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Battle Damage Assessment
26 February - 27 February 2003
Battle Damage Assessment
Key benefits of attending the inaugural European BDA conference:
1. Investigate, evaluate and improve BDA support to the joint force commander in order to facilitate operational decision making
2. Identify and prioritise potential improvements in BDA
3. Briefing from Joint Battle Damage Assessment (JBDA), Joint Test & Evaluation, Department of Defense (US)
4. Embedded workshop sessions on “BDA and Media Relations: Winning the War of Perception & Coercion”
5. Industry BDA technology updates on SAR, UAVs, Fighter Aircraft, Battlefield Sensors, and Space Systems

The conference is focused on the key areas of BDA Processes - mobile BDA, databases, reports, immediate target approval, command, training, and MIDB changes - and BDA Means - mobile target identification, common operational picture, virtual collaboration, and planned target approval.

Expert speakers include:
- Lt Col David Courchene, JBDA Deputy Test Director, Joint Battle Damage Assessment (JBDA), Joint Test & Evaluation, Department of Defense (US)
- William Comstock III, JBDA Program Manager, Joint Battle Damage Assessment (JBDA), Joint Test & Evaluation, Department of Defense (US)
- Commander Mark Black, USN CNO N780 C1, US Navy
- Ken Edwards, Targeting Technical Leader, QinetiQ
- Francois Devambez, ISTAR Business Segment Manager, Thales Communications
- David J Q Carter, Head of Reconnaissance, (EOS UK), Astrium
- Robert Mullins, Northrop Grumman
- Sam Macleod, Director UK Operations, Goodrich Aerospace
- Margaret Varga, Capability Manager, QinetiQ
- Dr Stan Tsunoda, Lynx Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), General Atomics
- Bob Marion, Program Manager, Eclectic Computing Concepts
- Andrew Bevilacqua, President, Bevilacqua Research
- Peter Jeney, Director, Intora-Firebird

Conference Chairman: Bruce Jones, International Defence and Security Consultancy

Conference agenda

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8:30

Registration and Coffee

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9:00

Chairman's Opening Address

Bruce Jones

Bruce Jones, Consultant, International Defence & Security

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9:10

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: THE JOINT BATTLE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT JOINT TEST AND EVALUATION PROGRAM

Lt Col David Courchene

Lt Col David Courchene, JBDA Deputy Test Director, Joint Battle Damage Assessment (JBDA), Joint Test & Evaluation, Department of Defense (US)

  • Background - the need for improved BDA:
  • Provide preliminary observations from Operation Enduring Freedom and primary test venue
  • Identifying and prioritising potential improvements
  • Co-ordination with the appropriate commands
  • Test and evaluation activity
  • Improvements and changes already incorporated and their impact on operations
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    9:40

    AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE

    Dr. Stan Tsunoda

    Dr. Stan Tsunoda, Lynx Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), General Atomics

  • SAR for Battle Damage Assessment
  • Using the method of coherent change detection
  • Lynx SAR
  • Results
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    10:20

    QUICKLOOK BDA – PERSPECTIVES FROM QINETIQ

    Ken Edwards

    Ken Edwards, Targeting Technical Leader, QinetiQ

  • Quicklook BDA
  • Utility of Quicklook BDA
  • What can be sent
  • Timing
  • Technologies
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    11:00

    Morning Coffee

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    11:20

    BDA & INFORMATION OPERATIONS

    Robert Mullins

    Robert Mullins, BDA Specialist, Northrop Grumman

  • The role of BDA in public affairs
  • The politics of military coercion
  • The range of adversarial actions in undermining the use of force: collateral damage, media manipulation, and force degradation
  • BDA and public affairs in Operation Allied Force
  • BDA as competitive advantage in information operations
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    12:00

    IMPROVING BDA

    Bob Marion

    Bob Marion, Program Manager, Eclectic Computing Concepts

  • The quantifiable result of ineffective BDA
  • Reviewing current BDA data collection
  • An analysis of required changes
  • The way forward to improved BDA for current and future weapon systems
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    12:40

    Lunch

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    14:10

    AFTERNOON WORKSHOP:

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    8:30

    Re-registration and Coffee

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    9:00

    Chairman's Opening Remarks

    Bruce Jones

    Bruce Jones, International Defence Consultant, Bruce Jones Consulting

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    9:10

    SHARED RECONNAISSANCE PROGRAM (SHARP)

    Commander Mark Black

    Commander Mark Black, USN CNO N780 C1, US Navy

  • Overview of the program
  • Platforms to which the pod is suited
  • Genesis platform – the F/A 18F, forward deployed with carrier air wings
  • Using medium and high altitude EO/IR cameras
  • Provisions for SAR reconnaissance, on board viewing/editing imagery
  • Using the pod for effective BDA
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    10:20

    SPACE & SAR

    David Carter

    David Carter, Head of Reconnaissance, AstriumEarth Observation and Science UK

  • Aspects of Space/Air co-ordination
  • Rationalised SAR system development and design
  • MicroSAR overview
  • QUASAR overview
  • Imagery examples
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    11:00

    Morning Coffee

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    11:20

    INFORMATION GATHERING

    Francois Devambez

    Francois Devambez, ISTAR Business Segment Manager, Thales Communications

  • Requirement for surveillance and reconnaissance
  • The different steps of ground image exploitation
  • Acquisition and selection
  • Short loop and related real time toolset
  • Dissemination and interoperability
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    12:00

    BDA Panel Discussion: Joint Forces BDA

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    12:30

    Lunch

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    14:00

    INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION

    Margaret Varga

    Margaret Varga, Capability Manager, QinetiQ

  • Collecting, processing and disseminating accurate BDA information through the proper channels
  • Co-ordinating BDA reporting with the intelligence community
  • Providing the warfighter with a significant BDA capability
  • Developing a real-time BDA strategy
  • Using the warfighter to obtain real-time BDA
  • Supporting the concept of “confirmed delivery”
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    14:40

    BDA SYSTEMS

    Andrew Bevilacqua

    Andrew Bevilacqua, President, Bevilacqua Research

  • Assessment Using Conceptual Graphs
  • Demonstration of an automated BDA toolset developed by the US Army under advanced research & development
  • How data is fused to provide knowledge for automation of the BDA process
  • Use of the Cognitive Object Reasoning Engine (CORE), to produce the conceptual graph knowledge bases and correlation engine for automated correlation of BDA information
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    15:20

    Afternoon Tea

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    15:40

    AERIAL BDA USING RECCE PODS & FIGHTER AIRCRAFT

    Sam Macleod

    Sam Macleod, Director UK Operations, Goodrich Aerospace

  • An overview of the programme
  • The Goodrich DB110 sensor system
  • Application of near-real-time data transmission to time sensitive targeting and BDA
  • Operational utility of EO/IR LOROP
  • Examples and analysis of day and night long range imagery
  • Updates and enhancements to further extend the operational utility and capability of the system
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    16:20

    UNMANNED PLATFORMS & BDA

    Peter Jeney

    Peter Jeney, Director, Intora-Firebird

  • How is the Firebird used for battle damage assessment and by whom?
  • Features of the Firebird which make it particularly well suited for BDA
  • Relaying information from UAV to AOC
  • Optimum environment for use
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    17:00

    Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Conference

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