8.30 Registration & Coffee

8.50 Chairman’s Opening Remarks Mr. Tom Newbery, Active Protection Research Technical Authority, Platform Survivability Group, DSTL, UK MoD

UK NATIONAL UPDATES

9.00 Research and Procurement of Active Integrated Protection Systems for British Armoured Vehicles • Requirements for enhanced survivability and APS

- Updates from the Multifunctional Self Protection System (MUSS) • Modular Integrated Protection System

- Hybridised and modularised capability- Applying open architecture to APS

• Informing future capability developments through enhanced R&D Mr. Tom Newbery, Active Protection Research Technical Authority, Platform Survivability Group, DSTL, UK MoD

9.30 UK Defence Active Protection System Study: An Overview of Outcomes• Investigating the introduction of APS onto legacy and future UK

armoured vehicle platforms as part of a broader UK Survivability strategy

• De-risking introduction of APS: implications and requirements • Outcomes of the market analysis and APS requirements, description of

capability roadmap• How to best prepare the grounds to buy and adopt active protection

systems into existing and new platforms • Conclusions of the APS Study Major Luke Wilson, Requirements Manager, Royal Engineers, DE&S, UK MoD

10.00 Icarus - Progress Towards Modular Integrated Protection System (MIPS) Standardisation • Receive an unclassified overview of the Icarus Research and

Demonstration project being conducted by a Leonardo-led team for the UK MoD’s Defence Science & Technology Laboratory

• Understand developments in definitions of the MIPS Architecture, its standardisation and associated terminology

• View examples of simulated engagement scenarios• View extracts from the MIPS System Model and understand its current

scope• Understand opportunities to be involved in the ongoing programme Mr. Guy Davies, Capability Manager - Vehicle Systems, Leonardo

10.30 Morning Coffee

ACTIVE PROTECTION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION

11.00 Survivability and Protection • APS development process - an ongoing misson in MANTAK (The

Merkava and Armored Vehicles Directorate)• Insights from Trohpy APS on MBT and heavy APC - An overview of the

use and evolution of the system• Challenges and potential for system integration to existing and new

platforms• Testing APS systems

Major Aharon, APS Tech Integrator, Israeli MoD

11.30 Sponsor Presentation Reserved for UTC Presentation details TBC

12.00 Speeding-Up US Army Survivability for Combat Vehicles — the Case of Modular APS • Developing modular active protection systems (MAPS) for the Bradley,

Stryker, and Abrams • Adapting to the different requirements of each platform based on their

respective architecture and systems • Results from “layered testing” and requirements for future efforts • Timeframe of MAPS testing and integration into the US Army armoured

vehicle fleet Mr. Wayne Beutler, Associate Director Ground Vehicle Survivability and

Protection, TARDEC, US Army

12.30 Networking Lunch

1.30 Novel Approaches to Overcome Future Challenges Posed by Autonomous Mission Systems • Challenges faced by systems integrators for the integration of mission systems

which utilise autonomy and artificial intelligence (AI) • Exploring new thinking and novel autonomous technologies

- An insight into the challenges of active protection systems (APS), unmanned platforms, and AI enabled weapon systems

• Incorporation of these new technologies, and a shift to greater autonomyand reduced “man in the loop”, safety and security challenges increase in complexity

• Exploring the challenges associated with autonomous mission systems andhow we see defence thinking changing to deliver a more capable and agile defence force

Mr David Smith, Principal Consultant, Frazer-Nash Consultancy Ltd. Mr Trevor Leckie, Senior Consultant, Frazer-Nash Consultancy Ltd.

2.00 US Army Armoured Vehicle Protection Suite — Developing Active Protection Systems • Modular Active Protection System Programme - breakthroughs and

foreseeable challenges to fend off all flying threats• Technology progression - developing modular, safe, secure, and upgradable

products• US Army combat vehicle portfolio and vehicle protection systems integrated

into the vehicle combat fleet Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Ramos, Product Manager Vehicle Protection Systems,

PEO Ground Combat Systems, Stryker Brigade Combat Team, US Army

2.30 Rheinmetall Active Protection Suite • Presentation of world’s first APS comparison tool• Quantifiable metrics to determine APS defensive effectiveness• Method to cost-analyse and balance passive armour selection with APS

integration Dr. Ronald Meixner, Pre-Sales Engineer, Rheinmetall Active Protection GMBH

(RAP)

3.00 Developing the Puma’s Active Protection Suite with the MUSS Soft-Kill System • The Multifunctional self-protection system: performance and feedback from

testing • Missile and laser warning: developing and integrating sensor heads• Developing an IR Jamming unit • Furthering the Puma success story – adding survivability to its lethality and

mobility abilities Mr. Ulrich Faxel, Technical Director, Deputy Programme Manager PUMA,

BAAINBw, German MoD

3.30 Afternoon Tea

4.00 Sponsor presentation reserved for Raytheon Presentation details TBC

4.30 Maximising Hard-Kill Active Protection in the Turkish Army - Pulat APS • Requirements for new high-tech active protection systems• 360-degrees full protection and modular integration• Hard-kill abilities and multiple simultaneous threat protection• Radar detection, threat neutralisation, and disruption

Lieutenant Colonel Kerim Serkan Simais, Specialist-Land Platforms, SSM, Turkish MoD

ACTIVE PROTECTION STANDARDS AND SAFETY

5.00 NATO STANAG 4686 — Developing and Achieving International Standards for APS Development Amongst NATO Nations • NATO Standardization Agreement 4686: scope of standardization and

achievements this far • STANAG 4569 and 4686: testing protection and safety• Integration considerations of APS into legacy equipment and existing fleets • Collateral damage assessment with APS, setting new standards and adapting

to trial resultsDr. Arild Skjold, Senior Scientist, FFI

5.30 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Focus Day Mr. Tom Newbery, Active Protection Research Technical Authority, Platform Survivability Group, DSTL, UK MoD

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.

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 effective and lethal RPG 29, to the latest generation of anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM), capable of defeating most of the passive protection available to today’s combat vehicles.

Simultaneously, the threat posed by high intensity conflict and near peer adversaries has never been more credible. With 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.

Taking place on November 13th and building on the fruitful discussion of active protection systems (APS) at last year’s Future Armoured Vehicle’s Survivability 2017, SMi presents a focus day exclusively dedicated to this important capability.

Drawing on the experience and recent activities of leading programme managers from the armed forces and national defence research, the meeting will aim to deliberate national efforts to integrate APS into existing fleets, the architectures necessary to support integration, efforts to ensure system safety, STANAG 4686 standardisation and much more.

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.

TOPICS COVERED WILL INCLUDE:

• National efforts to integrate APS into existing fleets

• The architectures necessary to support integration

• Technical expertise from industry leaders, covering the latest hard kill/soft kill APS, threat detection/tracking and countermeasures

• Efforts to ensure system safety andminimise collateral damage

• STANAG 4686 standardisation

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Future Armoured Vehicles Survivability 2018 Day Two | 14th November 2018

8.30 Registration and Coffee

8.50 Chairman’s Opening Remarks Brigadier (ret) Ian Cameron-Mowat, Former Head of Force

Protection, British Army

KEYNOTE ADDRESSES

9.00 Modernising the Armoured Fleet to Maximise Troop Survivability and Enhance Protection in Future Engagements • Recent requirements for improved protection and mobility on

the battlefield • Utilising the NGCV and better equip to fight in dense urban

terrains• Addressing the weight dilemma and weighing all options to

enhance crew and platform survivability- Smaller vehicles- Taking the humans out- AI Integration- Active protection systems?

• “Radical ten-fold improvements in technology” – what thearmy modernisation strategy means for survivability

Brigadier General Christopher LaNeve, Commanding General 7th Army Training Command, US Army Europe

9.30 Maximising British Armoured Vehicle Survivability With Science and Technology Support• Adopting new cutting-edge technology to protect platforms

- Active protection systems- Sensors and signature management- Countermeasures to flying threats

• Developing the MUSS as part of the technology demonstratorprogramme and enhancing MBT survivability

• Results and feedback from the shot detection system(Acousonic) integrated into the AJAX

Lieutenant Colonel Simon Routledge, SO1 Land Systems, DSTL, UK MoD

10.00 Gold Sponsor Presentation Reserved for LeonardoPresentation details TBC Mr. Guy Davies, Capability Manager - Vehicle Systems, Leonardo

10.30 Morning Coffee

INDUSTRY EXPERT UPDATES

11.00 Reinforcing Survivability of the UK Armoured Infantry Brigade with the new AJAX AFV • Review of the requirements for the AJAX platform• Utilising modular survivability technologies to counter current

threats and allow for future adaptations• Considering the experiences and needs of the end user for

armour design and integration• Latest testing outcomes, lessons learned, and room for

improvement Mr. Mark Dean, Chief of Design Engineering, General Dynamics

UK Limited

11.30 Presentation Reserved for Gold Sponsor

12.00 Enhancing the Fennek Command and Control Vehicle’s Survivability • Protective requirements for the Fennek platform• Enhancing platform survivability with enhanced blast protection,

increased stealth, and all-round situational awareness • Mitigating risks of detection and penetration with high terrain

adaptability and long rage engine technology• Managing survivability and weight: future areas of

development and foreseeable developments in the platform’sprotection suite

Mr. Axel Scheibel, Chief of Survivability Engineering, KMW

12.30 A Systems Integrator’s Approach to Survivability• Integration of new technologies• Optimising Performance• Enhancement of Vehicle Capabilities

Dr. Chris Dent, Head of Research Technology, Lockheed Martin UK

1.00 Networking Lunch

PROTECTING ARMOURED PLATFORMS AND CREWS FROM CBRN THREATS

2.00 Delivering Future Ready CBRN Protection for the British Armoured Vehicle Fleet • Emerging requirements for enhanced protection against CBRN

threats• An update on the developments in the UK CBRN Equipment

Capability Plan• Reintegrating the FUCHS area reconnaissance and survey

vehicles into the British Land Forces• Ongoing procurement programmes and foreseeable

challenges in fending off chemical and biological threats Mr. Ian Matthews, CBRN Delivery Team, DE&S, UK MoD

2.30 Sponsor Presentation Available

3.00 Protecting Vehicle Crew against CBRN Threats Through the Development of Enhanced Chemical and Biological Defence Systems • Emerging requirements for enhanced protection against CBRN

threats• Developing new cutting-edge detection and neutralisation

technologies• Maximising R&D and driving new material designs• Ongoing research and foreseeable challenges in fending off

chemical and biological threats Mr. Daniel McCormick, Deputy PEO Operations and

Modernisation, JPEO CBD

3.30 Afternoon Tea

MILITARY PANEL DISCUSSION

4.00 MILITARY PANEL DISCUSSION Developing Armoured Vehicle Protection to Better Adapt to Emerging Threats• Emerging threats in recent armoured vehicle deployments• Adapting to the shifting security environments and the evolving

nature of warfare• Balancing unconventional vs conventional threats• Q&A Session

Lieutenant Colonel Simon Routledge, SO1 Land Systems, DSTL, UK MoD

Lieutenant Colonel Paddy Bond, Commanding Officer, Armoured Trials and Development Unit, British Army Lieutenant Colonel Karlheinz Boenke, Authorized Representative for MRAV BOXER and BV 206, II-Combat, ACCDC, German Army

Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Ramos, Product Manager Vehicle Protection Systems, PEO Ground Combat Systems, Stryker Brigade Combat Team, US Army

Mr. Daniel McCormick, Deputy PEO Operations and Modernisation, JPEO CBD

Brigadier (ret) Ian Cameron-Mowat, Former Head of Force Protection , British Army

INFANTRY FIGHTING VEHICLE SURVIVABILITY

4.45 Improving Armoured Vehicle Protectability through Enhanced Blast Protection and Antitank Training • Recent requirements driving armour developments and blast

protection for Estonian Defence Forces platforms• How infantry training and technical specialisation help

identifying the requirements for improvements in the Estonianarmoured forces

• Fending off mid- and long-range guided antitank guidedmissile systems

• Foreseeable improvements in blast protection to fend off IEDand airborne threats

Lieutenant Colonel Tarvo Luga, Inspector of Infantry, Estonian Defence Forces

5.15 Developing Armour while Maintaining Light Weight and High Mobility — LAV III• Requirements for enhanced armoured protection for the LAV III• Armour add-ons and weight considerations• On-board vetronics and how enhanced situational

awareness directly improves protection and survivability andconsequentially allows for reduced physical armour

• Adapting to emerging threats and technology proliferationsuch as IEDs and new generation explosive launchers

Lieutenant Colonel Brian Corbett, Section Head - Armoured Vehicle Systems, Canadian Armed Forces

5.45 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One Brigadier (ret) Ian Cameron-Mowat, Former Head of Force

Protection, British Army

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Future Armoured Vehicles Survivability 2018 Day Three | 15th November 2018

8.30 Registration and Coffee

8.50 Chairman’s Opening Remarks Brigadier (ret) Ian Cameron-Mowat, Former Head of Force

Protection, British Army

KEYNOTE ADDRESSES

9.00 Armored (Light) Infantry Vehicles within the German Army - Situation and Further Development of the MRAV BOXER, Light Airborne Platform and Oversnow-Vehicles • The current main armoured platform of the GEA light infantry• The MRAV BOXER, illustrating its current role and the way ahead

in regards of further requirements and development• Remarks on the light airborne platform and the BV 206

Hagglunds fleet and their way ahead Lieutenant Colonel Karlheinz Boenke, Authorized Representative

for MRAV BOXER and BV 206, II-Combat, ACCDC, German Army

9.30 Session Reserved For Sponsor

10.00 Maximising Protection of The Turkish Armoured Vehicle Fleet • Current Turkish armoured vehicle protection suite• Current capabilities• Path towards vehicle protection systems technologies• Developing armour and threat detection capabilities

Lieutenant Colonel Kerim Serkan Simais, Specialist-Land Platforms, SSM, Turkish MoD

10.30 Morning Coffee

BLAST PROTECTION AND ARMOUR DEVELOPMENT

11.00 Survivability — Fire protection on Military Vehicles Mr. Christian Manthey Dipl. Ing., Technical Marketing Manager,

UTC Aerospace Systems

11.30 Improving Armoured Vehicle Protectability through Enhanced Blast Protection in the Austrian Protected Vehicle Fleet • Recent requirements driving armour developments and blast

protection• How the integration of new platforms – GD PANDUR, IVECO

GMF, KMW DINGO – will enhance the overall survivability of the Austrian armoured vehicle fleet

• Adapting to technology proliferation to enhance all-roundblast protection and anti-tank missile survivability

• Foreseeable improvements in blast protection to fend off IEDand airborne threats

Colonel Christoph Philipp, Staff officer, Austrian MoD

INDUSTRY PANEL DISCUSSION

12.00 INDUSTRY PANEL DISCUSSION Multifaceted Approaches to Armoured Platform Survivability and Enhancing Buyer-Seller Cooperation• What are the solution providers’ key areas of activity and

priorities within the survivability domain?• Providing comprehensive survivability and touching upon all

layers of the “survivability onion”• Requirements for enhanced buyer-seller cooperation• Q&A Session

Mr. Mark Dean, Chief of Design Engineering, General Dynamics UK Limited

Mr. Jens Schroeter, Senior Director, Engineering, General Dynamics European Land Systems

Mr. Axel Scheibel, Chief of Survivability Engineering, KMW

Brigadier (ret) Ian Cameron-Mowat, Former Head of Force Protection, British Army

12.45 Networking Lunch

AVOIDING DETECTION WITH INCREASED STEALTH AND ENHANCED

SIGNATURE MANAGEMENT

1.45 Optimising Threat Detection and Stealth with the Fennek Light

Armoured Reconnaissance Vehicle

• Supporting land operations with the through enhanced

reconnaissance capabilities

• The reconnaissance role of Fennek within mechanised force

structure

• Ensuring survivability with optronics: NBC protection, night vision,

thermal, CCD day camera and laser rangefinder

• How recent upgrades of the Fennek and retrofitting to

the latest JFST 1A3+ version will enhance reconnaissance

capabilities, ultimately improving survivability in deployments

Captain Mark Hoving, Staff Officer, Royal Netherlands Army

2.15 Sponsor Presentation Reserved for INTRACOM

Defense Electronics

Presentation details TBC

2.45 How Signature Management and Enhanced Sensor Capabilities

Support Crew and Vehicle Survivability

• Optimising optronic sensor performance for threat detection

purposes

• Functioning and delivering results in an environment of

interference

• How radars and optics with advanced image and signal

processing support timely threat detection and neutralisation

• Feedback and lessons from recent signature management

technologies testing at the FOI

Dr. Hans Kariis, Senior Researcher, Department of Antennas and

Signatures, Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI)

3.15 Afternoon Tea

FUTURE LAND CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENTS

3.45 Future Materials for Passive Protection and Passive Armour

Configuration

• Passive protection requirements

• New materials researched and the signifiance they hold for

survivability

- Synthetic biology for ceramic armour

- Nanoceramic armour

- Silicon carbide

• Tackling the weight - mobility dilemma

• Managing passive armour configuration

Professor Bryn James, Head of Armoured protection, DSTL,

UK MoD

4.15 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Main Conference

Brigadier (ret) Ian Cameron-Mowat, Former Head of Force

Protection, British Army

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