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Future Armoured Vehicles Survivability
17 November - 19 November 2025
Future Armoured Vehicles Survivability

Be part of the 10th annual Future Armoured Vehicles Survivability conference - the only armoured vehicle conference dedicated to survivability.

Collaborate across an unmatched 3 day programme - including an Active Protection Systems Focus Day.

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

As the only armoured vehicle conference dedicated to the area of survivability, the 2025 event will gather programme managers, capability directors, commanders from the military, senior engineers, chief scientists and platform managers from leading solution providers to discuss what nations are doing to protect their armoured vehicles and personnel.

 “Fantastic insight into future developments in great detail and great networking opportunity.” - Royal Tank Regiment, British Army
 

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Colonel Nicolas Mueller

Colonel Nicolas Mueller

Head Defence Procurement Cooperation, Armasuisse / Federal Office for Defence Procurement
Lieutenant General Tales Eduardo Areco Vilella

Lieutenant General Tales Eduardo Areco Vilella

Manufacturing Director of the Brazilian Army, Brazilian Armed Forces
Mr James Gavin

Mr James Gavin

Head of the Future Capability Innovation, UK MoD
Mr Tom Newbery

Mr Tom Newbery

Platform Survivability Group, Platform Systems Division, Dstl

Captain John Hutton

SO3 ISTAR, HQ 20X, British Army
Captain John Hutton

Colonel Jan Mazal

Head, Military Robotics Department, Czech Army
Colonel Jan Mazal

  COL. Doc. Ing. Jan Mazal, Ph.D., a graduate of the Military College of Ground Forces in Vyskov. Since 2005 he is a doctor in the field of the theory of Defence Management and since 2013 he is an associate professor in the area of Military Management. He is former Doctrine Education and Training Branch Chief at the NATO Modelling & Simulation Centre of Excellence in ROME, currently, he works as a chief of the Military Robotics Department at the University of Defence in Brno. His field of expertise is Military Robotics, C4ISR Systems, and Modelling and Simulation in Military Domain.

Colonel Nicolas Mueller

Head Defence Procurement Cooperation, Armasuisse / Federal Office for Defence Procurement
Colonel Nicolas Mueller

Lieutenant Colonel Charlie Valdes-Scott

Ajax Trials Engineer, DE&S
Lieutenant Colonel Charlie Valdes-Scott

  Joined the King’s Royal Hussars in 1994 for 4 years as a CHALLENGER 1 tank commander, before being seconded to the Army Air Corps as a helicopter pilot. A posting to Defence Intelligence raised my awareness of Russian and Chinese Armour capabilities before returning to the King’s Royal Hussars as a CHALLENGER 2 tank squadron leader. As a staff officer, I have recently completed a ten year stretch in Army Headquarters on the Armour Through Life Support desk and am now working with the team in the DE&S to deliver AJAX into service.

 

Lieutenant Colonel James de St John-Pryce

Former CO ATDU and Director, DeFennec Solutions
Lieutenant Colonel James de St John-Pryce

 
Lieutenant Colonel James de St John-Pryce commissioned into the Blues and Royals after a childhood in France and the usual schooling and university in England. With a passion for the role and challenges of reconnaissance, he served in the Household Cavalry Regiment on Scimitar vehicles before stints in training and at ceremonial mounted duty. After an Iraq tour in Media operations, he returned to Basra as the Operations Officer for the Brigade Reconnaissance Force at the height of the violence. Following a posting as Adjutant to the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment, he attended the Defence Academy Intermediate Command and Staff Course.
At the Permanent Joint Headquarters in Northwood, he was the J3 Joint Effects desk officer before being selected as Military Assistant to the Assistant Chief of Staff J3 (Operations) at the culmination of campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan; punctuated by the evacuation and subsequent bombing campaign of Libya. Returning to reconnaissance to command C Squadron of the Household Cavalry Regiment in preparation for a tour of Afghanistan on Scimitar 2. This was followed by tours on the Syria desk in Military Strategic Effects in MOD and the Foreign Office; as Plans Officer for the European Union Training Mission in Mogadishu and as Requirements Manager on the AJAX programme in Abbey Wood. He returned to the Household Cavalry as Second in Command and has more recently specialised in global crisis response as the J3/Operations and Africa Team Leader for the Joint Force Headquarters.
Foremost are his passion for flying (fixed winged aircraft), skiing (generally with a small parachute - speed riding) and reforming the Army's least useful anachronisms.
He has commanded the Armoured Trials and Development Unit since July 2021 and will shortly leave the Army seeking new challenges.

Lieutenant Colonel Nicholas Foulerton

SO1 Capability Integration, British Army Land Warfare Centre
Lieutenant Colonel Nicholas Foulerton

Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Rooney

SO1 Armoured Infantry, Land Combat Vehicle Program, AHQ, Australian Army
Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Rooney

Lieutenant Colonel Rudiger Rauch

Assistant Branch Chief, German Federal Ministry of Defense
Lieutenant Colonel Rudiger Rauch

Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Keegan

SO1 Battlelab, Army Futures, British Army
Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Keegan

Lieutenant General Tales Eduardo Areco Vilella

Manufacturing Director of the Brazilian Army, Brazilian Armed Forces
Lieutenant General Tales Eduardo Areco Vilella

Major Ivo Peets

EDF Future Force Development Project, Estonian Defence Forces
Major Ivo Peets

Major Joe Williamson

OC MCC TDU, British Army
Major Joe Williamson

Major Jon Coutts

SO2 Integrated Close Combat ICC, Army Trials Unit (ATU), British Army
Major Jon Coutts

Mr Chris Melkonian

Program Manager Advanced Amphibious Assault, US Marine Corps
Mr Chris Melkonian

Mr Dan Kalfus

Managing Director & Co-Founder, Eurotrophy
Mr Dan Kalfus

 Dan Kalfus is the Managing Director of EuroTrophy, a Joint Venture of Rafael, GDELS and KNDS Germany, dedicated to the security of supply of the Trophy APS in the European market.
Dan has been leading the Trophy APS campaign in Europe for the last 7 years and has gained unprecedented experience with introducing APS capabilities into the European Market

Mr Dwayne Hynes

Field Artillery Threat Integration Staff Officer, US Army
Mr Dwayne Hynes

Mr Harijs Osis

C-UAV Specialist, National Armed Forces of Latvia
Mr Harijs Osis
  •  More than 15 years experience working in civil/mechanical engineering fields;
  • More than 5 years as C-UAV specialist in JHQ FP in Latvian army;
  • More than 10 years certified UAV pilot (I class);
  • Certified Force protection specialist;
  • Certified Physical security specialist;
  • Certified Cybersecurity specialist;
  • Certified Fire security specialist;
  • Bachelor degree in Civil engineering;

Mr James Gavin

Head of the Future Capability Innovation, UK MoD
Mr James Gavin

 James Gavin is the head of the Future Capability Group (FCG) at Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S).

The FCG exists to help explore new capabilities so that they can then be exploited at scale. Increasingly projects are ‘Agile By Default’ to deliver early operational advantage. The Group works closely with all the Front-line Commands, DSTL and central MOD areas such as the DIU and DASA. James has served in the military, the civil service and industry before joining DE&S. He is a passionate advocate of delivering Operational Advantage through a better application of strategic thinking on innovation, inclusive cultures and sustainability.

Mr Tom Newbery

Platform Survivability Group, Platform Systems Division, 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.

Mr Tugrul Apa

Program Manager Main Battle Tank Systems, SSB
Mr Tugrul Apa

Squadron Leader Hugo Morris

S02 C-sUAS Project 6 Lead, British Army
Squadron Leader Hugo Morris

How Will You Benefit from Attending?
• Hear from world leading programme managers, from nations such as
the UK, USA, Finland, Czech Republic, Canada, Brazil and Turkey
• Join the Integrated Protection Systems (IPS) Focus Day and hear how
integrated protection suites are developing
• Pose your questions on the next generation of pan-European AFVs to
the experts behind the platforms
• Network with Programme Managers, Programme Directors, and OEMs
to set yourself apart from the competition

We offer sponsorship, exhibition, advertising and branding packages, uniquely tailored to complement your company’s marketing strategy.

Should you wish to join the increasing number of companies benefiting from sponsoring our conferences please contact:

Alex Darby | Sponsorship Sales Manager | +44 (0) 20 7827 6113 | alex.darby@saemediagroup.com

sponsors


Manufacturing Director of the Brazilian Army
Brazilian Armed Forces
SO2 Integrated Close Combat ICC
Army Trials Unit (ATU), British Army
S02 C-sUAS Project 6 Lead
British Army
SO3 ISTAR, HQ 20X
British Army
Head, Military Robotics Department
Czech Army
Head Defence Procurement Cooperation
Armasuisse / Federal Office for Defence Procurement
SO1 Capability Integration
British Army Land Warfare Centre
Ajax Trials Engineer
DE&S
SO1 Battlelab, Army Futures
British Army
Former CO ATDU and Director
DeFennec Solutions
SO1 Armoured Infantry, Land Combat Vehicle Program, AHQ
Australian Army
Assistant Branch Chief
German Federal Ministry of Defense
EDF Future Force Development Project
Estonian Defence Forces
OC MCC TDU
British Army
Program Manager Advanced Amphibious Assault
US Marine Corps
Managing Director & Co-Founder
Eurotrophy
Field Artillery Threat Integration Staff Officer
US Army
C-UAV Specialist
National Armed Forces of Latvia
Head of the Future Capability Innovation
UK MoD
Platform Survivability Group, Platform Systems Division
Dstl
Program Manager Main Battle Tank Systems
SSB

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Sponsors


EuroTrophy GmbH

Sponsors
https://euro-trophy.de/

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.


Exhibitors


BAE Systems Hägglunds

Exhibitors
https://www.baesystems.com/en-us/our-company/inc-businesses/platforms-and-services/locations/sweden

BAE Systems Hägglunds focuses on the provision and upgrade of vehicle systems for military and civil applications. These include world-leading combat vehicles, armoured engineering vehicles and armoured personnel carriers. Supporting our customers and the users during operational service is key and we provide a wide range of services to customers worldwide, including, modernisation services from simple to complex vehicle upgrades and enhancements through to training and simulation solutions.



Otokar

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.


Media Partners


Desider Magazine

Official Media Partner
https://www.des.mod.uk/desider-magazine/

Desider is our monthly corporate magazine, aimed at readers across the wider MOD, armed forces and industry. The publication covers stories and features about support to operations and equipment acquisition. It also covers the work of people in DE&S and its partners in industry, and other corporate news and information.


Defense Advancement

Official Media Partner
https://www.defenseadvancement.com/

DefenseAdvancement.com (DA) is a defense marketing and supplier sourcing platform, showcasing supplier capabilities across aerospace, land, naval and security domains. Operated by the team behind UnmannedSystemsTechnology.com, DA connects governments, armed forces and the entire defense and security supply chain, giving suppliers an online platform to showcase their technologies and capabilities.


Defence Global

Official Media Partner
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.


Defence Online

Official Media Partner
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.


Armada International

Official Media Partner
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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