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Focus Day Evening: Gala Dinner Venue
Modernisation, Retrofit & MRO Hosted by Textron Systems Twickenham Stadium,
25th January 2016 26th January 2016 London, UK
Main Conference Post-Conference Workshop Day
26th-27th January 2016 28th January 2016

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We’re having a lot of targeted conversations with real key
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decision makers, instead of just having a very broad industry
discussion. It’s been a great conference
Textron Systems, Lead Partner,
International Armoured Vehicles 2014-2016
Lead Partner: Conference Partners:
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Dear Colleagues,
It gives me great pleasure to invite you to join professionals from across the globe at next year’s
International Armoured Vehicles Conference to be held at Twickenham Stadium, London at the end
of January 2016. Now in its 15th year, the conference will bring together practitioners, providers and
wider stakeholders to take an in-depth, contemporary look at armoured vehicles in the Defence
and Security context.
At last year’s conference, our first at Twickenham, we were yet again reminded of the wide utility
of the armoured vehicle capability. Ministers outlined the policy related to the capability and
CONFERENCE explained how much would be invested in it. Senior and expert speakers from 6 continents
CHAIRMAN provided first hand accounts of how this capability was being employed, adapted and more
Lieutenant General
often than not, extended for tomorrow’s needs. And industry outlined how they planned
(Rtd) Sir Gary
to meet these changing requirements and sustain this key capability with more than just a
Coward KBE CB,
nod to ‘value for money’. But in the background there was a constant exchange of ideas,
Former Quartermaster
lessons learned, valued contacts and experiences. In short, a profitable and enjoyable
General, DE&S,
UK MoD experience.
Both Ukraine and Syria were high on the agenda last year and I sense they will stay
Gary spent his early career in
the Royal Artillery, serving in there for this event too. To this we must add Iraq as IS/ISIL continues to advance,
Germany and Northern Ireland. despite the attentions of coalition air-power and the Iraqi Army and Militias. Events
He trained as a helicopter pilot in in Libya, Yemen, Afghanistan and West Africa will also beg our attention from an
1978 and continued at regimental operational employment perspective. Such conflicts highlight the roles armoured
duty in the UK, Germany, Hong vehicles play in protecting people, delivering mobility and lethality, but also expose
Kong and Brunei, transferring to the their vulnerabilities and the challenges in training and sustainability.
Army Air Corps in 1983. On the staff,
Gary has held posts in the UISA, UK Any effective military capability requires an industrial hinterland to sustain existing
and Bosnia. He commanded C Flight platforms and to develop even more capable successors. Those who attended
in Brunei, 656 Squadron in the UK and
last year’s conference will recall that a number of nations had embarked upon
1 Regiment AAC in Germany and the
programmes to prolong and enhance venerable AFVs and that a few had
Balkans. More recently, Gary has served
launched programmes to develop home-grown capability. I hope to hear
in the MOD, the Joint Helicopter Command
this year how these programmes are progressing and how others have
and the Permanent Joint Headquarters. In
embarked on similar or other initiatives. We should also be able to hear
his final tour in the Army he was both Chief
of Materiel (Land) and Quartermaster General. how technological advances and novel solutions can drive down costs,
He was appointed OBE in 1996, CB in 2008 improve the operator experience, raise standards through better training
and KBE in 2012. Since retiring from the Army and drive up overall capability.
at the end of 2012, Gary has established a
portfolio of non-executive and charitable roles. The list of confirmed international speakers is already impressive and
He maintains links with the Army through being a I am confident that other significant players will add even greater
Trustee of the Sandhurst Trust, President of both diversity and insight. This conference offers an unparalleled
the AOP Officers’ Association and the AAC Veterans’ opportunity to share these varied experiences in this vital field, at
Association and is a Deputy Colonel a venue that offers the space to exhibit, confer and network with
Commandant of the AAC. a wide variety of international colleagues on one site. Whether
you are a military practitioner, acquisition staffer, decision maker,
programme manager, technical expert, industrial supplier or
strategic leader, I believe you will all benefit considerably from
attending and look forward to welcoming you to Twickenham
early next year.
Best Wishes,

Lieutenant General Sir Gary Coward KBE CB
Chairman
International Armoured Vehicles Conference 2016
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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS CONFIRMED
SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
Major General Robert Talbot-Rice,
Vice Admiral Mathew
Head of Armoured Vehicle Programmes, DE&S Quashie, Chief of Defence Staff,
Ghana Armed Forces
The British Army’s go-to armoured vehicle chief. He heads a team of 300
experts, overseeing fleet projects worth £10bn in the next ten years.
Major General Payenda
Together they support all British Army in-service core equipment, such as Challenger and Mohammad Nazim,
Warrior; new projects, including the Scout Specialist Vehicle (SV), Warrior Capability Sustainment Inspector General,
Programme (CSP), Challenger 2 Life Extension Programme (LEP); the Utility Vehicle programme Afghan Ministry of Defence
and the Armoured Platform Support Vehicle (APSV). They are also responsible for overhauling
vehicles purchased under Urgent Operational Requirements Major General Richard
(UOR) for Iraq and Afghanistan ready for incorporation into the core fleet. Opoku-Adusei,
The Chief of the Army Staff,
Ghana Armed Forces
General Dennis L Via,
Commanding General, US Army Materiel Command, US Army Major General Francesco
Paolo Figliuolo,
Assumed duties as the 18th Commander of the U.S. Army Materiel
Chief of Logistics Department,
Command (AMC) August 7, 2012. AMC is the Army’s premier provider of
Italian Army General Staff
materiel readiness to ensure dominant land force capability for the U.S.
Warfighter and our allies.
Colonel John B. Atkinson,
General Via’s prior assignment was as AMC’s Deputy Commanding General. He deployed Director, Fires and Maneuver
to Southwest Asia in October 2011 as the Commander, AMC Responsible Reset Task Integration Division, CD&I,
Force with the mission of leading the strategic integration of the Materiel Enterprise for HQ United States Marine Corps
the Retrograde of equipment and materiel out of Iraq at the conclusion of Operation NEW
DAWN. General Via holds the distinction of being the only Signal Corps officer in U.S. Army Brigadier General Charles
history to be promoted to 4-Star General. Beaudouin,
Director Technical Section,
French Army
Lieutenant-General Anatoliy Pushnyakov,
Commander of Ground Forces, Brigadier Ian Gibb,
Ukrainian Armed Forces Director Combat Capability,
British Army Headquarters
Ukrainian acting President Oleksandr Turchynov appointed Lieutenant-General
Anatoly Pushnyakov as the commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces in Brigadier General Simon
May 2014. He will deliver an authoritative and strategic level update of current developments Barwabatsile,
in the security situation of Ukraine. Commander 3 Brigade Group,
Botswana Defence Force
Since Ukraine’s independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 Ukraine retained its Soviet-era
army equipment and have not replaced nor upgraded it. Since the start of the War in Donbass
Brigadier General
in April 2014 in eastern Ukraine, the county is investing heavily in upgrading its Armed Forces.
Juma’h .T. AL Hrout,
Commanding General,
3rd Armored Division,
Lieutenant General Seppo Toivonen,
Jordanian Armed Forces
Commander, Finnish Army
Lieutenant General Toivonen was assigned Commander of the Finnish Army Brigadier General Norbert Huber,
on 1 July 2014. Prior to that he led the Planning Group for the Reform of Director Armament and Procurement,
Finnish Defence Forces at the Defence Command. LTG Toivonen’s additional MoD Austria
military education includes Battalion Command and Higher Officers (COL, BG) courses, the
NATO Flag Officers Course (GFOAC) at NDC, Rome along with a variety of other courses such Brigadier General Jack Singyangwe,
as the National Defence Course. Chief of Policy, Doctrine and Strategic
Branch, Zambian Army
LTG Toivonen’s awards and decorations include: Commander of the Order of the White Rose
of Finland, Knight, First Class, of the Order of the Lion of Finland, the Medal for Military Merits
Brigadier General Bernhard
and the NATO Non-Article 5 Medal. He was promoted to Major General in June 2011 and
Liechtenauer, Chief of Staff and Deputy
Lieutenant General in June 2014.
Director, Army Concepts and Capabilities
Development Centre, German Army
H.E. General Qadam Shah Shaheem,
Chief of General Staff, Afghan National Army Colonel Glenn A. Dean,
Stryker Program Manager,
General Shaheem is from Tashkan district of Badakhshan. From US Army
the early 1980s, he was fighting with Jamiat-e Islami against the
Soviets and then, against other mujahedin factions during the civil
Colonel Shane Fullmer,
war and then against the Taleban. In 1994 he was appointed commander of 82
Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Joint
regiment in Qargha and in 1997) made brigadier (appointments by the mujahidin
Program Office Manager,
Islamic State administration of Burhanuddin Rabbani). In 2002 Qadam Shah was the
US Army
commander of 37th brigade of commandos. He was appointed Chief of the General
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Staff in early 2015.
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6 KEY REASONS NOT INDUSTRY INSIGHT FROM:
TO MISS INTERNATIONAL
Kevin J. Kennedy,
ARMOURED VEHICLES 2016 Vice President, International Business Development
Recognised as the must-attend annual event for
1
Per Samuelsson,
valuable two way information exchange between
Deputy Director, Business Development
armour operators, OEMs, tier-two manufacturers and
ancillary system suppliers, giving you an unrivalled
view of the future of armoured land capability
2035+
Winston Toh,
Chief Marketing Officer
Exchange ideas with over 400 peers and prospects,
2
develop new strategies tailored to your customer
needs and compare notes on the evolution of armoured
vehicles
Senior Business Development officer, GDLS
Take away strategic analysis of the evolving threat
3
spectrum to evaluate potential capability gaps and
to ensure that resources are invested effectively to
match end user requirements Lars Bruhlmann, Vice President Strategy
& Technology,
Conduct face-to-face meetings, build relationships, and
4
gain insight from military and industry attendees in order to
assess the evolving operating environment and future
fleet acquisition
Peter Pietralski, Director Research
Engineering, Lockheed Martin UK – Ampthill
Take part in briefings on dozens of armoured vehicle
5
programmes led by senior influencers and decision-
makers from UK and other international military – identify
cost-saving and business winning opportunities Patrick Langlois, VP Marketing Eurasia,
Receive first hand insight into recent operations,
6
testing and exercises to assess how Army leaders are
likely to structure their modernisation priorities over the Mike Duckworth, Executive VP International
immediate, medium and long-term future Affairs
Niklas Alund,
Director Marketing and Business
Development
Hugo Torstensen,
Business Development Manager
Joseph Gerschutz,
Director of Engineering
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WHO ATTENDS INTERNATIONAL
ARMOURED VEHICLES
Military Industry
ARMSCOR Defence Intelligence Philippines Army Aish Technologies FN Herstal Ground Saxon Armor
Academy of Research PINDAD Alcoa Defense General Dynamics Milspray Schaublin
Armored Forces Establishment Polish Army AmSafe Land Systems MJ Services SCHOTT
Engineering FMV Polish DoD Ares Security Greaves Cotton MTU SCHROTH Safety
Afghanistan Army FOI Swedish Qatari Emiri Land
Vehicles Honeywell Friedrichshafen Products
Afghan Ministry of Defence Force
BAE Systems Horstman Defence Nexter Systems Secomak
Defense Research Institute Republic of Korea
Barco System NIMR Selex ES
Australian Army French Army Romanian Army
Brazilian Army Gabonese Armed Royal Army of Bertel O. Steen Hutchinson Brasil NP Aerospace Shield Technologies
Brazilian Navy Forces Oman Spesialkjoretoy AS Automotive OBRUM Corporation
British Army German Army Royal Danish DoD Beth-El Zikhron Hutchinson Defence ODERBRECHT Sika Services
Botswana Defence German MoD Royal Danish Navy Yaaqov Industries & Security UK Optex Systems Singapore
Force Indian Army Royal Marines BMT Isis IAI Osprea Logistics Technologies
Bulgarian Army Indonesian Army Royal Netherlands Booyco Engineering Image Precision Palomar Display Kinetics
Canadian Army Iraqi Army Army
PTY IMCA Elektronik Products Soucy Defense
Canadian DoD Irish Defence Russian DoD
Caterpillar Defence iRobot Corporation Panair International SpanSet
Colombian Army Forces SA Army
Products ITT Corporation Patria Land Stream
Colombian Marine Israel Defence SANDF
Corps Force Serbian Army C E Niehoff Iveco Defence Systems Environmental
Constellium Italian Army Slovenian Army Chaiseri Metal & Vehicles Pearsons Streit Group
Switzerland A.G. Italian DoD Sindh Police, Rubber Co. Limited Jankel Engineering Stromsholmen AB
Cyprus National Italian Navy Pakistan Cinch Connectors JCB Defence Plasan ST Engineering
Guard JSDGF Singapore Army CMI Defence Products PPG Aerospace Tata Motors
Czech Ministry of Kuwaiti Army Spanish Army
Curtis Wright Jeep PREACT Tencate
Defence Latvian Ministry of STRIDE
DCM Design Kent Modular Proengin Textron Systems
Danish Army Defence Swedish Army
DEIHL Defence Electronics Prox Dynamics The Will-Burt Co
DARPA Malaysian MoD Swedish DoD
Defence Logistics Malaysian Army Tunisian Ministry of Land Systems Kent Periscopes QinetiQ TriMark Europe
Organisation Ministry of Defence DEW Engineering & Kongsberg Defence Rafael Advanced Thales
DGA Defence, Saudi Turkish Army Development Systems Defense Systems Timoney Technology
DLO Arabia Turkish MoD DRS Environmental KTK Raytheon TNO Defence
DRDC-RDDC Ministry of the UAE Ground Force Systems Lockheed Martin Renault Trucks Transhield Inc.
DRDO Interior, Saudi UK MoD DSM Dyneema Lorica Defense Tyron Runflat
Dstl Arabia Ukraine DoD
Du Pont Lumi Glass Rheinmetall Waffe Limited
Egyptian Armed NATO Ukraine Army
Dynamit Nobel Industries Munition Universal
Forces Nigerian Army UKTI DSO
Defence Mahindra Ricardo Engineering Group
Embassy of Chile Nigerian Ministry United Nations
FFI Norwegian of Defence US Army EKA MBDA UK Limited RUAG Defence Vital Seating and
Defence Research Norwegian Army US Army RDECOM Elbit Systems Land Meggitt Training SAAB Systems
Establishment Norwegian DoD US DoD and C4I Systems Saft Warn Industries
Finnish Army NSPA USMC Farymann Diesel METRAVIB Sagem Défense Xtreme Concepts
Finnish DoD Pakistan Police Zambian Army FFG Millbrook Proving Sécurité Yugoimport SDPR
FIRE Finnish Force
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2015 EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
The International Armoured Vehicles 2015 event saw the leading edge of armoured
vehicle integrators, component manufacturers, high ranking military officials,
internationally renowned speakers and authorities gather for the community’s annual
landmark event.
Lt. Gen. (ret.) Sir Gary Coward, the UK’s former Chief of Materiel (Land),
opened proceedings by noting that investment in defence R&D particularly within
the context of developments in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and North/West
Africa should remain a critical priority for governments.
Philip Dunne, UK Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and
Technology, built on this theme, remarking that, in an age when we face a
kaleidoscope of threats...our armed forces will continually be called upon.
The imperative to maintain a battle fleet of vehicles is as complicated as
ever.
Lt. Gen. Michael Williamson, Principal Military Deputy to the
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and
Technology, DoD, stated that we in the United States see armoured
vehicles as key to future operations.
Other keynote briefings were provided by the French Army’s
Brig. Gen. Charles Beaudouin on the country’s armoured
vehicle modernization progress, and Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges,
Commanding General of U.S. Army Europe, who announced
plans to station equipment in Eastern Europe in response to
Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea.
Meanwhile, the annual G6 industry panel debate saw
executives from Textron Systems, Nexter Systems,
BAE Systems Hagglunds, IVECO, Milspray and RUAG
Defence discuss the current trends in design and how
these will translate into future programmes, as well
as the use of hybrid drives and current guidance for
governments.
Coward summarised the themes of the conference as
balance, partnership and affordability. This was
particularly noted against the backdrop of a cooler
Eastern Europe and the critical need for partner
nations to maintain robust and effective armoured
vehicle capabilities.
“
The whole event
was extremely well
organised and ran very
“
smoothly; the perfect
mix of debate and
defence industry.

Colonel David Swann MBE,
British Army
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FOCUS DAY: MODERNISATION, RETROFIT & MRO
25TH JANUARY 2016
08:30 Morning Registration direct government buyers, and are installed on a variety of
military vehicles both land and sea. These products have
08.50 CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS earned a reputation for world-class field performance. Optex
products and services are widely known within our customer
09.00 THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING EQUIPMENT
organization, and are viewed as the
AND MODERNISING THE FLEET IN ORDER TO MEET
optical standard within our industry.
COMMITMENTS TO UN AND REGIONAL PEACE
SUPPORT MISSIONS 12.00 PANEL DISCUSSION: GENERIC VEHICLE ARCHITECTURE:
• The importance of investing in armour in the context of the INTELLIGENTLY RETROFITTING LEGACY AND NEW
Peace Support missions COTS VEHICLES TO ENSURE AVAILABILITY FOR
• Experience and use of the Piranha I 4×4, 6×6 and 8×8 FUTURE REQUIREMENTS AND DIVERSE MISSION SETS
vehicles by the Army of Ghana As the main focus for new generations of armoured fighting
• Maintenance and upgrade plans for the existing APC fleet as vehicles is to become increasingly digitalised with enhanced
part of a wider effort in modernising the capabilities of the Army capabilities and enabled rapid deployment, significant
• The future threat environment and expected mission set to considerations must be made on how legacy vehicles that
develop the requirements for further investment in protected form the majority of the fleet are kept at pace with the new
mobility technologies and mission subsystems being developed. Without
Major General Richard Opoku-Adusei, Chief of Staff, such considerations, cross-fleet missions may have a number of
Ghana Army associated risks in terms of legacy platforms availability.
• Standardisation with modular and open electronic
09.30 DIGIPACK: UPGRADE ANY VEHICLES WITH FIRST
architectures presents a solution to having a platform
LEVEL DIGITISATION TO DELIVER ESSENTIAL
‘ready for deployment’ but how easy or feasible is this from
CAPABILITIES TO LAND FORCES
technology and finance to fit the legacy fleet accordingly
• Connectivity with simultaneous voice data exchanges
• Drawing on the lessons of the Generic Vehicle Architecture
• C5i kit for shared situational awareness and force coordination
(GVA) and NATO GVA, it is the aim of our panel to investigate
• Enhanced protection of crew members
intelligent approaches to retrofitting legacy vehicles
Laurent Letellier, Product Line Manager – Defense C4I,
alongside new platforms and support cross-fleet missions
Thales Communications & Security
• Buying Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) is often the stated

policy of MoDs, what are the implications for non-GVA
compliant architectures on the market?
• Examining COTS requirements to change and conform to the
10.00 JORDANIAN ARMORED VEHICLES MODERNIZATION
GVA /NGVA standard and what are industry doing about this?
The King Abdullah II 3rd Armored Division is equipped and
Moderated by:
trained for high intensity combat operations against militarily
Merfyn Lloyd, Former Chief Science Officer, DE&S
organized enemies as well as peacekeeping missions.
Discussants:
Brigadier General Juma’h .T. AL Hrout, Commanding
Professor Elias Stipidis, Director, Vetronics Research Centre
General, 3rd Armored Division, Jordanian Armed Forces
Dr William Suttie, Land Equipment Science Gateway, DSTL
Ian Burch BSc(Hons) CEng MIMechE MAPM, LE PEng
10.30 Morning Coffee
Open Systems Assistant Head, DE&S
Antony White, Director of Advanced Technology, Ultra
11.00 ASSESSMENT OF MODIFICATION REQUIRED TO CORE
Electronics - PRECISION AIR & LAND SYSTEMS
EQUIPMENT FOR PEACE SUPPORT OPERATIONS
Questions open to the floor
• Retrofitting to improve the effectiveness of Armoured
Fighting Vehicles (AFVs) deployed in African Peace Support 13.00 Lunch
Operations (PSOs)
• Understanding of Threat Dynamics for appropriate equipment 14.00 UPGRADING MALAYSIAN VEHICLES: DESIGN,
selection; Strategy of irregular warfare Insurgency and DEVELOPMENT AND TRIALS
terrorism; Employment of Improvised Explosive Devices • How to balance between levels of protection and crew
(IEDs); Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPGs) situational awareness: Key considerations of hull shape,
• Zambian Vehicle overview; BRDM-2 and WMZ 551 WAV and systems design and internal configuration
their 5 Key capabilities; Armoured car capability or High- • Affordable, active IED counter-measures are now mission
Mobility Combat Capability; MBT capability or High-Intensity critical on Protected Mobility Platforms
Combat Capability; Counter-Armour capability; Armour • Suggested processes for integrating the user early and
reconnaissance capability; Strategic landward lift capability entertaining soldier inspired modifications
• Upgrades required on AFVs to meet emerging threats in PSOs • Trials as an offset for the availability of UOR equipment during
Brigadier General Jack Sinyangwe, Chief of Policy, pre-deployment training, operations, maintenance and logistics
Doctrine and Strategic Branch, Zambian Army • Enhancing military-industry cooperation by putting the
requirement into context and understanding the concept
11.30 OPTEX SYSTEMS INDUSTRY SHOWCASE Dr. Yazid Ahmad, Director Mechanical & Aerospace
Optex Systems, Inc. started in 1987 with a team of optical and Technology Division (STRIDE), Malaysian MoD
mechanical engineers who have since earned a reputation for
delivering the most reliable and high-quality systems available
while reducing the total cost of ownership.
Optex products are delivered through prime contractors,
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FOCUS DAY: MODERNISATION, RETROFIT & MRO
25TH JANUARY 2016
14:30 INTEGRATING A CONFIGURABLE POWER 16:30 TESTING VEHICLES & COMPONENTS AFTER
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; ENHANCING YOUR FLEET’S REFURBISHING / UPGRADE / REPAIR
CAPABILITIES David Ganzhorn, Vice President, Mustang Advance
Tom Spinks, Land Product Manager, EnerSys Engineering

17:00 ASSESSING THE BENEFITS OF RETROFIT VERSUS
15.00 EXAMINING STRATEGIC TRENDS IN ARMOURED
NEW PROCUREMENT IN ORDER TO OPTIMISE
VEHICLES IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND PAST
FUTURE FORCE STRUCTURE AND FLEET MAKEUP
OBSOLESCENCE AND FUTURE AREAS FOR FUTURE
SESSION RESERVED FOR:
PROOFING
Lieutenant General Leonard M Ngondi, Kenya Army
Brigadier (Ret’d) Ben Barry, Senior Fellow for Land
Commander, Kenya Defence Force*
Warfare, International Institute for Strategic Studies
17.30 CHAIRMAN’S SUMMATION
15:30 Afternoon Coffee And Networking
18.00 Ice Breaker Drinks Reception
An excellent opportunity to break the ice, network
16:00 CHANGES OF NATO MEMBER STATES’ FLEETS TO
and build relationships ahead of the main
COMPLIANCE STANDARDS AND THE EFFECT ON LIFE
conference.
CYCLE MAINTENANCE
Contact Amar Karia if you are interested in hosting
• Beyond supply and maintenance: Technical assistance,
this networking event on the eve of the first day.
configuration management and training
Amar Karia, Head of Armoured Vehicles Portfolio,
• How reduction of transport cost can be achieved for the
Defence IQ
customer state
• Managing strategic on-site support and engineering services
to keep member forces operational
• Thoughts on the future recyclability of demilitarized and
disposed of platforms
• MRAP/Leopard case studies
Ian Bonallo, Chief of Maintenance, NATO Support
Agency
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MAIN CONFERENCE DAY ONE
26TH JANUARY 2016
07:15 Morning Registration and Coffee 10.00 ASSUMING FULL SECURITY RESPONSIBILITIES: WHAT
ARE THE EXPECTATIONS OF ARMOURED SUPPORT?
08.15 CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS • Role and effectiveness’ of armoured forces especially in the
L ieutenant General Sir Gary Coward KBE CB, south
Former Chief of Materiel (Land) & Quartermaster General • Current gap of armoured capabilities after the drawdown of
ISAF forces
08.30 A MC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT: PROVIDING • Effectiveness of armoured vehicles in the strike force structure
MATERIEL TO THE U.S. ARMY • Mobile Strike Force (MSF) Vehicles types; Ghala Baze MSF
Commanding General’s statement: “AMC will continue to be Vehicle; Ghala Dar MSF Vehicle; MSF Ambulance Vehicle
• The MSF Vehicle is viewed as a capable platform for the
a global logistics command that not only responds to the needs
current operating environment and in support of other ANSF
of today’s war fighters but anticipates the future and provides
elements.
the advanced equipment and materiel solutions that will ensure
• The MK19 equipped MSFV provides a lethal capability for
our Army remains the most dominant land power force the world
operations against the enemy.
has ever known.”
• The MSFV has an acceptable resistance to SAF, RPG and IED
AMC’S MAJOR SUBORDINATE COMMANDS:
attack.
• Army Contracting Command
H.E. General Qadam Shah Shaheem, Chief of General
• Army Aviation & Missile Command
• Army Sustainment Command Staff, Afghan National Army &
• Communications-Electronics Command (LCMC) Major General Payenda Mohammad Nazim, Inspector
• Joint Munitions Command General, Afghan Ministry of Defence
• Joint Munitions & Lethality Life Cycle Management Command
• Military Surface Deployment & Distribution Command 10.30 Morning Coffee
• Tank-armaments & Automotive Life Cycle Management
Command 11.15 THE ROYAL MARINES’ AMPHIBIOUS CAPABILITY
• Research, Development & Engineering Command Brigadier Richard Spencer, Deputy Commandant
• U.S. Army Security Assistance Command General, Royal Marines
General Dennis L Via, Commanding General, US Army
Materiel Command, US Army 11.45 COMBAT VEHICLE CAPABILITIES FOR THE 21ST
CENTURY
09.00 HOST NATION INTERACTIVE QUESTION AND ANSWER Per Samuelsson,
SESSION Deputy Director, Business Development,
Major General Robert Talbot-Rice, Head of Armoured
Vehicle Programmes, DE&S

Questions are currently being collected to put to the General.
12.15 PANEL DISCUSSION: G9 INDUSTRY SHOWCASE
If you have a questions you would like to raise please do get in
This panel discussion invites OEMs and key industry players to
contact with the Conference Director Alexander.Stephenson@
debate the topics currently driving the community. Proposed
iqpc.co.uk
questions for panellists include:
• What are the current trends in vehicle design and how will
09.30 T HE FUTURE ARMOURED VEHICLE MARKET: BEING
these translate into future programmes?
SHAPED MORE FROM THE OUTSIDE THAN FROM THE
• OEM partnership models and local content: What are the
INSIDE
offerings and benefits?
Textron Marine & Land Systems designs, produces and supports
• Government-government sales and the role industry can play
advanced wheeled combat vehicles and cutting-edge maritime
in maintaining capability
craft used by U.S. and international armed forces, as well as
• Homogenising fleets and cost efficiencies for the procurer:
civilian entities around the globe. Its COMMANDOTM family of
Examples, facts and future thinking
armoured vehicles offers a full range of vehicle options delivering
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enhanced survivability, mobility, lethality and sustainability.
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Textron Marine & Land Systems’ innovative turret technology
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and related subsystems also deliver outstanding performance
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and reliability. Textron Marine & Land Systems is an operating
unit of Textron Systems.
K evin J. Kennedy,
Vice President, International Business Development,
Textron Systems Corporation*
13:00 LUNCH
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MAIN CONFERENCE DAY ONE CONTINUED
PROTECTION STREAM FIREPOWER STREAM MOBILITY STREAM
Chaired by: Chaired by: Chairman TBC
Lieutenant Colonel (Ret’d) Alan Bolster, Lieutenant General Sir Gary Coward
Former Director of Land Requirements, KBE CB, Former Chief of Materiel (Land)
Armoured Fighting Vehicle Systems, & Quartermaster General
Department of National Defence Canada
14.00 WHAT ARE THE REAL PRIORITIES BRITSH ARMY KEYNOTE ADDRESS THE ITALIAN APPROACH TO
FOR FUTURE ARMOUR SYSTEMS? ARMOURED VEHICLES FOR ARMY
• Lower weight, reduced bulk and lower cost Brigadier Ian Gibb, UNITS
are obvious requirements, but is this all? Director Combat Capability, • Future operational environment
• What are the factors that make armour British Army Headquarters • Reconnaissance Cavalry units of Italian
developments viable and result in real Army
benefits? • Italian reconnaissance wheeled vehicles
• Migrating technical developments into • Future developments
practical applications in a return to • Conclusions
contingency. Major General
• Electric armour as a viable future system? Francesco Paolo Figliuolo,
Bryn James, Chief of Logistics Department,
Head - Armour & Protection Italian Army General Staff
Science & Technology Centre, Dstl
14.30 MISSION SPECIFIC SURVIVABILITY: WEAPON SYSTEMS: IS BIGGER PMMC G5 - A NEW DIMENSION OF
THE ROLE OF REVERSIBLE BETTER? ARMOURED COMBAT SUPPORT
SOLUTIONS IN SECURING FORCE CMI Defence is the partner of land armed VEHICLES
AGILITY forces through the provision of integrated • Who is FFG
Armed forces find themselves needing to weapon systems (20-120mm) and related • Concept PMMC G5
be ready for more eventualities with less solutions. Independent of any and all vehicle • Protection
resources. RUAG Defence explores how manufacturers, it is the undisputed leader in • Variants
survivability can be secured across a wider multifunctional, high-power weapon systems Kay Dittloff,
range of mission types and vehicle fleets, for light and medium weight armoured Project Manager
through the use of an innovative holistic vehicles. PMMC G5 / APC G5,
approach to protection. This approach brings Patrick Langlois, FFG
together complex technology with modularity, Vice President of
achieving reversible solutions for agile forces Marketing,
Lars Brühlmann, CMi Defence
Vice President
Strategy &
Technology,
RUAG Defence
15.00 GROUND FORCES COMMAND ENHANCING FIREPOWER THROUGH JLTV PROGRAM UPDATE
WEAPON DEPARTMENT: TROPHY LEOPARD 2 A7 AND AIFV PUMA • Overview of key lessons learnt that helped
ACTIVE PROTECTION SYSTEM (APS) MODERNISATION achieve program success in times of
• Active protection systems: First operation • DEU Army in a Joint Environment austerity
impressions • DEU Army Concepts and Capabilities • Payload performance protection trade-offs
• From dream to reality: Integrating the • Development Centre - COLOGNE • Low-rate initial production and
system into ground forces (AC&CDC) demonstration phase - the anticipated
• ‘APS’ as a significant leap in ongoing • Conceptual Development of Armoured figures and timelines
development • Vehicles Colonel Shane Fullmer,
• Operational conclusions from the recent • Modernisation/Future Projects Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Joint
conflict in the Gaza Strip • Trends – Visions Program Office Manager,
• Supporting armoured vehicles survivability Brigadier General US Army
technologies
Bernhard Liechtenauer,

Chief of Staff and Deputy Director,
Israel Defence Force
Army Concepts and Capabilities
Development Centre,
German Army
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