Colonel Guido Krahl

Branch Chief Army Aviation Bundeswehr

1986 - entering military service 2013 - 2015 chief of staff, international helicopter training centre in Bückeburg 2015 - 2017 speaker for air manoeuvre affairs, army command in Strausberg 2017 - 2021 head of branch EMAR realization, army command in Strausberg since 2021 head of branch army aviation, army concept development centre in Cologne

DAY TWO | WEDNESDAY 26 FEBRUARY 2025

16:30 MANNED-UNMANNED TEAMING FOR ROTARY AVIATION: NEW SYSTEM OF SYSTEMS, OR JUST A BETTER WAY FOR HELICOPTERS TO WORK WITH UAS?

·       Capability improvements of MUM-T for German Army Aviation, and modifications needed for successful operations

·       Finding the right balance between autonomy and manned-unmanned teaming to maximise performance

·       Potential challenges of utilizing manned-unmanned teaming in conjunction with UAS, and steps to mitigate these challenges

17:00 PANEL DISCUSSION: THE POTENTIAL & CHALLENGES OF UNCREWED AVIATION

·       What are the near-term priorities of incorporating more uncrewed capabilities and manned-unmanned teaming into current mission sets?

·       How do militaries see the future balance between crewed and uncrewed capabilities in rotary aviation?

·       How much can uncrewed systems do for rotary fleets now, and what should remain crewed in the future to maximise mission effectiveness?

·       Challenges of implementing uncrewed capabilities into attack mission sets with more GPS jamming, and increasingly electromagnetically contested environments where a human decider needs to be on the platform

·       How can militaries strike the right balance between cost and capability, focusing on near-term requirements of the next 5-10 years?

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