This document is an agenda for the "Future Armoured Vehicles Situational Awareness 2017" conference taking place from March 29-30 in London. The conference will focus on enhancing situational awareness for combat vehicles through discussions on vetronics architectures, sensor integration, communication and information sharing. Speakers will include experts from militaries of France, Germany, Israel, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, UK and US as well as industry leaders. Topics will include situational awareness capabilities of specific vehicles like Puma, Scorpion, and optronic sensors.

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CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN:
Brigadier (ret) Ian Cameron-Mowat, Former Head of Force
Protection, UK MoD, Director, IMP Castle Associates Limited
SENIOR MILITARY EXPERTS
Colonel Mike McCarthy, Chief, Land War Net Division,
ARCIC, United States Army
Colonel Manuel Jesus De Hoyos Sanchez, Head of the
8x8 Wheeled Combat Vehicle Programme, Spanish Army
Major Mick Lillie, SO2 Communication Vehicle Systems,
Armoured Trials and Development Unit, British Army
Major Wouter Alexander Samson, Department of
Defence, Manoeuvre Centre of Knowledge,
Royal Netherlands Army
Major Eran Novak, Ground Forces Command, Weapons
Department, C4I Project Offi cer, Israeli Defence Force
Major Ola Petter Odden, Development Offi cer,
Combat Lab, Norwegian Army Land Warfare Centre
Mr Stephane Chaigneau, Scorpion System of Systems
Architect, Engineering Land Systems, DGA Land Systems,
French MoD
Mr Hans-Josef Maas, Armoured Fighting Vehicles
Vetronics Project Leader, Federal Offi ce of Bundeswehr
Equipment and Information Technology, German MoD
INDUSTRY LEADERS
Mr Thierry Midavaine, Technical Director,
Thales Optronique SAS
Mr Guy Davies, Capability Manager, Vehicle Systems,
Land and Naval Defence Electronics Division, Leonardo
Mr Tobias Baumart, Project Manager, LAND 400 PUMA,
PSM
BENEFITS OF ATTENDING:
• Cutting edge technology presented by
combat vehicle leaders, including Thales SAS,
Leonardo and PSM
• Gain an insight into the latest technologies
enabling enhanced vetronics architectures, sensor
development and integration, CIS and battle
management
• Hear updates from the armed forces leading
capability development in this important area for the
combat vehicle, including France, Germany, Israel,
Netherlands, Norway, Spain, UK and USA
• View the latest innovative situational awareness
technology showcased in the exhibition area

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Dear Colleague,
It is with great pleasure that I invite you to join us at Future Armoured Vehicles
Situational Awareness 2017, taking place from the 29th-30th of March, London.
As the only conference of its kind exclusively dedicated to this fundamental
component of our core manoeuvre capability, Future Armoured Vehicles
Situational Awareness 2017 will be held with the aim of helping to prepare
today’s mechanised and armoured forces for the challenges of tomorrow,
within the broader set of C4ISTAR requirements for contemporary land
operations.
Future Armoured Vehicles Situational Awareness will do this by providing
a platform for operational users and industry to share their experiences in
the enhancement of situational awareness, information gathering and
information sharing. We will focus in particular on the systems and sub-systems
at the forefront of the delivery of situational awareness to the combat
vehicle, including vetronics architectures, sensor integration, CIS and battle
management.
Last year’s event saw over 120 like-minded individuals convene in London to
realise this common goal, with General Dynamics Mission Systems, Rheinmetall
Defence Electronics, Selex-ES, Sagem, Thales, Saab, Nexter, Patria and IAI Elta
being just some of the OEM technical leaders to lend their support.
The event provided an unrivalled insight into the technology available for
military applications; one key lesson was that the term ‘situational awareness’
means different things to different people! This year’s conference agenda has
been put together with equal care, drawing on leading experts’ thoughts and
aspirations, to ensure the very best opportunities to benchmark and learn from
strategy and engineering leaders.
I see this conference as the ideal platform for advancement in this complex
area, and I would hope that we can extend the debate to explore and push
the boundaries. Only through networking, sharing and learning with our peers
can we develop our approaches to capability development and delivery.
I urge you to join us in March 2017 to participate alongside an array of
likeminded international experts to realise this common goal.
Yours Sincerely,
Brigadier (ret) Ian Cameron-Mowat,
Former Head of Force Protection, UK MoD,
Director, IMP Castle Associates Limited
Colonel Mike McCarthy, Chief, Land War Net Division,
ARCIC, United States Army
Colonel Manuel Jesus De Hoyos Sanchez, Head of the
8x8 Wheeled Combat Vehicle Programme, Spanish Army
Major Mick Lillie, SO2 Communication Vehicle Systems,
Armoured Trials and Development Unit, British Army
Major Wouter Alexander Samson, Department of
Defence, Manoeuvre Centre of Knowledge,
Royal Netherlands Army
Major Eran Novak, Ground Forces Command, Weapons
Department, C4I Project Offi cer, Israeli Defence Force
Major Ola Petter Odden, Development Offi cer, Combat
Lab, Norwegian Army Land Warfare Centre
Mr Stephane Chaigneau, Scorpion System of Systems
Architect, Engineering Land Systems, DGA Land Systems,
French MoD
Mr Hans-Josef Maas, Armoured Fighting Vehicles
Vetronics Project Leader, Federal Office of Bundeswehr
Equipment and Information Technology, German MoD
Mr Paul Beaves, Senior Consultant, Land Tactical C4ISTAR,
Roke Manor Research
Dr Karin Stein, Signatorics, Institute of Optronics, System
Technologies and Image Exploitation, Fraunhofer IOSB
Mr Daniel Ota, Team Lead Platform Capability
Integration, Information Technology for Command and
Control, Fraunhofer FKIE
Dr Elias Stipidis, Director, Vetronics Research Centre
Dr Panagiotis Oikonomidis, Research Fellow,
Vetronics Research Centre
This Year’s Speakers from the Military,
Procurement and Defence Research
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Benchmark and network with those at the
forefront of combat vehicle modernisation
View combat vehicle technology
in the exhibition area
Senior speaker line up from the armed forces,
defence procurement, research and industry

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8.30 Registration & Coffee
9.00 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Brigadier (ret) Ian Cameron-Mowat, Former Head of Force Protection,
UK MoD, Director, IMP Castle Associates Limited
9.10 The Role of LandWarNet in Supporting Future Mobile Operations
• An overview of LandWarNet requirements and system architecture
• Enhanced battle command across the full spectrum of conflict
(land and cyberspace)
• Integration within armoured vehicles platforms for mobile and high
intensity operations
• Electronic warfare capability to safe guard the network and hinder
the enemy
Colonel Mike McCarthy, Chief, Land War Net Division, ARCIC, United
States Army
9.50 Plans for the Further Development of Combat Vehicle CIS within the
British Army
• CIS requirements for combat vehicles to meet network enabled
operations
• IFV: AJAX, Warrior
• MBT: Challenger 2
• Integration challenges within the platforms
• Practices for trials and development of combat effectiveness and
network security
Major Mick Lillie, SO2 Communication Vehicle Systems, Armoured
Trials and Development Unit, British Army
10.30 Morning Coffee
11.00 Situational Awareness Capability within the Puma Infantry Fighting
Vehicle
• A update on introduction into the Bundeswehr and improvement
over the legacy Marder IFV
• Communications and battle management: Information within the
platform ad wider network
• Visual situation awareness for crew and passengers via optronics
and display systems
• MUSS active protection systems for detection and defeat of threats
Mr Tobias Baumart, Project Manager, LAND 400 PUMA, PSM
Mr Martin Röder, Project Manager, Information Technology, PSM
11.40 SENECA — Sensor Effector Network for Advanced Combat
Applications: The Automated Sensor to Shooter Chain
• SENECA - Vision, Terms and Conditions
• Reconnaissance and Tactical Combat Network
• Experiment Scenario, Vignettes and SENECA Platform
• Participating Manned and Un-manned Platforms
• Simulation and Tactical Experiments
Mr Hans-Josef Maas, Armoured Fighting Vehicles, Vetronics Project
Leader, Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment and Information
Technology, German MoD
12.20 Networking Lunch
1.20 Generic Vehicle Architecture to Enhance Network Enabled
Capabilities and Improve Situational Awareness within the Vehicle
• Modular Vehicle C4i network to contribute to the C4I hardware
lifespan versus the platform lifespan
• “Plug and Play” Sensor suite that can deliver a mission defined
sensor suite and ability to integrate sensor information
• Improve HMI and decrease crew workload
• Share the right information at the right time so commanders can
make the right decision
Major Wouter Alexander Samson, Department of Defence,
Manoeuvre Centre of Knowledge, Royal Netherlands Army
2.00 Many Situations, Many Sensors, Many Effectors
• A Situational Awareness Perspective
• A Survivability Perspective
• An Integrated Mission System Perspective
Mr Guy Davies, Capability Manager, Vehicle Systems, Land and Naval
Defence Electronics Division, Leonardo
2.40 Afternoon Tea
3.10 Situational Awareness and Information Sharing in Norwegian
Mechanised Battalions
• New CV 90 capabilities
- What is new?
- Effects on SA and TTPs
• BMS (battle management systems)
- Brief history
- User experiences
- Effects on SA and TTPs
• Future plans to develop battlefield connectivity and situational
awareness
Major Ola Petter Odden, Development Officer, Combat Lab,
Norwegian Army Land Warfare Centre
3.50 Combat Vehicle EW Situational Awareness for the 21st Century
Battle Space
• The threats presented by an increasingly digitalized platform
and the need to prepare for competent and technologically
advanced enemies
• Ability of the platform to contribute to ‘CEMA ISTAR’
• Breaking traditional use models and allowing for electronic attack/
contribution to offensive CEMA
Mr Paul Beaves, Senior Consultant, Land Tactical C4ISTAR,
Roke Manor Research
4.30 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One
Brigadier (ret) Ian Cameron-Mowat, Former Head of Force Protection,
UK MoD, Director, IMP Castle Associates Limited

4. Future Armoured Vehicles Situational Awareness 2017
www.armouredvehicles-sa.com Day Two 30th March 2016
8.30 Registration Coffee
9.00 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Brigadier (ret) Ian Cameron-Mowat, Former Head of Force
Protection, UK MoD, Director, IMP Castle Associates Limited
9.10 Scorpion Vehicles Situational Awareness and Network Enabled
Capability
• An overview of the French Army’s Scorpion Programme and the
SCORPION vehicles
• Sensors and information gathering capability within the SCORPION
vehicles
• The battle management system (SICS): Information sharing and
communication with the wider network
• Scorpion system architecture, coherence and integration for
network enabled capability
Mr Stephane Chaigneau, Scorpion System of Systems Architect,
Engineering Land System, DGA Land Systems, French MoD
9.50 Situational Awareness within the Spanish Army´s 8x8 Wheeled
Combat Vehicle
• An overview of the project and its key milestones
• Sensors that will contribute to improve situational awareness
• Enhancing the net enabled capability concept
• Mission system and vetronic architecture
Colonel Manuel Jesus De Hoyos Sanchez, Head of the 8x8 Wheeled
Combat Vehicle Programme, Spanish Army
10.30 Morning Coffee
11.00 Vehicle Situational Awareness and Threat Detection from a Full 360°
Azimuth: Findings from the Development of Antares
• The operational requirements that have driven development of
Antares
• Findings from research and development
• Threat detection and situational awareness capability of the
system
• Integration with vehicle architecture and ongoing work with the
French Army’s Scorpion Programme
Mr Thierry Midavaine, Technical Director, Thales Optronique SAS
11.40 Feedback from the IDF’s Integration and Deployment of Vehicle
Sensors and Active Protection Systems
• Requirements for situational awareness as a means of protecting
the vehicle
• Optronics and sensors for close, medium and long range visual
situational awareness
• Capabilities of Active Protection System “trophy”: 360 degree
coverage, multiple threat tracking and defeat of complex threats
such as tandem warheads
• Plans for full integration into the IDF’s combat vehicle fl eet
Major Eran Novak, Ground Forces Command, Weapones
Department, C4I Project Offi cer, Israeli Defence Force
12.20 Networking Lunch
1.20 Feedback from the DSTLS’s Ongoing Mounted Combat Systems
Research Project
• Future threats to the armoured vehicle
• Sensors areas for detection and defeat of threats
• Integration challenges ad human machine interface
considerations
Session Reserved for DSTL-Mounted Combat Systems Research
Project
2.00 Fraunhofer Institute Research and Development of Enhanced
Situational Awareness for Land Systems
• An overview of the Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System
Technologies and Image Exploitation core areas of responsibility
• Optimising optronic performance for land systems situational
awareness’ and target detection
• Managing signature: Can vehicle stealth technology meet the
increased capability of modern sensors?
• Effective detection and countermeasures to prevent targeting
and enemy fi re
Dr Karin Stein, Signatorics, Institute of Optronics, System Technologies
and Image Exploitation, Fraunhofer IOSB
2.40 Afternoon Tea
3.10 Research and Development Findings in the Field of Vehicle
Situational Awareness and Sensor Integration
• Utilisation of commercial products in SA systems
• The benefi ts of using gaming architectures for developing SA
system
• Novel crew alerting methods using sonifi cation, haptics and visual
interfaces
Dr Panagiotis Oikonomidis, Research Fellow,
Vetronics Research Centre
3.50 Panel Discussion: Open Vetronic Architecture
Development for Combat Vehicles
• Feedback from ongoing developments within LAVOSAR
• Open Reference architecture standards update
• Alignment with NGVA
• Architecture question and answer session with military ad industry
Dr Elias Stipidis, Director, Vetronics Research Centre
Mr Daniel Ota, Team Lead Platform Capability Integration,
Information Technology for Command and Control, Fraunhofer FKIE
Brigadier (ret) Ian Cameron-Mowat, Former Head of Force
Protection, UK MoD, Director, IMP Castle Associates Limited
Mr Pieter Karssen, Innovation Manager, Land Weapon Systems
Department, Defence Materiel Organisation, Netherlands MoD
4.30 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two
Brigadier (ret) Ian Cameron-Mowat, Former Head of Force
Protection, UK MoD, Director, IMP Castle Associates Limited
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Situational Awareness invites not only the key programme managers, capability directors
and operational commanders from the armed forces, but also ensures the participation
of senior engineers, chief scientists and platform managers from the leading solution
providers are present.
This uniquely technical focus will aim to further cover the core areas of situational
awareness for the combat vehicle and its future role as a greater gatherer and
distributor of intelligence within the network. This examination will be take place within
the broader scope of contemporary requirements for enhanced land C4ISTAR, exploring
the technologies required, with open vetronics architectures, communications, battle
management, optronics, defensive aid suites and electronic warfare just some of the
areas covered.
In addition, key updates from military programme managers, operational commanders
and land force planners will provide an overview of the current operational environment,
areas to channel this capability development and practices for test and evaluation of
new technology.
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