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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 Daniel Fontaine

Colonel Daniel Fontaine

Director Armoured Vehicle Program Management DAVPM, Canadian Armed Forces
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

Colonel Daniel Fontaine

Director Armoured Vehicle Program Management DAVPM, Canadian Armed Forces
Colonel Daniel Fontaine

Colonel Daniel Fontaine joined the Canadian Armed Forces in 1999 under the Regular Officer Training Plan. He pursued a degree in Mechanical Engineering at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston and graduated in 2004. He then completed his officer training in the Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Corps in the Fall of the same year.

His first posting was as an exchange officer with the British Army’s 32 (pronounced “three-two”) Armoured Engineer Regiment in Bergen-Hohne, Germany. During those 2 years, he was the maintenance Light Aid Detachment second in command. He deployed to the region of Basra in Iraq in October 2005 for a six-month operational tour where he was employed first as a reconstruction officer and then as the maintenance officer for the regiment deployed.

On return to Canada in 2007 and upon promotion to the rank of Captain, Col Fontaine was posted as Maintenance Officer of 1st Battalion Royal 22e Régiment in Valcartier and then as G4 maintenance for 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group. In 2009, he deployed with Task Force Kandahar as J4 Operations and Planning in the Tactical Operation Center. Upon his return, he was appointed as the Operations Officer for 5 Service Battalion in Valcartier. In the spring of 2011, he took part to operation LOTUS in response to the flooding of the Richelieu River in St-Jean as the Forward support group commander.

Promoted to major in 2012, he was employed as the Production Program Leader of 202 Workshop Depot in Montreal. In 2014, he was nominated as the Officer commanding Regimental Coy at the RCEME School in Borden. He then completed the Joint Command and Staff Programme at the Canadian Forces College in Toronto and acquired a Master in Defence Studies. Upon promotion to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 2017, he was employed as the Leopard 2 program manager within the Director General Land Equipment Program Management, and then as the Canadian Army G4 Plans in 2019. In May 2021, he became the 29th Commanding Officer of 5 Service Battalion, and deployed as the Commanding Officer of the National Support Element for Op REASSURANCE in Latvia. Back in DGLEPM, he was employed as DLEPS 3 and COS of the RCEME Corps. Promoted to its current rank in January 2025, Col Fontaine briefly became the Project Manager for the Armoured Combat Support Vehicle project, and then selected as the Director Armoured Vehicle Program Management and Director of the Corps of RCEME.

Col Fontaine was born in Sherbrooke, Québec, he is the happy father of three children, Louis-Félix, Marianne and Aurélie. He lives in Cantley with his girlfriend Élyse Lalonde. He enjoys running, cycling, snowboarding and he practiced Taekwondo for numerous years.


 

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
Colonel Nicolas Mueller

Dr. Nicolas G. Mueller studied chemistry, physics and national security. 6 years research in laser engineering, worked several years as ICRC coordinator/delegate, 1999-2001 in Afghanistan. Worked 2001-2005 as international strategy consultant. Subsequently in Joint Staff as PM Swiss Information Operations Force. 2007-2016 he was the crisis management advisor to the Federal Chancellor, directed the federal strategic crisis exercises, organized yearly OECD conferences and advised the Swiss Government in crisis early warning and -management. 2017-23 Head Weapons and Ammunition at armasuisse. Presently Head Defence Procurement Cooperation. General staff colonel, former deputy head of operations (G3) of Swiss Land Forces and recon bn commander. Adjunct professor at Geneva School of Diplomacy, teaches national crisis management and future of warfare.

Dr Anna Mysyshyn

Co-Founder & Director, Institute of Innovative Governance Expert in AI Regulation, Cybersecurity, and Digital Governance, Institute of Innovative Governance
Dr Anna Mysyshyn

Dr. Anna Mysyshyn is a Ukrainian expert in AI, cybersecurity, and digital governance, with a
specialised focus on defence and national security. With over a decade of international experience,
she advises on the legal and ethical regulation of AI, autonomous systems, and emerging
technologies in warfare.
She has provided strategic guidance to NATO, the EU Defence Delegation in Ukraine, and the
U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy. As the Co-founder and
Director of the Institute of Innovative Governance, Anna has led 15+ national and international
projects focused on secure digital transformation, AI policy, and protection of digital rights in
times of war.
Her organisation serves as an official watchdog to the Ministry of Digital Transformation of
Ukraine, where she advises on AI and cybersecurity regulation. She also developed and authored
a cybersecurity training course for the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, tailored for military
personnel and focused on emerging threats and digital battlefield resilience.
Anna holds a PhD in Law (Ukraine), an LL.M. in Innovation, Technology, and the Law from the
University of Edinburgh (UK), and a degree in International Law from Tartu University (Estonia).
She also completed the Cyberspace and Society programme at the University of Oxford.
Her research includes work at the German Marshall Fund of the United States on the ethical use
of military AI, autonomous systems, and surveillance technologies. She was the lead author of the
GMF report “Advanced Technologies in the War in Ukraine: Risks for Democracy and Human
Rights”. Additionally, she conducts legal research on the admissibility of satellite and AIgenerated evidence in war crimes trials, in collaboration with Global Rights Compliance and
Edinburgh Law School.
A frequent speaker at international conferences and military briefings, she has delivered over 100
lectures, trainings, and presentations across 20+ countries. Her work bridges technical innovation
with legal accountability and democratic values

Dr Ender Ince

Technical Consultant, SSB
Dr Ender Ince

Dr. Ender Ince is a defence industry consultant and mechanical engineer specializing in driveline systems, automatic transmissions, and advanced composite structures. Since 2019, he has served at the Defence Industries Agency of the Republic of Türkiye, providing technical expertise for cross-drive automatic transmission programs, subsystem development, and long-term investment strategies. In addition, he lectures at Atilim University on transmission systems and armoured vehicle design, contributing to the education of future defence engineers.

Dr. Ince previously held senior engineering positions at Türk Traktör (CNH Industrial), where he led the design and development of advanced transmission systems, and at CES Advanced Composites, focusing on aerospace and armoured vehicle structures. He is the author of multiple international publications, holds several patents in driveline and braking systems.

Jan Gosewinkel

Vehicles & Trials Officer - BOXER Programme Division, OCCAR EA
Jan Gosewinkel

Born 1980

2000 – 2001 Military Service at German Bundeswehr, Sergeant Logistics Battalion.

2002 – 2009 Studies of mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Dortmund.

Diploma & Patent on vehicle protection in cooperation with German Army.

2010 – 2012 Research & Design engineer in an engineering service company

2012 – 2014 traineeship military engineering at the Armed Forces Academy Germany

2014 – 2017 National Quality Assurance Representative for wheeled and tracked tactical Vehicles

2017 – 2018 German Ministry of Defence

2018 – 2019 German Procurement Office BAAINBw – BOXER heavy weapon carrier department

Member of NATO LCG-LE, Designated National Expert NATO MBT & IFV WG

2019 – 2020 German Procurement Office BAAINBw – PUMA IFV department

Guest lecturer at the Armed Forces Academy Germany

2020 – 2024 OCCAR BOXER PD – Vehicle & Trials Officer, Protection & Mobility

Lieutenant Colonel Charlie AJ Valdes-Scott

AJAX Systems Requirement Manager., DE&S
Lieutenant Colonel Charlie AJ Valdes-Scott

Lt Col Charles Valdes-Scott joined the King’s Royal Hussars in 1994 for 4 years as a CHALLENGER 1 tank and SCIMITAR commander, before being seconded to the Army Air Corps as a helicopter pilot. A posting to Defence Intelligence as DI60b on the Armour desk raised awareness of Russian and Chinese Armour capabilities, before returning to the KRH as a CHALLENGER 2 tank squadron leader. He has served in Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, Afghanistan and more latterly in Eastern Europe. As a staff officer, he completed a ten year stretch in Army Headquarters on the Armour Through Life Support desk and is now working with the team in the DE&S to deliver AJAX into service.

 

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 Nicholas Foulerton commissioned in 1999 into an armoured regiment mounted on the Challenger 2 main battle tank.

He has conducted armoured operations in Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan and armoured training in UK, Germany, Poland, Canada, Jordan and Egypt.

Other appointments include deputy defence attaché, Cairo, armoured advisor to the Jordanian Armed Forces and on the staff at a divisional headquarters, the combined arms staff trainer, junior staff college and the urban operations wing.

He is presently responsible for capability integration in the headquarters of the land warfare centre.

 

Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Rooney

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

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

Main Positions (In Country and Foreign Service)
? Planning and Management Office Head at Brazilian Army Science and Technology Department
? Science and Technology Department Head Assistant
? Head of Strategic Affairs Advisory at Brazilian Army Science and Technology Department
? Supervisor of the Program of Transformation of the Brazilian Army Science, Technology and

Innovation System
? Head of Registration Section of Brazilian Army Supervised Directorate of Controlled Products
? Supervisor of M113 Modernization Project
? Brazilian Army Commander Staff
? Head of Ordnance Division at Brazilian Army Technological Center
? Deputy Industrial Manager at IMBEL/FPV Plant
? United Nations Inspector - Iraq
? Single Base Unit Chief at IMBEL/FPV Plant

Command Held
? Battalion Level: 5th Maintenance Army Depot – 2009 to 2013

Main Awards
? Command Insignia in Gold
? Military Medal, Bronze Attachment – 10 years of service
? Military Medal, Silver Attachment – 20 years of service
? Military Medal, Gold Attachment – 30 years of service
? The Peacemaker Medal
? Order of Brazilian Army Military Merit, Knight Degree
? Order of Brazilian Army Military Merit, Officer Degree
? Order of Brazilian Army Military Merit, Commander Degree
? Order of Brazilian Army Military Merit, Grand Officer Degree
? Order of Brazilian Navy Merit, Grand Officer Degree
? Order of Brazilian Air Force Merit, Grand Officer Degree
? Marechal Hermes Medal for Study Performance - Gold with one Crown Attachment
? United Nations Medal - UNSCOM
? Order of Tamandaré (Navy) Merit
? Armour Merit
? Medal of the Paraná State Fire Department
? IMBEL Honor Medal (President Vargas Plant)

Current Assignment
? Brazilian Army Director of Manufacturing

Liisa Nevalainen

Project Director, Common Armoured Vehicle System CAVS Programme , Finnish Defence Forces
Liisa Nevalainen

With over a decade of service in the Finnish Defence Forces, Liisa Nevalainen has progressed through increasingly senior roles in procurement, systems engineering, and programme management. Now serving as Project Director, she leads complex, multinational defence acquisition projects, bringing deep expertise in product development, contract negotiation, and lifecycle management, all within a mission-critical, high-stakes environment.

Major Freddie Burnet

SO2 G5 / ISTAR, 20th Armoured Brigade
Major Freddie Burnet

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 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 Elias Stipidis

Technical Manager, VRC EU
Mr Elias Stipidis

 Elias Stipidis (PhD, FIET) has 25+ years’ experience in delivering research and technology projects within the Lands Systems domain. He was in academia for 20 years; started in 1999 at the University of Sussex (where previously completed his PhD), and then 2010 he moved to the University of Brighton as a Professor of Vetronics, from where he left to work in industry in 2019.
From 1998 – 2019, he has worked with the UK MOD to deliver future capabilities research programmes contributing to the creation and maturity of Defence Standards GVA Def Stan 23-009 and NATO GVA STANAG 4754, and for his contributions he was presented in 2012 with the UK Minister (DEST – Defence Equipment Support and Technology) Acquisition Award. As Director of the Vetronics Research Centre, he was awarded Centre of Excellence status, directly funded by the UK MOD, 2004-2019.
Through his role within the EDA CapTech Land, he contributed significantly to the Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) and Capability Development Plan (CDP) for the Land Domain and has worked on a number of EU programmes including Active Protection Systems, Modular UGV Platforms standardisation and currently is the Technical Coordinator for COMMANDS.
Since 2022, he is the CEO of Vetronics Research Centre EU Ltd, and his expertise is in Electronics Architectures Systems Integration, Safety and Security, Embedded Systems Networking, and Interoperability

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.

Sam Cranny-Evans

Associate Fellow, RUSI
Sam Cranny-Evans

Sam Cranny-Evans is a defence writer and a research analyst. He is the editor and owner of Calibre Defence, a UK-based news and consultancy outlet focused on the defence industry and modern warfare. He is also an Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) and has previously worked as a lead analyst in land warfare platforms at the Janes Information Group for five years, where his primary role was the creation and maintenance of the Janes Armoured Fighting Vehicles yearbooks. His work has covered a range of topics including multi-domain integration, electronic warfare, and the war in Ukraine.

Squadron Leader Hugo Morris

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

Whose Attending Future Armoured Vehicles: Survivability 2025?

FAVS will bring together new industry leaders from companies such as:

  • UK MoD
  • US DoD
  • Brazilian Army
  • Turkish SSB
  • USMC
  • Australian Army
  • Czech Armed Forces
  • German Federal Ministry of Defence
  • National Armed Forces of Latvia
  • Swiss Federal Office of Defence Procurement

Why Attend Future Armoured Vehicles: Survivability 2025?

  • New for 2025: A greater focus on Lighter Armoured Vehicles, Smart Survivability Systems and the technology that enables it.
  • Hear from world leading programme managers, from nations such as the UK, USA, Czech Republic, Brazil and Turkey.
  • Join the Integrated Protection Systems (IPS) Focus Day and hear how integrated protection suites are developing.

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Conference agenda

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8:00

Registration & Coffee

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Chair's Opening Remarks

Mr Tom Newbery, Platform Survivability Group, Platform Systems Division, Dstl

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9:00

Ensuring Armoured Vehicle Survivability Suites of the Future are Capable of Meeting Emerging Threats

Mr Tom Newbery, Platform Survivability Group, Platform Systems Division, Dstl

  •  The overlap of survivability systems
  • Managing the cost benefit requirements of armoured vehicles
  • The need for integrated protection capabilities
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    9:30

    Session Reserved for Sponsor

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    10:00

    Morning Coffee

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    10:45

    Trophy APS – Enabling NATO Interoperability

    Mr Dan Kalfus

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

  • Trophy Overview
  • Updates on new 8X8 integrations
  • NATO APS Interoperability
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    Panel Discussion: Creating an APS Capable of Dealing with the Threats of the Modern Battlespace

  •  Current threats to armoured vehicles
  • Protection capabilities of APS
  • Future requirements of APS
  • Mr Dan Kalfus

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

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

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    12:00

    Networking Lunch

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    13:00

    The Urgent Need to Protect Land Platforms Against Non-Jammable Top-Attack Threats

    Colonel Nicolas Mueller, Head, Defence Procurement Cooperation, Armasuisse

  •  Paradigm shifts on the battlefield
  • Overview: non-jammable top attack munitions
  • Overview: existing protective measures for land platforms
  • Approach for a comprehensive protection solution
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    13:30

    Session Reserved for Sponsor

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    Overview Of the UK Mod C-UAS Strategy and implementing C-UAS on AFVs

    Squadron Leader Hugo Morris

    Squadron Leader Hugo Morris, SO2 Counter-small Uncrewed Air Systems, Project 6 Lead, British Army

  •  The growing overlap between C-UAS capabilities and AFV protective requirements
  • Hard kill vs Soft kill capabilities
  • Deployable C-UAS Solutions and the overcoming constraints to C-UAS Deployment
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    14:30

    Afternoon Tea

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    15:00

    Session Reserved for Sponsor

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    Latvia’s Deployable C-UAS Priorities

    Mr Harijs Osis

    Mr Harijs Osis, C-UAV Specialist, National Armed Forces of Latvia

  •  UAS Threats to the Latvian Homeland
  • Current priorities for future development
  • Overview of current Latvian CUAS
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    Chair’s Closing Remarks and Close of Focus Day

    Mr Tom Newbery, Platform Survivability Group, Platform Systems Division, Dstl

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    8:00

    Registration & Coffee

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    8:45

    Chair's Opening Remarks

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

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    9:00

    Integrating Systems onto Armoured Vehicles to Increase Survivability

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

  • Overview of current British Armoured Vehicles programmes: Challenger 3, AJAX and Boxer
  • Identifying lessons learned from contemporary conflicts
  • Evaluating appropriate changes to doctrine to compliment alternative protection systems
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    Panel Discussion: The Future Direction of British Army

  • Requirements from Industry Partners
  • Requirements of the modern battlespace
  • Requirements of the British Army
  • Lieutenant Colonel James de St John-Pryce, Former CO ATDU and Director, DeFennec Solutions

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

    Lieutenant Colonel Charlie AJ Valdes-Scott, AJAX Systems Requirement Manager., DE&S

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    10:00

    Session Reserved for Lead Sponsor

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    10:30

    Morning Coffee

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    Overview of Canadian Armoured Vehicles Programs

    Colonel Daniel Fontaine, Director Armoured Vehicle Program Management DAVPM, Canadian Armed Forces

  • Outlining current priorities for the Canadian Armoured Vehicle Program Management
  • Enhancing the capabilities of Canada's land forces by ensuring the country has effective and up-to-date armoured vehicle systems.
  • Current challenges, opportunities and path ahead
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    The Future Operational Environment

    Mr Dwayne Hynes

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

  • Overview of current and emerging threats to armoured vehicles
  • The role of the Threat Integration Staff Office in the Department of the Army
  • Integration of intelligence into capability development
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    Survivability Considerations from Armoured Vehicles in the Australian Army

    Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Rooney

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

  • Overview of AFV Capabilities in the Australian Army
  • The current challenges we are looking to overcome
  • Intended Future Developments
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    12:30

    Networking Lunch

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    Session Reserved for Sponsor

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    14:00

    Leading Multinational Common Armoured Vehicle System Programme – Development and Procurement of Mobile Survivability System

    Liisa Nevalainen, Project Director, Common Armoured Vehicle System CAVS Programme , Finnish Defence Forces

  • Building multinational R&D programme for modular armoured vehicle system
  • Leading continuous development of CAVS vehicles
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    BOXER Protection: Collaborative Multi-Nation Procurement and the Development of New Variants for Future Operations

    Jan Gosewinkel, Vehicles & Trials Officer - BOXER Programme Division, OCCAR EA

  • Joint procurement across multiple nations.
  • New BOXER variants for evolving missions.
  • Enhanced protection for future operations.
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    15:00

    Afternoon Tea

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    Development of an Electric Hybrid Drive System for Multi-Axle Military Vehicles

    Dr Ender Ince, Technical Consultant, SSB

  • Presentation of a recent paper
  • Work being done by SSB
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    Leveraging Emerging Military Technologies in Ukraine to Enhance Vehicle Survivability: AI, Cyber Threats, and Governance Challenges

    Dr Anna Mysyshyn, Co-Founder & Director, Institute of Innovative Governance Expert in AI Regulation, Cybersecurity, and Digital Governance, Institute of Innovative Governance

  • Emerging & dual-use technologies in Ukraine: Insights into Ukraine’s deployment of digital situational awareness platforms (e.g., Delta), AI-enabled decision-support systems, commercial satellite imagery, and drones — demonstrating how dual-use innovations are transforming vehicle survivability and battlefield coordination.
  • New threats from AI & cybersecurity challenges: Lessons from Ukraine on AI-driven targeting, FPV drones, autonomous systems, deepfakes, and cyber operations — exploring vulnerabilities of connected military platforms and the growing importance of cyber resilience.
  • Governing AI under fire: Ukraine as a real-time laboratory for developing legal and policy frameworks for emerging technologies, addressing accountability, interoperability, and ethical safeguards under International Humanitarian Law (IHL), with broader implications for NATO and allies.
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    Chair’s Closing Remarks and Close of Main Conference Day One

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

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    8:15

    Registration & Coffee

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    8:45

    Chair's Opening Remarks

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

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    Panel Discussion: Latest Tech Developments to Enhance Survivability and Path Ahead

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

  • Latest insights into where tech is going, and future priorities
  • Procurement and acquisition: current process vs future plans
  • Current challenges and path ahead
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    Upgrading and Updating the Capabilities of the Brazilian Army’s Armoured Fleet

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

  •  Overview of armoured vehicle programmes within the Brazilian army
  • Current and intended survivability development plans
  • Ensuring credible survivability on lightweight platforms
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    10:15

    Session Reserved for Gold Sponsor

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    10:45

    Morning Coffee

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    BattleLab as a Facilitator for Armoured Vehicle Survivability

    Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Keegan

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

  • Overview of the role of BattleLab
  • Bringing together industry, academia and defence to increase operational impact
  • Increasing engagement with end users to understand problems and issues
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    Session Reserved for Gold Sponsor

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    Protection and Survivability in the Future Armoured Brigade

    Major Freddie Burnet

    Major Freddie Burnet, SO2 G5 / ISTAR, 20th Armoured Brigade

  • How 20 Armd Bde have invested in modernisation against tactical systems
  • Critically, how a formation can renew and revitalise its structures and tactics to enhance survivability
  • Survivability as a function of protection to face the known threat with modernised capabilities.
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    Networking Lunch

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    ATU Work to Improve Armoured Vehicle Survivability

  • Current work being undertaken to improve armoured survivability
  • Overview of the ATU
  • Enhancing capability and reliability through trials and testing
  • Major Joe Williamson

    Major Joe Williamson, OC MCC TDU, British Army

    Major Jon Coutts

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

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    What Do Recent Conflicts Tell us About Vehicle Survivability? 

    Sam Cranny-Evans, Associate Fellow, RUSI

  • Heavy armour is still essential, but recent conflicts show adversaries can more effectively threaten it than in the past.
  • The main threat is drone-delivered shaped charges/HEAT rounds, which target a vehicle's weakest points.
  • Explosive reactive armour (ERA), active protection systems (APS) like Trophy, and statistical armour are crucial technical solutions.
  • Beyond vehicle-specific tech, a combined arms approach is vital, including counter-drone and counter-battery capabilities.
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    Afternoon Tea

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    Czech Development in Autonomous Capability

    Colonel Jan Mazal, Head, Military Robotics Department, Czech Army

  • Recent Technology Developments
  • RAS to enhance Survivability
  • Integrating RAS into formations
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    15:45

    Utilising Robotics to enhance formation Survivability

    Mr Elias Stipidis, Technical Manager, VRC EU

  •  The value of autonomous systems in manned formations
  • Autonomous support for forces
  • Overview of the VRC EU
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    Chair’s Closing Remarks and Close of Main Conference Day Two

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


    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
    Head, Military Robotics Department
    Czech Army
    SO1 Capability Integration
    British Army Land Warfare Centre
    AJAX Systems Requirement Manager.
    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
    OC MCC TDU
    British Army
    Director Armoured Vehicle Program Management DAVPM
    Canadian Armed Forces
    Head, Defence Procurement Cooperation
    Armasuisse
    Co-Founder & Director, Institute of Innovative Governance Expert in AI Regulation, Cybersecurity, and Digital Governance
    Institute of Innovative Governance
    Technical Consultant
    SSB
    Vehicles & Trials Officer - BOXER Programme Division
    OCCAR EA
    Ajax Trials Engineer
    DE&S
    Project Director, Common Armoured Vehicle System CAVS Programme
    Finnish Defence Forces
    SO2 G5 / ISTAR
    20th Armoured Brigade
    Managing Director & Co-Founder
    Eurotrophy
    Field Artillery Threat Integration Staff Officer
    US Army
    Technical Manager
    VRC EU
    C-UAV Specialist
    National Armed Forces of Latvia
    Head of the Future Capability Innovation
    UK MoD
    Platform Survivability Group, Platform Systems Division
    Dstl
    Associate Fellow
    RUSI

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    Speaker Interview - Finnish Defence Forces

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    Sponsors


    EuroTrophy GmbH

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    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


    3M

    Exhibitors
    https://www.3m.com/

    3M is a science-based technology company that is committed to improving lives and doing business in the right way. For over 75 years, 3M has delivered innovative protective solutions to military personnel that help increase operational effectiveness and mission safety in high-risk environments. Fueled by proprietary technologies and innovative designs, 3M’s holistic solutions help address the unique requirements of the modern soldier. 3M’s personal protective equipment solutions are designed to help improve soldier survivability while enhancing sustained combat and combat support operations.


    BAE Systems Hägglunds

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    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.



    Leonardo

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    https://www.leonardo.com/en/home

    Leonardo is a leading global high-technology company and a key player in the Aerospace, Defense, and Security sectors. With a dynamic structure organized into specialized business divisions, Leonardo commands a strong industrial presence in Italy, the United Kingdom, Poland, and the United States. Its operations are further strengthened by subsidiaries, as well as strategic joint ventures and partnerships, which include Leonardo DRS, ATR, MBDA, Telespazio, Thales Alenia Space, and Avio. At the forefront of multi-domain solutions, Leonardo excels in Maritime Reconnaissance and Surveillance, delivering cutting-edge systems designed to guarantee full situational awareness and early warning capabilities in both civil and military scenarios. These solutions play a vital role in enhancing operational efficiency, ensuring safety, and addressing complex global challenges across the maritime domain. Competing in the world’s most significant international markets, Leonardo leverages its technological expertise and product leadership to deliver innovative solutions that shape the future of Aerospace, Defense and Security.



    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


    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 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.


    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.


    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.


    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.

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