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Ensuring Capabilities and Technologies for Full Spectrum Air Defence
22nd - 23rd
OCT
2019
AIR MISSILE
DEFENCE TECHNOLOGY
Angelo Hotel, Prague, Czech Republic
www.airmissiledefence.com
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CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN:
Major General (Ret’d) Bohuslav Dvorak, Former Deputy Chief of General
Staff, Czech Armed Forces
EXPERT MILITARY AND TECHNICAL SPEAKERS
Colonel Jan Sedliacik, Commander 25th Air Defence Missile Regiment,
Czech Armed Forces
Lieutenant Colonel Jan Farlik Ph.D, Designated Chief of Department of
Air Defence Systems, University of Defence Brno, Czech Republic
Colonel Ferenc Könczöl, DCOM SAM WING 12 ‘Arrabona’,
Hungarian Army
Colonel Giles Malec, 7th Air Defence Group, UK MoD
Colonel (Name witheld for security reasons), Israeli Air Force
Lieutenant Colonel Manuel Monnin, SBAD Office Division Head, French
Air Force
Lieutenant Colonel Dimitrios Nikolakakos, Chief Tactical Firing Evaluation
Section, NATO Missile Firing Installation (NAMFI)
Major Ovidijus Pilitauskas, Chief of Staff of Air Defence Battalion,
Lithuanian Air Force
Mr. Max Berthold, Project Manager GBAD, FMV
Dr Juanita M. Christensen, Director, CCDC Aviation and Missile Center, US
Army
Mr Peter Woodmansee, Division Chief, Integrated Air and Missile
Defence, HQ US European Command
Mr Max Hanessian, Chief, Integrated Air and Missile Defense, US Air Force
in Europe
Mr. Joakim Lewin, Head of Army Systems Management Department,
FMV
Mr Thomas N Doss, Assistant Program Executive Officer, International, PEO
Missiles and Space
EXPERT INDUSTRY SPEAKERS
Mr Richard Turner, Business Development Manager Ground Based Air
Defence, Lockheed Martin
Mr Lars Krogh Vammen, Director Business Development, Weibel Scientific
A/S
Colonel (Ret’d) Henri Stievenard, Military Advisor, MBDA
Mr Andreas Bappert, Technical Director, GBAD Systems, Diehl Defence
BENEFITS OF ATTENDING:
• Hear the latest developments from a diverse range of nations
including the US, UK, Israel, Hungary, the Czech Republic,
France, Sweden, Lithuania and NATO.
• Listen to briefings from senior officers including the
Commander of Hungary’s Air Defence Regiment, the Chief
of the Integrated Air and Missile Defence USAFE and the
Director of the CCDC’s Aviation and Missile Center.
• Learn about the opportunities to engage with the military
and industry from leading military representatives and senior
technical leaders.
• Explore the lessons learned from the adoption and
integration of new enhanced weapon systems and C2
infrastructure.
• Meet and network with military and industry decision makers
in missile defence as well as experts who are defining the
future of technological and deployable capabilities.
SPONSORS

2. Register online at www.airmissiledefence.com
SPONSORSHIP AND EXHIBITION OPPORTUNITIES
SMi offer sponsorship, exhibition, advertising and branding packages, uniquely tailored to complement your company’s marketing strategy. Prime networking
opportunities exist to entertain, enhance and expand your client base within the context of an independent discussion specific to your industry. Should you
wish to join the increasing number of companies benefiting from sponsoring our conferences please call:
Justin Predescu on +44 (0) 207 827 6130 or email jpredescu@smi-online.co.uk
AIR MISSILE DEFENCE TECHNOLOGY
Day One | Tuesday 22nd October 2019 www.airmissiledefence.com
SUPPORTED BY:
8.30 Registration Coffee
8.50 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Major General (Ret’d) Bohuslav Dvorak, Former Deputy Chief of
General Staff, Czech Armed Forces
HOST NATION AND KEYNOTE ADDRESSES
9.00 Peer Threat Analysis and Czech Capability Developments
• Examining the adversarial threat evolution and the deterrence
priorities for the Czech armed forces
• Building a multi-layered and networked deterrence strategy with
ELM-2084 radar system
• Engineering the future deterrence strategy for the Czech Republic
Colonel Jan Sedliacik, Commander 25th Air Defence Missile
Regiment, Czech Armed Forces
9.40 Comprehensively Enhancing Medium Range Missile Defence
Technology
• Discussing Hungarian air defence modernisation strategy
• Adapting to evolving air threats and preplacing the Mistral system
• Enhancing and integrating C2 capacity with the SAMOC system
• Analysing the capability requirements for the SA-6 replacement
AD technology
Colonel Ferenc Könczöl, DCOM SAM WING 12 ‘Arrabona’,
Hungarian Army
10.20 Morning Coffee
ENHANCING FULL SPECTRUM AIR DEFENCE TO
DETECT AND DEFEAT MODERN THREATS
10.50 Protecting Soldiers During Manoeuvre from Multi-Dimensional
Aerial Threats
• Ensuring deployed and manoeuvring troops are protected from
a range of threats with the Multi-Mission Launcher
• Optimising and scaling systems with MAFIA C2
• Automating multi-domain capabilities to reduce operational
workload
• Adapting to modern threats with advanced CUAS technology
Dr Juanita M. Christensen, Director, CCDC Aviation and Missile
Center, US Army
11.30 Examining the French Military SHORAD and Medium Missile
Defence Capabilities
• Ensuring the medium range missile defence with the SAMP/T
system and future EUROSAM capabilities
• Contributing to national and NATO C-RAM capabilities
• Future SHORAD replacement for the Crotale missile system
• Modular technology for defending against SHORAD/RAM threats
Lieutenant Colonel Manuel Monnin, SBAD Office Division Head,
French Air Force
12.10 Common technical scalability across the full IAMD domain — is it
possible?
• Is countering future threats possible with off the shelf
technology?
• How to counter what challenges us the most?
• One solution to rule them all?
Mr Lars Krogh Vammen, Director Business Development, Weibel
Scientific A/S
12.50 Networking Lunch
ENHANCING SYSTEMS FOR COMPREHENSIVE DEFENCE ARCHITECTURE
1.50 Session Reserved for Lockheed Martin
Mr Richard Turner, Business Development Manager Ground Based
Air Defence, Lockheed Martin
2.30 Designing the new Swedish GBAD capability
• Objectives
• The technical solution
• System engineering
• Introducing new capabilities and managing change
Mr. Max Berthold, Project Manager GBAD, FMV
Mr. Joakim Lewin, Head of Army Systems Management
Department, FMV
3.10 Lithuanian Integrated Surface based Air defence system — First
steps in to NATO IAMD
• Tactical and operational approach to LISBADS
• Military and industry cooperation to build required capability
• Integration steps to become a part of NATO IAMD
Major Ovidijus Pilitauskas, Chief of Staff of Air Defence Battalion,
Lithuanian Air Force
3.50 Afternoon Tea
DISCUSSING ISRAELI AIR DEFENCE TECHNOLOGY
4.20 Examining the Israeli Layered Approach to Missile Defence
Systems
• Iron Dome interceptor system capabilities and deployment
• Working with the United States to supply Iron Dome defence
systems
• ICBM threats and the role of the Arrow 3 system in protecting
Israeli citizens
• David’s Sling protecting against medium range threats
Colonel (Name witheld for security reasons), Israeli Air Force
APPROACHES TO C-UAS TECHNOLOGY
5.00 Protecting Soldiers and Equipment from the Threat of Low-Profile
Attacks
• Lessons learned: UAV’s and their use by non-state actors
• The threat to soldiers posed by UAS in 2019 and the future
• Multispectral detection of small UAVs
Lieutenant Colonel Jan Farlik Ph.D, Designated Chief of
Department of Air Defence Systems, University of Defence Brno,
Czech Republic
5.40 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One
Major General (Ret’d) Bohuslav Dvorak, Former Deputy Chief of
General Staff , Czech Armed Forces

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MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES
Are you interested in promoting your defence services to a targeted industry sector? SMi offers tailored marketing packages
so that your association publication can gain access to a global market and key decision makers in the defence market.
Contact Natasha Boumediene on +44 (0) 207 827 6020 or email: nboumediene@smi-online.co.uk
AIR MISSILE DEFENCE TECHNOLOGY
www.airmissiledefence.com Day Two | Wednesday 23rd October 2019
8.30 Registration Coffee
8.50 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Major General (Ret’d) Bohuslav Dvorak, Former Deputy Chief
of General Staff, Czech Armed Forces
KEYNOTE ADDRESSES
9.00 Enhancing the Joint Ground Based Air Defence Organisation
with Superior Air Defences Technology
• Threat analysis for the British Armed Forces: Current
capabilities and focus areas
• Working with international partners to develop systems
interoperability at Thorney Island training facility
• Sky Sabre developments and enhanced capabilities
• Working with multiple industrial partners to deliver
upgraded capabilities
Colonel Giles Malec, 7th Air Defence Group, UK MoD
9.40 Driving the Evolution of Missile Defence within the United
States Army
• Advancing the capabilities of the PATRIOT missile system
• Protecting key infrastructure from cruise missile threats with
enhanced radar systems
• Defending soldiers from RAM threats through the adoption
of lightweight and field deployable systems
• Providing acquisition support for Upper Tier Missile Defense
and Space Systems
Mr Thomas N Doss, Assistant Program Executive Officer,
International, PEO Missiles and Space
10.20 Morning Coffee
DEVELOPING AND IMPROVING INTEROPERABILITY
FOR EFFECTIVE DETERRENCE
10.50 Examining USAFE’s Strategy for Enhanced IAMD
• Enhancing warning radar systems for rear area threats
• Discussing the integration and standardisation of existing
systems
• Procuring systems for increased adaptability to modern
threats
• Leveraging industry for enhanced capabilities
Mr Max Hanessian, Chief, Integrated Air and Missile Defense,
US Air Force in Europe
11.30 Session Reserved for Sponsor
12.10 Examining the NATO Air and Missile Defence Capabilities
• Streamlining international cooperation: Increasing efficacy
through combining exercises
• Building resilience and deterrence through interoperability
• Enhancing Active Layered Theatre Ballistic Missile Defence
(ALTBMD)
• Proliferating the NATINADS command network to maximise
interoperability capabilities of allies’ states
Mr Peter Woodmansee, Division Chief, Integrated Air and
Missile Defence, HQ US European Command
12.50 Networking Lunch
TESTING AMD TECHNOLOGY TO ENSURE PERFORMANCE
1.50 Maintaining Operational Status for Surface Based AMD
Assets
• Discussing the role of NAMFI in maintaining NATO Missile
Defence readiness
• Conducting tactical firing evaluations to ensure maximum
reliability for system
• Developing a systematic approach to a range of threat
simulations
• Testing the PATRIOT system
Lieutenant Colonel Dimitrios Nikolakakos, Chief Tactical Firing
Evaluation Section, NATO Missile Firing Installation (NAMFI)
INDUSTRY TECHNICAL BRIEFINGS
2.30 Examining MBDA’s GBAD capabilities
• MBDA - The Full Spectrum of Air Defence
• EMADS - The next level of SBAD
• Meteor and CAMM - Securing the sky
• Flexible Procurement - Industrial Collaboration, Government
Cooperation
Colonel (Ret’d) Henri Stievenard, Military Advisor, MBDA
3.10 Afternoon Tea
3.40 Meeting the Demand for High Performance SHORAD Systems
• Equipping the Swedish military with enhanced IRIS-T systems
• The Falcon, ensuring SHORAD capability to meet modern
threats
• Discussing interceptor integration into legacy and future
systems
• Future developments for Diehl
Mr Andreas Bappert, Technical Director, GBAD Systems, Diehl
Defence
4.20 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two
Major General (Ret’d) Bohuslav Dvorak, Former Deputy Chief
of General Staff, Czech Armed Forces

4. Audience Profile:
The participation of Air Missile Defence Technology
will provide a comprehensive update on the recent
advancements achieved in a range of different
nations for air and missile defence programmes.
With focus on the collaboration between military,
research, and industry, Air and Missile Defence
Technology invites not only key program managers,
capability directors and operational commanders
from national armed forces, but also ensures the
participation of senior engineers, chief scientists and
platform managers from leading solution providers.
The very latest technology innovators and solution
providers will be present to share their ground
breaking equipment with a captive audience all
looking to enhance their air and missile defence
systems. The audience will include, but not be
limited to:
Military:
• Heads of Land Systems
• Operational Commanders of Air Defence Systems
• Directors of Capability Planning
• Networking Managers
• C2, C4i and ISTAR Leaders
• Systems Architecture Experts
• Sensor Engineers
• System Integration Project Managers
Industry:
• Chief Engineers
• Product Managers for Weapon Systems
• Technical Directors
• Heads of Radar Systems
• Heads of Subsystems
• System Engineers
• GBAD Program Managers

5. SPONSORS
Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed
Martin is a global security and aerospace
company that employs approximately 100,000
people worldwide and is principally engaged in
the research, design, development, manufacture,
integration and sustainment of advanced
technology systems, products and services.
www.lockheedmartin.com
Weibel Scientific is a high-tech company that since
the 1930s has been dedicated to provide precision
data for user all over the world. The modern day
company develops and produces a wide range
of tactical and instrumental X-band Doppler-based
radars, utilizing CW, MFCW and FMCW waveforms
for small object detection and tracking with high
resolution in both the velocity and range domain.
Weibel Scientific’s portfolio ranges from small muzzle
velocity and fire director radars for anti-air artillery to
radars for the full IAMD spectrum. The technology
covers applications from counter drone operations
around high value targets through SHORAD/LLAD
to air surveillance radars for GBAD and upper tier
air defense applications and BMD capable radars.
Throughout the last 40 years, Weibel has provided
more than 4500 radars to more than 40 countries.
www.weibel.dk

6. AIR MISSILE DEFENCE TECHNOLOGY
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