Post-Conference Focus Day C: 23rd February 2012
Future Armouring
Rationale: There's no doubt that IED attacks are defining the armouring market, and with casualty levels in Afghanistan spiralling no threat area is currently facing more direct and urgent scrutiny. But Afghanistan is only one conflict, and the question is starting to be raised: are we putting all of our eggs in one basket? How far will mines and IEDs continue to define armouring requirements over the next 10 years? In order to avoid relying on costly, short-term UORs in future conflicts it is becoming more vital than ever to start defining what advances in armouring are available to meet potential future operational and capability requirements. Providing a dedicated day of discussion on the subject, the Future Armouring focus day faces head-on the questions that are starting to impact on procurement strategies for program managers across the world.
Top Benefits:
- Discover what direct threats will see resurgence in future conflicts: K.E. Rounds, C.E.
- Rounds, EFPs, EMPs, CBRNs,
- ATGMs, RPGs, Ballistic
- Missiles, RAM...?
- Discuss how far future composite armours will be able to take over the role of
- 'standard' steel plating, or whether such armouring will always be a necessity for armoured vehicles.
- Debate how concepts such as modular armouring could redefine 'mission specific' requirements and the everpresent
- Iron Triangle balance for future armoured vehicles.
Key Speakers include:
Dr. Ken Gabriel
Deputy Director
DARPA
Brigadier General Thomas James
Commandant, Armour School
US Army
Colonel Pekka Toveri
Commanding Officer, Armoured Brigade, PL5
Finnish Army
Jurjen Hoekstra
Programme Manager Support Officer, Boxer Programme Division
OCCAR-EA
08.30 COFFEE AND REGISTRATION
09.00 Chairman's Introduction
Chairman:
Lieutenant General Sir John Kiszely KCB MC
09.15 Considering the Future for Armoured Vehicle Technology, Systems and Platforms: A DARPA Perspective
Dr. Ken Gabriel
Deputy Director
DARPA
10.00 Assessing the Viability of Future Armouring In-Theatre in Line With Its Effect on Required Operational Tactics
Brigadier General (S) Thomas James
Commandant, Armour School
US Army
10.30 Developing New Requirements for the Danish Vehicle Fleet from Operational Lessons Learned
Major Claus Heesakker Johansen
Director, Study & Development Division
Danish Army Combat Centre
11.00 COFFEE AND NETWORKING BREAK
11.30 Envisioning and Planning for Future Battlespace Threats and Equipment Requirements
Colonel Pekka Toveri
Commanding Officer, Armoured Brigade, PL5
Finnish Army
12.00 Defining New Standards for Light Armoured Vehicles
Marc Chassillan
Director of Communications
Panhard
12.30 Maximising Survivability In A Changing Threat Environment – Now And In The Future
William Suttie
Land Equipment Science Gateway, DE&S
UK MoD
13.00 LUNCH
14.30 Identifying the Causes of Reduced Survivability in Current Armoured Vehicles and Using This Knowledge to Improve Predictions for Future Survivability Requirements
Piet-Jan Leerdam
Project Manager, Vehicle Protection, Physical Protection and Survivability
Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO)
15.00 Ensuring Better Troop Protection Through Fuller Understanding Of The Physical Impact Of Current AV Attacks
Professor Anthony Bull
Director, The Royal British Legion Centre for Blast Injury Studies
Imperial College London
15.30 COFFEE AND NETWORKING BREAK
16.00 Assessing Future Armour Requirements for Operational Vehicles
Major Brian Corbett
LdSH(RC), SO2 Coord
Armoured Trials & Development Unit (ATDU)
16.30 The Boxer Requirements Qualification Process
Jurjen Hoekstra
Programme Manager Support Officer, Boxer Programme Division
OCCAR-EA