SMi's inaugural Digital Cockpit confernece

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The latest state-of-the-art in military avionics
13TH - 14TH MAY 2013 | COPTHORNE TARA HOTEL | LONDON, UK
CONFERENCE CHAIR
Chris Granville-White C.B.E
FEATURED SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
Group Captain Paul J. Wallace MA RAF, Chief of Staff,
Joint Air Land Organisation (JALO), UK Ministry of Defence
Commander Kevin Fleming, Commander Lynx Wildcat
Maritime Force, RNAS Yeovilton
Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Hauret, Centre d'Expériences
Aériennes Militaires DMAO / Cellule Facteurs Humains,
French Air Force
Lieutenant Colonel Peter Geier, Tornado Avionics Support,
Weapon Systems Command, German Air Force
Squadron Leader Rob Caine, OC ‘C’ Flight,
IV (R) Squadron, RAF Valley
Major John ‘Slider’ Getgood, F-22 Weapons and Avionics,
5th Generation Fighter Requirements,
HQ Air Combat Command, US Air Force
Bill Sweetman, Editor-in-Chief, Aviation Week and acclaimed
Military Aviation Author
KEY REASONS TO ATTEND:
• RECEIVE an update on the F-22A Raptor Modernisation Programme
from the US Air Force
• GAIN insight into the advances in Satellite Navigation Systems (GNSS)
for Military Avionics Applications
• LEARN about the latest state-of-the-art in Digital Close Air Support
• EXPLORE how Human-Machine Interface developments are reducing
aircrew workload
• HEAR how different air forces approach the budgetary realities of
avionics upgrades
• DISCOVER the key elements of more than 12 Digital Cockpit
Architectures and Upgrade Programmes
PLUS AN INTERACTIVE HALF-DAY POST-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
09.00 - 13.00 | 15TH MAY 2013 | COPTHORNE TARA HOTEL | LONDON, UK
Next Generation Avionics Architectures: Aircraft Data Networks, Systems
Integration and Certification Challenges
WORKSHOP LEADER: Dr Roberto Sabatini, Lecturer in Avionics, Cranfield University
www.digital-cockpits.com
Register online or fax your registration to +44 (0) 870 9090 712 or call +44 (0) 870 9090 711

2. DAY ONE I MONDAY 13TH MAY 2013 Digital Cockpit
08.30 12.00
REGISTRATION & COFFEE RAFALE HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE (HMI) ASPECTS
• Fundamental principles of aircraft architectures
09.00 • Rafale human-machine Interface description
CHAIRMAN'S OPENING REMARKS • Reducing aircrew workload
Chris Granville-White C.B.E.
• Artificial intelligence approach
Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Hauret, Centre d'Expériences
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Aériennes Militaires DMAO / Cellule Facteurs Humains,
09.10
French Air Force
DIGITAL CLOSE AIR SUPPORT (DaCAS)
• An overview of the UK’s close air support in a digital age –
12.40 NETWORKING LUNCH
Group Captain Paul Wallace RAF (JALO)
• UK engagement in DaCAS and variable message format –
Wing Commander Andy Eccleston RAF (JALO) 13.50
• The UK’s forward air controller’s ground equipment DACAS ROYAL NAVY WILDCAT H.M.A. MK.2
capability - Wing Commander Andy Eccleston RAF (JALO) • Integration of Wildcat Sensor Suite
• UK Tornado tactical information exchange capability – • Air Vehicle Performance in the Maritime Environment
Tornado Test and Evaluation Squadron (TES) • Wildcat Tactical Employment
Group Captain Paul J Wallace MA RAF, • Potential Future Development
Chief of Staff, Joint Air Land Organisation (JALO), Commander Kevin Fleming, Commander Lynx Wildcat
UK Ministry of Defence, Maritime Force, RNAS Yeovilton
Wing Commander Andy Eccleston, Joint Air Land
Organisation (JALO)
14.30
and a representative from the Tornado Test and
ROYAL AIR FORCE HAWK T.2- TRAINING TOMORROW’S COMBAT
Evaluation Squadron
PILOTS TODAY
• UK’s lead-in fighter trainer for Typhoon and F-35
10.10
F-22A RAPTOR MODERNISATION • Mission avionics and debriefing system
• Current capability • Embedded synthetic training capability
• Planned upgrades (funded) Squadron Leader Rob Caine, OC ‘C’ Flight, IV (R)
• Human-Machine Interface (HMI) Squadron, RAF Valley
- Previous USAF design concepts
- 5th generation design 15.10 AFTERNOON TEA
- F-22 multifunction display overview
• Future modernisation (unfunded) 15.40
Major John ‘Slider’ Getgood, F-22 Weapons and Avionics, US AIR FORCE B-2 SPIRIT UPGRADE PROGRAMME
5th Generation Fighter Requirements, HQ Air Combat
• B-2 EHF SATCOM. capability
Command, US Air Force
• Radar Modernisation Programme (RMP)
• GPS Aided Targeting System (GATS)
10.50 MORNING COFFEE
• New Cockpit Displays and Crew Resource Management
(CRM)
11.20
Lieutenant Colonel Tony Monetti (ret’d), B-2 Bomber Pilot,
WAH-64D APACHE – A COCKPIT VIEW
• A former operator’s perspective US Air Force and Dean of Aviation and Executive
• The complexities of the cockpit experienced on operations - Director, Skyhaven Airport, University of Central Missouri
HERRICK AND ELLAMY
Neil Sierens DFC, Aviation and Defence Consultant 16.20
(former Army Air Corps), Yorvik Aviation CHAIRMAN'S CLOSING REMARKS AND CLOSE OF DAY ONE
Register online at www.digital-cockpits.com • Fax: +44 (0) 870 909
Supported by

3. DAY TWO I TUESDAY 14TH MAY 2013 Digital Cockpit
08.30 12.20 NETWORKING LUNCH
RE-REGISTRATION & COFFEE
13.30
09.00
CHAIRMAN'S OPENING REMARKS ROYAL DANISH AIR FORCE F-16 UPGRADES
Chris Granville-White C.B.E. • Joint Helmet-Mounted Cueing System (JMHCS)
• Link 16 datalink
09.10
ROYAL NETHERLANDS AIR FORCE (K)DC-10 COCKPIT UPGRADE • Advanced Electronic Warfare Management System (EWMS)
• Drivers for the upgrade • Plans for Litening G4 targeting pod
• Design & Systems
• TERMA recce system
• Programme
• Certification • TERMA 3D audio and visual cueing system
• Lessons learnt Major Hans Peter Bagger, Head of Fighter Branch,
Lieutenant Colonel Hielke Bosma,
Tactical Air Command, Royal Danish Air Force
Senior Certification Specialist, Military Aviation Authority,
Royal Netherlands Air Force
14.10
09.50
ADVANCES IN SATELLITE NAVIGATION SYSTEMS (GNSS) FOR
ROYAL AIR FORCE MERLIN FORCE’S EXPERIENCES WITH GLASS
COCKPIT ON OPERATIONS 2005-2013 MILITARY AVIONICS APPLICATIONS
• Training • Advanced avionics applications of GNSS
• Dissimilar cockpits (Merlin Mk.3 vs 3A)
• Mission-and safety-critical GNSS applications
• Transition of crews from conventional instrumentation to glass
cockpit • GNSS augmentation (SBAS, GBAS and ABAS)
• Use of the technology on operations • GNSS driven performance based operations
Wing Commander Philip Harding, OC 78 Squadron, • Safety-critical GNSS human machine interface and Interaction
RAF Benson
Dr. Roberto Sabatini, Lecturer in Avionics,
10.30 MORNING COFFEE Cranfield University
11.00
14.50 AFTERNOON TEA
GERMAN AIR FORCE TORNADO ASSTA 3.1 UPGRADE PROGRAMME
• How did we get to ASSTA 3.1?
• Content of ASSTA 3.1 programme 15.20
• The journey to multi-function displays
THE MARKET FOR DIGITAL MILITARY COCKPIT SYSTEMS AND
• Involvement of contributors to the programme
• The Programme schedule to 2015 UPGRADES
Lieutenant Colonel Peter Geier, Tornado Avionics • Fighter cockpits – new directions and state-of-the-art
Support, Weapon Systems Command, German Air Force
developments
11.40 • Global market for next generation sensors
THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE HAWK MK.127 UPGRADE • Trainer and airlifter ‘Glass Cockpits’
PROGRAMME
• Technology trends
• Aligning fifth generation fast jet training philosophies
• The challenges of training for the future Bill Sweetman, Editor-in-Chief, Aviation Week
• Distilling the essence – what is critical for “multi-role” and and acclaimed Military Aviation Author
beyond
• The increasing importance of HMI
Squadron Leader Benjamin George, Hawk Project Team, 16.00
Royal Australian Air Force CHAIRMAN’S CLOSING REMARKS AND CLOSE OF DAY TWO
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4. HALF-DAY POST-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
09.00 – 13.00 I WEDNESDAY 15th MAY 2013
COPTHORNE TARA HOTEL I LONDON, UK
Next Generation Avionics
Architectures: Aircraft Data
Networks, Systems Integration
and Certification Challenges
Why you should attend
Next Generation Avionics Architectures will form the
core of all future military aircraft. Learn how to design,
integrate and certify these architectures to maximise
avionic systems effectiveness.
• Understand essential design, test and integration
criteria
• Evaluate comparative case studies and future
concepts
• Network with other avionics specialists
Agenda:
09.00 – 09.30
Introduction to Airborne Computing and Avionics
Architectures
09.30 – 10.30
Aircraft Data Networks for Civil and Military
Applications. Outline of Modern Avionics
Architectures. Avionics Systems Integration
10.30-11.00 Coffee
11.00 – 12.00
Test and Evaluation of Avionics Systems ─ M&S for
Avionics Testing ─ Laboratory and Rig Testing ─
Ground Testing ─ Flight Testing. Special Topics in
Avionics Design, Integration and Testing ─ Military
Avionics Systems ─ EMC/EMI in Avionics Design,
Integration and Testing
12.00 – 13.00
Avionics Design, Integration and Test – Case Studies.
Future Developments
About the Workshop Leader:
Dr Roberto Sabatini has over 22 years of professional
experience in Research, Development, Test and
Evaluation (RDT&E) of Aerospace Electronic Systems for
Military and Civil applications. He is an expert in the
design, integration, test and certification of Aerospace
Sensors and Integrated Systems, with specific hands-on
competence in advanced Avionics and CNS/ATM
systems, including GNSS, RADAR, IR/EO, SATCOM, Data
Links and Route Planning/Trajectory Optimisation. Dr
Sabatini graduated with a PhD in Avionics Electro-
Optical Systems from the Department of Aerospace,
Power and Sensors of Cranfield University (2003). He
also obtained a third level Doctor of Engineering
degree in Astronautics from Rome University “La
Sapienza” and an MSc in Navigation Technology from
the University of Nottingham (1997).
Dr Roberto Sabatini served several years as a Military
Officer (Lieutenant Colonel), Flight Test Engineer
(Electronic and Avionic Systems) and Acquisition
Manager in the Air Force/MoD and in the US
Department of Defence (Joint Program Executive
Office for Joint Tactical Radio System - MIDS
International Program Office). Dr Sabatini was
awarded several professional and scientific
recognitions both nationally and internationally. These
included various Service Achievement Awards, Military
Decorations and the NATO Research and Technology
Organization (RTO) Scientific Achievement Award in
2008. Dr Sabatini published numerous scientific papers,
technical volumes, textbooks and research reports on
avionics sensors, communications, electro-optics,
CNS/ATM and satellite navigation systems, focusing on
various aspects of design, integration, verification and
certification.
Dr Sabatini is a Senior Member of the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a Senior
Member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics (AIAA), an Associate Fellow of the Royal
Institute of Navigation (RIN), a Member of the Royal
Aeronautical Society (RAeS) and a Life Member of the
Armed Forces Communications and Electronics
Association (AFCEA).

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CONFERENCE: 13th-14th May 2013, COPTHORNE TARA HOTEL, LONDON, UK WORKSHOP: 15th May 2013
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