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SAE Media Group is proud to present the 9th annual Airborne ISR conference to be held in London on the 16th and 17th October 2024.

Airborne ISR continues to be an incredibly important capability for militaries. Effective ISR enables kinetic assets the resources they need to be effective on the battlefield. Perhaps more than this, ISR is an extremely capable deterrent in its own right and modern dissemination technology and techniques enables forces to deal with threats before they can cause harm.

SAE Media Group's 9th annual Airborne ISR Conference seeks to cover in detail Maritime Patrol, Data Dissemination, UAV Technology, International Surveillance Cooperation, AWACS, 5th Generation ISR, Industrial Engagement, and Threat Evolution.

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Brigadier General Andy Clark

Brigadier General Andy Clark

Commander, NATO Intelligence Surveillance and Reconaissance Force (NISRF)
Group Captain Rich Berry

Group Captain Rich Berry

ISTAR Deputy Force Commander, RAF
Lieutenant Colonel John Plitsch

Lieutenant Colonel John Plitsch

Program Manager, Special Electronic Mission Aircraft (SEMA), Fixed Wing Project Office, PEO Aviation
Major General Matthew Jones

Major General Matthew Jones

Director Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Dir ISR, UK Strategic Command

Brigadier General Andy Clark

Commander, NATO Intelligence Surveillance and Reconaissance Force (NISRF)
Brigadier General Andy Clark
Brigadier General Andy "Spoo" Clark is the Commander, NATO Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Force (NISRF), stationed at the Italian Air Force Base (ITAF), Sigonella, Italy. NISRF operates the RQ-4D unmanned aircraft and conducts unified ISR operations in support of NATO and the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR).
Prior to his current assignment, General Clark was the Commander, 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The unit was responsible for ground attack, air superiority, air refueling, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, air battle management, control and reporting center, theater security cooperation and airlift missions in support of overseas contingency operations in Southwest Asia. Prior to that, General Clark served as the Senior Military Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia. General Clark received his commission in 1995 through the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps program at the University of Wisconsin. He served in several leadership positions at the squadron, group and wing level, including Director of Operations for the 99th Reconnaissance Squadron, Beale Air Force Base, California; Commander of the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates; and Commander of the 9th Reconnaissance Wing at Beale AFB, California.
General Clark holds a Bachelor of Science degree in atmospheric science from the University of Wisconsin. He also holds a Master of Science degree in Strategic Intelligence from the National Intelligence University, Washington, D.C., a Masters of Strategic Science from the U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, and was a Senior Executive Fellow at the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, Massachusetts. His military education includes U.S. Air Force Squadron Officer School, Air Command and Staff College, and Air War College.
General Clark holds the rating of command pilot with over 4,200 hours in the U-2S, the AC-130U, and various other aircraft. He accumulated nearly 1,400 combat hours during missions in Bosnia (1998), Kosovo (1999), Afghanistan (2001-2021), and Iraq (2003-2022). His awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster, Distinguished Flying Cross with Valor Device, Bronze Star Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal with seven oak leaf clusters, and the Air Force Combat Action Medal.

Brigadier General Kristen Thompson

Commander, NATO E-3A Component, NAEW&C Force
Brigadier General Kristen Thompson

 Brig Gen Kristen D. Thompson is the Commander of the NATO Early Warning and Control Force, E-3A Component at Geilenkirchen AB, Germany. She leads a team of international military and civilian members, representing 17 NATO nations providing Airborne Early Warning, Command and Control, and Battle Management capability for the Alliance.
General Thompson earned her commission from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 2001. She attended Undergraduate Pilot Training at Laughlin AFB, Texas, and then went on to fly the E-3 AWACS at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma. General Thompson has been assigned to the Office of the Secretary of Defense where she was the Military Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. In this capacity, she assisted the Under Secretary in directing all strategic policy and planning for the Department of Defense. She has served in a variety of positions, including speechwriter in the Secretary of the Air Force Executive Action Group where she prepared all strategic communication for the Secretary, Under Secretary, Chief of Staff and Vice Chief of Staff, Legislative Fellow in the House of Representatives, and Executive Officer to the Combined Forces Air Component Commander at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Additionally, she was the Commander of the 380th Expeditionary Operations Group, Al Dhafra AB, United Arab Emirates, where she ran the busiest, most dynamic airfield in the U.S. Air Force, consisting of 11 platforms which covered all five Air Force core mission sets across a 2.1 million square mile AOR. She was the former Commander of the 55th Wing, Offutt AFB, Nebraska, where she was responsible for organizing, training and equipping six groups and 30 squadrons executing worldwide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; electronic attack; and nuclear command, control and communications support. Prior to her current position, she served as the Air Force Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in NYC, New York.
General Thompson has flown and deployed in support of Operations NOBLE EAGLE, IRAQI FREEDOM, NEW DAWN, UNIFIED PROTECTOR, ENDURING FREEDOM, AFGHAN ASSIST, INHERENT RESOLVE, SPARTAN SHIELD, FREEDOM SENTINEL and OCTAVE QUARTZ.
General Thompson is a command pilot with more than 3,800 flying hours, including more than 700 combat hours in the U.S. and NATO E-3 AWACS and RC-135 aircraft.

Colonel Arturo Di Martino

Acting Chief of Staff , NATO AEW&C Programme Management Agency (NAPMA)
Colonel Arturo Di Martino

Colonel Bishane Whitmore

Deputy Commander, 319th Reconnaissance Wing , US Air Force
Colonel Bishane Whitmore

 
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Col Bishane “Doc” Whitmore is the Deputy Commander of the 319th Reconnaissance Wing, Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota. He assists the Commander with leading the premier reconnaissance wing comprised of three groups, 14 squadrons, and three detachments, executing a budget of $70 million and employing aircraft, equipment, and facilities valued at $3.8 billion.

The wing trains, deploys, and redeploys over 2,200 Airmen in support of Air Expeditionary Force and combatant command requirements. It also provides facilities and equipment support for the Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protections. Additionally, the wing is one of two locations worldwide operating the High-Frequency Global Communication System, providing operational support of senior leader communications for all Department of Defense agencies, including the President of the United States.

Col Whitmore enlisted in the Air Force in 2001 as a medical laboratory technician. He graduated from Saint Martin’s College and earned his commission as a Distinguished Graduate from Officer Training School in 2004. He is a graduate of the Army Command and General Staff College, the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, and the Lorenz Fellowship where he earned his Doctor of Philosophy in Military Strategy. His background includes flying assignments in the B-1B, MQ-1B, MQ-9, and RQ-4 communities. He has led or flown combat and combat support missions for Operations IRAQI FREEDOM, ENDURING FREEDOM, INHERENT RESOLVE, and FREEDOM SENTINEL.

Prior to his current position, he served as Chief of Staff for the Directorate for Strategy, Plans, and Policy (J-5), the Joint Staff, supporting the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Colonel Cristi Boangar

Chief of Land Forces Staff Deputy for Support, Romanian Army
Colonel Cristi Boangar

Colonel Florescu Virgil Nicu

Commander 18th ISR Brigade, Romanian Army
Colonel Florescu Virgil Nicu

Colonel Steven Curtis

Commanding Officer, 66th Military Intelligence Brigade , US Army Europe
Colonel Steven Curtis

 Colonel Steven Curtis graduated from the United States Military Academy with a degree in Chinese and Russian.

He has served at the tactical, operational, and joint levels. Colonel Curtis began his military career as a rifle platoon leader; he served as an assistant brigade intelligence information officer, a company commander, a battalion operations officer, and as an brigade executive officer, responsible for training human intelligence and counterintelligence servicemembers.

Colonel Curtis served as a Military Legislative Assistant for a United States Senator. He also commanded the 24th Military Intelligence Battalion (Operations) and served as the Operations and Plans Director for the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command.

Colonel Curtis holds a Master of Arts in Strategic Intelligence, a Master of Professional Studies in Legislative Affairs, and is a former Woodrow Wilson Fellow. He is a graduate of the Infantry Officer Basic Course, Military Intelligence Officer Advanced Course, Army Command and General Staff College, and a Senior Service College Fellowship at Carnegie Mellon University.

Dr Stergios Isaakidis

Programme Manager, AGS & UAS, NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA)
Dr Stergios Isaakidis

 Dr Stergios ISAAKIDIS was appointed as NSPA’s Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) and Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) Programme Manager in August 2023. In this position, he is responsible for the life cycle management of the NATO owned and operated NATO AGS core system, comprising a fleet of Global Hawk UAVs and the associated exploitation and dissemination elements, operated from Sigonella/Italy. In addition, the Programme is supporting multiple UAV fleets (operated by NATO and partner Nations comprising the UAS and MQ-9 Support Partnerships.
Prior to this assignment, Dr. ISAAKIDIS served as an officer in the Hellenic Air Force (110 Combat Wing, Hellenic Tactical Air Force), and received multiple service awards. In parallel, he has been lecturing software development and software life cycle management at the Technical University of Larissa, Greece. Subsequently, he served as a Senior Technical Officer and head of Branch at NSPA.
Dr. ISAAKIDIS holds a university degree in Electronic Engineering and a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering received from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Greece. He also holds multiple certifications in project management, engineering and integrated product support disciplines and training.
Dr. ISAAKIDIS is married with three children. He enjoys playing tennis and chess.

Group Captain (Ret'd) James Beldon

Former ISTAR Deputy Force Commander, RAF
Group Captain (Ret'd) James Beldon

 As an active service Royal Air Force officer, Group Captain Jim Beldon acquired over 3,000 flying hours on the E-3D Sentry, serving on operations in the Balkans, Iraq, Afghanistan and across the globe. He commanded 8 Squadron (AWACS) from 2012 to 2014 before serving in Defence Communications at the Ministry of Defence and as the RAF’s Director of Defence Studies. In 2020, he served in Baghdad as NATO Mission Iraq’s Senior Policy and Strategy Advisor to the Iraqi Ministry of Defence. He served as the Deputy Commander of the RAF’s ISTAR Force between 2021 and 2023 before leaving regular service and assuming a part-time Reservist role as a Group Captain in the UK’s Strategic Command. In civilian life, Jim serves as the senior Airborne ISR Consultant to Leidos Innovations UK.

Group Captain Edward Whitechurch

Assistant Head Integration, Royal Air Force
Group Captain Edward Whitechurch

 Group Captain Ed Whitechurch is a Fast Jet Weapons Systems Officer, whose service has spanned both Air to Air and Air to Ground roles on three front line aircraft types (Tornado F3, Tornado GR4 and an F15E exchange with the USAF), with staff experience in operations (UK Permanent Joint Headquarters) and management of Defence (Air Staff Strategy Team) and command experience on a UK Main Operating Base as Officer Commanding Operations Support Wing at RAF Waddington. On promotion to Group Captain in August 2023 he assumed the role of Assistant Head Integration within Air Capability Strategy.

Group Captain Rich Berry

ISTAR Deputy Force Commander, RAF
Group Captain Rich Berry

 Group Captain Berry joined the RAF in 1994, serving initially on the Nimrod MR2 at RAF Kinloss. Following a tour as a flying instructor at RAF Linton-on-Ouse, he returned to the Nimrod before posting to Air Command. Following Advanced Staff Course, he took command of 45(Reserve) Squadron, responsible for all aircrew training for the RAF’s multi-engine aircraft. After a tour in the Ministry of Defence, he served as the Programme Manager for the P-8A Poseidon MPA, and subsequently as the Programme Director for Poseidon and E-7 Wedgetail.
In March 2023, Berry was appointed as the Deputy ISTAR Force Commander.

Lieutenant Colonel John Plitsch

Program Manager, Special Electronic Mission Aircraft (SEMA), Fixed Wing Project Office, PEO Aviation
Lieutenant Colonel John Plitsch

 Lieutenant Colonel John A. Plitsch is a native of South Carolina and a graduate of the United States Military Academy where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Engineering in 2005. He holds a master’s degree in Systems Engineering from the United States Naval Post Graduate School.
LTC Plitsch’s assignments began with the 2-10th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, Fort Drum. He completed duties as a maintenance and flight platoon leader, company executive officer, battle captain, and assistant S3. Deployments included the National Training Center (NTC); Kandahar, Afghanistan; and COB Speicher, Iraq. After attending the UH-60 Instructor Pilot Course, he was assigned to 1-212th Aviation Regiment, Fort Rucker and had the privilege of activating and assuming command a new company charged with the execution of the UH-60A/M (Hybrid) Flight School XXI Program of Instruction.
After completing the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School, LTC Plitsch served at the Redstone Test Center (RTC) as a Flight Test Division Chief, Account Manager, and Experimental Test Pilot (XP). This was followed by an assignment within the Missile Defense Agency as the assistant product manager for the AN/TPY-2 Radar Program (strategic phased-array surveillance radar) and a Hypersonic Threat Defense rapid prototype program. He then transitioned to the Technology Development Directorate (TDD) at Fort Eustis, Virginia as the Chief of the Rotorcraft In-Flight Laboratory and Program Manager for the Degraded Visual Environment-Mitigation (DVE-M) Program. LTC Plitsch most recently served within the Program Executive Office for Aviation as the first Product Lead for the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) Modernization Product Office. He is currently in the Fixed Wing Project Office team as the Product Manager for Special Electronic Mission Aircraft (SEMA) and responsible for multiple high priority Aerial Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (A-ISR) jet programs and high-altitude platforms.
LTC Plitsch has completed all professional military training through Intermediate Level Education (ILE), Command and General Staff College. His aviation qualifications include: U.S. Army Experimental Test Pilot; UH-60A/L/M and Instructor Pilot; U.S. Army Fixed Wing Multi-Engine, C-12; UH-72; and various FAA certifications as a Flight Instructor and Commercial Pilot, including jet qualification in the Bombardier Global 6500. He is a Certified Acquisition Corps Member and holds the highest level of DAWIA certifications in both Program Management and Test and Evaluation.
LTC Plitsch's awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the National Defense Service Medal; the Afghanistan Campaign Medal, the Iraq Campaign Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal, the Army Service Ribbon, the Overseas Service Ribbon, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Medal. He has also earned the Army Senior Aviator Badge and Air Assault Badge.
LTC Plitsch and his wife Jenny of Ontario, Canada have been married for eighteen years and are blessed with four children: Jacob (16), Aubrie (13), Ryan (11), and Annika (9). The family is actively involved in numerous youth activities related to church, school, and sports.

Lieutenant Commander Taylor Stang

MQ-4C SME, CTF - 67, US Navy
Lieutenant Commander Taylor Stang

Major General Matthew Jones

Director Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Dir ISR, UK Strategic Command
Major General Matthew Jones

 Major General Matthew Jones commissioned into the Intelligence Corps in 1998. Over the years his operational service has included deployments to East Timor, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, the wider Middle East, and Afghanistan. He commanded 4 Military Intelligence Battalion leading the Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Groups of 20 Armoured Infantry Brigade and the NATO Very High Readiness Joint Task Force. After promoting to Brigadier he commanded the 1st ISR Brigade and the 3rd (UK) Division Information Manoeuvre Group. He promoted to Major General and became Director ISR within Defence Intelligence in 2023. This role includes responsibility for intelligence collection, command of strategic intelligence capabilities, ISR coherence across Defence, counterintelligence, and intelligence training.

Major Thibault Leroy

MQ9 Reaper Pilot, Training Squadron Deputy Chief, French Air Force, Base Aérienne 709
Major Thibault Leroy

Wing Commander Craig LeDieu

Officer Commanding 1 Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing OC 1 ISR Wg, RAF Waddington
Wing Commander Craig LeDieu

 Wg Cdr LeDieu is an Intelligence Officer whose career has been predominantly in the Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) roles but with experience in NATO and the Global Defence Network.

After 3 years as Non-Commissioned Aircrew, LeDieu was commissioned in 2006. After completing Joint Intelligence training he spent 3 years at RAF Lossiemouth in both Station Intelligence and on 12(Bomber) Sqn. After this he took on Command of the deployable imagery intelligence flight. This early career saw him deploy 4 times to Afghanistan in various roles.

Post promotion to Squadron Leader he continued his work within ISR as the subject matter expert for it within Joint Force HQ. Finishing this tour with 6 months in Kuwait as the ISR planner for the Combined Joint Task Force; it was this tour that saw him made a MBE. Following this Command within XIII Sqn saw him rise to be the Sqn Executive Officer and manage the Sqns midlife upgrade program for the UK MQ-9.

Promotion, and his Masters in Defence and Strategic Studies, during advanced staff training in India at the Defence Services Staff College, was followed by working at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe as the Section Head for the Russia and Terror Group analytical teams. He provided direct decision-making support to Supreme Allied Commander Europe during the lead up to, and commencement of, hostilities between Russia and Ukraine; he was made an OBE for his team’s exemplary work. Most recently he has spent the last two years in Singapore, writing the first South-East Asia Strategic Plan and as the UK’s regional lead within the Five Power Defence Arrangements of Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand. This latter tasking saw him secure agreement for Op HIGHMAST participation in the organisations exercises and ensuring that the agreements continue to be relevant moving forward.

LeDieu is married to Nikki and has a daughter Sophie aged 14 and a son Charlie aged 11. LeDieu spends his free time keeping his 1974 campervan alive, walking with his family, camping, running, providing a taxi service to his drama mad daughter and karting crazy son, and playing all manner of family games.

Benefits of attending

  • Hear the latest developments from leading international programmes from maritime and land domains
  • Discuss how nations are adopting and adapting technology to gain greater intelligence resolution
  • Explore how nations are engaging with on-another to disseminate and analyse information
  • Attend a conference where you can meet and network with leading programme managers
  • Understand how nations are adopting systems and technologies to secure information and decision dominance

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You'll get access to key subject-leaders from the UK, US, and Europe for interactive discussions focused on your challenges. Build a greater understanding of how the landscape has changed in the last year and the implications this has for you. Take your place at this conference and you'll come away with vital information into new advancements and emerging trends, that you won’t get anywhere else.

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Conference agenda

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8:00

Registration & Coffee

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8:50

Chairman's Opening Remarks

Group Captain (Ret'd) James Beldon, Former ISTAR Deputy Force Commander, RAF

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9:00

Joint ISR Multi-Domain Coordination

Major General Matthew Jones, Director Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Dir ISR, UK Strategic Command

• Generating ISR cohesion across the MoD
• Processing at the edge to deliver C4ISR
• Delivering information at the speed of relevance to the tactical level
 

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RAF ISTAR Capabilities for the 21st Century

  • Current RAF ISTAR Capabilities
  • Next Generation ISTAR Capabilities
  • Challenges for the 21st Century
  • Group Captain Rich Berry, ISTAR Deputy Force Commander, RAF

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    10:00

    Session Reserved for Gold Sponsor - Bombardier

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    10:30

    Morning Coffee

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    Leveraging AI to Fuse Data at the Speed of Relevance

    Group Captain Edward Whitechurch, Assistant Head Integration, Royal Air Force

     • RAF’s approach to AI
    • RAF and AI experimentation
    • Operational application of AI - RAF focus areas

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    ISR and PED in a Contested Operating Environment

    Wing Commander Craig LeDieu, Officer Commanding 1 Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing OC 1 ISR Wg, RAF Waddington

     • Countering the challenges posed by collection at range
    • Posturing for meshed approaches to ISR and PED
    • Data-centricity, and coping with ‘data deluge’
    • Data labelling, classifi cation, sharing, stove-pipes and availability.
    • AI/ML vs human-machine teaming
    • Flat vs 3D reporting in a dynamic operation environment.
    • Inculcating a GEOINF approach to analysis and production:
    Structured Observation Management (SOM), Object Based Production
    (OBP) and Disposition of Forces (DoF)
    • The critical enabling functions of Intelligence Requirements
    Management and Collection Operations/Orchestration Management.
    • How to advocate for ISR capabilities in a time of fi nancial austerity

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    12:00

    Session Reserved for Sponsor - Honeywell

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    Life Cycle Management of NATO's Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) System

    Dr Stergios Isaakidis, Programme Manager, AGS & UAS, NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA)

    • Overview of different types of UAV sensors/ systems/ ISR collection assets
    • The Agency now supports different types of UAV platforms supporting ISR
    • Agency (LQ) portfolio from Nano-micro all the way up to MALE and HALE
    • Provide a status update on where we stand with NATO and nations
     

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    13:00

    Networking Lunch

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    14:00

    Session Reserved for Sponsor- Leonardo

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    15:00

    Integrating New Fixed Wing ISR Assets into the US Army

    Lieutenant Colonel John Plitsch, Program Manager, Special Electronic Mission Aircraft (SEMA), Fixed Wing Project Office, PEO Aviation

     • Fixed-Wing A-ISR Modernization to meet Multi-Domain Operation
    • High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System (HADES)
    • Contractor-Owned, Contractor-Operated (COCO) A-ISR Aircraft:
    ARTEMIS, ARES, ATHENA, and JET TRAINERS

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    Afternoon Tea

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    How the US Army and Air Force are integrating new capabilities to ensure persistent ISR across all domains

    Colonel Bishane Whitmore, Deputy Commander, 319th Reconnaissance Wing , US Air Force

    Lieutenant Colonel John Plitsch, Program Manager, Special Electronic Mission Aircraft (SEMA), Fixed Wing Project Office, PEO Aviation

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    17:00

    Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

    Group Captain (Ret'd) James Beldon, Former ISTAR Deputy Force Commander, RAF

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    8:50

    Registration & Coffee

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    9:20

    Chairman's Opening Remarks

    Group Captain (Ret'd) James Beldon, Former ISTAR Deputy Force Commander, RAF

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    9:30

    NATO AWACS – Utilising the E-3A and Future Components to Provide Persistent ISR

    Brigadier General Kristen Thompson, Commander, NATO E-3A Component, NAEW&C Force

    • Introducing NATO shared ISR capabilities
    • Promoting joint capabilities for collective security
    • Adapting to changing scenarios to maintain comprehensive command and control across the alliance

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    NE-3A Upgrade Status and Sunset Considerations

    Colonel Arturo Di Martino

    Colonel Arturo Di Martino , Acting Chief of Staff , NATO AEW&C Programme Management Agency (NAPMA)

  • Status on the NE-3A modernization programs
  • Update on several minor modifications
  • Timeline to fleet retirement and follow-on systems
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    10:30

    Morning Coffee

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    11:00

    Session Reserved for Sponsor - Northrop Grumman

     • Northrop Grumman Overview
    • The Value of MQ-4C Triton
    • Airframe Performance
    • Multi-Intelligence Capabilities
    • MQ-4C Capabilities in the European Theater

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    NATO’S ISR Force: Fused Intelligence at the Speed of Need

    Brigadier General Andy Clark, Commander, NATO Intelligence Surveillance and Reconaissance Force (NISRF)

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    On the wings of change - Refocusing Strategic Unmanned Reconnaissance in the Space Era

    Colonel Bishane Whitmore, Deputy Commander, 319th Reconnaissance Wing , US Air Force

    • Refining global performance variables for disparate customers
    • Redesigning systems and processes to embody agility
    • Elevating partnerships for shared goal and outcomes
     

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    Networking Lunch

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    13:30

    Session Reserved for Sponsor

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    Adapting the Romanian Land Forces ISR capabilities for the Large Scale Combat Operation

     • Defining a new role and place in ISR architecture for Romanian Land
    Forces 18 ISR Brigades and Divisional ISR Regiments suited to the LSCO
    • Class 2 and 3 UAS programs as a vector for future transformation and
    adaptation
    • Future challenges and projects for better integration of multi-sensors

    Colonel Florescu Virgil Nicu

    Colonel Florescu Virgil Nicu, Commander 18th ISR Brigade, Romanian Army

    Colonel Cristi Boangar

    Colonel Cristi Boangar, Chief of Land Forces Staff Deputy for Support, Romanian Army

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    14:30

    MQ-4C Triton UAS Intorduction to EUCOM

    Lieutenant Commander Taylor Stang

    Lieutenant Commander Taylor Stang, MQ-4C SME, CTF - 67, US Navy

  • Introduction of MQ-4C TRITON capabilities.
  • MQ-4C TRITON and P-8A complementary operations
  • MQ-4C TRITON Capability Growth path
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    15:00

    Afternoon Tea

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    33rd ISR & Attack Wing – Evaluating ISR Capabilities

    Major Thibault Leroy

    Major Thibault Leroy, MQ9 Reaper Pilot, Training Squadron Deputy Chief, French Air Force, Base Aérienne 709

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    16:00

    Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two

    Group Captain (Ret'd) James Beldon, Former ISTAR Deputy Force Commander, RAF


    Director Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Dir ISR
    UK Strategic Command
    Commander
    NATO Intelligence Surveillance and Reconaissance Force (NISRF)
    Commander, NATO E-3A Component
    NAEW&C Force
    Acting Chief of Staff
    NATO AEW&C Programme Management Agency (NAPMA)
    Deputy Commander, 319th Reconnaissance Wing
    US Air Force
    Chief of Land Forces Staff Deputy for Support
    Romanian Army
    Commander 18th ISR Brigade
    Romanian Army
    Commanding Officer, 66th Military Intelligence Brigade
    US Army Europe
    Programme Manager, AGS & UAS
    NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA)
    Former ISTAR Deputy Force Commander
    RAF
    Assistant Head Integration
    Royal Air Force
    ISTAR Deputy Force Commander
    RAF
    Program Manager, Special Electronic Mission Aircraft (SEMA), Fixed Wing Project Office
    PEO Aviation
    MQ-4C SME, CTF - 67
    US Navy
    MQ9 Reaper Pilot, Training Squadron Deputy Chief
    French Air Force, Base Aérienne 709
    Officer Commanding 1 Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing OC 1 ISR Wg
    RAF Waddington

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    Speaker Interview - Lieutenant Colonel John Plitsch

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    Honeywell’s SATCOM technology leadership has enabled military organizations to enjoy progressively faster and improved connectivity. From on-board phones and faxes, to Swift64, to SwiftBroadBand, and to today’s Global Xpress powered by Honeywell JetWave and JetWave MCX’s network agnostic capability, this has set a new standard for aviation connectivity.

    With SATCOM research, technology, and support centers of excellence in Canada, USA, UK, France, and India, Honeywell has vast experience and capability in innovating, developing, manufacturing, certifying, and supporting SATCOM systems.

    Today, our SATCOM systems can be found on thousands of aircraft worldwide, across the General Aviation, Business Aviation, Commercial Air Transport and Defense sectors. Our extensive global support infrastructure ensures customers have access to expert support wherever they are.



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    Leonardo, a global high-technology company, is among the top world players in Aerospace, Defense and Security and Italy's main industrial company. 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 (defence 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 Solutions and Space). Listed on the Milan Stock Exchange (LDO), in 2021 Leonardo recorded consolidated revenues of €14.1 billion and invested €1.8 billion in Research and Development. The company has been part of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) since 2010 and has been confirmed among the global sustainability leaders in 2021. Leonardo is also included in the MIB ESG index.


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    CRFS is an RF technology specialist for defense and national security agencies who need to understand and exploit the electromagnetic environment. We work closely with end customers, system integrators and international partners delivering technologically advanced capabilities that provide actionable RF intelligence, real-time situational awareness and enable spectrum dominance. CRFS has a global reach and a leading position in the US and Europe. Solutions span the fields of spectrum monitoring, electronic warfare support, direction finding and geolocation, RF recording and I/Q data capture, and forensic wideband signal analysis. CRFS’s unique multi-mission RFeye ecosystem is a TRL-9 solution and widely deployed by leading NATO nations and allies. Systems combine scalable hardware / software combinations, equally capable of operating standalone or sub-systems for critical land, sea and air missions.

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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