Future Artillery » Conference Day Two: Tuesday 24 May 2022

7:30 am - 7:45 am EXCLUSIVE BREAKFAST BRIEFING

7:45 am - 8:15 am MORNING COFFEE AND REGISTRATION

8:15 am - 8:30 am CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS

8:30 am - 9:00 am MODERNISATION OF THE ISRAELI ARTILLERY CORPS: ACHIEVING LONGER-RANGE AND IMPROVED PRECISION STRIKES

9:00 am - 9:15 am LONG RANGE PRECISION AMMUNITION

Launcher independent
Programmable attack
Variety of warhead
Successful test firing

9:15 am - 9:30 am FUTURE CHALLENGES FOR WEAPON LOCATION SENSORS

High Tempo Operations
Electronic Warfare
Survivability
Realistic training

9:30 am - 10:00 am TRAINING FRANCE’S ARTILLERY FORCES FOR FUTURE MULTI-DOMAIN OPERATIONS

Equipping the gunner for the speed of contemporary operations in a multi-domain environment.
Maintaining decision advantage at speed and scale
Maintaining decision authority at the tactical level to speed up the rate of fires
Embedding counter-fires doctrine within the training infrastructure

10:00 am - 10:30 am INDUSTRY INSIGHTS FROM NEXTER

10:30 am - 11:00 am MORNING COFFEE AND NETWORKING BREAK

11:00 am - 11:30 am FIGHTING IN THE DEEP: THE BRITISH ARMY PERSPECTIVE

The scale of the threat, and a solution
Interoperability progress: human, procedural and technical
Re-imagining Close Support fires and TTPs

11:30 am - 12:00 pm INCREASING PRECISION, REDUCING THE BURDEN

Excalibur is a precise, GPS guided, extended range, 155mm artillery projectile with +1400 combat firings since 2007
One shot one kill 96% proven combat effectiveness increases survivability by decreasing mission time and enabling quicker mobility in combat
A platform for growth

12:00 pm - 12:30 pm SWEDISH ARTILLERY: THE WAY AHEAD

Development of sensor for the Arty Bn
New need of ammunition
How to use our mobility and flexibility with our systems
What is Multi Domain for Swedish Artillery?

12:30 pm - 1:00 pm INDUSTRY INSIGHTS FROM RAFAEL

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm NETWORKING LUNCH

2:00 pm - 2:30 pm STRATEGIC DETERRENCE THROUGH OPERATION REACH WITH LONG RANGE PRECISION FIRES

Modern Rocket Artillery role in strategic/operational fires
Rocket Artillery contributions to All Domain Operations

2:30 pm - 3:30 pm ARTILLERY COMMANDERS’ PANEL DISCUSSION: INTEGRATING FIRES WITHIN THE JOINT FORCE OF THE FUTURE

This panel discussion will welcome artillery commanders to share their thoughts on how they view the future strategic environment and to debate the key issues of the day. The audience will also have the opportunity to present questions and contribute to the discussion.

What will the role of artillery be within the future force structure? To what extent is the role of artillery as a force suppressor applicable to the anticipated demands of future combat operations?
What impact will the future force structure have on the capability balance?
In which areas do our adversaries wield greater capability? What collaborative strategies can be employed to increase coordination and joint capability between Allied or partner nations?
To what extent must forces invest in long-range, high-end systems, and will doing so lead to a shortfall in mass and lethality?
Is current counter-fires doctrine able to keep pace with contemporary operations, and does available capability match that doctrine?
What limitations does the A2/AD battlefield place on the fielding of indirect fires systems, and how must industry adapt its offering?

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm AFTERNOON COFFEE AND NETWORKING BREAK

4:00 pm - 4:30 pm FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS OF CZECH ARTILLERY

Considerations for Czech Artillery including an update on mortar requirements
Broader artillery development and modernisation plans

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm INDUSTRY LEADERS’ PANEL DISCUSSION: HARNESSING DEFENCE INNOVATION & INVENTION TO EQUIP THE MODERN WARFIGHTER

This panel discussion will welcome industry leaders to share their thoughts on the key enablers for the future battlefield and to debate the critical issues of the day. The audience will also have the opportunity to present questions and contribute to the discussion.

How can industry directly support the mission of field artillery?
Which high-performance solutions are revolutionising the art of gunnery?
Artillery and Brigade Commanders and being confronted with a greater diversity of threats, which require a greater diversity of technologies to overcome them. How do we match the right kind of technology to the threat and mission? What role can industry partners play in ensuring interoperability?
Next generation artillery systems: what do we see on the future technology horizon that will mature in the next 2-3 years? How can industry best support Artillery and Brigade Commanders as they embrace rapid technological change?

Conference Day Two: Tuesday 24 May 2022