Future Armoured Vehicles Central & Eastern Europe 2019

Future Armoured Vehicles Central & Eastern Europe 2019 Day One Monday 20th May

8.15 Registration & Coffee MODERNISATION AND UPGRADES

8.45 Chairman’s Opening Remarks 12.55 Outlining Current STRYKER Lethality and APS Upgrades Major General (ret’d) Josef Sedlak, Former Commander Joint Forces, •Underlining the operational requirements for Up-Gunning the STRYKER IFV Czech Armed Forces •Selecting and fi elding the right APS system for the STRYKER platform •Supplying infantry brigade combat teams with a STRYKER platform KEYNOTE ADDRESSES that allows rapid deployment in restrictive areas across all types of terrain and urban austere environments 8.55 Un Update on the Czech Armed Forces Long Perspective for Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Ramos, Product Manager Vehicle Defence: 2030 Protection Systems, Stryker Brigade Combat Team, PEO Ground Combat Systems, US Army •The solutions to maintaining a fully operational mechanised force •Utilising comprehensive, real-time situational awareness capabilities 1.25 Networking Lunch such as ground and air reconnaissance in conjunction with mechanised brigades 2.25 German Land Forces and the Capabilities to deal with Future Threats •Fully utilising the support of NATO allies for maximum force •Assessing the current capacity to deal with threats, both present interoperability and emerging •Future challenges to the evolution of the Czech Armed Forces •Outlining the current threat detection systems across German infantry fi ghting platforms and how they will be overcome •Development of C2 and C4 ISTAR networks for better platoon and Major General Jaromir Zuna, 1st Deputy Chief of Staff, interplatoon communications Czech Armed Forces •Future developments for the German Army across the land domain Colonel Hans-Joerg Voll, Branch Chief, Armoured Corps, 9.25 Ensuring the Hungarian Ground Forces have the Right Land Army Concepts and Capabilities Centre, Bundeswehr Capabilities to Defend Against Future Threats •Equipping the Hungarian Armed forces with enough tracked 2.55 Addressing the Challenge of Range and Reach for Armoured Turrets and wheeled IFV vehicles in accordance with national and •Medium Weight •Modular Capabilities international duties •UK approach – case study •Striking the right balance between modernising legacy fl eets of Mr David Meyer, Head of Business Development, Lockheed Martin UK BTR-80As and the acquisition of entirely new vehicles •Defi ning Hungary’s role in the land domain and the security of the REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES region Lieutenant General Dr Gabor Borondi, Deputy Chief of Defence, 3.25 Dictating the Requirements for the Romanian Armed Forces and the Hungarian Defence Forces Requirement for Land Force Modernisation •The importance of upgrading legacy platforms such as the MLI-84 JDER with a 25 mm Oerlikon KBA cannon and Spike missiles 9.55 Presentation details TBC •How Romanian land forces will acclimatise to the introduction of Mr Oliver Mittelsdorf, Senior Vice President Sales Tracked Vehicles and 227 Mowag Piranha V IFVs Turrets, Rheinmetall •Romania’s engagement with allied and partner nations to promote force interoperability across the region 10.25 Morning Coffee Brigadier General Sava Claudiu, Deputy Commander 2nd Infantry Division, Romanian Armed Forces CENTRAL EUROPEAN UPDATES 3.55 Presentation details TBC Mr Michael Rust, Head of Sales and Marketing, 10.55 Updating Legacy Vehicle Fleets and Implementing New Platforms for IBD Deisenroth the Support of Operations in Difﬁ cult Terrain •Considering the current operational capabilities of Austrian land 4.25 Afternoon Tea forces •Outlining the importance of updating legacy vehicle fl eets to 4.55 The Current Role of the 1st Mechanised Infantry Battalion and the Wider Outlook for the Latvian Armed Forces ensure that standards are met for the three essential requirements: •Latvia’s intention to modernise land requirements and mechanised mobility, fi repower and protection forces •Procuring the BvS 10: operational requirements to traverse diffi cult •How the developing doctrine of mechanised infantry forces in Eastern terrain and the strategic importance of procuring a platform that Europe has shaped the structure of the Latvian Armed Forces will modernise Austrian land capabilities signifi cantly •Procurement priorities for the Latvian Armed Forces Major General Norbert Huber, Director of Armament and Procurement, Lieutenant Colonel Raivis Melnis, Commander, 1st Mechanised Austrian MoD Battalion, Latvian Armed Forces

5.25 Composite Rubber Tracks: a Capability Enhancement for the Modern 11.25 Presentation details TBC Army Mr Alex Koers, Co-founder and Director, •Increased survivability Microﬂ own AVISA •Reducing the life cycle cost •Improving the driving performance 11.55 The Role of Czech Land Forces in National and Regional Defensive •Reducing the logistic burden Strategy Mr Hugo Torstensen, Business Development Director Defense Division •Meeting tactical objectives and operations as a single Europe, Soucy International Inc independent brigade or within an Allied force structure 5.55 Assessing the Patria 8x8 IFV and the Future Procurement Plans for the •Utilising the Infantry fi ghting vehicle BVP-2 for high cross-country Croatian Armed Forces capabilities, considerable fi re power and a high resistance option •Outlining the different roles and capabilities of Croatia’s Armoured to enemy strikes Units •Future requirements for Czech Land Forces and the evolution of the •Future plans to modernise Croatia’s Armoured Capacity BVP-2 IFV •Underlining Croatia’s role in regional security and allied Colonel Zdenek Mikula, Deputy Commander 7th Mechanised Brigade, interoperability Czech Armed Forces Colonel Miroslav Kuhar, Chief of Land Arms Tactics Department, Croatian Defence Academy, Croatian Armed Forces

12.25 Presentation details TBC 6.25 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One Mr Bear Midkiff, Vice President Sales and Marketing, Central and Major General (ret’d) Josef Sedlak, Former Commander Joint Forces, Eastern Europe, CMI Defence Czech Armed Forces

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8.30 Registration & Coffee HOST NATION BRIEFINGS

9.00 Chairman’s Opening Remarks 1.40 Possible Parameters of Perspective IFVs Major General (ret’d) Josef Sedlak, Former Commander Joint Forces, • Evolution of IFVs Czech Armed Forces • IFVs Construction Schools • Parameters of Perspective IFV KEYNOTE ADDRESSES Head of Department of Tactics, Faculty of Military Leadership, University of Defence Brno, Czech Republic 9.10 Developing the Czech Armed Forces to Achieve Force Superiority Against Future Threats 2.10 Panel Session: Addressing the Balance of Upgrading Legacy Vehicles • Utilising modern IFV capabilities to evolve the Czech Armed Forces whilst Striving to Procure New Platforms into a highly lethal and manoeuvrable fighting force • How IFV brigades are changing the way that wars are waged on • Developing Czech armoured vehicle programmes for maximum the modern battlefield force efficiency • Capturing the operational requirements of today’s IFVs • Moder nising Czech Land Force doctrine to fully exploit armoured • Question and answer session with military experts assets on the battlefield Major General Ivo Strecha, Director Force Development Division, Major General Ivo Strecha, Director Force Development Division, Czech Armed Forces Czech Armed Forces Brigadier General Mikael Frisell, Director Land Systems, FMV, Swedish MoD 9.40 Swedish Armoured Capabilities and the Evolution of the CV 9040 Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Ramos, Product Manager Vehicle Protection • The current role of the Swedish Army: An update on Sweden’s Systems, Stryker Brigade Combat Team, PEO Ground Combat Systems, role during Trident Juncture 18 US Army • Successes of the Mjölner, and how it will considerably increase Colonel Bostjan Mocnik, Chief of Capability Development Branch, Slovenian MoD the indirect fire capability of the CV 9040, increasing support and Colonel Hans-Joerg Voll, Branch Chief, Armoured Corps, Army lethality to mechanized battalions Concepts and Capabilities Centre, German Army • Outlining the future requirements and planned developments to the CV 9040 in order to match future threats and potential 2.40 International Allied Armoured Co-operation and the Strive for enemies Increased Interoperability Brigadier General Mikael Frisell, Director Land Systems, SDMA, FMV, • An update on NATO’s Army Armament Group activities Swedish MoD • Identify, harmonize and support NATO and National armaments activities to response to the Alliance’s capability requirements 10.10 Presentation details TBC • NATO’s mission to support synergy among the procurement, Mr Oliver Mittelsdorf, Senior Vice President Sales Tracked Vehicles and research and technology and defence industrial allied communities Turrets, Rheinmetall Lieutenant Colonel (Ret’d) Richard Macha, Czech National Armament Mr Mathias Kraus, Head of Sales, PSM Representative in NATO HQ, Czech Delegation to NATO HQ, Czech MoD 10.40 Morning Coffee

3.10 Afternoon Tea INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES

INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES 11.10 The Importance of Stryker Brigade Combat Teams in the European Theatre • How the 2nd Cavalry Regiment aims to support regional forces with 3.40 How NATO NSPA Strives to Provide Integrated Logistics Support to the strategic deployment of armoured brigades BOXER User Nations • Lessons learned during Exercise Saber Strike 18: how well did US • In-Service Support for the current BOXER MRAV fleet Strykers operate? • Support capabilities and partnerships • Incr easing readiness and enhancing interoperability between NATO • Managing the in-service support and ILS issues relating to the allies and partner forces expansion of the BOXER MRAV fleet Brigadier General Christopher LaNeve, Commanding General 7th Mr Richard Jones, Project Coordinator, Land Combat Systems BOXER, Army Training Command, US Army Europe* NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA)

11.40 Presentation details TBC 4.10 Discussing the Versatility of the BOXER: The Next Generation of Multi Mr David Addy, Regional Business Development Manager, Role Armoured Vehicles Pearson Engineering • Balancing vital capabilities such as; transport-capacity, mobility, protection, survivability, growth potential and efficient life cycle 12.10 Assessing Spain’s Current Pizarro Programme: operational costs requirements and future developments • Considering the differing operational requirements for the multiple • Perception of the current and future operational environments variants of the BOXER armoured vehicle and associated threats for the Spanish Armed Forces • BOXER programme participating nations and the future implications • The success story of the Pizarro programme for allied interoperability • Pr ospects of development and modernisation within the Mr Gerardus Lijten, ILS Section Leader, Boxer Programme Division, Spanish armoured Vehicle Fleet OCCAR-EA Colonel Jose María González Casado, Pizarro Program Manager National Armament Directorate, Spanish MoD 4.40 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two Major General (ret’d) Josef Sedlak, Former Commander Joint Forces, 12.40 Networking Lunch Czech Armed Forces