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SAE Media Group Proudly Presents the 7th Annual
Future Armoured
Vehicles
Situational Awareness
Maximising the Situational Awareness Capabilities
of Armoured Vehicle Crews
Copthorne Tara Hotel,
London, UK
Reasons to Attend the Conference:
• The only international event with a dedicated
focus on armoured vehicle situational awareness
systems
• New for 2022: An emphasis on Tethered UAV
Technology, Situational Awareness in the
Contested Environment, Autonomous Capabilities
and Battlefield Manned/Unmanned Teaming;
new speakers from the UK, Canada, Turkey,
Romania and Hungary
• Take advantage of our unique platform which
enables the advancement of situational
awareness systems on armoured vehicles,
bringing together those at the heart of systems
operation, training, development, and integration
• Hear about the latest trends, programmes,
products and strategies of Situational Awareness
technology and witness how this dynamic military
field is shaping the course of war fighting today
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24-25
April
2023
CONFERENCE CHAIR:
Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Kenyon OBE, Director, Firbank
Consulting
HOST NATION SPEAKERS:
Lieutenant Colonel James de St John-Pryce, Commanding
Officer, Armoured Trials and Development Unit, British Army
Mr Chris Bowbrick, SRO Challenger 3, UK MoD
Mr Keith Smith, GVA Manager Senior Manager, DE&S, UK MoD
International Military and Expert Speakers:
Lieutenant General Tales Villela, Head of the Manufacturing
Directorate of the Brazilian Army, Brazilian Army
Colonel Istvan Ocskay, Director of HDF Research and
Development Directorate, HDF
Colonel Janos Poloskei, Branch Leader, Command and
Control Systems Development Branch, HDF
Lieutenant Colonel David Chuddy, Product Manager,
Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle, PEO Ground Combat
Systems, U.S. Army
Major Hyunjoon (Dave) Jung, Project Director for LAV
Specialist Variants Enhancement Project, Canadian Army
Major Suhan Ionut, Armor Branch Coordiantor, Romanian
Army
Major Rene Teggeler, Commander Armored Vehicles Desk,
Royal Netherlands Army
Mr David Stassek, Leopard 2 MBT System Engineer,
Bundeswehr
Professor Aysegül Ucar, Head of Defense Technologies,
Firat University
Industry Experts:
Professor Elias Stipidis, Director, Vertronics Research Centre
Mr Stefan Thelin, Head of Technology, BAE Systems Hägglunds
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Day One | 24 April 2023
08.00 Registration & Coffee
08.50 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Brigadier (ret’d) Mark Kenyon OBE, Director, Firbank Consulting
OPENING KEYNOTE BRIEFINGS
09.00 Achieving and Maintaining a Strategic Advantage for Future
Armoured Vehicle Operations Through Optimal Situational Awareness
– Challenger 3
• Reviewing the efficacy of current optics within the Army’s current
armoured vehicle fleets
• Exploring future operational requirements to identify key upgrades
and maximise target acquisition capability
• Preparing future armoured units to counter and overcome the
new threats posed by near-peer hostile forces, including C-UAS/C-
UGV capabilities and EW threats to Situational Awareness
Mr Chris Bowbrick, SRO Challenger 3, UK MoD
09.30 Situational Awareness on the Evolving Digital Battlefield: An Industry
Perspective
• The evolving landscape of products and requirements – how open
systems, open architectures, independent sensors and effectors
have changed the game
• The importance of intelligent data reduction for effective multi-
domain integration
• Key design patterns to ensure the end-user need
Dr Iain Carrie, Head of Digital Strategy, Thales
10.00 The Battlefield of the Future: Situational Awareness within Fighting
Formations
• Project Mercury and the exploitation of emerging technologies
including robotics, communication systems and AI
• The possibilities for battlefield situational awareness and force
inter-operation
• Avoiding tunnel vision - The importance and viability of formational
situational awareness systems
Lieutenant Colonel James de St John-Pryce, Commanding Officer,
Armoured Trials and Development Unit, British Army
10.30 Morning Coffee
FUTURE OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES OF SITUATIONAL AWARENESS SYSTEMS
11.00 CASTLE acoustic subarray for improving vehicle survivability
• CASTLE hardware
• Detection of incoming direct fires
• Collaborative protection
Mr Alex Koers, Director, Microflown
11.30 Assessing the Priorities for Future OMFV Capabilities
• Capability requirements for the future operating theatre of the OMFV
• Increasing Situational Awareness capabilities
• Sustaining combat operations with improved situational awareness
systems for the OMFV
Lieutenant Colonel David Chudy, Product Manager, Optionally
Manned Fighting Vehicle, PEO Ground Combat Systems, U.S. Army
12.00 Assessing the Priorities for Future German Armoured Capabilities
• Capability requirements for the future operating theatre of the
Leopard 2 and Puma IFV
• Increasing Situational Awareness capabilities
• Sustaining combat operations with improved situational awareness
systems for the Leopard 2
Mr David Stassek, Leopard 2 MBT System Engineer, Bundeswehr
12.30 Networking Lunch
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13.30 See Through Armour Systems SETAS
• Layered solution the LSAS place
• Digitalization of the capability by SETAS
• SETAS delivering today
• SETAS Evolution
Mr Marc Krause, Project Manager Vehicle Optronics, Hendsoldt
Optronics GmbH
GVA AND THE FUTURE OF SITUATIONAL AWARENESS IN THE BRITISH ARMY
14.00 Maintaining the Operational Edge using standardized Open Systems
approaches for land Vehicle System Integration
• The use of architecture, data, and technical standards to achieve
integration and interoperability
• Issues surrounding Situational Awareness Capabilities and the need
for high bandwidth hardware
• Developments in Generic Vehicle Architecture and the Land Data
Model
Mr Keith Smith, GVA and LDM Manager, DE&S, UK MoD
14.30 Afternoon Tea
TECHNICAL INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS SYSTEMS
15.00 Session Reserved for Sponsor - Axon Vision
Senior Representative, Axon Vision
15.30 Enhancing Situational Awareness in Armored Vehicles: Technology
Solutions and Vegvisir’s Mixed Reality Approach
• Integrating advanced sensor systems into armored vehicles to
enhance situational awareness
• Mixed reality systems enhancing situational awareness in armored
vehicles
• Enabling operators to make informed decisions while maintaining
full visual contact with their surroundings
Mr Siim Saliste, Director of Business Development, Vegvisir
16.00 Fennek Updating Existing Platforms with Enhanced Situational
Awareness Capabilities
• A review of the successes and challenges of a mid-life upgrade
compared to adopting a new vehicle
• Intended future Situational Awareness capabilities for AFVs
• Development prospects for the Fennek going forwards
Major Rene Teggeler, Commander Armored Vehicles Desk, Royal
Netherlands Army
16.30 Integrating Future Situational Awareness Technology to Enhance the
US Army’s Legacy Combat Vehicles while aligning Next Generation
of Combat Vehicles
• Integration of semi-autonomous technologies into standard
operating practice for armored formations
• Architecture Advancements in the US Army’s Program Executive
Office Combat vehicle programs
• Importance of continual development of C5ISR capabilities to
ensure control of the future battlespace
Lieutenant Colonel Nicholas Breen LTC, Product Lead Ground
Combat Product Integration, US Army
Lieutenant Colonel Anton Massmann, Product Lead Ground Combat
Enabling Technologies & Transition, US Army
17.00 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One
Brigadier (ret’d) Mark Kenyon OBE, Director, Firbank Consulting
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08.30 Registration & Coffee
08.50 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Brigadier (ret’d) Mark Kenyon OBE, Director, Firbank Consulting
OPENING KEYNOTE BRIEFINGS
09.00 Upgrading and Updating the Situational Awareness Capabilities of
the Brazilian Army’s Armoured Fleet
• The Cascavel and Guarani programmes and how they will shape
the future of the Brazilian Army
• Improving situational awareness capabilities in main battle tanks
Lieutenant General Tales Villela, Head of the Manufacturing
Directorate of the Brazilian Army, Brazilian Army
09.30 Infantry Fighting Vehicle Lynx KF41: Survivability through Situational
Awareness Maximisation
• An examination of the successes and challenges of the Lynx KF41
• Enhancing situational awareness capabilities through
communications and real time intelligence gathering
• Development prospects for the Lynx KF41 going forwards
Colonel Janos Poloskei, Branch Leader, Command and Control
Systems Development Branch, HDF
Colonel Istvan Ocskay, Director of HDF Research and Development
Directorate, HDF
10.00 Session Reserved for Sponsor
10.30 Morning Coffee
ENHANCING EXISTING CAPABILITIES AND PREPARING THEM FOR THE
FUTURE
11.00 Session Reserved For Sponsor
11.30 Situational Awareness Developments in the Romanian Armed Forces
• C2IS Systems: Effectively utilising real-time data
• The opportunities and challenges of using upgraded equipment
onTR-85
• Overview from the Romanian Piranha V program, their
incorporation into fighting units and their value of situational
awareness
Major Suhan Ionut, Armour Branch Coordinator, Romanian Army
12.00 MRAV BOXER: Survivability Through Situational Awareness
Maximisation
• An examination of the successes and challenges of the Boxer
• Enhancing situational awareness capabilities through
communications and real time intelligence gathering
• Development prospects for the Boxer going forwards
Lieutenant Colonel Karlheinz Boenke, Senior Authorised
Representative MRAV Boxer, Bundeswehr
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Day Two | 25 April 2023
12.30 CV90: Future Combat Vehicle Technologies - Developing Enhanced
Situational Awareness
• A review of the successes and challenges of the development of
CV90
• Intended future Situational Awareness capabilities for CV90
• Development prospects for the CV90 going forwards
Mr Stefan Thelin, Head of Technology, BAE Systems Hägglunds
13.00 Lunch Break
MANAGING THE COGNITIVE BURDEN
14.00 Session Reserved For Sponsor
14.30 Life Cycle Management through Support Partnerships
• An overview of the services Nations has agreed to perform in
cooperation
• Pros and cons of this common approach to life cycle
management support
• Examples of specific armoured systems and situational awareness
capabilities
Mr Cezary Szydlilk, Project Coordinator in Land Combat Missiles,
Electro-Optics and GPS Support Section, NATO NSPA
15.00 Improving Situational Awareness Capabilities on Light Amour
• Opportunities to enhance cockpit digitalisation and crew interfaces
• Integration of modern C4ISR technology into existing LAV platforms
• Update from the LAV upgrade programme and wider armored
vehicle modernization in the Canadian Armed Forces
Major Hyunjoon (Dave) Jung, Project Director, Director Land
Requirements, Canadian Army
15.30 Afternoon Tea
EXPLOITING EXISTING TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE FUTURE CAPABILITY
16.00 Long Range Situational Awareness Systems on Movements Convoys
• The challenges created by the blurring definition of the front line
• Importance of long-range situational awareness in operational
level movements
• Combining ISTAR and localized situational awareness information
Professor Elias Stipidis, Director, Vertronics Research Centre
16.30 Changing the Game – How Fight Club is Revolutionising Wargaming
• An introduction to Fight Club.
• How the Campaigns of Learning are improving our people.
• Democratising insight through Decentralised Gaming / Centralised
Analysis
Mr Tom Halliday, Principal Analyst, Dstl / Co-Founder, UK Fight Club
17.00 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two
Brigadier (ret’d) Mark Kenyon OBE, Director, Firbank Consulting
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