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Future Armoured Vehicles Survivability 2024
11 November - 13 November 2024
Future Armoured Vehicles Survivability 2024

Be part of the 9th 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 2024 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

Brigadier General Nick Cowley

Brigadier General Nick Cowley

Commander, CMC, British Army
Colonel Duncan Mann

Colonel Duncan Mann

Assistant Head Ground Manoeuvre, British Army Futures Directorate
Colonel Steven D. Gutierrez

Colonel Steven D. Gutierrez

Project Manager DE M-SHORAD, US Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO)
Colonel William Waugh

Colonel William Waugh

Programme Manager, Armour MBT Programme, British Army Programmes Directorate
Lieutenant General Tales Eduardo Areco Vilella

Lieutenant General Tales Eduardo Areco Vilella

Head of the Manufacturing Directorate of the Brazilian Army, Manufacturing Directorate of the Brazilian Army
Mr Tom Newbery

Mr Tom Newbery

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

Brigadier General Nick Cowley

Commander, CMC, British Army
Brigadier General Nick Cowley

Colonel Angie Lapointe

Director Land Equipment Program Staff DLEPS 3 & Chief of Staff, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers RCEME, Director General Land Equipment Program DGLEP, Canadian Armed Forces
Colonel Angie Lapointe

Colonel António José Fernandes de Oliveira

Office of the General Staff, Portuguese Armed Forces
Colonel António José Fernandes de Oliveira

Colonel Antonio R. Llorens Perez

Pizarro Programme Manager, Spanish Direccion 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 David Franta

Chief of the Mechanized Infantry Development Section, Development Division, General staff, Army of the Czech republic
Colonel David Franta

Colonel Duncan Mann

Assistant Head Ground Manoeuvre, 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 Niklas Edelsvard

Head of Army Systems Management Department, Deputy Director Acquisition and Development Army, FM - Swedish Defence Materiel Administration
Colonel Niklas Edelsvard

Colonel Peter Cowell

Senior Army Advisor, UK Defence Security & Exports , UK Defence and Security Exports
Colonel Peter Cowell

Colonel Steven D. Gutierrez

Project Manager DE M-SHORAD, US Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO)
Colonel Steven D. 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, 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

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

Lieutenant Colonel James de St John-Pryce

Commanding Officer, Armoured Trials & Development Unit (ATDU)
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 Nicholas Foulerton

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

Lieutenant Colonel Rudiger Rauch

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

Lieutenant General Tales Eduardo Areco Vilella

Head of the Manufacturing Directorate of the Brazilian Army, Manufacturing Directorate of the Brazilian Army
Lieutenant General Tales Eduardo Areco Vilella

Major (ret'd) Kamil Balwar

Desk Officer - Project Manager, Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic
Major (ret'd) Kamil Balwar

Major Andrew Durfee

Assistant Product Manager, PdM Medium Caliber, PM MAS, JPEO Armaments & Ammunition, US Army
Major Andrew Durfee

Major Angel Cea

Techincal Responsible Pizarro Program, Spanish Direccion General de Armamento y Material (DGAM)
Major Angel Cea

Major Mark Lewis

SO2 Boxer Futures, British Army
Major Mark Lewis

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 Tarkan Turkcan

Director CV90 Platform, BAE Systems Hagglunds
Mr Tarkan Turkcan

Mr Thomas Honke

Project Manager Camouflage and Signature Management, Bundeswehr
Mr Thomas Honke

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.

Mr Tugrul Apa

Program Manager Main Battle Tank Systems, SSB
Mr Tugrul Apa

Senior Representative

Chief of Staff, NGCV CFT, US Army Futures Command
Senior Representative

Senior Representative

, Eurotrophy
Senior Representative

Senior Representative

, Rafael Advanced Defence Systems
Senior Representative

Squadron Leader James Hemmingfield

S02 c-sUAS Project 6 Lead, Joint Effects, British Army Programmes Directorate
Squadron Leader James Hemmingfield

Unlike any other event, the survivability conference is a meeting for the international armoured vehicle community designed around a series of focused discussions on the strategies and technologies being adopted to enhance crew and platform survivability.

As seen in recent operations, threats to the vehicle are increasing in both scope and size. Traditional lightly armed combatants now have access to an increasing array of lethal anti-armour capabilities. With the continued proliferation of advanced anti-tank weaponry around the world, and as armed forces pivot to addressing near-peer adversaries, armoured vehicle survivability remains as important a it ever has been.

This conference is a focused study on how to enhance survivability and addresses all layers of the survivability spectrum. Key capabilities that will be covered are signature management, situational awareness, armoured and blast protection, C-IED, vehicle obscuration systems, and an overall picture of integrated survivability.

Connect with those who are shaping the future of Armoured Vehicle Survivability in the world’s-only dedicated forum.

National military and government:

  • Senior OEM Engineers
  • Protection System Manufacturers
  • Professional Threat Analysts
  • Military trials & testing professionals
  • AFV Product Managers
  • Government Procurement Officials
  • Armoured Vehicle Operators
  • Industry:
  • Manufacturers of AFVs
  • Facilitators of MLU, MRO, and R&D services
  • Providers of protection systems – active and passive
  • Businesses looking to break in to the AFV market
  • Developers and innovators in military technology
  • Parties wishing to improve the alignment of military requirements with industry development

Transnational bodies:

Organisations seeking to coordinate and facilitate the interoperability of allied land forces
Those seeking to establish and strengthen partnerships with states and industry players

sponsors

Conference agenda

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8:00

REGISTRATION & COFFEE

  SAE Media Group and delighted to announce that Future Armoured Vehicle Survivability will feature an Integrated Protection Systems Focus Day for the very first time.

This dedicated pre-conference focus day will discuss the growing requirement for the overlap of protective capabilities as the proliferation of ATGM and UAS threats leaves armour is a vulnerable, yet solvable, position. We're thrilled to host a line-up of expert speakers from The British Army, DSTL, US Army's RCCTO and JPEO Armaments and Ammunition, German Federal Ministry of Defence and more, who will share insight into their programmes and unveil the latest technological breakthroughs.

This convergence of European military expertise shaping the future of armoured warfare and mounted close combat is not an opportunity to be missed

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8:55

Chairman's Opening Remarks

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

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9:00

Efforts Towards Standardisation and Commonality of APS Systems Throughout NATO

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
  • Adapting and responding to evolving and emerging threats
  • The requirement for standardised APS, as active protection becomes more common
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    9:30

    Developing Future Survivability Suites To Better Meet Contemporary And Future Threats

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

     Expanding the envelope of defeat
    Managing cost and risk for armoured platforms
    Ensuring the British Army is ready to face future threats

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    10:00

    Session Reserved for Sponsor - Eurotrophy

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    10:30

    Morning Coffee

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    11:10

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

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

  • The overlap of survivability systems
  • Managing the cost benefit requirements of armoured vehicles
  • The need for integrated protection capabilities
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    11:40

    Session Reserved for Sponsor

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    12:10

    Challenger 3: Programme Updates and Ensuring Platform Survivability

    Colonel William Waugh

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

  •  Overview of the Challenger 3 programme
  • Survivability systems on the challenger
  • Design considerations for ensuring Challenger 3 is best protected in the modern battlespace.
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    12:40

    Networking Lunch

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    13:40

    Employing Directed Energy Weapon Capabilities to Counter UAS Threats and Shape Enduring HEL

    Colonel Steven D. Gutierrez, Project Manager DE M-SHORAD, US Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO)

  • Expediting nascent HEL capabilities to counter the acute UAS threat
  • ‘Transformation in Contact’; Key insights into DE M-SHORAD and P-HEL Employment
  • Shaping a RCCTO DE Enduring program to transition to PEO Missiles & Space
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    14:10

    Session Reserved for Sponsor - Rafael

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    14:40

    C-UAS at the Tactical Edge

    Major Andrew Durfee

    Major Andrew Durfee, Assistant Product Manager, PdM Medium Caliber, PM MAS, JPEO Armaments & Ammunition, US Army

     
  •  Problem Statement: Current cost exchange ratio is too high using current C-UAS methods
  • Limited proliferation of C-UAS capabilities at the tactical level
  • Every maneuver platform as a C-UAS platform
  • How PM MAS is enabling any medium caliber platform to take on a C-UAS role through proximity munitions
  • Future concepts for smarter munitions for platforms and dismounted soldiers.
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    15:10

    Afternoon Tea

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    15:40

    CUAS on German Armoured Vehicules

    Lieutenant Colonel Rudiger Rauch

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

  •  Overview of current German CUAS Capability
  • Employment of CUAS on armoured platforms
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    16:10

    Session Reserved for Sponsor - Elbit

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    16:40

    Panel Discussion: Navigating the Contemporary Threat Environment

  • The main threats to armoured vehicles
  • Systems for defeating these threats
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    17:10

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

    Squadron Leader James Hemmingfield

    Squadron Leader James Hemmingfield, S02 c-sUAS Project 6 Lead, Joint Effects, British Army Programmes Directorate

  • 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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    17:40

    Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

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    8:00

    Registration & Coffee

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    8:55

    Chairman's Opening Remarks

    Lieutenant Colonel James de St John-Pryce, Commanding Officer, Armoured Trials & Development Unit (ATDU)

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    9:00

    The Future Direction of Armoured Forces within the British Army

    Brigadier General Nick Cowley

    Brigadier General Nick Cowley, Commander, CMC, British Army

  • The current role of the Armoured Force within the British Army
  • Ways the force will develop in the future and how new systems will augment and improve the force
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    9:30

    Changing the Ways Armoured Vehicle Survivability Is Viewed

    Lieutenant Colonel Nicholas Foulerton

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

  • Identifying lessons learned from contemporary conflicts
  • Evaluating appropriate changes to doctrine to compliment alternative protection systems
  • Assessing the limits of protection systems – to compensate with alternative sources of protection
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    10:00

    Session Reserved for Sponsor - Leonardo

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    10:30

    Morning Coffee

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    11:00

    Modernization Strategy Of Czech Armed Forces’ Armour Land Capability

  •  Integration of Leopard 2A4 MBT
  • Modernization of T-72 fleet to meet current operational requirements
  • Lessons learned from Russo-Ukrainian War on armored vehicle combat
  • Future requirements for Czech Armed Forces’ armored vehicle fleets
  • Colonel David Franta

    Colonel David Franta, Chief of the Mechanized Infantry Development Section, Development Division, General staff, Army of the Czech republic

    Major (ret'd) Kamil Balwar

    Major (ret'd) Kamil Balwar, Desk Officer - Project Manager, Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic

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    11:30

    Fulfilling Survivability Potential through Designing Around the Human Operator

    Mr Tarkan Turkcan

    Mr Tarkan Turkcan, Director CV90 Platform, BAE Systems Hagglunds

  •  The human and machine
  • Ever growing calibres
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    12:00

    CV90 in the Swedish Armed Forces

    Colonel Niklas Edelsvard

    Colonel Niklas Edelsvard, Head of Army Systems Management Department, Deputy Director Acquisition and Development Army, FM - Swedish Defence Materiel Administration

  •  The role of CV90 and recent survivability developments
  • Successes and Challenges of modernisation efforts on the CV90
  • Lethality and situational awareness as forms of survivability
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    12:30

    Joint Q&A

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    13:00

    Networking Lunch

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    14:00

    Survivability on IFVs: Portuguese Army Insights

    Colonel António José Fernandes de Oliveira

    Colonel António José Fernandes de Oliveira, Office of the General Staff, Portuguese Armed Forces

  •  Survivability on the Piranha AFV
  • Recent survavibility updates within the Portuguese Army
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    14:30

    Session Reserved for Sponsor Panel Discussion - ABBS

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    15:00

    Blast Protection Against Man Portable Anti-Tank Weaponry

    Mr Tugrul Apa

    Mr Tugrul Apa, Program Manager Main Battle Tank Systems, SSB

  •  Overview of threats to vehicles posed by dismounted infantry
  • Protection Suites and Armour Systems currently available to counter these threats
  • Areas for development and improvement
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    15:30

    Afternoon Tea

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    16:00

    Force Protection Panel Discussion

  • Pattern generation, new patterns and the principle behind it
  • Areas for development and improvement
  •  AI Based Measurement Tools
  • Senior Representative

    Senior Representative, , Rafael Advanced Defence Systems

    Senior Representative

    Senior Representative, , Eurotrophy

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    16:30

    Session Reserved for Sponsor

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    17:00

    Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two

    Lieutenant Colonel James de St John-Pryce, Commanding Officer, Armoured Trials & Development Unit (ATDU)

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    8:30

    Registration & Coffee

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    8:55

    Chairman's Opening Remarks

    Lieutenant Colonel James de St John-Pryce, Commanding Officer, Armoured Trials & Development Unit (ATDU)

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    9:00

    Upgrading and Updating the Capabilities of the Brazilian Army’s Armoured Fleet

    Lieutenant General Tales Eduardo Areco Vilella

    Lieutenant General Tales Eduardo Areco Vilella, Head of the Manufacturing Directorate of the Brazilian Army, Manufacturing Directorate of the Brazilian Army

  •  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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    9:30

    Session Reserved for Sponsor

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    10:00

    Next Generation Combat Vehicles – Formation ready

    Senior Representative

    Senior Representative, Chief of Staff, NGCV CFT, US Army Futures Command

  • Formation Based Approach
  • How We Learn & What We Are Learning
  • Mounted Formation Transformation
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    10:30

    Morning Coffee

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    11:00

    Optimising Survivability through Increased Protection, Lethality and Mobility

    Major Mark Lewis

    Major Mark Lewis, SO2 Boxer Futures, British Army

  •  Boxer TLCM overview
  • Protection, Lethality and, Mobility TLCM opportunities
  • Achieving the optimal mix to maximise survivability
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    11:30

    Session Reserved for Sponsor

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    12:00

    Boxer Futures Panel Discussion

  • Current Boxer developments
  • Future ambitions for MIV
  • International opportunities for the platform
  • Lieutenant Colonel James de St John-Pryce, Commanding Officer, Armoured Trials & Development Unit (ATDU)

    Major Mark Lewis

    Major Mark Lewis, SO2 Boxer Futures, British Army

    Colonel Peter Cowell

    Colonel Peter Cowell, Senior Army Advisor, UK Defence Security & Exports , UK Defence and Security Exports

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    12:30

    Networking Lunch

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    13:30

    Improving Armoured Survivability Through the Armoured Vehicles Programmes

  •  Overview of the Armoured Vehicles Programmes
  • Intended future survivability developments on the programme
  • Colonel Antonio R. Llorens Perez, Pizarro Programme Manager, Spanish Direccion General de Armamento y Material (DGAM)

    Major Angel Cea

    Major Angel Cea, Techincal Responsible Pizarro Program, Spanish Direccion General de Armamento y Material (DGAM)

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    14:00

    Session Reserved for Sponsor - Renk

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    14:30

    Overview of Current Canadian Armored Vehicle Programmes - Virtual

    Colonel Angie Lapointe

    Colonel Angie Lapointe, Director Land Equipment Program Staff DLEPS 3 & Chief of Staff, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers RCEME, Director General Land Equipment Program DGLEP, Canadian Armed Forces

  • Survivability Updates for Armor
  • Maintaining, Upgrading or Replacing
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    15:00

    Afternoon Tea

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    15:30

    Session Reserved for Sponsor

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    16:00

    Survivability Considerations on Amphibious Platforms and program updates

    Colonel Timothy Hough, Program Manager Advanced Amphibious Assault, US Marine Corps

  •  Survivability in Amphibious operations
  • Overview of the AAA Program
  • Ways survivability on AAA will be enhanced
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    17:00

    Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Three

    Lieutenant Colonel James de St John-Pryce, Commanding Officer, Armoured Trials & Development Unit (ATDU)


    Commander, CMC
    British Army
    Director Land Equipment Program Staff DLEPS 3 & Chief of Staff, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers RCEME, Director General Land Equipment Program DGLEP
    Canadian Armed Forces
    Office of the General Staff
    Portuguese Armed Forces
    Pizarro Programme Manager
    Spanish Direccion General de Armamento y Material (DGAM)
    Chief of the Mechanized Infantry Development Section
    Development Division, General staff, Army of the Czech republic
    Assistant Head Ground Manoeuvre
    British Army Futures Directorate
    Head of Army Systems Management Department, Deputy Director Acquisition and Development Army
    FM - Swedish Defence Materiel Administration
    Senior Army Advisor, UK Defence Security & Exports
    UK Defence and Security Exports
    Project Manager DE M-SHORAD
    US Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO)
    Program Manager Advanced Amphibious Assault
    US Marine Corps
    Programme Manager, Armour MBT Programme
    British Army Programmes Directorate
    Commanding Officer
    Armoured Trials & Development Unit (ATDU)
    SO1 Capability Integration
    British Army Land Warfare Centre
    Assistant Branch Chief
    Federal Ministry of Defense, Germany
    Head of the Manufacturing Directorate of the Brazilian Army
    Manufacturing Directorate of the Brazilian Army
    Desk Officer - Project Manager
    Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic
    Assistant Product Manager, PdM Medium Caliber, PM MAS, JPEO Armaments & Ammunition
    US Army
    Techincal Responsible Pizarro Program
    Spanish Direccion General de Armamento y Material (DGAM)
    SO2 Boxer Futures
    British Army
    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
    Director CV90 Platform
    BAE Systems Hagglunds
    Project Manager Camouflage and Signature Management
    Bundeswehr
    Lead, Platform Survivability Group
    UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl)
    Program Manager Main Battle Tank Systems
    SSB
    Chief of Staff, NGCV CFT
    US Army Futures Command
    Eurotrophy
    Rafael Advanced Defence Systems
    S02 c-sUAS Project 6 Lead, Joint Effects
    British Army Programmes Directorate

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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.

    • Global Acceleration. The ABBS VGAM™ (Vehicle Global Acceleration Mitigation) system has been fully proven by testing in the UK during 2017 and in August 2018 by a large-scale test in the USA. The system can completely eliminate Global Acceleration due to the mine blast. The immensely powerful patented, easily fitted, lightweight, Linear Rocket Motor (LRM™) countermeasures initiate in less than 3ms after the mine blast and can deliver nearly all their impulse in another 20 – 30ms to counteract the mine blast lifting forces and keep the vehicle on the ground. The system is being evaluated and developed to TRL6 under a CRADA with TARDEC.

    • New Development – Active Belly Plate System – A new active system designed to counteract the initial high peak of the mine blast force/time curve is being developed. It is anticipated that the system will enable a substantial reduction in belly plate weight which can translate into full 6kg underbelly protection for light commercial vehicles such as a Toyota Land Cruiser at a reasonable weight and cost without the need to use the Linear Rocket Motors to control Global Acceleration.

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



    BAE Systems Hägglunds

    Sponsors
    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.



    Elbit Systems

    Sponsors
    http://www.elbitsystems.com

    Elbit Systems Land is a wholly owned subsidiary of Elbit Systems, a reputable global company which earned its worldwide recognition through its high-quality design and manufacturing, precision engineering and strict conformity to design specifications and contract requirements.

    As a defense and weapons systems house Elbit Systems Land is specializing in the design, development, ?manufacture and integration of guns, mortars, remote-controlled weapon systems, manned and unmanned turrets, tanks and combat vehicles upgrade and modernization, artillery howitzers and mortars, as well as comprehensive, high-performance array of precision ammunition, rocket solutions and combat mobility, survivability and protection systems.

    The combat-proven advanced solutions for the modern battlefield, homeland security, and terror threats, offered by Elbit Systems Land, are developed by vertically integrated expert teams, are ?based on the extensive experience of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), and have been qualified by the IDF, U.S. Military (Army, Air ?Force, and Navy), and NATO member states.

    Having a worldwide presence, along with business partnerships with major international defense industries, Elbit Systems Land leads and is a party to large-scale defense projects, including programs involving local industry production, and transfer of technology and production know-how programs aiming at assisting in advancing local industries and manufacturing of local, tailor-made solutions.

    On November 2018, Elbit Systems acquired 100% of IMI Systems, which is now an integral part of Elbit Systems Land Division. Established in 1933, IMI Systems is a leading defense systems house, specializing in the development, manufacture, upgrade and integration of end-to-end defensive solutions for the modern battlefield. IMI’s world class, combat-proven weapon systems are based on the extensive field experience of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), and company’s systems and products have been qualified by the IDF, US military and other NATO members.



    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.



    Leonardo

    Sponsors
    http://www.leonardo.com

    Leonardo, a global high-technology company, is among the top world players in Aerospace, Defence and Security. Organised into five business divisions, Leonardo has a significant industrial presence in Italy, the United Kingdom, Poland and the USA, where it also operates through subsidiaries that include Leonardo DRS (defense electronics), and joint ventures and partnerships: ATR, MBDA, Telespazio, Thales Alenia Space and Avio. Leonardo competes in the most important international markets by leveraging its areas of technological and product leadership (Helicopters, Aircraft, Aerostructures, Electronics, Cyber Security and Space.



    Rafael

    Sponsors
    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.


    RENK

    Sponsors
    https://www.renk.com/de

    The RENK Group is a global leader for high-efficiency propulsion and drivetrain technology. We provide systems to ensure the reliable deployment of strong forces to set vehicles, vessels, and machinery in motion. Customers and users across world-wide defense, energy and industry sectors trust RENK’s engineered solutions for their performance and endurance in maximum-duty and minimum-tolerance missions.

    A technology leader and trusted partner for 150 years


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    INVISIO

    Exhibitors
    http://www.invisio.com.

    INVISIO is a global market leader within advanced communication and hearing protection systems for security and defense forces. The company develops and sells advanced systems that enable professionals in noisy and mission critical environments to communicate and work effectively, while protecting their hearing.

    INVISIO systems are based on simplicity, modularity and flexibility to fit the communication needs of both the mounted and dismounted professional, regardless of operational requirements.Seamless plug and play integration between headsets, control units, intercoms, and interface cables is key to the versatility of the INVISIO system, as it allows for deployment of new equipment without the need for updating existing INVISIO equipment.

    The solutions are developed for specific end-user applications and marketed under the two brands INVISIO and Racal Acoustics. Sales are via the headquarters in Copenhagen and sales offices in the USA, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, and Thailand and via a global network of partners. Read more on www.invisio.com.



    Kiddle Deugra

    Exhibitors
    http://www.kidde-deugra.com/

    INNOVATIVE FIRE PROTECTION FOR COMPLEX REQUIREMENTS: Fire fighting system: automatic engine compartment detection and extinguishing

    Fire suppression system: crew compartment protection in case of explosive fires in < 150 ms

    External fire fighting system: to protect sensitive areas in the underfloor area and the roof


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