Conference Day One: 16th September, 2008

09:00 Chairman’s Opening Remarks

09:10 Keynote Address: U.S. Army Air Defence Plans And Programmes

• Changes in the threat
• Air and missile defence transformation
• Short-range systems
• Medium-range systems
• Theatre-missile defence
• Future roadmap

Colonel McCants
357th AMD
U.S.Army – Germany

09:50 Keynote Address: Future German Air Defence System

• SysFla System

Colonel Christian Ibrom
Deputy Commander of the Army, Air Defence Artillery Training Centre and Head of Combat Development Division
German Army

11:00 The NATO ACCS Programme

• ACCS programme overview
• ACCS functionality and structure
• Interoperability for Air Defence, including data links
• Replication of ACCS in Europe
• ACCS and network enablement
• ACCS and ALTBMD
• The role of ACCS for Friendly Force Tracking
• Enhancements and future developments

Mr. Alfredo Ianuzzi
NATO Air Command and Control Management Agency
NACMA

11:40 Polish Air Defence Requirements

• Short comments on Polish perception of:
• a) Air threat
• b) Future warfare
• c) Mid Europe landscape and its implications
• Our heritage – current systems capabilities and some ideas behind them (Army versus Air Force GBAD)
• Concepts for Polish GBAD (Including GBAD C4ISR)
• Basic requirements for GBAD systems
• Transition phase from current to future status – actually developed: systems, capabilities and pilotage programs:
• a) GBAD integration
• b) SAMOC concept
• c) Network centric organization enablers and test programmes
• ORCHIDEA systems capabilities
• Some communication systems considerations
• Common air picture AND 8211; GBAD participation to the RAP (reporting responsibilities, land navigation and orientation issues).
• d) SHORAD in an air base protection
• Actual status of programme to acquire new SAM systems.

Colonel Dr. Tomasz Jakusz
Chief Specialist, GBAD Department
Polish MoD

13:40 BAMSE - A Dedicated Ground Based Air Defence Missile System

• Saab Bofors Dynamics AB – A system house for
• Ground Based Air Defence Missile Systems
• The Swedish MSAM Project RBS 23 (BAMSE)
• BAMSE for the international market
• • Superior Situational Awareness
  • Integrated Air Defence
  • Interoperability
  • Optimized GBAD functionality
  • Optimization of missile and guidance
  • Growth potential
  • Cost effectiveness
• Summary

Dr. Hartmut Patzelt
Saab Bofors Dynamics

14:20 Israeli Air And Missile Defence Programmes

• Air and missile threats on Israel
• Implications to Israel’s security
• Israel’s air missile defence
• Mission
• Policy and organization
• Description of major air and missile defence programmes
• Command and control concept
• Future challenges

Mr. Uzi Rubin
Missile Defence Analyst, Rubicon Defence Consulting
Israel

15:30 MANPADS Vs. UAVS/terrorist MANPADS And Anti-Air Systems

• MANPADS Systems
• Countering UAVs
• Terrorist acquisition of MANPADS
• Terrorist acquisition of SHORADS

Mr. Jim O’Halloran
Editor
Jane’s Land-Based Air Defence

16:10 Starstreak – An Evolving System

• Changing user requirements
• Low-level and low signature targets
• Multi-role systems and missiles
• Precision strike capabilities
• Through Life Management
• Evolving the technologies

Mr. David Beatty
Vice President, Strategy and Business Development
Thales Air Defence

16:50 End Of Day One

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