Conference Day One: 13th July 2010
08.30 – 09.00 Networking Cofe Break
09.00 – 09.10Chairman’s Welcome & Introductory Remarks
Dr Bill Powers
Research Fellow
Marine Corps Warfighting Lab
09.10 – 09.50 US Nav Y (N-UCAS) (X-47) Programme : Delivering A Transformational Multi -Mision UCAV
- UCAV Programme Status
- Autonomous Aerial Refuelling
Northrop Grumman representative to be confirmed
09.50 - 10.30 MQ-9 Reaper: 39 Squadron Operational Feedback
- Operational feedback from the first hunter-killer UAV for longendurance, high-altitude surveillance
- Training
- Future Directions
Squadron Leader Stephen Lamping
39 Sqn COS
RAF
10.30 – 11.00 Networking Cofe Break
11.00 – 11.40 USAF Operational Feedback And Experience Wit H The MQ-9 Reaper:
- Feedback from MQ-9’s experience in operation Iraqi Freedom
- Training
- Future Directions
Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Dembosky
432d Air Expeditionary Wing
USAF
11.40 – 12.20 French UCAV Roadmap : Neuron Progres Status (including On Going Manufacturing And Asembly
Phase)
- Thoughts and questions raised about:
- UCAV CONOPS&CONUSE
- UCAV Autonomy
- UCAV Training and Storage
Philippe Koffi
UCAV Programme Manager
DGA
12.20 – 13.40 Networking Lunch
13.40 – 14.20 Italian Air Force UAS Operational Experience And
- Vision for the Future Performance requirements for the next generation UCAVs
- Mission parameters
- Payload Options
- Development Timescale
Lieutenant Colonel Luca Comini
Surveillance and Reconnaissance Section Chief, Plans and Policy Division
Italian Air Staff
14.20 – 15.00 UCAVs – An Independent View Of The Way Ahead
- Political and technological developments
- Advantages officered by UCAVs
- Future roadmap
Andrew Brookes
Director
The Air League
15.00 – 15.30 Networking Cofe Break
15.30 – 16.10 Canadian Lesons Learned From UAV Operations
- Defining the baseline requirements for acquisition of a military owned and operated UAV: ISR roles and armed capability
- Lessons learned from UAV operations to date and the future of Canadian Unmanned Air Vehicle acquisition
Major Mark Wuennenberg
Directorate of Air Requirements
Canadian Air Force
16.10 – 16.50 JAPCC Strategic Concept Of Employment For UAS In NATO
- Fundamental guidance and an overarching concept for NATO operations and employment of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)
- Capabilities-based approach to UAS employment through the full spectrum of military operations
- Focus on UCAV development and employment
Major Frank Weisskirchen
Subject Matter Expert (UCAV)
NATO JAPCC
16.50 – 17.30 UCAV’s Market Trends,Technologies,Deployment And Procurement
- The Market outlook, growth and key trends for next 10 years
- Technology Challenges and Risks
- Operational Theory and Practice
- Economic Outlook and Procurement
Dr Andrew Black
Head of Research
Hawk Associates Ltd.
17.30 – 18.30 Drinks Reception
Sponsored by NORTHROP
GRUMMAN
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