This document advertises and provides information about the "Future Soldier Technology USA 2019" conference to be held on June 24-25, 2019 in Arlington, Virginia. The conference will focus on dismounted soldier and marine equipment modernization and capability development. It lists military and industry speakers who will discuss projects and programs enhancing soldier lethality, mobility, and situational awareness through technologies like augmented reality, exoskeletons, and robotics. The document provides registration details and invites attendees to participate in discussions on developing more lethal, mobile, and resilient soldiers and marines to succeed in multi-domain operations.
This is a self-contained three-day short course on the fundamentals of tactical missile design. It provides a system-level, integrated method for missile aerodynamic configuration/propulsion design and analysis and addresses the broad range of alternatives in meeting cost and performance requirements. The methods presented are generally simple closed-form analytical expressions that are physics-based, to provide insight into the primary driving parameters. Configuration sizing examples are presented for rocket-powered, ramjet-powered, and turbojet-powered baseline missiles. Typical values of missile parameters and the characteristics of current operational missiles are discussed, as well as the enabling subsystems and technologies for tactical missiles, the development process, and the current/projected state-of-the-art. The attendees will vote on the relative emphasis of the topics. Over thirty videos illustrate missile development activities and missile performance. Finally, each attendee may design, build, and fly an air-powered rocket that illustrates some of the course design methods.
SETAF: Soldier Equipment and Technology Advancement Forum Ina Luft
After the successful inaugural this April, SETAF 2016 shall seek to bring together soldier modernisation program managers, technical leaders from industry, leading researchers and end users.
Taking place 14 - 15 March in London we invite you to proactively advance and develop optimum approaches to dismounted soldier capability.
What is so unique about this event? With its interactive format, we maintain our original belief in “NO ATTENDEES ONLY PARTICIPANTS”. Unlike other events, SETAF is designed around a combination of panel discussions and focused discussion groups, run by co-chairs who are experts in their respective subject matter.
With no PowerPoint presentations or keynotes, SETAF will dedicate the precious time of participants to networking and interactive discussions, making it a complementary part of the soldier modernisation communities’ annual training and development programme.
This is a self-contained three-day short course on the fundamentals of tactical missile design. It provides a system-level, integrated method for missile aerodynamic configuration/propulsion design and analysis and addresses the broad range of alternatives in meeting cost and performance requirements. The methods presented are generally simple closed-form analytical expressions that are physics-based, to provide insight into the primary driving parameters. Configuration sizing examples are presented for rocket-powered, ramjet-powered, and turbojet-powered baseline missiles. Typical values of missile parameters and the characteristics of current operational missiles are discussed, as well as the enabling subsystems and technologies for tactical missiles, the development process, and the current/projected state-of-the-art. The attendees will vote on the relative emphasis of the topics. Over thirty videos illustrate missile development activities and missile performance. Finally, each attendee may design, build, and fly an air-powered rocket that illustrates some of the course design methods.
SETAF: Soldier Equipment and Technology Advancement Forum Ina Luft
After the successful inaugural this April, SETAF 2016 shall seek to bring together soldier modernisation program managers, technical leaders from industry, leading researchers and end users.
Taking place 14 - 15 March in London we invite you to proactively advance and develop optimum approaches to dismounted soldier capability.
What is so unique about this event? With its interactive format, we maintain our original belief in “NO ATTENDEES ONLY PARTICIPANTS”. Unlike other events, SETAF is designed around a combination of panel discussions and focused discussion groups, run by co-chairs who are experts in their respective subject matter.
With no PowerPoint presentations or keynotes, SETAF will dedicate the precious time of participants to networking and interactive discussions, making it a complementary part of the soldier modernisation communities’ annual training and development programme.
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As the only event purely dedicated to the area of vehicle protection, Future Armoured Vehicles Survivability aims to deliver a strong focus on the relationship between current requirements, emerging technologies and how these might be leveraged to enhance force protection.
Importantly, a key differentiator this year will be a dedicated pre-conference focus day on Active Protection System covering soft/hard kill active protection in detail. The three-day programme will cover the core areas of survivability in detail, exploring the latest platforms, vehicle architectures, passive/active protection, mobility, counter-IED, EW, un-manned/autonomous solutions, signature management and much more!
Featured speakers will include: Advanced Blast and Ballistic Systems, ARTEC GmbH, British Army, Bundeswehr Technical Centre for Protective and Special Technologies , Czech Military Research Institute, Danish Defence and Acquisition Organisation, DSTL, German Army, IMI Systems, IMP Castle Associates Limited, Israeli MoD, Krauss Maffei Wegmann, Lockheed Martin UK, NATO, Pearson Engineering, SOUCY DEFENSE, Swedish Defence Research Agency, TNO, United States Army, United States Marine Corps, US Army, UTC Aerospace Systems and Vetronics Research Centre
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• National capability development updates from the British Army, DSTL, US Army, German Army, US Marine Corps and many more
• A key focus on the technology that goes into providing enhanced protection. Hear from industry leaders, including ARTEC, IMI Systems, KMW and Lockheed Martin,
• A pre-conference focus day exploring the development and integration of hard/soft kill active protection systems (APS)
Early bird offers and special military rates available. Register online at http://www.favsurvivability.com/li
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Hear from the United States as leaders in Airborne ISR and C2 Battle Management and also gain an international perspective on current and future ISR capabilities and strategic plans.
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1. Hilton Arlington, Virginia, USA
SMi Group Proudly Presents…
North America’s only Conference
Dedicated to Dismounted Soldier and
Marine Equipment Modernization and
Capability Development
www.futuresoldierusa.com
Register online or fax your registration to +44 (0) 870 9090 712 or call +44 (0) 870 9090 711
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Lead Sponsor Gold Sponsors Sponsored by
EXPERT MILITARY AND TECHNICAL SPEAKERS:
Brigadier General Anthony Potts, Commanding General, PEO
Soldier, US Army (Subject to Final Confirmation)
Brigadier General A.J. Pasagian, Commander Marine Corps
Systems Command, USMC
Brigadier David Smith, Director General Integrated Soldier
Systems, Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group,
Australian Army
Major General (Ret’d) John Charlton, Former Commanding
General, US Army Test & Evaluation Command
Brigadier Matt Jackson DSO RM, Commander 3 Commando
Brigade, Royal Marines
Mr Douglas Tamilio, Combat Capabilities Development
Command Soldier Center, US Army CCDC
Mr Joe L’Etoile, Director Close Combat Lethality Task Force,
US DoD (Subject to Final Confirmation)
Colonel Troy Denomy, PM Soldier Warrior, PEO Soldier,
US Army
Colonel Elliott Caggins, Project Manager Soldier Weapons,
PEO Soldier, US Army
Colonel Travis Thompson, Chief of Staff, Soldier Lethality Cross
Functional Team and Director of Soldier TCM-S, US Army CDID
Colonel Joe Bookard, Director Rapid Equipping Force,
US Army
Lieutenant Colonel Vince Morris, PdM Ground Soldier Systems
(GSS), PM SWAR, PEO Soldier, US Army
Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Kurz, Commander Concepts &
Integration Squadron, US Army Asymmetric Warfare Group
Dr Corde Lane, Director of Human Research & Engineering
Directorate, US Army Research Laboratory
Colonel (Ret’d) Edwin Davis, Acting Director Maneuver Battle
Lab, CDID, US Army
INDUSTRY SPEAKERS:
Mr Mathias Nakatsui, System Engineering Manager, STAR-PAN
System Architect, Glenair
Mr Jerry Hathaway, Vice President and General Manager,
Electro-Optical & Infrared Systems, Leonardo DRS
Mr Itay Weiss, CEO & Reserve Major, Israeli Navy, Secubit Ltd
Mr François Legras, FN® e-novation Product & Program
Development Manager, FN Herstal
Mr Tom Smith, Information Technology Insertion Consultant to
FN, FN America
Mr Richard Waldrom, Program & Capture Lead - Soldier
Systems, Ultra Electronics
Mr Richard Stone, Vice President of Strategic Planning,
BDA Technology
BOOK BY 29TH MARCH AND SAVE $400 • BOOK BY 30TH APRIL AND SAVE $200 • BOOK BY 31ST MAY AND SAVE $100
BENEFITS OF ATTENDING
• Participate in the only event in North America focused
solely on Soldier and Marine equipment modernization
and capability development
• Hear the latest developments from innovative
and cutting-edge soldier modernization projects
including Soldier Warrior, Nett Warrior, IVAS, Marine
Expeditionary Rifle Squad and many others
• Meet and network with the senior officers and civilians
at the forefront of soldier capability development in
the US Army and Marine Corps
POST CONFERENCE SITE VISIT TO
USMC Gruntworks Facility
- Marine Corps Base Quantico, VA
25th June 2019, 17.00-21.00
FUTURE SOLDIER
TECHNOLOGY USA
FUTURE SOLDIER
TECHNOLOGY USA 2019
24th -25th
JUNE
2. Dear Colleague,
It is with great pleasure that I invite you to join us at Future Soldier
Technology USA, taking place on the 24th-25th of June in Arlington,
VA, USA., North America’s premier conference dedicated solely
to dismounted Soldier and Marine equipment modernization
and capability development. The meeting will bring together a
community of key government planners, policy makers, combat and
materiel developers, and decision-makers as well as industry partners,
to drive discussion on the future of Soldier/Marine modernization and
accelerate promising close combat initiatives.
In the face of identified pacing threats, rapid technological
developments and the changing nature of warfare in the 21st
century, the dismounted Soldier/Marine remains the key conduit for
success in modern multi-domain operations. The US and coalition
militaries recognize the need to strengthen and more tightly integrate
both the individual Soldier/Marine and the squad, as reflected in the
Army’s key modernization priority of enhancing soldier lethality and
achieving the new level of warfighting overmatch.
The task of developing a more lethal, mobile, survivable, connected,
and resilient Soldier/Marine are being aided by leveraging innovative
and immersive technologies including artificial intelligence, machine
learning, and augmented, “mixed” or virtual reality. With innovative
projects and programs under developments including next generation
weapons and fire control (NGSW-AR/R/FC), Nett Warrior, IVAS and
Squad X, there has never been a more key time to discuss how new
technologies and agile approaches to soldier modernization can help
produce a more “expeditionary, mobile, hardened, and intuitive”
war-fighter.
This high-level, immersive gathering with support from the DoD
community, PEO Soldier, USMC Systems Command, US Army Futures
Command, the Close-Combat Lethality Task Force and an array of
international military representatives, will drive critical thinking and
provide a platform for government, academia, and industry to join
together to address the latest developments and requirements for
dismounted Soldier/Marine operations.
I believe this conference is the perfect forum for this important topic
and I would hope that we can, through the medium of spirited
discussion and networking, enhance our approach, analysis, and
solutions to address close combat overmatch against pacing threats.
I urge you to join us in June 2019 to participate alongside a diverse set
of international experts and decision makers, in both the dismounted
soldier situational awareness focus day and the wider conference to
realize this goal.
Looking forward to your presence,
Colonel (Ret’d) Richard Hansen, Former Project Manager,
Soldier Warrior, PEO Soldier, US Army
BOOK BY 29TH MARCH AND SAVE $400 • BOOK BY 30TH APRIL AND SAVE $200 • BOOK BY 31ST MAY AND SAVE $100
Register online at www.futuresoldierusa.com
Future Soldier TechnologY USA
www.futuresoldierusa.com
EXPERT MILITARY AND TECHNICAL SPEAKERS:
Brigadier General Anthony Potts, Commanding General, PEO
Soldier, US Army (Subject to Final Confirmation)
Brigadier General A.J. Pasagian, Commander Marine Corps
Systems Command, USMC
Brigadier David Smith, Director General Integrated Soldier
Systems, Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group,
Australian Army
Major General (Ret’d) John Charlton, Former Commanding
General, US Army Test & Evaluation Command
Brigadier Matt Jackson DSO RM, Commander 3 Commando
Brigade, Royal Marines
Mr Douglas Tamilio, Combat Capabilities Development
Command Soldier Center, US Army CCDC
Mr Joe L’Etoile, Director Close Combat Lethality Task Force,
US DoD (Subject to Final Confirmation)
Colonel Troy Denomy, PM Soldier Warrior, PEO Soldier,
US Army
Colonel Elliott Caggins, Project Manager Soldier Weapons,
PEO Soldier, US Army
Colonel Travis Thompson, Chief of Staff, Soldier Lethality Cross
Functional Team and Director of Soldier TCM-S, US Army CDID
Colonel Joe Bookard, Director Rapid Equipping Force,
US Army
Lieutenant Colonel Vince Morris, PdM Ground Soldier Systems
(GSS), PM SWAR, PEO Soldier, US Army
Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Kurz, Commander Concepts &
Integration Squadron, US Army Asymmetric Warfare Group
Dr Corde Lane, Director of Human Research & Engineering
Directorate, US Army Research Laboratory
Colonel (Ret’d) Edwin Davis, Acting Director Maneuver Battle
Lab, CDID, US Army
INDUSTRY SPEAKERS:
Mr Mathias Nakatsui, System Engineering Manager, STAR-PAN
System Architect, Glenair
Mr Jerry Hathaway, Vice President and General Manager,
Electro-Optical & Infrared Systems, Leonardo DRS
Mr Itay Weiss, CEO & Reserve Major, Israeli Navy, Secubit Ltd
Mr François Legras, FN® e-novation Product & Program
Development Manager, FN Herstal
Mr Tom Smith, Information Technology Insertion Consultant to
FN, FN America
Mr Richard Waldrom, Program & Capture Lead - Soldier
Systems, Ultra Electronics
Mr Richard Stone, Vice President of Strategic Planning,
BDA Technology
EXCLUSIVE TOUR OF USMC GRUNTWORKS FACILITY
- MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO
25th June 17.00-21.00
The Gruntworks Squad Integration Facility is a collaborative capability that provides the tools, resources and knowledge to effectively
conduct integration, human factors, and system level product evaluations for the marine. Run and Operated by The Marine Expeditionary
Rifle Squad Team (MERS).
The Marine Expeditionary Rifle Squad Team is a research and development program responsible for the Squad as a System and
modernizing the capabilities of the squad to fulfill the Marine Operating Concept 2025 vision. The focus is on the integration of everything
worn, carried and consumed by the Marines in the squad and their ability to operate effectively from the various mobility platforms that
support the infantry. Operational human performance and the squad’s dismounted mobility are critical attributes to balance with new
technologies and capability additions.
Gruntworks’ specialized instrumentation provides quantitative data of Marines performance in order to support engineering
enhancements for equipment and informed decision making for procurements.
Places will be limited, we advise early registration to ensure your place.
3. Alternatively fax your registration to +44 (0)870 9090 712 or call +44 (0)870 9090 711
Future Soldier TechnologY USA
DAY ONE | 24th JUNE 2019 www.futuresoldierusa.com
8.30 Registration & Coffee
8.50 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Colonel (Ret’d) Richard Hansen, Former Project Manager, Soldier
Warrior, PEO Soldier, US Army
OPENING KEYNOTE BRIEFINGS
9.00 Transforming the Warfighter’s Equipment and Capabilities to
Dominate the 21st Century Battlefield
• Improving close combat preparedness to ensure the infantry
soldier can fight and win in complex tactical environments
• Providing next generation weapons and ensuring the soldier is
equipped with effective optronic accessories for maximum lethality
• Reducing physical and cognitive burden through Adaptive Soldier
Architecture
• Closely coordinating programmes and projects to ensure effective
capability integration
• Ensuring capability development is equally prioritized as well as
equipment and materiel modernization
Brigadier General Anthony Potts, Commanding General PEO Soldier,
US Army (Subject to Final Confirmation)
9.30 Enhancing Soldier Lethality and Survivability through Marine Corps
Equipment Modernization and Development
• Prioritizing lethality, mobility, and survivability in Marine Corps
equipment modernization programmes
• Improving firepower through new combat weapon suites
• Lightening the load for Marines: acquiring better, lighter and more
effective personal protective equipment
• Ensuring survivability is not compromised through lighter protective
equipment
• The future vision for Marine Expeditionary Forces to succeed in
multi-domain operations
Brigadier General A.J. Pasagian, Commander, Marine Corps Systems
Command, USMC
10.00 Next Generation Interconnectivity Powering Mission Success
• Understanding Mission Profiles
• Adaptive Technology to Meet the Profiles
• Tactical Engineering and Integrated Manufacturing Capability
• Tactical Applications
• Worldwide Technical and Logistical Support
Mr Mathias Nakatsui, System Engineering Manager, STAR-PAN System
Architect, Glenair
10.30 Morning Coffee
ENHANCING LETHALITY
11.00 Delivering Lethality Overmatch and Close Combat Superiority Through
Innovative New Technologies
• The Close Combat Lethality Task Force’s mission increasing
dismounted soldier lethality and overmatch
• Upgunning infantry squads through the Next Generation Squad
Weapon (NGSW), providing greater accuracy and lethality, whilst
reducing recoil and weight
• Further projects leveraging innovative S&T for greater soldier
lethality
• Increasing agility within acquisition and capability development,
working with industry and research to deliver the best possible
equipment
Mr Joe L’Etoile, Director Close Combat Lethality Task Force (CCLTF),
US DoD (Subject to Final Confirmation)
11.30 Session Reserved for Gold Sponsor:
Black Diamond Advanced Technology (Presentation Details TBC)
Mr Richard Stone, Vice President of Strategic Planning,
BDA Technology
12.00 The Future of Lethality: Embedding Immersive Technologies into
Soldier Systems for Enhanced Capabilities
• The future of lethality for the dismounted soldier: How the cross
functional team for soldier lethality can deliver cutting edge
advancements in soldier capability
• Integrating immersive technologies such as Augmented Reality
(AR) into dismounted soldier technology
• Supplying real time tactical data to the soldier in the wearer’s field
of vision, including blue force tracking and geospatial information
• Other current and future programmes aimed at enhancing soldier
lethality, and the CFT’s vision for future soldier lethality
Colonel Travis Thompson, Chief of Staff, Soldier Lethality Cross
Functional Team and Director of Soldier TCM-S, US Army CDID
12.30 Chasing the Future, Running from the past of Soldier Systems
• Advances into new Soldier capabilities are being driven by
commercial technology
• Developing systems and capabilities which utilize commercial’s
rapid advances with an eye toward the primary missions of
shooting, moving, communicating and sustaining both on and off
the battlefield will require a new paradigm in defense research,
development, testing and production
• Advanced soldier systems such as ENVG-B and IVAS are bridging
these commercial and defense worlds and creating new unique
capabilities and challenges, some of which are presented here
Mr Jerry Hathaway, Vice President and General Manager, Electro-
Optical & Infrared Systems, Leonardo DRS
1.00 Networking Lunch
ADAPTIVE SOLDIER ARCHITECTURE
2.00 Soldier and Squad System Integration and for Improved Combat
Effectiveness
• Soldier modernization through a ‘soldier and squad as a platform’
approach, integrating multiple systems for enhanced capabilities
at individual and squad level
• Improving soldier power and weight considerations through a
central processing unit and a single battery source
• Enhancing soldier mobility in diverse environments
• The need for greater access to data for the soldier at the lowest
tactical level
Colonel Troy Denomy, Project Manager Soldier Warrior, PEO Soldier,
US Army
2.30 The Impact of Connected Weapons in the Future Battlefield
• The Future Battlefield’s challenges
• What information will we get from the Future Soldier
• How AI will impact the Future Battlefield
• Weapon logic & future systems integration
• AI-powered decision making
Mr Itay Weiss, CEO & Reserve Major, Israeli Navy, Secubit Ltd
3.00 Nett Warrior: Integrating C4I Technology to Achieve Greater
Dismounted Situational Awareness
• Ensuring faster and more informed battlefield decision making by
increasing dismounted situational awareness
• Leveraging COTS smartphone technology to aid the warfighter
• Combining tactical navigation, targeting, and communications
data in a single display
• Ensuring effective connectivity through multiple networks, for
greater communication reliability
• Increasing integrated capabilities through open architecture
design
Lieutenant Colonel Vince Morris, PdM Ground Soldier Systems (GSS),
PM SWAR, PEO Soldier, US Army
3.30 Delivering Technological Infrastructure at the Tactical Edge
• Maintaining future systems growth and development
• Enabling efficient and effective force application
• Enhancing data, voice and situational awareness
• Meeting current and future close combat challenges head on
Mr Richard Waldrom, Capture Lead Soldier Systems, Ultra Electronics
4.00 Afternoon Tea
INNOVATION IN SOLDIER MODERNIZATION PROGRAMS
4.30 A Human Factors Approach to Enhancing Soldier Modernization and
Lethality
• Engaging in innovative human performance research to further
future soldier capabilities
• Evaluating and reducing cognitive and physical burdens to the
dismounted soldier
• Empowering the soldier through research & analysis supporting
the Synthetic Training Environment, increasing lethality battle
preparedness
• Research and experimentation to human/system integration in
support of the notion of ‘soldier as a system’
Dr Corde Lane, Director, Human Research & Engineering Center,
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
5.00 Transforming Soldier Mobility through Robotics & Autonomous Systems
• Embedding RAS into dismounted soldier operations
• How the Maneuver Battle Lab is expanding RAS capabilities
through advanced testing and experimentation
• Lightening the load through the Squad Multi-Purpose Equipment
Transport
• Leveraging miniature land and air-based RAS, such as soldier borne
Nano-drones
• Potential for further autonomous sensors to improve dismounted
situational awareness
Colonel (Ret’d) Edwin Davis, Acting Director Maneuver Battle Lab,
US Army
5.30 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One
Colonel (Ret’d) Richard Hansen, Former Project Manager, Soldier
Warrior, PEO Soldier, US Army
5.45 Evening Networking Drinks Reception
Hosted by Lead Sponsor Glenair
4. SPECIAL RATES AVAILABLE FOR INTERNATIONAL MILITARY AND GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES, AND US DOD COMPLIMENTARY PASSES AVAILABLE
8.30 Registration & Coffee
9.20 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Colonel (Ret’d) Richard Hansen, Former Project Manager, Soldier
Warrior, PEO Soldier, US Army
OPENING KEYNOTE BRIEFINGS
9.30 Empowering the Warfighter and Maximizing Combat Effectiveness
Through Advanced Science & Technology Research
• Ensuring soldiers are effectively equipped and to face the
challenges of the modern battlefield
• Advanced research with a ‘human factors’ focus to maximize the
potential of the warfighter
• Optimizing soldier performance including lethality and sustainability
through research and experimentation
• Taking a holistic approach to soldier protection, developing new
innovative materials to transform survivability
Mr Douglas Tamilio, Director Combat Capabilities Development
Command Soldier Center, US Army CCDC
10.00 The Soldier and the Changing Nature of Warfare in the 21st Century
• Assessing the past development of the modern infantry soldier to
further understand potential future soldier requirements
• The wars of the future: The role of the individual soldier in the multi-
domain warfare concept
• Emphasising human factors in soldier capability enhancement: the
need to consider soldier physical and mental performance as well
as new technology
• Challenges in developing and acquiring new soldier equipment in
an era of rapid technological change
Major General (Ret’d) John Charlton, Former Commander US Army
Test Evaluation Command, US Army Test and Evaluation Command
10.30 Session Reserved for Sponsor
11.00 Morning Coffee
INTERNATIONAL SOLDIER MODERNIZATION PROGRAM UPDATES
11.30 Enhancing Royal Marines Equipment and Capabilities to Meet Future
Operational Requirements
• Current priorities and efforts to ensure the individual Royal Marine is
able to dominate diverse battlefield environments
• Preparing Marines for urban, mountain, jungle, and littoral warfare,
and equipping them for operational success
• Leveraging new technology to aide situational awareness and
communications in dismounted operations
• Future vision for Royal Marine squads reflecting the changing
nature of warfare
Brigadier Matt Jackson DSO RM, Commander, 3 Commando
Brigade, Royal Marines
12.00 Empowering the Australian Soldier through Next Generation
Equipment Acquisition and Capability Integration
• Land 125: providing Australian soldiers with advanced gear and
equipment that meet the modern combat requirements
• Improving ballistic protection through the Australian Soldier
Combat System: new body armour and helmet requirements
• Increasing survivability by reducing signature detectability
• Future sub-phases and integrating innovative exoskeleton and
battlefield UAVS
Brigadier David Smith, Director General Integrated Soldier Systems,
Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group, Australian Army
LETHALITY: SOLDIER AND SQUAD WEAPONS
12.30 How FN Herstal Responds to Operational Needs to Improve Soldier’s
Lethality
• Integrating ballistics and environment parameters to maximise hit
probability
• Enhancing combat effectiveness through marksmanship training
Mr Francois Legras, FN e-novation Product Manager, FN Herstal
Mr Thomas Smith, Information Technology Insertion Consultant to FN,
FN America
1.00 Next Generation Weapon Systems for the Dismounted Soldier:
Increasing Range and Accuracy
• Enhancing individual and crew served weapons for lethality
overmatch
• The Squad Designated Marksman rifle: Increasing range, accuracy,
and lethality for infantry squads
• Boosting small arms firepower through the modular handgun
system (MHS), with enhanced laser and light-based aiming
• Increasing efficiency through wireless fire control, improving
loading and ammunition integration
• Testing and fielding the latest weapons and weapon technology
Colonel Elliott Caggins, Project Manager Soldier Weapons, PEO
Soldier, US Army
1.30 Networking Lunch
NEW APPROACHES TO SOLDIER EQUIPMENT MODERNIZATION
& CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT
2.30 Facilitating Agile Equipment Development to Enhance the
Warfighter’s Fighting Capabilities
• The role of REF in rapid non-standard equipment development to
augment soldier equipment modernization efforts
• Meeting the needs of the dismounted soldier to ensure increased
lethality and survivability
• Working closely with dismounted soldier and in theater to ensure
the most agile equipment development
• Priorities in non-standard equipment development: mission control,
fire protection, and dismounted ISR
• Lessons to be learned from the REF’s agile processes
Colonel Joe Bookard, Director of Rapid Equipping Force, US Army
3.00 Strengthening Soldier Lethality by Adapting to Complex and
Asymmetric Threats
• Contributing to soldier capability development through the work of
the Asymmetric Warfare Group
• The need for agile response to new and complex threats in the 21st
century battlefield to prepare soldiers for multi-domain operations
• Enhancing lethality and survivability for the dismounted soldier
• Identifying and bridging capability gaps through close work with
partnership with other Army organizations
Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Kurz, Squadron Commander ,
Asymmetric Warfare Group
3.30 Afternoon Tea
4.00 Integrated Soldier System Suite: Enhancing Dismounted Situational
Awareness for Canadian Infantry Soldiers
• Developing new integrated C4I systems for the dismounted soldier
to improve the close combat common operating picture
• Network-enabled communications for greater command and
control functions
• Leveraging enhanced navigation, night vision goggles and
thermal binoculars, wearable communication systems into battle
uniforms, and multi-modal soldier information systems
Session Reserved for Project Director ISSP, Name TBC, Department of
National Defence
4.30 Soldier Modernization in the next Decades: Encouraging Agility and
Innovation, Respecting Lessons Learned
• Big “A” Acquisition as a “Team of Teams”
• Building awareness of and managing the risks and opportunities of
innovation and integration
• Managing polarities at play: Visionary AND Practical, Agile AND
Deliberate, Creative AND Disciplined
• Benchmarking industry and government best practices that
transition new ideas to integrated capabilities
Colonel (Ret’d) Richard Hansen, Former Project Manager, Soldier
Warrior, PEO Soldier, US Army
5.00 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two
Colonel (Ret’d) Richard Hansen, Former Project Manager, Soldier
Warrior, PEO Soldier, US Army
5.15 Site Visit to USMC Gruntworks Facility
in Quantico, VA
Future Soldier TechnologY USA
DAY TWO | 25th JUNE 2019 www.futuresoldierusa.com
5. SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
SMi offer sponsorship, exhibition, advertising and branding packages, uniquely tailored to complement your company’s marketing strategy.
Should you wish to join the increasing number of companies benefiting from promoting their business at our conferences please call:
Sadia Malick on +44 (0)20 7827 6748 or email smalick@smi-online.co.uk
Glenair is a global manufacturer of interconnect technology for high-reliability applications. Our lightweight/miniature connectors
are used on a wide variety of platforms from fixed wing and rotor aircraft, ground vehicles and every class of UAV. Our tactical
soldier systems and interconnect technologies have become industry standards and are used on more JTAC and DACSAS systems
than all other miniaturized connector series combined. The Glenair multiport STAR-PAN™ USB hub and power distribution systems
are engineered and manufactured under ISO 9001:2008 and AS9100C certified quality conditions in our 1,000,000 ft2 Southern
California factory. The STAR-PAN™ system is designed for maximum open compatibility with non-proprietary Ethernet and USB
data interfaces with the basic protocol being GSA compliant USB 2.0. STAR-PAN™ is both Nett warrior & NATO compatible. The
STAR-PAN™ System is also capable of smart charging and power distribution utilising the broad range of current in-service military
batteries, as well as Direct Current (DC) power sources including vehicle power, solar panels, kinetic energy devices and fuel cells.
The STAR-PAN™ product line is an open architecture system and is compliant with the UK MOD/NATO standard. www.glenair.com
Black Diamond Advanced Technology, LLC is a Veteran-Owned small business headquartered in Chandler, Arizona. We are
a demonstrated and recognized leader in tactical computing and communications systems focusing on the dismounted
Operator. Our products enable and enhance real and virtual lifelines by integrating with existing fielded equipment to
maximize the performance and capabilities of the organic tools the Operator has today. GMRE Inc: Gauss Management
Research and Engineering, Inc is an independent, veteran owned small business founded in 2005 and headquartered in
Ogden, Utah. GMRE has over 200+ professionals that are highly qualified with most them having advanced degrees in
Management, Engineering and Information Technology related fields. The senior management team has a combined total
of over 115+ years of DoD experience. GMRE Delivers cost effective solutions through innovation, a streamlined corporate
structure, effective teaming and diverse contract methods. GMRE can leverage a unique combination of skill, experience
and political support. GMRE seeks to continue its tradition of excellence as defence technologies emerge, customer
needs develop and the market changes. We understand your requirement...and we are uniquely qualified to exceed your
expectations. www.bdatech.com
Leonardo DRS (formerly DRS Technologies) is a leading technology innovator and supplier of integrated products, services and
support to military forces, intelligence agencies and prime contractors worldwide. Specializing in naval and maritime systems,
ground combat mission command and network computing, global satellite communications and network infrastructure,
aviation support and avionics systems, and intelligence and security solutions. Headquartered in Arlington, VA, Leonardo DRS
is a wholly owned subsidiary of Leonardo S.p.A.
www.leonardodrs.com
FN America, LLC, is a U.S. subsidiary of FN Herstal, S.A., a global leader in the development and manufacturing of high-quality,
reliable firearms for military, law enforcement, and commercial customers worldwide. Headquartered in McLean, VA, with
manufacturing operations in Columbia, SC, FN America is passionately committed to providing its customers with a portfolio
of products, training, and support services under the FN brand name that enhance their performance and safeguard their
lives. www.fnamerica.com
Secubit brings military veterans together with AI & product design experts on a mission to transform tactical readiness
worldwide. We develop and manufacture innovative products, bringing global armies and law enforcement agencies to
the next level of tactical performance. Secubit aims to redefine the perception of weapon usage & tactical readiness by
developing an eco-system powered by AI, connectivity and shared knowledge base. Our technology, both from tactical &
maintenance perspectives, will ultimately drive the force to perform more efficiently. www.secubit-ltd.com
Ultra Electronics The need for improving how we fit technology and increase capability, such as situational awareness, onto
the soldier is well understood. UltraLYNX is a key component in the realisation of future dismounted situational awareness
systems; Increased operational tempo, improved operational agility and effectiveness and more efficient force application
in a Combined, Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental and Multinational command (CJIIM). The benefits delivered by better
situational awareness and more efficient power and data management contribute to reducing the cognitive and physical
burden on the soldier. Finding a way to reduce these burdens while increasing operational effectiveness has been the driving
force behind UltraLYNX By empowering the user to employ UltraLYNX as their role or mission demands, for the first time soldier
technology can truly adapt to the users needs and evolve with the constant and rapidly changing situation on a modern
battlefield. www.ultra-pcs.com
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