This document provides information about the 3rd Annual Future Armoured Vehicles Weapon Systems conference taking place on June 5-6, 2018 in London. The conference will discuss developing next generation fire superiority for armoured combat vehicles. Military representatives from the UK, US, Germany, Canada, and Israel will provide briefings. Industry speakers from companies like Rheinmetall and FNSS will also present. Topics will include future armoured vehicle technologies, mechanised firepower collaboration, weapon system optimisation, and developing generic architecture for armoured platforms. Attendees can learn about international perspectives, technical developments, and gain an expertise on enhancing armoured vehicle lethality.

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Developing the Next Generation of Fire Superiority for
Armoured Combat Vehicles
5th-6th
JUNE
2018
CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN:
Lieutenant-General (Ret’d) Jonathon Riley, Former
Deputy Commander, ISAF, British Army War Studies
Visiting Professor, Kings College
EXPERT MILITARY AND TECHNICAL SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
Colonel James Schirmer, Project Manager, Armored
Fighting Vehicles, PEO Ground Combat Systems, US Army
Colonel Gerald Boston, Deputy Director, Next Generation
Combat Vehicle Functional Team, MCoE, US Army
Lieutenant Colonel Martin French, SO1 Lethality / 40mm
CTCA Programme Manager, British Army
Lieutenant Colonel Brian Corbett, Section Head -
Armoured Vehicle Systems, Canadian Armed Forces
Lieutenant Colonel Karl Heinz Boenke, Team Leader,
Infantry Platforms MRAV and BOXER, German Army
Lieutenant Colonel Justin Shell, Product Manager for
Abrams Main Battle Tank, US Army
Senior Representative, Armoured Trials and Development
Unit, British Army
Senior Representative, Israeli MoD
Mr Ted Maciuba, Deputy Director for Mounted
Requirements, US Army
Mr Tom Coradeschi, Project Manager Maneuver
Ammunition Systems, US Army
Dr Periklis Charchalakis, Technical Manager, Vetronics
Research Centre
INDUSTRY TECHNICAL EXPERTS:
Mr Pierre Magnan, Director of Engineering, CTA
International
Mr Oykun Eren, Weapon Systems and Core Engineering
Department Manager, FNSS
Mr Peter Brusten, Technical Lead IFV Puma Weapon
Systems, Rheinmetall Land Systems
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BENEFITS OF ATTENDING:
• Develop an international perspective on armoured vehicle
firepower with presentations from the Israeli MoD, Canadian
Armed Forces and German Army, along with key briefings from
host nation agencies
• Listen to technical briefings from industry experts including
Rheinmetall, FNSS and CTA International – as well as a
dedicated exhibition space to showcase the latest lethality
technologies
• Hear comprehensive briefings from the United States with
updates from Next Generation Combat Vehicle, Abrams Main
Battle Tank, PEO Ammunition, Maneuver Centre of Excellence
and PEO Ground Combat Systems
• Explore the latest technologies, systems and platforms that are
revolutionising how military forces conduct mechanised warfare

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8.30 Registration Coffee
9.00 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Lieutenant-General (Ret’d) Jonathon Riley, Former Deputy Commander
ISAF, British Army
INTERNATIONAL AND HOST NATION KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS
9.10 Delivering the Firepower of the Future Through the Future Fighting Vehicle
• An overview of the current work and design profiles of PEO Ground
Combat Systems
• Maximising new weapon system effectiveness by designing them for a
new vehicle instead of retrofitting into an existing platform
• Exploiting energetics to allow heavier firepower from lighter guns
• Driving innovation: exploring the use of automatic loaders to replace
human gun crews
• Utilising Quick Kill Active Protection Systems to develop anti-tank missile
capability
• Development priorities for the Future Fighting Vehicle and way forward
Colonel James Schirmer, Project Manager, Armored Fighting Vehicles,
PEO Ground Combat Systems, US Army
9.50 Successes Collaboratively Developing Mechanised Firepower Through
40mm Cased Ammunition
• Moving from the 30mm RARDEN cannon to the 40mm Cased
Telescoped Armament System (CTAS)
• Developing standards between the British and French Army’s to
integrate the 40mm CTAS within both nations platforms
• Exploiting airburst rounds for anti-air capabilities within armoured units
• Utilising Target Practise Reduced Round-Tracer (TPRR-T) ammunition for
weapon system training
• Collaboration priorities for the 40mm CTAS – strategic cross-channel vision
Lieutenant Colonel Martin French, SO1 Lethality / 40mm CTCA
Programme Manager, British Army
Pierre Magnan, Director of Engineering, CTA International
10.30 Morning Coffee
NEXT GENERATION ARMOURED VEHICLE CAPABILITY
11.00 Future Combat Vehicle Technologies — The Israeli Perspective
• The Current Force
• The need for Future Force
• CARMEL – Technologies for the Future Combat Vehicle
Confirmed Senior Representative, Israeli MoD, Name Withheld for
Security Reasons
11.40 Session Reserved for Sponsor
12.20 Conceptual Approaches to Developing Firepower Within the German Army
• Operational feedback from the Puma in recent combat exercises
• How the fully stabilised 360° periscope to provide the improved gunner
optics
• Exploiting Armour-Piercing Fin-Stabilised Discarding Sabot (APFSDS)
tracer ammunition for high penetration capabilities against enemy
armoured vehicles
• Overcoming challenges to the integration of missile systems onto
infantry fighting vehicles
• How Kinetic Energy-Timed Fuse (KETF) munitions have been designed
with air burst features for anti-infantry functions
• Developing manned-unmanned teaming within remotely controlled
weapon stations
• Modular designs for the Puma’s weapon systems: future proofing
armoured vehicles
Lieutenant Colonel Karl Heinz Boenke, Team Leader, Infantry Platforms
MRAV and BOXER, German Army
1.00 Networking Lunch
INDUSTRY TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS – AMMUNITION AND TURRETS
2.00 Technical Updates on the Internal Ballistics and Munitions Used Within the
Scorpion Programme
• An overview of the anticipated roles the Jaguar and Griffin armoured
vehicles and how this shapes decision making regarding internal
weapon system design
• Advantages of the 40mm Cased Telescoped Armament System (CTAS)
for infantry fighting and close combat engagements
• Avoiding dense and high-volume ignition powders to limit and prevent
weapon failure
• Research and development within ballistic optimum barrel length to
deliver the highest velocity round possible
• Future priorities for internal ballistics design to maximise armoured
vehicle lethality and effectiveness
Mr Pierre Magnan, Director of Engineering, CTA International
2.40 Designing the Future: Delivering Innovative Firepower Capabilities
Through New Weapon Systems
• Developing collaboration between vendors to ensure weapon systems
remain interoperable and conform to generic architecture
• How the TEBER 30/25 medium calibre remote turret is revolutionising
mechanised capability
• Enhancing weapons testing through technical analysis of lethality
outputs
• Exploring how turret systems can be optimised to deliver improved
firepower
• Exploiting straight tube ammunition casing instead of traditional bullet
shapes to deliver more explosive charge
• Maturing RD in anti-aerial airburst rounds for deployment against
airborne targets
Mr Oykun Eren, Weapon Systems and Core Engineering Department
Manager, FNSS Savunma Sistemleri A.S.
3.20 Afternoon Tea
US ARMY CAVALRY PLATFORMS PRESENT AND FUTURE
3.50 Emerging Requirements and Concepts for our Next Generation Combat
Vehicle
• An overview of the current status of the Next Generation Combat
Vehicle (NGCV) effort
• The critical enabling technologies that will support cross domain
manoeuvre
• NGCV Operational View
• The future of Manned/Unmanned Teaming and the employment of
decisive lethality in the future operation environment
Colonel Gerald Boston, Deputy Director, Next Generation Combat
Vehicle Functional Team, MCoE, US Army
4.30 Session Reserved for Sponsor
5.10 Progress on Enhancing the Abrams Main Battle Tank for the Requirements
of the 21st Century
• Modernisation in context: the Abram main battle tank within the
Combat Vehicle Modernisation Strategy
• Providing the M1 Abrams the ability to fire high-energy and smart tank
ammunition through the integration of the 120mm cannon
• Delivering BLOS (beyond line of sight) fire capability to support
dismounted soldiers with overwhelming firepower
• Exploiting new technology to accommodate the blast from the 120mm
round
• The way forward: possibilities of developing manned-unmanned
teaming within operations
Lieutenant Colonel Justin Shell, Product Manager for Abrams Main Battle
Tank, US Army
5.50 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One
Lieutenant-General (Ret’d) Jonathon Riley, Former Deputy Commander
ISAF, British Army

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8.30 Registration Coffee
9.00 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Lieutenant-General (Ret’d) Jonathon Riley, Former Deputy Commander
ISAF, British Army
WEAPON SYSTEM OPTIMISATION ACROSS NORTH AMERICA
9.10 Strengthening Canadian Operational Capabilities Through Enhanced
Mechanised Lethality
• An overview of the Canadian Armed Forces firepower capabilities and
an overview of where development is needed to meet the flexible
demands of the future
• Exploiting the LAV (Light Armoured Vehicle) III Thermal Imaging System
(TIS) and Generation III image intensifier to track infantry across all
weathers and times
• Introducing new firepower capabilities such as grenade launchers to
maximise the operational flexibility of armoured units
• Exploring the use of remotely operated weapon stations to keep
human operators out of harms way
• Turret design requirements to ensure tanks remain functional for future
missions
Lieutenant Colonel Brian Corbett, Section Head - Armoured Vehicle
Systems, Canadian Armed Forces
9.50 US Army Maneuver Robotics and Autonomous Systems
• Update on the TRADOC Project Office for MRAS at the US Army
Maneuver Center of Excellence
• Potential Technologies for the Robotic Combat Vehicle
• Industry Opportunities for MRAS Technologies
Mr Ted Maciuba, Deputy Director for Mounted Requirements, US Army
10.30 Morning Coffee
INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVES ON ARMOURED VEHICLE DEVELOPMENT
11.00 Technical Updates on the Puma IFV Weapon Systems — Developments
and Way Forward
• An analysis of the Puma’s current lethality capability and where RD
can enhance weapon systems
• How the MK30-2/ABM autocannon enhances the Puma’s firepower by
improving combat range and effect on target
• Exploring the Puma’s remote-control turret to provide 360-degree field
of fire
• Developing a modular weapon design to enable the integration of
systems such as the spike guided missile
• Weapon system responsiveness in climate testing and scope for
improvement
• The way forward: weapon system development priorities for
Rheinmetall
Mr Peter Brusten, Technical Lead IFV Puma Weapon Systems, Rheinmetall
Land Systems
11.40 Session Reserved for Sponsor
PANEL DISCUSSION
12.20 Developing Mechanised Lethal Capability Through
Technical Innovation
• Consideration of the diverse operating domains the military
works within and how this impacts vendor solution design
• Exploring how computerised fire control systems enhancing
effective ISTAR capabilities for modern mechanised units
• Developing modular approaches to armoured vehicle ammunition
systems to maximise their interoperability across allied partners
• Working with military end-users to ensure that RD within armoured
weapon systems revolves around operational needs
• Building a holistic collaboration between OEM’s (original equipment
manufacturers) and system integrators to deliver the mechanised
assets of the future
Moderated by: Lieutenant-General (Ret’d) Jonathon Riley, Former
Deputy Commander ISAF, British Army
Mr Peter Brusten, Technical Lead IFV Puma Weapon Systems, Rheinmetall
Land Systems
Mr Pierre Magnan, Director of Engineering, CTA International
Mr Oykun Eren, Weapon Systems and Core Engineering Department
Manager, FNSS Savunma Sistemleri A.S.
1.00 Networking Lunch
WEAPON SYSTEM TRIALS, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
2.00 Delivering Enhanced Mounted Close Combat Capability Through the
AJAX-Scout Fighting Vehicle
• Overview of the manned firing trials in early 2017 and progress to
developing an equipped AJAX squadron by 2019
• Exploiting the dual stabilisation axes of the DNGS-T3 stabilised gunnery
sight to enable observation and fire on the move
• Utilising the modular design of the Lance Modular Turret System (LMTS)
to support flexibility in the redeployment of platform roles
• Developing the AJAX’s firepower through the telescoped 40mm calibre
cannon
• Future development priorities for the AJAX-family and how to achieve them
Senior Representative, Armoured Trials and Development Unit,
British Army
2.40 Session Reserved for Sponsor
3.20 Supporting Military Operational Requirements by Delivering the Next
Generation of Direct Fire Ammunition for US Army Fighting Vehicles
• The role and structure of PEO Ammunition in supporting the warfighter
• Combat vehicle ammunition perspectives and priorities: How can the
combat vehicle munitions stay ahead of red forces
• Balancing cost with cost effective combat solutions that meet these
requirements
• Operational feedback from the development of new capabilities
- M829A4, 5th generation 120mm kinetic energy round
- 30mm munitions to meet upgraded Stryker Brigade needs
• Future plans and priorities for munitions development
Mr Tom Coradeschi, Project Manager Maneuver Ammunition Systems,
US Army
4.00 Afternoon Tea
OPEN ARCHITECTURE APPROACHES TO ARMOURED ASSETS
PANEL DISCUSSION:
4.30 Developing Generic Architecture Within US
Armoured Platforms to Enhance Interoperability
• Past and present: an overview of mechanised
platforms and their varying roles and functions
• Streamlining armoured target acquisition by exploiting common
optronics within vehicle systems
• Considerations for future platforms and life extension programmes to
develop lethality
• Utilising generic vehicle architecture for ‘plug and play’ weapon
platforms that maximise vehicle utility
• What lies ahead? Future priorities for land strike capability
Moderated by: Lieutenant-General (Ret’d) Jonathon Riley, Former
Deputy Commander ISAF, British Army
Colonel Gerald Boston, Deputy Director, Next Generation Combat
Vehicle Functional Team, MCoE, US Army
Lieutenant Colonel Justin Shell, Product Manager for Abrams Main Battle
Tank, US Army
Lieutenant Colonel Karl Heinz Boenke, Team Leader, Infantry Platforms
MRAV and BOXER, German Army
Lieutenant Colonel Brian Corbett, Section Head - Armoured Vehicle
Systems, Canadian Armed Forces
5.10 Considerations on Future System Architectures for Integrated Weapon Systems
• Impact of UGV adoption on WS functional, operational, and safety
security requirements
• Shared platform architectures for WS and non-WS co-operation and
integration
• Automotive ADAS and supporting technologies for enhanced WS
sensor operation
• Autonomous platform mobility control/intervention for enhanced WS
effectiveness and survivability
Dr Periklis Charchalakis, Technical Manager, Vetronics Research Centre
5.50 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two
Lieutenant-General (Ret’d) Jonathon Riley, Former Deputy Commander
ISAF, British Army

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