
Colonel Steven Gutierrez

Colonel Steven D. Gutierrez is the PM for DE M-SHORAD with 30+ years of service and 16+ years of experience in major defense acquisition programs. He has led within the Infantry, Signal Corps, and Acquisition Corps in garrison and field environments and during combat deployments.

COL Gutierrez served as the PM for Virtual Training Systems at Program Executive Office Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation, is a Senior Service College graduate of the National Defense University and was the Director for DCMA Americas.

He leads the U.S. Army’s flagship Directed Energy program at the Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office.

Colonel Timothy Hough

Program Manager Advanced Amphibious Assault (AAA), PEO Land Systems, US Marine Corps
Colonel Timothy Hough

Col Hough received his commission in the United States Marine Corps in 1998. His operating force assignments include: Platoon Commander, Company Commander and Operations Officer, Second Assault Amphibian Battalion. He has deployed in support of OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM and OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM. Other assignments include: Operations Officer and Company Commander, Headquarters and Service Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island. Operational Test Project Officer and Branch Head, Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle and Amphibious Assault Vehicle Test Branches, Marine Corps Operational Test and Evaluation Activity. Service Chief Fellow, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Team Lead, Product Manager Optics and Non-Lethal Systems. Team Lead Body Armor and Load Bearing Equipment, Product Manager Infantry Combat Equipment. Product Manager Distributed Common Ground System-Marine Corps (DCGS-MC), and
Program Manager Infantry Weapons.

Col Hough holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from the Virginia Military Institute (1998), a Masters of Military Science from the Command and Staff College, Marine Corps University (2012), and a Masters of National Security Policy from the Eisenhower School for National Security and Resourcing Strategy (2018). He is a resident graduate of the Marine Corps Expeditionary Warfare School, the Marine Corps Command and Staff College, and the Eisenhower School for National Security and Resourcing Strategy, National Defense University. His awards include:

 

  • Meritorious Service Medal (1 Gold Star in Lieu of Second Award), Navy and Marine Corps
  • Commendation Medal (3 Gold Stars in Lieu of Fourth award and a Combat Device for Valor)
  • Combat Action Ribbon.

Col Hough assumed his present duties as the Program Manager for Advanced Amphibious Assault, Program Executive Office Land Systems in May of 2021.

Colonel William Waugh MBE

Programme Manager, Armour (MBT) Programme , British Army Programmes Directorate
Colonel William Waugh MBE

Dan Kalfus

Managing Director & Co-Founder, EuroTrophy GmbH
Dan Kalfus

Dr Malte Veehmayer

Head of Product Unit Passive Protection, Rheinmetall Protection Systems Gmbh
Dr Malte Veehmayer

Dr Martin Hagström

Deputy Research Director, Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI)
Dr Martin Hagström

Martin Hagström is a Deputy Research Director at the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI). Martin is the programme manager of the Weapons and protection area and responsible for the support to the Swedish Armed Forces’ weapons and protection research planning. He has served in several different positions at FOI and participated in a number of national and international research projects. Martin has a background in systems and control and besides work on legal aspects of autonomous weapon systems he is involved in analysis of systems of systems and assessment of combat effectiveness.

Guy Davies

Capability Manager - Vehicle Systems, Leonardo
Guy Davies

Hwa Jung Kim

Chief Engineer, Analysis and Evaluation Team, R&D Center, Land Systems, Hyundai Rotem
Hwa Jung Kim

Kadir Elitok

Product Validation Director, Otokar , Otokar Otomotiv Ve Savunma Sanayi A.S
Kadir Elitok

Kadir Elitok holds a BS degree in Aircraft Engineering and an MS Degree in Solid Mechanics. He has been working as an engineer and a leader in the industry for 25 years now and has been working on computational engineering, simulation testing and field testing in defense and automotive industries. He is currently working as a Product Validation Director in OTOKAR and leading the entire verification and validation processes for land combat systems and commercial vehicles being developed in the company.

Lieutenant Colonel James de St John-Pryce

Commanding Officer, Armoured Trials and Development Unit (ATDU) , British Army Land Warfare Centre
Lieutenant Colonel James de St John-Pryce

With a passion for the role and challenges of reconnaissance, Lieutenant Colonel James de St John-Pryce commissioned into the Household Cavalry. He completed tours of Bosnia and two of Iraq as a junior officer.


At PJHQ, he was the J3 Joint Effects desk officer and then MA to the Assistant Chief of Staff J3 (Operations). He commanded C Squadron HCR in preparation for a tour of Afghanistan on Scimitar 2. He has been the Syria desk officer in Military Strategic Effects, Plans Officer for the European Training Mission in Mogadishu and Requirements Manager on the AJAX programme. More recently he was Second in Command of the Household Cavalry and the J3/Operations and Africa Team Leader for the Joint Force Headquarters on global crisis response. He assumed command of the Armoured Trials and Development Unit in August 2021.


Foremost are his passion for flying (fixed winged aircraft), speed riding (skiing with a small parachute) and reforming the Army's least useful anachronisms

Lieutenant Colonel Karlheinz Boenke

Authorized Army Representative for MRAV BOXER, , German Army Concepts and Capabilities Development Center (ACCDC)
Lieutenant Colonel Karlheinz Boenke

OTL Boenke, Karlheinz was born on the 7th of July 1963 in MUENCHEN, Bavaria, Germany. In 1984 enlisted in the German Army and started his military career in the Maintenance Corps. OTL Boenke attended the officer training from 1986 -1987 in ULM and HANNOVER. After having completed his engineering studies at the University of the Bundeswehr he served as a firing safety officer at the main training area GRAFENWOEHR from 1991


till 1992. Further on, amongst other posts, he served as logistics expert in the Army Material Office in BAD NEUENAHR, as a technical officer the Infantry Battalion 322 and as a commander of a training unit at the Technical School in AACHEN. He was deployed in the SFOR mission in 1998 as the technical officer of the Field Hospital RAJLOVC (BIH) and in 2006 in the HQ KFOR (KOS) as deputy JOC director.


Since 2012 OTL Boenke is assigned to the Army Concepts and Capabilities Development Centre in KOELN as the authorized army representative for the MRAV BOXER.

Lieutenant Colonel Marc Jason

Threat Integrator for Ground Combat Systems, LTC, Armor Threat Integration, Foreign Intelligence Technology (DAMI-FIT), US Army G-2 (Intelligence)
Lieutenant Colonel Marc Jason

TC Marc Jason commissioned an Armor Second Lieutenant after graduating from the United States Army Officer Candidate School in 2006. During the course of his Army career, he has had numerous operational assignments at Fort Stewart, Georgia, Fort Hood, Texas, and Fort Bliss, Texas. After completing his most recent operational assignment as the Battalion Executive Officer in the 1st Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, MAJ Jason assumed duties as the Armor Threat Integrator for Headquarters Department of the Army, G-2 in Washington, DC. Regarding his civilian education, MAJ Jason earned a Master’s Degree in Administration from Central Michigan University.

Lieutenant Colonel Matthew W Hohl

Assault Amphibian Capability Integration Officer, Ground Combat Element Division, Capabilities Development Directorate, United States Marine Corps
Lieutenant Colonel Matthew W Hohl

Rank: Lieutenant Colonel

Full Name: Matthew William Hohl

Education (Degrees):
Saint Anselm College (Bachelor of Arts)

Military Experience:
Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Hohl is a native of Clinton, MA and was commissioned out of Saint Anselm College, Manchester, NH through the Platoon Leaders Class Combined Program in 2004. As a Lieutenant, he served in Camp Pendleton, CA as an Assault Amphibious Vehicle Platoon Commander (MOS 1803) with 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, which included deployments to Okinawa, Japan, Operation Iraqi Freedom 5-07 as a Provision Infantry Platoon Commander, and in support of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit as the Amphibious Assault Vehicle Platoon Commander for Battalion Landing Team 2/5.

In February 2009 then Captain Hohl reported to Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, SC where he served as a Series Commander and Company Commander at 3rd Recruit Training Battalion. Upon completion of his tour at the depot he attended Basic Airborne Course 10-11, followed by Maneuver Captains Career Course 03-11 at the United States Army Maneuver Center of Excellence, Fort Benning GA.

Captain Hohl returned to 3d Assault Amphibian Battalion, Camp Pendleton, CA in August 2011 and was selected to join 1st Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), which included a six month deployment to Helmand Province, Afghanistan as the Reports Officer for the C-10 Afghan National Security Forces Development Cell. Upon his return in September of 2012 Captain Hohl assumed command of Company C and Company A and conducted two Unit Deployment Program deployments to Combat Assault Battalion, 3d Marine Division, Okinawa, Japan.

In July of 2014 Major Hohl reported to Marine Corps Operational Test and Evaluation Activity and took over the duties as the Amphibious Vehicle Branch Head and Operational Testing Projects Officer for the Amphibious Combat Vehicle.

Major Hohl was then given orders to be the Deputy Director, Amphibious Vehicle Test Branch in Camp Pendleton, CA in July 2016. While there he assisted in the developmental testing of the Amphibious Assault Vehicle Survivability Upgrade and Amphibious Combat Vehicle.

In July 2018 Major Hohl reported back into 3d Assault Amphibian Battalion, and was subsequently deployed on an individual augment billet to the Combined Joint Task Force, Operation Inherent Resolve, Baghdad, Iraq. There he served as the Reports Officer for the Directorate of Military Assistance. Major Hohl returned in March of 2019 and assumed the billet as the 3d Assault Amphibian Battalion Executive Officer.

In September of 2020 he was assigned as the Assault Amphibian Capabilities Integration Officer, Ground Combat Element Division, Combat Development Directorate, Combat Development and Integration. Lieutenant Colonel Hohl was promoted to his current rank on 1 December 2020 and assumed the duties as Mobility / Counter Mobility Branch Head and Assault Amphibian Capabilities Integration Officer where he is currently serving in Ground Combat Element Division, Combat Development Directorate, Combat Development and Integration.

Personal Awards: Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (sixth award), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, and the Combat Action Ribbon.
 

Lieutenant Colonel Riku Rantakari

Chief of Operations, Armoured Brigade, Finnish Defence Forces (FDF)
Lieutenant Colonel Riku Rantakari

Lieutenant colonel Riku Rantakari from Army Command Finland is responsible for strategic planning of infantry including armoured units. Earlier he has served in various duties from trainer to company commander in mechanised units and later as a battalion and mechanized battalion battle group commander. He has training for LEO2A4/6, CV9030, BMP-1/2 and T-72M1. He has also gained experience in arctic warfare and defence command (J) level tasks. Lieutenant Ccolonel Rantakari has MSc degree from Cranfield University, UK.

Lieutenant Colonel Salvatore Bizzarro

Force Development Section Head, Capability Development and Finanical Planning Division (III), Italian Army General Staff
Lieutenant Colonel Salvatore Bizzarro

Lt. Col. Salvatore Bizzarro was born in BENEVENTO on 1St May 1979.


He commenced his military career in September 1999 joining the Military Army Academy in MODENA and subsequently the Application School in TURIN, from 2001 to 2004.


He graduated as Artillery Officer, and in August 2004 was assigned to the 7th CBRN Defence Regiment (CIVITAVECCHIA, ROME) where he completed all the functions related to his professional profile both in command activities and in staff service, participating in the following overseas/homeland operations:

  • 2005: Antica Babilonia (IRAQ);
  • 2006: Leonte (Lebanon);
  • 2009: Strade Sicure (homeland security);
  • 2009: Strade Pulite (homeland security);
  • 2009/2010: ISAF (Afganistan).

From July 2011 to August 2014 he served as Coy Commander of the 80th Regiment in CASSINO (FROSINONE).


From August 2014 to September 2016 he was posted to CIVITAVECCHIA at the 7Th CBRN Defence Regiment where he held the position of Staff Officer-Training Branch.


From September 2016 to August 2021 he worked at the Defence General Staff (ROME), as Staff Officer of the Capability Development Office.


In August 2021, he assumed the Command of the 1st CBRN Defense Battalion of the 7th CBRN Defense Regiment “CREMONA” in CIVITAVECCHIA for one year.


Since September 2022 he has been working at the Italian Army General Staff (ROME), as Head of one of the Force Development Sections.
 

Lt. Col. Salvatore Bizzarro has attended several courses in Italy and abroad, among which the following are worth mentioning:

  • The Chemical Basic Officer Course (US Army Chemical School – Fort Leonard Wood, MISSOURI); 
  • The Joint Services Staff College Course (ISSMI – ROME).

Lieutenant Colonel Tom Foss-Smith

SO1 Boxer Futures, Mechanised Infantry (Boxer) Programme, Programmes Directorate, British Army
Lieutenant Colonel Tom Foss-Smith

Lt Col Tom Foss-Smith took up the role of SO1 BOXER Futures in September 2022 following a series of appointments in capability development which have reflected the evolution of the British Army’s embrace of BOXER and determination to optimize ‘the decade of Land’ to reverse the decline in land Manoeuvre and fires which has been tolerated since the 1990s. Tom has a background of service in Iraq and Afghanistan like most of his contemporaries, as well as peace-keeping operations with the UN. He has masters degrees in Battlespace Technology and Defence Studies, which focussed on precision munitions and hypersonic weapons.

Lieutenant Colonel Trevor Bowman

SO1 Battlelab, Defence Battlelab, British Army Futures Directorate
Lieutenant Colonel Trevor Bowman

Lieutenant Colonel Will Jerrold

SO1 Commando Systems, Commando Forces Programme, Navy Acquisition , Royal Marines
Lieutenant Colonel Will Jerrold

Lt Col William Jerold currently works in Systems Acquisition at the Royal Marines Commando Force Programme. Previous experience includes:

  • Communications Officer for a Commando Unit covering large scale amphibious exercises with the US in 2007 
  • Battle Captain in Combined Force Ops Room in Afghanistan in 2008 
  • UK Commando Forces J3 Operations Officer for NATO Ex COLD Response 2019
     

Major Joe Williamson

SO2 Current Forces, ATDU
Major Joe Williamson

Manickavasagam Sunil

Scientist E, Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (CVRDE), Indian Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
Manickavasagam Sunil

Marc Krause

Project Manager/Groundbased System Survivability, Hensoldt Optronics GmbH
Marc Krause

Matthew Vargas

VP of Sales, EMCORE Corporation
Matthew Vargas

Min-Kyu Kim

Research Engineer, System Engineering Group, Defence Solution, R&D Centre, Land Systems, Hyundai Rotem
Min-Kyu Kim

Mr Abdulmenaf Erdem

Senior Associate, Land Systems, Presidency of Defence Industries - SSB
Mr Abdulmenaf  Erdem

He graduated from Electrical and Electronics Engineering Program. He has been working at Defence Industry Agency since 2015. He is the project manager of FIRAT-M60T Modernization Project, AKKOR, PULAT and KAMA Active Protection System Projects. He took part in both ALTAY Development and ALTAY Mass Production Projects.

Mr Cyril Journé

Land Systems Survivability and Protection Expert , Direction générale de l'armement (DGA)
Mr Cyril Journé

I started my working experience with SAGEM on UAVs and metrology. After my preparatory class for engineering school, I moved to Brest where I get my pyrotechnics engineer degree at the ENSIETA (nowadays ENSTA Bretagne). TENCATE Advanced Armor give me the opportunity to do my best on a 6 months autonomous project to optimize and certify (using company knowledge, simulations and laboratory trials) mines protections solutions. Thanks to this experience and regarding my scholar knowledge on pyrotechnic phenomenon, I postulated at DGA TT Bourges where I am currently working as a protection expert mainly on active and reactive protection since 2012.

Mr Holger Niebel

System Engineer LEOPARD 2 MBT, , German Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw)
Mr Holger Niebel

After one year of military service as a conscript in the artillery, Mr. Niebel initially decided to study mechanical engineering at the University of Stuttgart. With a focus on design and metal forming technology, he initially started his career as a technology manager at an international manufacturer of seamless tubes. As part of a new plant construction in the USA, he was responsible for the commissioning of a stretch-reducing mill as process engineer. After having been the technical leader for the introduction of a non-contact inline hot tube inspection system, he became involved in the technical implementation of CO2-free tube production.

In search of ever new challenges, he decided to pursue a new career in the civil service of the German Armed Forces and has held the position of systems engineer LEOPARD2 since December 2022. He has thus also taken over the management of the German TROPHY APS for LEOPARD program. He is working to build up an expertise in the field of protection.

Mr Mark McNeil

NATO Chair for the STANAG 4686 Team of Experts and Program Coordinator, Land Engineering Support Centre (LESC) & Land Materiel Assurance (LMA), Canadian Department of National Defence
Mr Mark McNeil

Mark McNeil, is a recently retired Cavalry Officer who has landed a second career as a federal Public servant as the Program Coordinator for the Canadian Army’s Land Engineering Support Center. He is responsible for the coordination of small group of specialist engineers across the military domains of Mobility, Sustainment, Lethality and of course Survivability in supporting the Army’s operational requirements.

Mark has extensive experience with APS trials and testing as Military Technical Staff Officer and continues to do so today in his new capacity.

He is one of the original founders of the NATO STANAG 4686 Team of Experts and currently the NATO Chair for this distinguished group.

His 25+ years of military experience with deployments to both the Balkans and Afghanistan combined with his degrees in the Military Sciences and Education have armed him with enough experience and information to be dangerous.

He is a Project Management Professional with extensive expertise as a Project Director with success in leading, managing, and empowering teams to meet or exceed organizational objectives in large scale and complex projects.

Mark is married with three children, He revels in military history and enjoys running, soccer and alpine skiing none of which he does very well.

Mr Richard Hamber

Team Leader, High Value Manufacturing Centre of Excellent (HMV CoE), Future Capability Group (FCG), UK Defence Equipment and Security (DE&S)
Mr Richard Hamber

Richard joined the MoD as a Technician Apprentice in Portsmouth Dockyard, then a range of engineering roles including helicopter design, gas turbine repair and quality assurance. Merged into the embryonic Defence Logistics Organisation before escaping to the Advanced Command and Staff Course then a range of policy jobs in Defence Logistics. Seconded to the 2010 Defence Support Review before again escaping to the NATO staff college. Returned to Defence Logistics then joined DE&S in a transformation role. Left the Civil Service then asked to return to help deliver the early stages of Defence Support Transformation. Now back working in the DE&S Future Capability Group leading on Additive Manufacturing.

Mr Stefan Kruselburger

Chief Sales Officer Business Unit Protection Systems, Rheinmetall Protection Systems Gmbh
Mr Stefan Kruselburger

Mr Tarkan Turkcan

Director CV90 Platform, BAE Systems Hägglunds
Mr Tarkan Turkcan

Mr Turkcan has more than 31 years of active duty served within the Royal Nether-lands Army.
Within those 31 years, he has served at the Recon battalion, Air Assault Brigade, Tank battalion, Cavalry school, Combat manoeuvre development centre and the
Defense Material organisation.
Performed 5 missions and several additional foreign assignments.

He has a long history with the CV90, mainly for setting up the requirements as end user representative and responsible for the operational qualifications.
He has been working with BAE Systems Hägglunds since may 2022 as Director of the CV90 platforms at Business and Development. In this position keeping customer and future customer relations and setting up the strategy, research, and develop-ment on the CV90 platform.
Mr Turkcan is also taking part from BAE:s point of view in the CV90 user groups, personally being a representative in the 7 nation strong CV90 User Group.

Mr Tom Newbery

Lead, Platform Survivability Group , UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl)
Mr Tom Newbery

Tom Newbery, Senior Principal Scientist at Dstl, is a Land survivability specialist in Dstl. He is the Technical Authority for the Land Survivability Analysis and Technology Development research project and Dstl’s leading expert on Active Protection Systems in the Land environment.


Tom has led MOD’s APS research since 2011, covering the Medusa soft-kill assessments, the development of the Modular Integrated Protection Systems architecture and various supporting research activities. Tom is now supporting the British Army’s procurement of Trophy APS for the CHALLENGER 3 programme.

He is a Chartered Physicist and has experience across optics, sensor systems, signal processing, systems analysis and explosives engineering.
 

Mrs Liisa Nevalainen

Project Director, Common Armoured Vehicle System (CAVS) Programme, Protection and Mobility Branch, Joint System Centre, Finnish Defence Forces (FDF)
Mrs Liisa Nevalainen

As a Project Director Mrs Liisa Nevalainen is leading Common Armoured Vehicle System Programme (CAVS) and its management group. CAVS Programme is a multinational R&D and procurement programme for 6x6 armoured wheeled vehicles, led by Finland and including Latvia, Sweden and Germany. Mrs Nevalainen is also leading related subprojects of Finnish Defence Forces.

Prior current position Mrs Nevalainen has been FDF project manager of NORDEFCO's Nordic Combat Uniform System -project. Since 2010 Mrs Nevalainen has served FDF in different engineering, commercial, administrative and management positions, excluding 2012-2014 when she was working for the Finnish Red Cross as a Procurement Coordinator.

Squadron Leader Hugo Piers Morris

SO2 Counter-small Uncrewed Air Systems, Project 6 Lead, Joint Effects, British Army Programmes Directorate
Squadron Leader Hugo Piers Morris

Squadron Leader Morris joined the RAF Regiment in 2000. His first assignment was as a Flight Commander on 26 Squadron with operational deployments to Op RESINATE SOUTH in Kuwait and Op TELIC I in Iraq. In 2004, he was posted to RAF Honington as the Ground Defence Training Officer and Officer Commanding the Nuclear Accident Response Team. After a second Op TELIC tour commanding an Iraq Department of Border Enforcement Training Team, in September 2006 Morris was amongst the first Bowman Signals Officers and assigned to 3 Squadron. During 3 Squadron’s Op HERRICK deployment in southern Afghanistan, Morris concurrently commanded a Rifle Flight and Support Weapons Flight.


On return from Afghanistan Morris joined the Bowman Training and Advisory Group (Joint), responsible for converting 3 Commando Brigade and 16 Air Assault Brigade units to the Bowman communication system. This role required a four-month deployment embarked on HMS Ocean whilst on attachment to 40 Commando Royal Marines. Following an extended Op HERRICK (LANSBURY) Afghanistan tour with UK Special Forces and the Security and Intelligence Agencies at the end of his Bowman role, in January 2012 Morris was posted to the Joint Counter-Terror Training and Advisory Team as the Pakistan High-Threat Team Leader on Op MONOGRAM.


Returning from two years in Pakistan in January 2014, Morris was posted to the Full Spectrum Coordination Cell in London, a joint Ministry of Defence and Security and Intelligence Agency body for whom he spent a year in the United States as Liaison Officer. Promoted to Squadron Leader in November 2015 whilst in the United States, Morris returned to the UK in January 2016 for his first OF3 tour as the Close Combat and C-UAS Capability Development staff officer at Air Command. In November 2018 he was assigned to the Defence Portfolio & Approval Secretariat as the Air Desk Officer, during which time Morris deployed for eight months with UK Special Forces on Op BLANCA in Afghanistan in a high-threat mentoring capacity. In October 2022 Morris returned to the CUAS world as SO2 C-sUAS in Army HQ Programmes Directorate, responsible for the delivery of Land GBAD Project 6.


Morris is married to Caroline, a consultant Transplant physician, and they have a son, Rufus, aged 7.

Vijayalakshmi Kaliyaperumal

Scientist E, Scientist E, Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (CVRDE), Indian Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
Vijayalakshmi Kaliyaperumal

Zafer Uysal

Manager, Otokar Otomotiv Ve Savunma Sanayi A.S
Zafer Uysal

Zafer Uysal holds a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering and an MS degree in Automotive Engineering. He has a design and engineering background for 26 years in automotive and defense industry as project and team leader. Currently, he is working as a Military Vehicles System Engineering Director responsible from tracked and wheeled military vehicles’ system engineering activities at Otokar.

 

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8:00

Registration & Coffee

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8:55

SAE Welcome

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Chair's Opening Remarks

Mr Tom Newbery, Lead, Platform Survivability Group , UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl)

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Developing Future Survivability Suites to Better Meet Contemporary and Future Threats

  • Expanding the envelope of defeat
  • Relationship between APS and other survivability options
  • Managing cost and risk
  • Mr Tom Newbery, Lead, Platform Survivability Group , UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl)

    Colonel Duncan Mann, Assistant Head Ground Manoeuvre, Mil Cap Plans, British Army Futures Directorate

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    9:50

    APS Integration onto CR3: Achieving a Step-Change in British Armoured Vehicle Protection

    Colonel William Waugh MBE

    Colonel William Waugh MBE, Programme Manager, Armour (MBT) Programme , British Army Programmes Directorate

  • Advantages provided to British Heavy Armour through APS
  • The realities of integration onto an existing platform
  • Collaboration with DSTL and DE&S for coordinated research, development, and procurement of APS
  • Preparing to meet outstanding challenges for active protection.
     
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    UK APS Joint Q&A

    Mr Tom Newbery, Lead, Platform Survivability Group , UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl)

    Colonel William Waugh MBE

    Colonel William Waugh MBE, Programme Manager, Armour (MBT) Programme , British Army Programmes Directorate

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    10:30

    Morning Coffee

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    DE M-SHORAD as a Transformational Modernization Capability and Critical Component of an Integrated, Layered, and In-depth Air Missile Defense for Division and Brigade Maneuver Formations

    Colonel Steven Gutierrez, PM DE M-SHORAD , US Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO)

  • Prototyping efforts to date, inclusive of promising Live Fire Exercise results
  • The current challenge, crossing the valley of death in defense technology (directed energy) and industry’s critical role
     
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    Developing APS for French Armoured Vehicles

    Mr Cyril Journé, Land Systems Survivability and Protection Expert , Direction générale de l'armement (DGA)

  • The evolution of the French DIAMANT system
  • Interoperability through NATO STANAG 4686: 
  • Adhering to guidance on pre-qualification trials 
  • Additional trials pursued by the French MoD
     
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    Maximizing Survivability Through the Integration of Active Protection Systems

    Mr Abdulmenaf Erdem, Senior Associate, Land Systems, Presidency of Defence Industries - SSB

  • An overview of where development is needed to meet the asymmetric operational demands of the tanks that were joined operations
  • Combat proven capabilities of the FIRAT-M60TM (Turkish Modernization) Upgrade Package which enhances survivability and lethality aspects of the platform
  • PULAT and AKKOR APS
  • Integration Challenges of APS
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    Networking Lunch

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    Virtual Briefing: Establishing an Effective Framework to Facilitate Interoperability of APS in NATO Forces

    Mr Mark McNeil, NATO Chair for the STANAG 4686 Team of Experts and Program Coordinator, Land Engineering Support Centre (LESC) & Land Materiel Assurance (LMA), Canadian Department of National Defence

  • NATO Standardization Agreement (STANAG) 4686
  • Insight into STANAG procedures for the assessment of APS
  • Enhancing APS through modular frameworks/architectures
  • Towards Collaborative and Cooperative Protection
  • Individual platform and area/group protection
  • Adapting and responding to evolving and emerging threats
     
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    Session Reserved for Sponsor: EuroTrophy GmbH

    Dan Kalfus

    Dan Kalfus, Managing Director & Co-Founder, EuroTrophy GmbH

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    Technological Advances and Combatting Additional Threats: Shaping the APS of the Future

    Mr Holger Niebel, System Engineer LEOPARD 2 MBT, , German Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw)

  • Threats to be covered
  • Key features
  • Integration Requirements
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    Afternoon Tea

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    Land Ground-Based Air Defence (LGBAD) C-sUAS Project 6; APS Coherence and Synergy

    Squadron Leader Hugo Piers Morris, SO2 Counter-small Uncrewed Air Systems, Project 6 Lead, Joint Effects, British Army Programmes Directorate

  • Overview of LGBAD Proj 6 Package 2 – mounted C-sUAS.
  •  Mounted C-sUAS DTID options and platform/APS integration.
  • Situating C-sUAS in the air threat to armour in the land environment.
  •  The Survivability challenge; the balance of passive vs active systems in a contested EM environment and the future of library-based sensors.
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    Panel Session: Reflecting on the Future of APS - C-UAS and Beyond

    Mr Tom Newbery, Lead, Platform Survivability Group , UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl)

    Squadron Leader Hugo Piers Morris, SO2 Counter-small Uncrewed Air Systems, Project 6 Lead, Joint Effects, British Army Programmes Directorate

    Mr Cyril Journé, Land Systems Survivability and Protection Expert , Direction générale de l'armement (DGA)

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    Chair's Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

    Mr Tom Newbery, Lead, Platform Survivability Group , UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl)

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    Registration & Coffee

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    8:45

    SAE Welcome

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    8:50

    Chair's Opening Remarks

    Brig (Ret'd) Nick Cowey MBE

    Brig (Ret'd) Nick Cowey MBE, Director, Cambrai Group Ltd

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    LOSA: Supporting Integrated Survivability

    Colonel Pete Cowell

    Colonel Pete Cowell, Team Leader, Land Open Systems Architecture (LOSA) , UK Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S)

  • Existing challenges to integrated survivability
  • Advantages of an Open System architecture approach to integrated survivability
     
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    Looking Forward to MIPS : Software Driven Survivability

    Guy Davies

    Guy Davies, Capability Manager - Vehicle Systems, Leonardo

  • Agility
  • Affordability
  • Agreement
  • Acceleration
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    Improving Survivability through Multi-sensor and Systems Integration

  • Sensors, systems and effectors.
  • Integration challenges and opportunities.
  • The roles for AI-Enabled and Human-Enhanced decisions.
     
  • Lieutenant Colonel James de St John-Pryce, Commanding Officer, Armoured Trials and Development Unit (ATDU) , British Army Land Warfare Centre

    Major Joe Williamson

    Major Joe Williamson, SO2 Current Forces, ATDU

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    Morning Coffee

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    Boxer Through-Life Capability Management: Optimising Survivability through Increased Protection, Lethality and Mobility

    Lieutenant Colonel Tom Foss-Smith, SO1 Boxer Futures, Mechanised Infantry (Boxer) Programme, Programmes Directorate, British Army

  • Boxer TLCM overview
  • Protection TLCM opportunities
  • Lethality TLCM opportunities
  • Mobility TLCM opportunities
  • Achieving the optimal mix to maximise survivability
     
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    An Integrated Approach to Survivability

  • Otokar Company Profile in Brief
  • Changing Threats and Survavibility Layers
  • Otokar’s Integrated Approach and Solutions
  • Summary and Conclusion
     
  • Zafer Uysal, Manager, Otokar Otomotiv Ve Savunma Sanayi A.S

    Kadir Elitok, Product Validation Director, Otokar , Otokar Otomotiv Ve Savunma Sanayi A.S

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    MRAV BOXER - Enhancing Mobile Infantry Survivability

    Lieutenant Colonel Karlheinz Boenke, Authorized Army Representative for MRAV BOXER, , German Army Concepts and Capabilities Development Center (ACCDC)

  • Mobility as survivability 
  • Making the trade-off between enhanced protection and reduced mobility 
  • Responding to new and evolving tasks and threat profiles to the BOXER
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    Leading Multinational Common Armoured Vehicle System Programme – Development and Procurement of Mobile Survivability System

    Mrs Liisa Nevalainen, Project Director, Common Armoured Vehicle System (CAVS) Programme, Protection and Mobility Branch, Joint System Centre, Finnish Defence Forces (FDF)

  • Building multinational R&D programme for modular armoured vehicle system
  • Leading continuous development of CAVS vehicles
     
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    Networking Lunch

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    Building Integrated Survivability in the Swedish Armed Forces

    Dr Martin Hagström, Deputy Research Director, Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI)

  • Integrating active and passive protection 
  • Utilising emerging technologies
  • Aligning through electronic architectures and networks 
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    The Future of MBT Survivability on the Battlefield - Rheinmetall Protection Systems Hybrid Protection Approach to Cope with Modern Threats in Theater

  • RPS company presentation and product portfolio
  • KE protection: weight efficient modern armor concepts
  • MPK protection: mine shield with escape hatch and overmatch function
  • Top Attack Scenarios: TAPS
  • Mr Stefan Kruselburger

    Mr Stefan Kruselburger, Chief Sales Officer Business Unit Protection Systems, Rheinmetall Protection Systems Gmbh

    Dr Malte Veehmayer

    Dr Malte Veehmayer, Head of Product Unit Passive Protection, Rheinmetall Protection Systems Gmbh

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    Survivability Aspects for the Development of Armoured Vehicles in the Finnish Defence Forces

    Lieutenant Colonel Riku Rantakari, Chief of Operations, Armoured Brigade, Finnish Defence Forces (FDF)

  • Operational environment
  • Diversity of threats
  • Tactics, Techniques, Procedures and Technical Solutions for Survivability
     
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    Fulfilling Survivability Potential through Designing Around the Human Operator

    Mr Tarkan Turkcan, Director CV90 Platform, BAE Systems Hägglunds

  • The human and machine
  • Ever growing calibres
     
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    Afternoon Tea

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    The Challenges in Improving the Survivability of Next Generation Combat Vehicle

  • Technology of Protection Systems 
  • Maximizing Survivability 
  • Contribution of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Powered Combat Vehicle
     
  • Hwa Jung Kim

    Hwa Jung Kim, Chief Engineer, Analysis and Evaluation Team, R&D Center, Land Systems, Hyundai Rotem

    Min-Kyu Kim

    Min-Kyu Kim, Research Engineer, System Engineering Group, Defence Solution, R&D Centre, Land Systems, Hyundai Rotem

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    Survey of Worldwide Scenario on Combining Manned and Unmanned Technology for Survivability

    Manickavasagam Sunil

    Manickavasagam Sunil, Scientist E, Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (CVRDE), Indian Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)

    Vijayalakshmi Kaliyaperumal

    Vijayalakshmi Kaliyaperumal, Scientist E, Scientist E, Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (CVRDE), Indian Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)

    Arunsundar Sekaran

    Arunsundar Sekaran, Scientist E, Combat Vehicles Research & Development Establishment (CVRDE), Indian Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)

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    Informing Capability Development Through Acquisition Intelligence

    Lieutenant Colonel Marc Jason, Threat Integrator for Ground Combat Systems, LTC, Armor Threat Integration, Foreign Intelligence Technology (DAMI-FIT), US Army G-2 (Intelligence)

  • Purpose and Policy of Acquisition Intelligence
  • Threat Informed Modernization
  • Implications from Recent Conflicts and Open Source Intelligence
     
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    Chair’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two

    Brig (Ret'd) Nick Cowey MBE

    Brig (Ret'd) Nick Cowey MBE, Director, Cambrai Group Ltd

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    Registration & Coffee

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    8:50

    Chair's Opening Remarks

    Brig (Ret'd) Nick Cowey MBE

    Brig (Ret'd) Nick Cowey MBE, Director, Cambrai Group Ltd

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    Open-Systems Architecture: The Key Enabler for Rapid Technical Insertions of Survivability Capabilities

    Colonel Jeffery Jurand, PM XM30 Combat Vehicle, US Army Program Executive Office (PEO) Ground Combat Systems (GCS)

  • Overview of key tenets of the Ground Combat Infrastructure Architecture (GCIA) standard as implemented in the to XM30 Combat Vehicle.
  • What does integration look like in the future – a notional use case
  • Hardware emulation in the Software development environment
     

    Colonel Jurand will also be covering the perspective on behalf of the U.S. Army Next Generation Combat Vehicles Cross Functional Team

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    Session Reserved for Sponsor: Hensoldt

    Marc Krause

    Marc Krause, Project Manager/Groundbased System Survivability, Hensoldt Optronics GmbH

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    Morning Coffee

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    Additive Manufacturing: Enhancing Survivability through Improving Platform Availability

    Mr Richard Hamber, Team Leader, High Value Manufacturing Centre of Excellent (HMV CoE), Future Capability Group (FCG), UK Defence Equipment and Security (DE&S)

  • What Is additive manufacturing
  • How it can improve platform availability
     
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    Battle-proven Tactical Navigation for Military Land Vehicles

    Matthew Vargas

    Matthew Vargas, VP of Sales, EMCORE Corporation

  • TACNAV® Inertial Tactical Navigation Systems Solutions
  • Providing GPS Denied Assured Position, Navigation and Timing (A-PNT) for the Digital Battlespace
  • Deployed by Militaries Around the World, Including the U.S. and Canadian Armies
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    Panel Session: Co-operation with Industry to Respond to New Threats and Realise Emerging Technologies for Protection

  • Main challenges in current alignment
  • Using desired capabilities and use to shape modernisation and acquisition
  • Available learnings from past successes of military-industrial cooperation
  • How to change the current approach to make more effective
  • Lieutenant Colonel James de St John-Pryce, Commanding Officer, Armoured Trials and Development Unit (ATDU) , British Army Land Warfare Centre

    Lieutenant Colonel Marc Jason, Threat Integrator for Ground Combat Systems, LTC, Armor Threat Integration, Foreign Intelligence Technology (DAMI-FIT), US Army G-2 (Intelligence)

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    Networking Lunch

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    Survivability as a Skill: Preparing Vehicle Crews to Exploit the Full Potential of New Survivability Systems

    Lieutenant Colonel Trevor Bowman

    Lieutenant Colonel Trevor Bowman, SO1 Battlelab, Defence Battlelab, British Army Futures Directorate

  • Disadvantages of current training for survivability for the rapid pace of survivability improvement
  • ‘Transformation to Training’: A more appropriate response to rapid procurement of off-the-shelf survivability systems 
  • Creating a culture of life long and just in time survivability training with platform operators
     
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    The Armoured Infantry Combat System: The Future of the Armoured Fighting Vehicle

    Lieutenant Colonel Salvatore Bizzarro, Force Development Section Head, Capability Development and Finanical Planning Division (III), Italian Army General Staff

  • The operational environment: present and future scenarios 
  • Defining the plan: How the Italian Army is transforming to meet the future challenged posed by the evolving scenarios
  • The Italian Army Modernization programs of the Armoured Forces: Focus on the Armoured Infantry Combat System program 
  • Italian Army Robotics Experimentation: The ongoing program of development and experimentation of Robotics & Autonomous Systems (RAS) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) IOT to enable the employment of emerging and disruptive technologies by land forces.
     
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    Improving Spanish Survivability through the Pizarro and VAC Programmes

    Colonel Antonio R. Llorens Perez, Tracked Vehicle Support Programme, Subdirección General (SDG) de Programas, , Spanish Dirección General de Armamento y Material (DGAM)

  • Introduction to Pizarro and VAC programmes
  • Improved armour and protection systems on both Programmes
  • Way ahead
     
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    Afternoon Tea

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    Impactful Projection - Optimising the Australian Army for Littoral Operations and Long-Range Strike

    Colonel Michael Scott, Director, Land Vehicles, Land Capability Division, Australian Department of Defence

  • Upgrading Australian Land Forces survivability through platform upgrade and procurements
  • Balancing the needs of projection with enhanced survivability requirements for long-rang strike and littoral operations
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    Protecting and Supporting Distributed Marine Forces with the Next Generation Amphibious Combat Vehicle

  • ACV Program Update
  • ACV FD Implementation
  • ACVs in distributed Ops
     
  • Colonel Timothy Hough, Program Manager Advanced Amphibious Assault (AAA), PEO Land Systems, US Marine Corps

    Lieutenant Colonel Matthew W Hohl, Assault Amphibian Capability Integration Officer, Ground Combat Element Division, Capabilities Development Directorate, United States Marine Corps

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    Panel Session: Survivability Requirements of Amphibious and Littoral Operations

    Colonel Timothy Hough, Program Manager Advanced Amphibious Assault (AAA), PEO Land Systems, US Marine Corps

    Lieutenant Colonel Matthew W Hohl, Assault Amphibian Capability Integration Officer, Ground Combat Element Division, Capabilities Development Directorate, United States Marine Corps

    Lieutenant Colonel Will Jerrold, SO1 Commando Systems, Commando Forces Programme, Navy Acquisition , Royal Marines

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    Chair’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Three

    Brig (Ret'd) Nick Cowey MBE

    Brig (Ret'd) Nick Cowey MBE, Director, Cambrai Group Ltd


    Scientist E, Combat Vehicles Research & Development Establishment (CVRDE)
    Indian Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
    Director
    Cambrai Group Ltd
    Tracked Vehicle Support Programme, Subdirección General (SDG) de Programas,
    Spanish Dirección General de Armamento y Material (DGAM)
    Assistant Head Ground Manoeuvre, Mil Cap Plans
    British Army Futures Directorate
    PM XM30 Combat Vehicle
    US Army Program Executive Office (PEO) Ground Combat Systems (GCS)
    Director, Land Vehicles, Land Capability Division
    Australian Department of Defence
    Team Leader, Land Open Systems Architecture (LOSA)
    UK Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S)
    PM DE M-SHORAD
    US Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO)
    Program Manager Advanced Amphibious Assault (AAA), PEO Land Systems
    US Marine Corps
    Programme Manager, Armour (MBT) Programme
    British Army Programmes Directorate
    Managing Director & Co-Founder
    EuroTrophy GmbH
    Head of Product Unit Passive Protection
    Rheinmetall Protection Systems Gmbh
    Deputy Research Director
    Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI)
    Capability Manager - Vehicle Systems
    Leonardo
    Chief Engineer, Analysis and Evaluation Team, R&D Center, Land Systems
    Hyundai Rotem
    Product Validation Director, Otokar
    Otokar Otomotiv Ve Savunma Sanayi A.S
    Commanding Officer, Armoured Trials and Development Unit (ATDU)
    British Army Land Warfare Centre
    Authorized Army Representative for MRAV BOXER,
    German Army Concepts and Capabilities Development Center (ACCDC)
    Threat Integrator for Ground Combat Systems, LTC, Armor Threat Integration, Foreign Intelligence Technology (DAMI-FIT)
    US Army G-2 (Intelligence)
    Assault Amphibian Capability Integration Officer, Ground Combat Element Division, Capabilities Development Directorate
    United States Marine Corps
    Chief of Operations, Armoured Brigade
    Finnish Defence Forces (FDF)
    Force Development Section Head, Capability Development and Finanical Planning Division (III)
    Italian Army General Staff
    SO1 Boxer Futures, Mechanised Infantry (Boxer) Programme, Programmes Directorate
    British Army
    SO1 Battlelab, Defence Battlelab
    British Army Futures Directorate
    SO1 Commando Systems, Commando Forces Programme, Navy Acquisition
    Royal Marines
    SO2 Current Forces
    ATDU
    Scientist E, Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (CVRDE)
    Indian Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
    Project Manager/Groundbased System Survivability
    Hensoldt Optronics GmbH
    VP of Sales
    EMCORE Corporation
    Research Engineer, System Engineering Group, Defence Solution, R&D Centre, Land Systems
    Hyundai Rotem
    Senior Associate, Land Systems
    Presidency of Defence Industries - SSB
    Land Systems Survivability and Protection Expert
    Direction générale de l'armement (DGA)
    System Engineer LEOPARD 2 MBT,
    German Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw)
    NATO Chair for the STANAG 4686 Team of Experts and Program Coordinator, Land Engineering Support Centre (LESC) & Land Materiel Assurance (LMA)
    Canadian Department of National Defence
    Team Leader, High Value Manufacturing Centre of Excellent (HMV CoE), Future Capability Group (FCG)
    UK Defence Equipment and Security (DE&S)
    Chief Sales Officer Business Unit Protection Systems
    Rheinmetall Protection Systems Gmbh
    Director CV90 Platform
    BAE Systems Hägglunds
    Lead, Platform Survivability Group
    UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl)
    Project Director, Common Armoured Vehicle System (CAVS) Programme, Protection and Mobility Branch, Joint System Centre
    Finnish Defence Forces (FDF)
    SO2 Counter-small Uncrewed Air Systems, Project 6 Lead, Joint Effects
    British Army Programmes Directorate
    Scientist E, Scientist E, Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (CVRDE)
    Indian Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
    Manager
    Otokar Otomotiv Ve Savunma Sanayi A.S

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    ABBS

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    The ABBS Active Mine Protection System (AMPS™) package is a suite of three systems designed to fully protect the occupants of an armoured vehicle from all the secondary effects of an under-belly mine.

    • Floor Shock. An active system very rapidly removes the vehicle floor from under the seated occupant’s feet, and from under any loose objects on the floor. The floor re-sets to its original position automatically and does not require any maintenance afterwards apart from replacing the energetic cartridges in the actuators.

    • Belly Plate Deformation. A simple passive system using composite reinforcement of a steel belly plate has been developed to minimise the deformation that occurs directly over the mine location. As well as protecting the occupant’s legs by eliminating contact between the belly plate and the floor, this also enables a reduction in the depth of the space that is normally left open between the belly plate and the vehicle floor. Reducing this space claim has significant benefits in terms of vehicle overall height and weight. A 12kg test to AEP55 at 300mm standoff resulted in only 80mm deformation very locally in the belly plate with no deformation at the edges of the belly plate.

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    • Call Roger Sloman on (+44) 7989381057 or e-mail roger.sloman@advanced-blast.com



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    EMCORE Corporation is the leading independent provider of advanced inertial navigation products serving the aerospace & defense markets. EMCORE's TACNAV® tactical navigation systems for military ground vehicle navigation deliver proven performance on the world's battlefields. Our expertise in assured positioning, navigation and timing (A-PNT) is built on over two decades of experience developing, manufacturing, and installing more than 20,000 TACNAV systems on combat, command, and support vehicles of all types. EMCORE is also a leader in the design and manufacture of the world’s highest-performance Fiber Optic Gyro (FOG), Ring Laser Gyro (RLG), and MEMS inertial sensors and systems. Our solutions feature the products of the former L3Harris Space & Navigation and KVH Industries inertial navigation businesses acquired in 2022. Our RLG-based battlefield artillery/radar positioning, pointing, and survey systems are deployed on key programs including the Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) and High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), EMCORE’s combat-proven precision products for the battlefield deliver mission-critical information such as survey, pointing and position to our soldiers for precise, indirect mass fires and counter-fire operations.



    EuroTrophy GmbH

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    EuroTrophy GmbH is the European hub for the marketing, sale and production of the Trophy® Active Protection System (APS).

    Based in Germany, the company provides high-end, state-of-the-art Active Protection Systems that substantially enhances the protection level of armored vehicles, thus safeguarding their crews. The company also provides vehicle integration support services and related through-life support of the APS.

    These services significantly improve the security of supply of Trophy® APS to its existing European user nations, and its potential future customers.The company focuses on the needs of the European defense community.



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    HENSOLDT is a leading company in the European defence industry with global reach. Based in Taufkirchen near Munich, the company develops complete sensor solutions for defence and security applications. As a technology leader, HENSOLDT drives the development of defence electronics and optronics and is continuously expanding its portfolio based on innovative approaches to data management, robotics and cyber security. With more than 6,500 employees, HENSOLDT achieved a turnover of 1.7 billion euros in 2022. HENSOLDT is listed in the MDAX on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.



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    Sponsors and Exhibitors
    https://www.otokar.com.tr/en

    Otokar Otomotiv ve Savunma Sanayi A.S. (Otokar) is one of the major automotive plants in Turkey, combining its own intellectual property rights with advanced engineering capabilities, technology, design & applications within its most modern manufacturing facilities.The company is a member of Turkey’s largest business conglomerate, Koç Group, which generates 7% of GDP and 11% of total exports of Turkey, the only Turkish company to be listed in the Fortune Global 500 list. Otokar has been selected by more than 35 countries in the world for providing innovative, effective & tailored solutions to meet the existing and future requirements of end users with its wide range of combat proven land platforms. More than 33,000 OTOKAR military vehicles are operating under different geographical and extreme climate conditions in the world and their combat capabilities are proven in the real combat situations in high risk areas. Otokar designs and manufactures a wide range of tactical armored wheeled vehicles including 4x4 COBRA, COBRA II, COBRA II- MRAP, AKREP II, URAL, ISV, ARMA 6x6 and ARMA 8x8. Otokar’s TULPAR tracked armored vehicle family is designed as a multi-purpose vehicle platform with its significant ballistic and mine protection and high payload capacity to meet the requirements of modern armed forces for all types of missions in the battlefield.



    Rafael

    Sponsors and Exhibitors
    http://www.rafael.co.il

    Rafael develops and manufactures advanced defense systems for the Israeli Defense Forces and the defense establishment, as well as for foreign customers around the world. The company offers its customers a diversified array of innovative solutions at the leading edge of global technology, from underwater systems through naval, ground, and air superiority systems to space systems. Rafael is one of Israel's largest defense companies, with 2016 net profit of $123 million and record-high orders totaling $2.8 billion. Rafael is the largest employer in Northern Israel with approximately 7,500 employees and numerous subcontractor and service suppliers, indirectly providing employment for some 20,000 households.


    Rheinmetall Protection System (RPS)

    Sponsors and Exhibitors
    https://www.rheinmetall.com/en/products/protection-systems/protection-systems

    Rheinmetall Protections Systems GmbH (RPS) is an independent protection systems provider within the Rheinmetall Group with a worldwide customer base and subsidiaries in Germany, Australia, Canada, Italy, the Netherlands, Algeria and UAE. This global presence allows close customer proximity, local added value and tight local cooperation.

    RPS has specialized in developing and producing high-quality components and innovative systems for the protection of vehicles, aircraft, ships and installations and offers a wide range of high-effective active and passive protection solutions coupled with soft-kill systems to its customers worlwide.

    RPS has a unique overall protection portfolio, comprising products and services for light-, medium- and heavy-duty protection. With its new hybrid protection concept combining active, passive and softkill solutions, Rheinmetall goes beyond classic systems and acts as a one-stop-shop for Protections systems. RPS thus has a unique overall protection portfolio and can offer 360-degree protection for land, air and sea applications.

    RPS's worldwide customers include national ministries and authorities as well as OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers/platform producers) of land vehicles, aircraft, and ships.


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    Defence Global

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    http://barclaymedia.uk.com/

    Defence Global provides an essential link between the Defence & Security Manufacturers and Suppliers, Government and Military sectors globally. Defence Global is a quarterly, tri-service publication providing articles and informative analysis from respected journalists and writers worldwide to attract a sophisticated and broad audience. Defence Global is published in February, May, August and November, with a professional and stylish design in both printed copy and digital format. The printed copies are perfect bound, full colour throughout with high quality art and photography. Defence Global is used as a reference tool providing a professional and intelligent read. We work with industry experts and corporate clients to include Defence and Security Manufacturers and Suppliers, as well as Governments, MoDs, Military Authorities and Senior Management Teams.


    Asian Military Review

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    http://www.asianmilitaryreview.com/

    Asian Military Review is ABC audited publication, read & discussed by key decision makers & advisors to Asia Pacific militaries. Published since 1993 it’s widely recognised as authoritative provider of unbiased & objective information to Asian military. Editorial content comprises capability analysis, special reports & relevant news coverage from the region. AMR provides information, opinion & facts allowing military professionals to track & understand defence developments worldwide, concerning equipment, training, organisation & doctrine issues. The magazine is a proven source keeping military professionals up to date on national & international defence & security issues.


    Defence Online

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    https://www.defenceonline.co.uk/

    Defence Online is one of the fastest-growing communities of key decision makers representing defence sector buyers and influencers within the Ministry of Defence, Prime Contractors and Industry. Providing up-to-date and informative news, insight and intelligence, Defence Online allows organisations to engage directly with a range of sector-based solutions, designed specifically to enhance their knowledge and understanding of this ever-evolving marketplace. No matter the size of your organisation, Defence Online has a range of advertising and marketing solutions to suit your business development requirements, connecting you with a marketplace worth over £19 billion annually in the UK alone.


    Global Defense Insight

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    https://defensetalks.com/



    ARMSCOM.net

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    http://www.armscom.net

    ARMSCOM.net is a B2B /B2G platform for brokers of military goods. ARMSCOM.net is dedicated for Aerospace and Defense Industry with database containing more than 4000 companies and 3400 defense industrial sectors. Add Company and Products Profiles. For more information e-mail: armscom.net@gmail.com or visit http://www.armscom.net, tel.: + 372 816 946 77


    Armada International

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    http://armadainternational.com

    ARMADA INTERNATIONAL is leading defence magazine which reports on and analyses defence systems, equipment and technology. Together with its Compendium supplements, ARMADA provides defence planners in the militaries, in government, in procurement and in the defence industry itself with the information they need to plan their strategies.

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    WHAT IS CPD?

    CPD stands for Continuing Professional Development’. It is essentially a philosophy, which maintains that in order to be effective, learning should be organised and structured. The most common definition is:

    ‘A commitment to structured skills and knowledge enhancement for Personal or Professional competence’

    CPD is a common requirement of individual membership with professional bodies and Institutes. Increasingly, employers also expect their staff to undertake regular CPD activities.

    Undertaken over a period of time, CPD ensures that educational qualifications do not become obsolete, and allows for best practice and professional standards to be upheld.

    CPD can be undertaken through a variety of learning activities including instructor led training courses, seminars and conferences, e:learning modules or structured reading.

    CPD AND PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTES

    There are approximately 470 institutes in the UK across all industry sectors, with a collective membership of circa 4 million professionals, and they all expect their members to undertake CPD.

    For some institutes undertaking CPD is mandatory e.g. accountancy and law, and linked to a licence to practice, for others it’s obligatory. By ensuring that their members undertake CPD, the professional bodies seek to ensure that professional standards, legislative awareness and ethical practices are maintained.

    CPD Schemes often run over the period of a year and the institutes generally provide online tools for their members to record and reflect on their CPD activities.

    TYPICAL CPD SCHEMES AND RECORDING OF CPD (CPD points and hours)

    Professional bodies and Institutes CPD schemes are either structured as ‘Input’ or ‘Output’ based.

    ‘Input’ based schemes list a precise number of CPD hours that individuals must achieve within a given time period. These schemes can also use different ‘currencies’ such as points, merits, units or credits, where an individual must accumulate the number required. These currencies are usually based on time i.e. 1 CPD point = 1 hour of learning.

    ‘Output’ based schemes are learner centred. They require individuals to set learning goals that align to professional competencies, or personal development objectives. These schemes also list different ways to achieve the learning goals e.g. training courses, seminars or e:learning, which enables an individual to complete their CPD through their preferred mode of learning.

    The majority of Input and Output based schemes actively encourage individuals to seek appropriate CPD activities independently.

    As a formal provider of CPD certified activities, SAE Media Group can provide an indication of the learning benefit gained and the typical completion. However, it is ultimately the responsibility of the delegate to evaluate their learning, and record it correctly in line with their professional body’s or employers requirements.

    GLOBAL CPD

    Increasingly, international and emerging markets are ‘professionalising’ their workforces and looking to the UK to benchmark educational standards. The undertaking of CPD is now increasingly expected of any individual employed within today’s global marketplace.

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