Main Conference Day 1: Wednesday 9th November 2011
07.45 Registration And Coffee
08.30 Chairman’s Opening Address
08.40 Developing Winning Combat Air Power For
Employment In Joint Operations – Lessons
Learned From Uk Fast Jet Operations In Libya
- Assessment of Typhoon platform performance in OPERATION ELLAMY - successes and future considerations
- Operational feedback from the employment of Storm Shadow, Paveway IV precision guided bombs and first use of the Brimstone missiles
- Effectiveness of the joint operation of Typhoons and Tornados - mixed pairs concept
- Overcoming challenges of the current economic environment – how can air forces sustain operational capability on restricted budgets?
- Future requirements and roles for fighters - NT-ISR, CAS, implications of AESA integration and relevance of air-to-air capability
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Air Vice-Marshal Stuart Atha
Air Officer Commanding, Number One Group
Royal Air Force
09.10 Targeting Lessons From Libyan Air Operations And The Impact On Future Requirements – NATO Combined Joint Task Force Targeting Directorate
- Key programme milestones in the last 12 months
- Impact of budget constraints on upgrade priorities
- Examining Tranche 2 and Tranche 3 upgrades
- Key operator feedback to ensure capability development is matching the needs of pilots
- Northern Viking 2011 Exercise – long distance deployability and lessons learned in enabling seamless operation across multinational assets
- How will Typhoon capabilities need to develop to meet expected future mission scenarios?
Brigadier General Silvano "Fritz" Frigerio
Deputy Chief of Planning
Policy and Transformation Division - Italian Air Force Staff - Targeting Directorate Chief of NATO Operation Unified Protector
9.40 Support to Fast Jet Operations : Eurofighter Typhoon
Martin Taylor
Director Combat Air Support
Eurofighter
10.10 Balancing Air Supremacy Requirements With The Needs Of Current Asymmetric Operations – Us Air Combat Command Perspective
- Current mission demands - supporting air-to-ground operations in Afghanistan and the ongoing implications on user requirements
- Investment in air-to-ground vs. air-to-air – how can we strike the right future balance based on current perceptions?
- Development of networked capabilities for enhanced situational awareness and interoperability with multi-national partners: Link-16 and Internet-Protocol (IP) networks
- The long-term vision for US air combat capability
Colonel Edward "Yard" Corcoran
Air Superiority Core Function Team Lead, Air Combat Command
USAF
10.40 Morning Coffee And Networking
11.10 Developing A Highly Effective Fighter Force To Meet The Demands Of Current And Future Conflicts: Latest F-35 Flight Testing And Evaluation Analysis
- Overcoming technical challenges to ensure a highly effective and affordable 5th generation fighter – lessons learned through recent flight testing
- Affordable life cycle support - maintaining high levels of commonality within systems and structures
- Progress towards deployment and full operating capability
- Future considerations for development of multi-role, global fighters
F-35 Lightning II Program Office
US DoD
11.40 Assessing F-22 Raptor Future Upgrades: Cost-Effectively Incorporating New Technology To Maintain Fighters Tactical Edge
- Latest timelines and plans for upgrade increments – modernisation plan overview
- Operational testing and progress with Increment 3.1 upgrades to enhance ground attack capabilities
- Synthetic aperture radar mapping
- Increasing weapon payloads and capability to carry additional SDBs
- SEAD and countering advanced jammers
- Key requirements for hardware and software upgrades – operational necessity for electronic protection against jamming, better Link 16 receive capability and combat identification
- Insight into plans to introduce a ‘plug and play’ open architecture to improve affordability and allow for incorporation of new technology - Increment 3.2C 2020+
Major Richard “Dino” Foster
Chief, F-22 Branch, Air Combat Command
US DoD
12.10 Avionic Upgrades Considerations On Aging Aircraft – Sustaining Air Power Capability On Limited Budgets
- How much current and future capability is necessary across air-to-air, air-to-ground, ISR, deterrence?
- How long can an aircraft's life be reasonably extended to meet these needs?
- How cost-effective is service extension in the long-term?
- Solutions for preventing and managing obsolescence issues
- Industry’s role in cost- effectiveness – design, production techniques and organisation
Facilitated by:
Ken Murphy
F-16 Program Director, Raytheon and former USAF Colonel
F-16/F-22 pilot
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Major Martin Pelda
Flight Safety Officer of 21st Air Force Base
Czech Air Force
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12.40 Networking Lunch
Stream Sessions A And B – Please Choose One Track
Streamed Session A: Weapon Payloads – Achieving The Optimum Weapons Mix For Effective Range, Lethality And Precision
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Streamed Session B: Extending The Service Life Of Aging Aircraft And Ensuring Cost-Effective Life Cycle Management
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14.10 Lessons Learned From Precision Attack Missions In Libya: Perspective Of Danish Tactical Command
- Overview of F-16 employment of precision attack weapons in Libya
- Assessing the requirement for smaller, low collateral-damage munitions for use in cluttered urban environments
- Achieving the right inventory of munitions to meet unexpected demands of medium to high intensity conflicts while maintaining cost effectiveness
- How are Libyan operations shaping future fighter capability development?
 Major Hans Peter Bagger
Tactical Air Command, Head of Fighter Branch
Danish Air Force
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14.10 Successfully Extending The Service Life Of The Us F-15 Fleet To Maintain Optimal Capability And Availability
- Current upgrades to the F-15 fleet and maintenance strategy to prevent capability gaps
- Outline of F-15 ‘Sustaining Engineering and Supply Chain Management’
- Effective and affordable integration of new technology
- Techniques to manage aircraft structural fatigue, deterioration and corrosion
- Long-term plans for the F-15 fleet
Colonel Gerald Swift
Director, F-15 Eagle Division, Aerospace Sustainment Directorate, Warner Robins Air Logistics Center’s, US Air force
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14.40 Impact Of Libyan Operations On Weapon Requirements - Royal Netherlands Air Force Perspective
Unfortunately Major Oscar Zoeteweij, Operational Management Policy, Requirements and Plans, Royal Netherlands Air Force due to operational commitments can no longer brief – we are working on a replacement speaker so please check back for details.
Douglas Barrie
Senior Fellow for Military Aerospace
International Institute for Strategic Studies
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14.40
FATIGUE LIFE MONITORING BY NEURAL NETWORK
METHODS
- Benefits and limitations of the traditional approach
- Flight parameter and Neural Networks based approach for fatigue life monitoring
- Experience from Finnish Air Force F-18 fleet monitoring:
- Challenges of fatigue management when fleet experiences high rate fatigue life consumption
- Retrofitted fatigue life monitoring capability
- Ensuring reliable functioning by In-service performance assessment
- Possibilities for high fatigue damage flight manoeuvre identification and analysis
 Tuomo Salonen
Structural Analyst, RTD & Aeronautical Engineering
Patria Aviation Oy, Finland
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15.10 Industry Perspective Session Available
If you are interested in sponsoring this session please call Yousuf Malik at +44 (0) 207 368 9500
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15.10 Assessing The Viability Of Upgrading Legacy Aircraft As An Alternative To New Fighter Aircraft
- Pro's and con's of upgrading legacy aircraft
- Exploring the key principles and limitations for a successful upgrade program
- Examining upgrade programme case studies
Walter Paukner
General Manager Jet & Missiles
RUAG
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15.40 Afternoon Tea And Networking Break
16.10 Development And Service-Entry Of The Jf-17 Thunder Into The Paf
Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman
Chief of Air Staff
Pakistan Air Force
16.40 Fighters For 2012 And Beyond: Capability, Cost And Fleet Numbers
Bill Sweetman
Editor-in-Chief
Defence Technology International
17.10 Chairman’s Closing Remarks From Day One
[View the agenda for Main Conference Day Two]