THE WORLD'S LEADING CONFERENCE BRINGING TOGETHER
THE GREATEST MINDS ACROSS COMBAT AVIATION
05 - 07 NOVEMBER, 2024 I MERCURE MOA, BERLIN, GERMANY
05 - 07 NOVEMBER, 2024 I MERCURE MOA, BERLIN, GERMANY
Day Three | 7 November
8:15 am - 8:50 am
REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS
TRAINING FOR THE RIGHT MISSION SETS
9:00 am - 9:30 am
JOINT SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT: DIGITAL BATTLESPACE FOR INTEGRATED TEST AND TRAINING
Colonel John P. Wagemann -
Commander,
Detachment 6
- Revolutionize the way aviation warfighters are trained to improve the readiness and lethality of the US military
- Allow pilots to train against advanced air and surface adversaries that are difficult or impossible to replicate in the real world
- Leverage Operational Test capabilities to meet training requirements
9:30 am - 10:10 am
PANEL DISCUSSION: ADVANCING OPERATIONAL TRAINING FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE CONFLICTS: ESSENTIAL MISSIONS AND GETTING READY FOR CCAs
Colonel John P. Wagemann -
Commander,
Detachment 6
Jason Hawker - Principal Officer, NATO Flight Training Europe, NSPA
- What are the key missions that pilots must ace in a peer conflict and given lessons from Ukraine? How must air forces prioritise live and synthetic training for lethal advantage?
- What are the future trends in training for 6th generation aircraft, alongside unmanned systems?
- Changing training needs on the fly: How to build-in flexibility and minimize disruption in the transition from a traditional training cycle? How would existing training regimes need to evolve and how quickly can this transition take place when needed?
- What might the teaching of “softer” but necessary skills such physical and mental resilience need to look like and how to measure and assess these skills?
- Which technologies have the potential to revolutionize the way we train to fight and increase our lethality as both as an individual force and as a coalition of allied nations?
10:10 am - 10:40 am
CZECH AIR FORCE TRAINING PLANS FOR DRY CONTACT REFUELLING
- Importance of training to hone in on precision-flying skills and develop performance of air-to-air refuelling missions
- Challenges faced Czech JAS-39 Gripen fighter pilots, and training solutions to build on lessons learned
- Czechia’s involvement in the MMF programme
10:40 am - 11:10 am
MORNING REGISTRATION AND NETWORKING COFFEE
11:10 am - 11:50 am
PANEL DISCUSSION: AIRBORNE ELECTRONIC ATTACK AND NON-KINETIC EFFECTS
Christopher Mulder -
Director, Air Force International Programs,
Defense Security Cooperation Agency
Brigadier General Lars Helmrich - Director Air and Space Systems Division, FMV - Swedish Defence Materiel Administration
- As investment in cyber offense and electronic warfare increase, are we developing the right technologies at the required pace to dominate the electromagnetic spectrum?
- Does AI have a role to play, and what, precisely, can harnessing AI lend to the pace of change?
- What must electromagnetic superiority in the air battlespace look like?
- What do we need to understand about our adversaries’ EW capabilities and tactics to ensure spectrum dominance?
- What are the key challenges we face on our path to EM spectrum dominance and what are the pitfalls to avoid?
Christopher Mulder
Director, Air Force International ProgramsDefense Security Cooperation Agency
Brigadier General Lars Helmrich
Director Air and Space Systems DivisionFMV - Swedish Defence Materiel Administration
11:50 am - 12:20 pm
MULTI-NATIONAL SUPPORT TO NATO READINESS
Daniele Cucchi -
Aviation Support Programme Manager,
NSPA
Jason Hawker - Principal Officer, NATO Flight Training Europe, NSPA
- Aviation support to Allies through the NSPA
- The growth of the NATO Flight Training Europe High Visibility Project
- Collaborating with Industry to enable innovative and data driven solutions
11:20 am - 12:20 pm
LUNCH AND NETWORKING
NAVAL AIR COMBAT
1:20 pm - 1:50 pm
COMBAT AT SEA AND FROM THE SEA IN THE FRENCH NAVY
- Explore current and future air wing capabilities of the French Naval Aviation
- Lessons learned from the new F4 Rafale Standard
- Integrating and improving connectivity between systems
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
RESERVED FOR INDUSTRY INSIGHTS
2:30 pm - 3:10 pm
PANEL DISCUSSION: UTILISING NAVAL ASSETS IN MULTI DOMAIN OPERATIONS
Captain Vincent Isorce -
Head of Training Division,
French Naval Aviation
- The role of naval air power in assuring successful joint operations
- How are multi domain operations challenging air power in the future
- How to coordinate, control, and exploit the air domain in the pursuit of Alliance objectives
3:10 pm - 3:40 pm
AFTERNOON TEA AND NETWORKING BREAK
PRIORITIES FOR FUTURE AIR POWER
3:40 pm - 4:10 pm
BEING ABLE TO OPERATE IN THE INDOPACOM ENVIRONMENT
- Current operational imperatives
- How do we move faster, at scale and focus on mission over function to maximise effect
- Overcoming challenges posed by the tyranny of distance and area of responsibility faced by INDOPACOM
