CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Weapon Systems and Technology Conference THE UK AIR DEFENCE CHALLENGE - WEAPON SYSTEMS FOR DEVELOPING THREATS
LONDON / 29 NOVEMBER 2018
08:30 Registration & Refreshments
09:00 WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS Chairman: Tim Marshall FRAeS - Committee Chairman, Weapon Systems & Technology Specialist Group
------SESSION ONE Chairman: Sqn Ldr Karim Homsey MRAeS - Officer Commanding Forward Engineering Squadron, RAF Marham
09:15 KEYNOTE ADDRESS Speaker: Air Vice-Marshal S P Rochelle OBE DFC - Chief of Staff Capability, Headquarters Air Command
09:45 1) EMERGING THREATS FROM LEFT FIELD Speaker: Justin Bronk - Research Fellow for Airpower, RUSI
10:15 2) PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS AND METRICS FOR EVOLVING AIR DEFENCE SYSTEMS Speaker: Stuart Coltart, Systems Engineer, Defence Science & Technology Laboratory
10:45 Networking Refreshment Break
------SESSION TWO Chairman: Nick Honey FRAeS – Secretary, Weapon Systems & Technology Specialist Group
11:10 3) INNOVATION AND EXPORT: AN ESSENTIAL COMBINATION FOR A ROBUST AIR DEFENCE CAPABILITY Speaker: Tony Smith - Head of Innovation - Air and Space, UK Defence Solutions Centre
11:40 4) CURRENT UK AIR DEFENCE – COMMON SOLUTIONS TO AIR DEFENCE CHALLENGES Speaker: Chris Stevens - Head of Air Domain - UK Sales & Business Development, MBDA
12:10 5) A PRAGMATIC WAY AHEAD FOR UK GBAD Speaker: Philip Heath - Strategic Consultant & Operational Analyst, QinetiQ
12:40 Networking Lunch
------SESSION THREE Chairman: Bernard Chan AMRAeS - Vice Chair, Weapon Systems & Technology Specialist Group
13:30 6) DRONE STRIKE – MID-AIR COLLISIONS BETWEEN MANNED AIRCRAFT AND SMALL UNMANNED AIR VEHICLES Speaker: Bill Austen - Team Lead - Structural Analysis, QinetiQ
14:00 7) CONSIDERATIONS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A UNIVERSAL MULTI-TIER GBAD SOLUTION Speaker: Richard Turner - Business Development - GBAD & BMC4I, Lockheed Martin UK CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Weapon Systems and Technology Conference THE UK AIR DEFENCE CHALLENGE - WEAPON SYSTEMS FOR DEVELOPING THREATS
LONDON / 29 NOVEMBER 2018
14:30 8) THE DEVELOPMENT OF AIR DEFENCE SOLUTIONS TO COUNTER EVER-EVOLVING THREATS Speaker: Dr Ian Briggs MRAeS - Specialist Aerodynamics Engineer, Thales UK
15:00 Networking Refreshment Break
------SESSION FOUR Chairman: David Marsden - Engineering Manager, MARTEC
15:25 9) FUTURE CHALLENGES FOR AIR DEFENCE – THREATS AND TECHNOLOGIES Speaker: Roger Bartlett, Head of Meteor CEP & UK Future Air Defence, MBDA
15:55 10) LASER DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPONS Speaker: Benjamin Maddison - Principal Scientist, Defence Science & Technology Laboratory
16:25 11) AIR DEFENCE WEAPONS PERFORMANCE MODELLING Speaker: Jonathan Hare, Principal Scientist Dstl
16:55 CHAIRMAN CLOSING REMARKS Chairman: Tim Marshall FRAeS - Committee Chairman, Weapon Systems & Technology Specialist Group
17:25 CONFERENCE CONCLUDES