FSAD Conference Day 1 (25 June)

8:50 am - 9:00 am CHAIRMANS OPENING REMARKS

9:00 am - 9:30 am OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS: A UK APPROACH TO GBAD IN A MANOEUVRE DIVISIONAL WARFIGHTING CONTEXT

• The role of IAMD in enhancing expeditionary warfighting capabilities: defending assets or defeating

enemy ISR forward?

• How much integration to aim for between MRAD and SHORAD systems?

9:30 am - 10:00 am RESERVED FOR INDUSTRY INSIGHTS

10:00 am - 10:30 am US AIR DEFENCE PRESCENCE IN EUROPE

• Overview of 10th AAMDC: Missions, Equipment and Current Priorities

• The importance of ensuring strategic Air Defence at Sea Ports, in order to protect supply chains and

ensure rapid deployment capabilities

• Lessons from the Ukrainian conflict and implications for future European Air Defence


Colonel Lisa Bartel, Deputy Commanding Officer, 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command30

11:00 am - 11:30 am A UK PERSPECTIVE ON AIR DEFENCE

• An overview of the West’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in terms of complex munitions

(Granting in Kind, Resilience, Replenishment, ESSI, DIAMOND etc)

• The realities of Resilience and Replenishment, and the government to industry relationship in dealing

with the increasing munitions demand

• The importance of export and international collaboration and the requirement for interoperability to meet

the future munitions demands

Lieutenant Colonel James Alder, Land Complex Weapons Programme Director, UK MoD

11:30 am - 12:00 pm RESERVED FOR INDUSTRY INSIGHTS

12:00 pm - 12:30 pm REINFORCING AIR DEFENCE IN THE NORDIC REGION

• Introduction of NATO operating procedures through training exercises with member states in the Nordic

region

• Overview of Norwegian efforts to strengthen GBAD capabilities

• Norway’s commitment to pan-Nordic defence cooperation in partnership with Denmark, Sweden, Finland

and Iceland

Lieutenant Colonel Harald Aamoth, Staff Officer/Force Development GBAD, Norwegian MoD

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm COUNTERING ADVERSARY UAS THREATS

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: COUNTERING ADVERSARY UAS THREATS

• An update on current UK C-UAS capabilities, and future development plans

• Deploying C-UAS efforts to avoid strategic failure on operations through UAS attacks

Group Captain Gary Darby, Senior Responsible Officer for C-UAS and Head Joint C-UAS Team UK,

UK MoD

• An update on current UK C-UAS capabilities, and future development plans

• Deploying C-UAS efforts to avoid strategic failure on operations through UAS attacks

Group Captain Gary Darby, Senior Responsible Officer for C-UAS and Head Joint C-UAS Team UK,

UK MoD

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm A JIAMDO PERSPECTIVE ON IAMD TECHNOLOGY


• Representing Joint Force IAMD required capabilities and gaps within the requirements, acquisition, and

PPBE processes

• Assessing IAMD capabilities through studies, simulations, technology demonstrations, and other test and

evaluation programs

• Identifying and developing IAMD operational concepts and Joint requirements for system interoperability

Dr. Jeffery Boulware, Technical Director and Deputy Division Chief, Joint Integrated Air and Missile

Defense Organization

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm GBAD LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT


• Addressing the threat of c-UAS

• The importance of NATO interoperability

• Belgian Defence Force Programme U

Senior Representative TBC , GBAD and lifecycle management, Belgian Defence Force

4:30 pm - 5:00 pm FUTURE OF AMD FROM THE SLOVAK ARMED FORCES PERSPECTIVE


• Legacy of AMD platforms

• Requirements and priorities of new AMDs.

Colonel Jozef Cizik, Senior Military Advisor for Air Defence, Slovak Armed Forces

5:00 pm - 5:30 pm CLOSING KEYNOTE ADDRESS: PROGRAMME UPDATES FROM POLAND

CLOSING KEYNOTE ADDRESS: PROGRAMME UPDATES FROM POLAND

• Progress and challenges in developing IA&MD in Poland

• Ukraine conflict in scope of C-UAS capability development

• Evolving Polish Air Defence Radars for future and current threats

Col. Przemysław Jaworski, Integrated Air & Missile Defense Program Chief, Armament Agency