FUTURE ARMOURED VEHICLES SURVIVABILITY 2018 PRE-CONFERENCE FOCUS DAY l 13th November 2018

Maximising Development and Integration of Active Protection Systems 9:00 am – 5:00 pm | 13th November 2018 | Copthorne Tara Hotel, London, UK

Chaired by Mr. Tom Newbery, Active Protection Research Technical Authority, Platform Survivability Group, DSTL, UK MoD

An examination of the current operational environment indicates that future manoeuvre forces must be prepared to fight and win in an increasingly high threat environment. TOPICS COVERED WILL INCLUDE: As seen in ongoing counter-insurgency and hybrid conflicts, threats to the vehicle are increasing in both scope and size. Traditional lightly armed combatants now have access to an increasing array of anti-armour capabilities, from cost • National efforts to integrate APS into effective and lethal RPG 29, to the latest generation of anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM), capable of defeating most of existing fleets the passive protection available to today’s combat vehicles. • The architectures necessary to support Simultaneously, the threat posed by high intensity conflict and near peer adversaries has never been more credible. With integration both the protection and fire power of NATO’s combat vehicles now being challenged and even exceeded in certain areas, proactive measures must be taken to ensure the highest level of protection possible for combat vehicles and their crews. • Technical expertise from industry leaders, covering the latest hard kill/soft Taking place on November 13th and building on the fruitful discussion of active protection systems (APS) at last year’s kill APS, threat detection/tracking and Future Armoured Vehicle’s Survivability 2017, SMi presents a focus day exclusively dedicated to this important capability. countermeasures Drawing on the experience and recent activities of leading programme managers from the armed forces and national • Efforts to ensure system safety and defence research, the meeting will aim to deliberate national efforts to integrate APS into existing fleets, the architectures minimise collateral damage necessary to support integration, efforts to ensure system safety, STANAG 4686 standardisation and much more. • STANAG 4686 standardisation Importantly, the meeting will guarantee the support of technical experts from the leading solution providers, covering the latest hard/soft kill systems, sensors, data processing, munitions and countermeasures.

8.30 Registration & Coffee 12.30 Networking Lunch

8.50 Chairman’s Opening Remarks 1.30 Novel Approaches to Overcome Future Challenges Posed by Autonomous Mr. Tom Newbery, Active Protection Research Technical Authority, Mission Systems Platform Survivability Group, DSTL, UK MoD • Challenges faced by systems integrators for the integration of mission systems which utilise autonomy and artificial intelligence (AI) UK NATIONAL UPDATES • Exploring new thinking and novel autonomous technologies - An insight into the challenges of active protection systems (APS), unmanned 9.00 Resear ch and Procurement of Active Integrated Protection Systems for platforms, and AI enabled weapon systems British Armoured Vehicles • Incorporation of these new technologies, and a shift to greater autonomy • Requirements for enhanced survivability and APS and reduced “man in the loop”, safety and security challenges increase in - Updates from the Multifunctional Self Protection System (MUSS) complexity • Modular Integrated Protection System • Exploring the challenges associated with autonomous mission systems and - Hybridised and modularised capability how we see defence thinking changing to deliver a more capable and agile - Applying open architecture to APS defence force • Infor ming future capability developments through enhanced R&D Mr David Smith, Principal Consultant, Frazer-Nash Consultancy Ltd. Mr. Tom Newbery, Active Protection Research Technical Authority, Mr Trevor Leckie, Senior Consultant, Frazer-Nash Consultancy Ltd. Platform Survivability Group, DSTL, UK MoD 2.00 US Army Armoured Vehicle Protection Suite — Developing Active Protection Systems 9.30 UK Defence Active Protection System Study: An Overview of Outcomes • Modular Active Protection System Programme - breakthroughs and • Investigating the introduction of APS onto legacy and future UK foreseeable challenges to fend off all flying threats armoured vehicle platforms as part of a broader UK Survivability • Technology progression - developing modular, safe, secure, and upgradable strategy products • De-risking introduction of APS: implications and requirements • US Army combat vehicle portfolio and vehicle protection systems integrated • Outcomes of the market analysis and APS requirements, description of into the vehicle combat fleet capability roadmap Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Ramos, Product Manager Vehicle Protection Systems, • How to best prepare the grounds to buy and adopt active protection PEO Ground Combat Systems, Brigade Combat Team, US Army systems into existing and new platforms • Conclusions of the APS Study 2.30 Rheinmetall Active Protection Suite Major Luke Wilson, Requirements Manager, Royal Engineers, DE&S, UK • Presentation of world’s first APS comparison tool MoD • Quantifiable metrics to determine APS defensive effectiveness • Method to cost-analyse and balance passive armour selection with APS 10.00 Icarus - Progress Towards Modular Integrated Protection System (MIPS) integration Standardisation  Dr. Ronald Meixner, Pre-Sales Engineer, Rheinmetall Active Protection GMBH • Receive an unclassified overview of the Icarus Research and (RAP) Demonstration project being conducted by a Leonardo-led team for the UK MoD’s Defence Science & Technology Laboratory 3.00 Developing the Puma’s Active Protection Suite with the MUSS Soft-Kill System • Understand developments in definitions of the MIPS Architecture, its • The Multifunctional self-protection system: performance and feedback from standardisation and associated terminology testing • View examples of simulated engagement scenarios • Missile and laser warning: developing and integrating sensor heads • View extracts from the MIPS System Model and understand its current • Developing an IR Jamming unit scope • Furthering the Puma success story – adding survivability to its lethality and • Understand opportunities to be involved in the ongoing programme mobility abilities Mr. Guy Davies, Capability Manager - Vehicle Systems, Leonardo  Mr. Ulrich Faxel, Technical Director, Deputy Programme Manager PUMA, BAAINBw, German MoD 10.30 Morning Coffee 3.30 Afternoon Tea ACTIVE PROTECTION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION 4.00 Sponsor presentation reserved for Raytheon 11.00 Survivability and Protection Pr esentation details TBC • APS development process - an ongoing misson in MANTAK (The Merkava and Armored Vehicles Directorate) 4.30 Maximising Hard-Kill Active Protection in the Turkish Army - Pulat APS • Insights from Trohpy APS on MBT and heavy APC - An overview of the • Requirements for new high-tech active protection systems • 360-degrees full protection and modular integration use and evolution of the system • Hard-kill abilities and multiple simultaneous threat protection • Challenges and potential for system integration to existing and new • Radar detection, threat neutralisation, and disruption platforms Lieutenant Colonel Kerim Serkan Simais, Specialist-Land Platforms, SSM, Turkish • Testing APS systems MoD Major Aharon, APS Tech Integrator, Israeli MoD ACTIVE PROTECTION STANDARDS AND SAFETY 11.30 Sponsor Presentation Reserved for UTC Presentation details TBC 5.00 NATO STANAG 4686 — Developing and Achieving International Standards for APS Development Amongst NATO Nations 12.00 Speeding-Up US Army Survivability for Combat Vehicles — the Case of • NATO Standardization Agreement 4686: scope of standardization and Modular APS achievements this far • Developing modular active protection systems (MAPS) for the Bradley, • STANAG 4569 and 4686: testing protection and safety Stryker, and Abrams • Integration considerations of APS into legacy equipment and existing fleets • Adapting to the different requirements of each platform based on their • Collateral damage assessment with APS, setting new standards and adapting respective architecture and systems to trial results • Results from “layered testing” and requirements for future efforts Dr. Arild Skjold, Senior Scientist, FFI • T imeframe of MAPS testing and integration into the US Army armoured vehicle fleet 5.30 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Focus Day  Mr. Wayne Beutler, Associate Director Ground Vehicle Survivability and  Mr. Tom Newbery, Active Protection Research Technical Authority, Platform Protection, TARDEC, US Army Survivability Group, DSTL, UK MoD

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8.30 Registration and Coffee PROTECTING ARMOURED PLATFORMS AND CREWS FROM CBRN THREATS 8.50 Chairman’s Opening Remarks Brigadier (ret) Ian Cameron-Mowat, Former Head of Force Protection, 2.00 Delivering Future Ready CBRN Protection for the British Armoured Vehicle Fleet • Emerging requirements for enhanced protection against CBRN KEYNOTE ADDRESSES threats • An update on the developments in the UK CBRN Equipment Capability Plan 9.00 Modernising the Armoured Fleet to Maximise Troop Survivability • Reintegrating the FUCHS area and survey and Enhance Protection in Future Engagements vehicles into the British Land Forces • Recent requirements for improved protection and mobility on • Ongoing procurement programmes and foreseeable the battlefield challenges in fending off chemical and biological threats • Utilising the NGCV and better equip to fight in dense urban Mr. Ian Matthews, CBRN Delivery Team, DE&S, UK MoD terrains • Addressing the weight dilemma and weighing all options to 2.30 Sponsor Presentation Available enhance crew and platform survivability 3.00 Protecting Vehicle Crew against CBRN Threats Through the - Smaller vehicles Development of Enhanced Chemical and Biological Defence - Taking the humans out Systems - AI Integration • Emerging requirements for enhanced protection against CBRN - Active protection systems? threats • “Radical ten-fold improvements in technology” – what the • Developing new cutting-edge detection and neutralisation army modernisation strategy means for survivability technologies Brigadier General Christopher LaNeve, Commanding General • Maximising R&D and driving new material designs 7th Army Training Command, US Army Europe • Ongoing research and foreseeable challenges in fending off chemical and biological threats 9.30 Maximising British Armoured Vehicle Survivability With Science Mr. Daniel McCormick, Deputy PEO Operations and and Technology Support Modernisation, JPEO CBD • Adopting new cutting-edge technology to protect platforms 3.30 Afternoon Tea - Active protection systems - Sensors and signature management - Countermeasures to flying threats MILITARY PANEL DISCUSSION • Developing the MUSS as part of the technology demonstrator programme and enhancing MBT survivability 4.00 MILITARY PANEL DISCUSSION • Results and feedback from the shot detection system Developing Armoured Vehicle Protection to Better Adapt to (Acousonic) integrated into the AJAX Emerging Threats Lieutenant Colonel Simon Routledge, SO1 Land Systems, DSTL, • Emerging threats in recent armoured vehicle deployments UK MoD • Adapting to the shifting security environments and the evolving nature of warfare 10.00 Gold Sponsor Presentation Reserved for Leonardo • Balancing unconventional vs conventional threats Presentation details TBC • Q&A Session Lieutenant Colonel Simon Routledge, SO1 Land Systems, DSTL, Mr. Guy Davies, Capability Manager - Vehicle Systems, UK MoD Leonardo Lieutenant Colonel Paddy Bond, Commanding Officer, Armoured Trials and Development Unit, British Army 10.30 Morning Coffee Lieutenant Colonel Karlheinz Boenke, Authorized Representative for MRAV BOXER and BV 206, II-Combat, ACCDC, INDUSTRY EXPERT UPDATES Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Ramos, Product Manager Vehicle Protection Systems, PEO Ground Combat Systems, Stryker Brigade Combat Team, US Army 11.00 Reinforcing Survivability of the UK Armoured Infantry Brigade  Mr. Daniel McCormick, Deputy PEO Operations and with the new AJAX AFV Modernisation, JPEO CBD • Review of the requirements for the AJAX platform Brigadier (ret) Ian Cameron-Mowat, Former Head of Force • Utilising modular survivability technologies to counter current Protection , British Army threats and allow for future adaptations • Considering the experiences and needs of the end user for INFANTRY FIGHTING VEHICLE SURVIVABILITY armour design and integration • Latest testing outcomes, lessons learned, and room for 4.45 Improving Armoured Vehicle Protectability through Enhanced improvement Blast Protection and Antitank Training Mr. Mark Dean, Chief of Design Engineering, General Dynamics • Recent requirements driving armour developments and blast UK Limited protection for Estonian Defence Forces platforms • How infantry training and technical specialisation help 11.30 Presentation Reserved for Gold Sponsor identifying the requirements for improvements in the Estonian armoured forces 12.00 Enhancing the Fennek Command and Control Vehicle’s • Fending off mid- and long-range guided antitank guided Survivability missile systems • Protective requirements for the Fennek platform • Foreseeable improvements in blast protection to fend off IED • Enhancing platform survivability with enhanced blast protection, and airborne threats Lieutenant Colonel Tarvo Luga, Inspector of Infantry, Estonian increased stealth, and all-round situational awareness Defence Forces • Mitigating risks of detection and penetration with high terrain adaptability and long rage engine technology 5.15 Developing Armour while Maintaining Light Weight and High • Managing survivability and weight: future areas of Mobility — LAV III development and foreseeable developments in the platform’s • Requirements for enhanced armoured protection for the LAV III protection suite • Armour add-ons and weight considerations Mr. Axel Scheibel, Chief of Survivability Engineering, KMW • On-board vetronics and how enhanced situational awareness directly improves protection and survivability and 12.30 A Systems Integrator’s Approach to Survivability consequentially allows for reduced physical armour • Integration of new technologies • Adapting to emerging threats and technology proliferation such as IEDs and new generation explosive launchers • Optimising Performance Lieutenant Colonel Brian Corbett, Section Head - Armoured • Enhancement of Vehicle Capabilities Vehicle Systems, Canadian Armed Forces Dr. Chris Dent, Head of Research Technology, Lockheed Martin UK 5.45 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One Brigadier (ret) Ian Cameron-Mowat, Former Head of Force 1.00 Networking Lunch Protection, British Army

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8.30 Registration and Coffee 12.45 Networking Lunch

8.50 Chairman’s Opening Remarks Brigadier (ret) Ian Cameron-Mowat, Former Head of Force AVOIDING DETECTION WITH INCREASED STEALTH AND ENHANCED Protection, British Army SIGNATURE MANAGEMENT

KEYNOTE ADDRESSES 1.45 Optimising Threat Detection and Stealth with the Fennek Light Armoured 9.00 Armor ed (Light) Infantry Vehicles within the German Army - Situation and Further Development of the MRAV BOXER, Light • Supporting land operations with the through enhanced Airborne Platform and Oversnow-Vehicles reconnaissance capabilities • The current main armoured platform of the GEA light infantry • The reconnaissance role of Fennek within mechanised force • The MRAV BOXER, illustrating its current role and the way ahead structure in regards of further requirements and development • Remarks on the light airborne platform and the BV 206 • Ensuring survivability with optronics: NBC protection, night vision, Hagglunds fleet and their way ahead thermal, CCD day camera and laser rangefinder Lieutenant Colonel Karlheinz Boenke, Authorized Representative • How recent upgrades of the Fennek and retrofitting to for MRAV BOXER and BV 206, II-Combat, ACCDC, German Army the latest JFST 1A3+ version will enhance reconnaissance

9.30 Session Reserved For Sponsor capabilities, ultimately improving survivability in deployments Captain Mark Hoving, Staff Officer, 10.00 Maximising Protection of The Turkish Armoured Vehicle Fleet • Current Turkish armoured vehicle protection suite • Current capabilities 2.15 Sponsor Presentation Reserved for INTRACOM • Path towards vehicle protection systems technologies Defense Electronics • Developing armour and threat detection capabilities Presentation details TBC Lieutenant Colonel Kerim Serkan Simais, Specialist-Land Platforms, SSM, Turkish MoD 2.45 How Signature Management and Enhanced Sensor Capabilities 10.30 Morning Coffee Support Crew and Vehicle Survivability • Optimising optronic sensor performance for threat detection BLAST PROTECTION AND ARMOUR DEVELOPMENT purposes • Functioning and delivering results in an environment of 11.00 Survivability — Fire protection on Military Vehicles interference Mr. Christian Manthey Dipl. Ing., Technical Marketing Manager, • How radars and optics with advanced image and signal UTC Aerospace Systems processing support timely threat detection and neutralisation • Feedback and lessons from recent signature management 11.30 Improving Armoured Vehicle Protectability through Enhanced Blast Protection in the Austrian Protected Vehicle Fleet technologies testing at the FOI • Recent requirements driving armour developments and blast protection  Dr. Hans Kariis, Senior Researcher, Department of Antennas and • How the integration of new platforms – GD PANDUR, IVECO Signatures, Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) GMF, KMW DINGO – will enhance the overall survivability of the Austrian armoured vehicle fleet 3.15 Afternoon Tea • Adapting to technology proliferation to enhance all-round blast protection and anti-tank missile survivability • Foreseeable improvements in blast protection to fend off IED FUTURE LAND CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENTS and airborne threats Colonel Christoph Philipp, Staff officer, Austrian MoD 3.45 Future Materials for Passive Protection and Passive Armour INDUSTRY PANEL DISCUSSION Configuration • Passive protection requirements 12.00 INDUSTRY PANEL DISCUSSION • New materials researched and the signifiance they hold for Multifaceted Approaches to Armoured Platform Survivability and survivability Enhancing Buyer-Seller Cooperation - Synthetic biology for ceramic armour • What are the solution providers’ key areas of activity and priorities within the survivability domain? - Nanoceramic armour • Providing comprehensive survivability and touching upon all - Silicon carbide layers of the “survivability onion” • Tackling the weight - mobility dilemma • Requirements for enhanced buyer-seller cooperation • Managing passive armour configuration • Q&A Session Mr. Mark Dean, Chief of Design Engineering, General Dynamics Professor Bryn James, Head of Armoured protection, DSTL, UK Limited UK MoD Mr. Jens Schroeter, Senior Director, Engineering, General Dynamics European Land Systems 4.15 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Main Conference Mr. Axel Scheibel, Chief of Survivability Engineering, KMW Brigadier (ret) Ian Cameron-Mowat, Former Head of Force Brigadier (ret) Ian Cameron-Mowat, Former Head of Force Protection, British Army Protection, British Army

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