This document provides information about the 2019 Military Flight Training conference, which will cover topics related to maximizing military flight training capabilities. The conference will include briefings on developments in fast-jet, rotary-wing, and fixed-wing training from militaries around the world. It will also feature expert speakers from military branches and industry. Attendees will gain insights on innovative training methods and hear updates on new platforms and technologies. Sponsorship opportunities are also listed to promote defense services and solutions to the global defense market.

1. BENEFITS OF ATTENDING:
• Briefings on the latest developments in flight
training across fast-jet, rotary-wing, fixed-
wing and ground crew training
• Hear updates from OEMs such as Leonardo,
delivering the latest flight training platforms
and systems
• New for 2019: technical air crew training,
pilot retention and attrition reduction, and
cooperating with external contractors for
increased training efficiencies
EXPERT MILITARY AND INDUSTRY SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
Brigadier General Michel Lalumiere, Director General Air Force
Development, Canadian Department of National Defence (Subject to
Final Confirmation)
Colonel DeAnna Franks, Vice Commandant, 139th Airlift Wing, US Air
National Guard
Colonel Julien Moreau, Commanding Officer, Flying Education and
Training Command, French Air Force
Colonel George Ferido, 110th Army Aviation Brigade Commander, US
Army Aviation Center
Colonel Georg von Harling, Commander of the Technical Training
Centre, German Air Force
Colonel Martin Jandourek, 22nd Helicopter Wing Commander, Czech
Air Force
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Koell, Commander of the Pilot Training
Institute, Austrian Air Force
Lieutenant Colonel Erik Rozema-Seaton, Commanding Officer, 426
Transport Training Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
Commander Andrea Pingitore, Experimental Test Pilot, Italian Navy
Lieutenant Colonel Simon Zsolt, Chief of Flight Training Department,
Hungarian Air Force
Major Becky Frater, Regimental Electronic Warfare Instructor, 1st Regiment
Army Air Corps, UK MoD Joint Helicopter Command
Major Michael Rosenqvist, Project Manager, Military Flying Training
System MFTS, Swedish Air Force
INDUSTRY SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
Senior Representative, Leonardo
Senior Representative, Diamond Aircraft Industries GmbH
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2019
Military Flight
Training
9th 10th
OCT
SMi presents the 8th annual conference on…
Holiday Inn Kensington Forum, London, UK
Maximising Military Flight Training Capabilities for
Fast-Jet, Fixed-Wing and Rotary-Wing Aircraft of the 21st Century
www.militaryflight-training.com
Register online or fax your registration to +44 (0) 870 9090 712 or call +44 (0) 870 9090 711
SPECIAL RATES AVAILABLE FOR MILITARY AND GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES
BOOK BY 31ST MAY AND SAVE £400 • BOOK BY 28TH JUNE AND SAVE £300 • BOOK BY 30TH AUGUST AND SAVE £200
SPONSORED BY:

2. Register online at www.militaryflight-training.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:
Sadia Malick, Director, on +44 (0)20 7827 6748 or email smalick@smi-online.co.uk
MILITARY FLIGHT TRAINING
Day One | Wednesday 9th October 2019 www.militaryflight-training.com
Media Partners:
8.30 Registration Coffee
9.00 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
OPENING KEYNOTE BRIEFINGS
9.10 Creating a Dynamic and Comprehensive Approach to French
Military Aviation Training
• Preparing future pilots for high operational tendencies as the
FAF commits to multiple dynamic missions worldwide
• Creating a holistic and efficient approach to pilot training
from phase 1 to advanced flight training
• New processes and methods aimed at enhancing pilot
preparedness in each aviation domain
• Building strategies for pilot retention, reducing attrition
Colonel Julien Moreau, Commanding Officer, Flying Education
and Training Command, French Air Force
9.50 Developing Operational Readiness and Effectiveness of German
Forces through Dynamic Technical Training
• The Luftwaffe Technical Training Centre’s contribution to
Bundeswehr air operational capacities
• Preparing Luftwaffe ground and maintenance staff through
technical training in support of advanced combat missions
• The need for more skilled and competent technical crews to
help build operational effectiveness
• New maintenance techniques and processes for supporting
Eurofighter operations
Colonel Georg von Harling, Commander of the Technical
Training Centre, German Air Force
10.30 Morning Coffee
FAST-JET TRAINING
11.00 Session Reserved for Leonardo
Speaker Name TBC
11.40 Developing More Effective Flight Training Processes through
Cooperation with External Contractors
• Lessons learned from Canadian partnerships with flight training
contractors
• Increasing efficiencies and altering practices to deliver more
operationally competent pilots in the future
• Working with industry to train pilots and aircrew alike to
operate complex sensor and weapon systems in modern
platforms
• Future outlook for Canadian military flight training, outsourcing
and increasing military-civil cooperation
Brigadier General Michel Lalumiere, Director General Air Force
Development, Canadian Department of National Defence
(Subject to Final Confirmation)
12.20 Austrian Fast-Jet Training: Safeguarding Future Fast Jet Capabilities
• Preparing pilots for specific air defence operations by
collaborating with other central European air forces
• Overcoming challenges in pilot numbers, creating effective
strategies to reduce pilot workload and fatigue
• Prioritising pilot retention to prevent future weakening of air
combat effectiveness
• Integrating new solutions for optimal pilot training experience:
working with industry and third-party contractors
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Koell, Commander of the Pilot
Training Institute, Austrian Air Force
13.00 Networking Lunch
FIXED-WING TRAINING
14.00 Preparing Fixed-Wing Crews for Complicated Airlift and Air-to-
Air Refueling Missions
• The role of the AATTC in enhancing US fixed-wing capabilities
through focused and dynamic training practices
• The need for greater numbers of outstanding fixed-wing pilots,
in line with US military future airlift objectives
• Managing processes and methods of teaching air-to-air
refueling
• Providing realistic combat training, mission simulation and
hostile environment training
Colonel DeAnna Franks, Vice Commandant, 139th Airlift Wing,
US Air National Guard
14.40 The Role of the 426 Transport Training Squadron in Building and
Delivering Effective Fixed Wing Training Programmes
• Generating operationally effective air mobility aircrew and
technicians to operate in full support of Canadian Forces
operations
• Contractor cooperation to deliver flexible training delivery
• Flight simulator to train pilots in advanced and realistic
operational scenarios
• Preparing aircrew and support staff for international
deployments versatile training facilities
Lieutenant Colonel Erik Rozema-Seaton, Commanding Officer,
426 Transport Training Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
15.20 Session Reserved for
Diamond Aircraft Industries GmbH
Speaker Name TBC
16.00 Afternoon Tea
INNOVATION AND EXPERIMENTATION IN FLIGHT TRAINING
16.30 Military Flight Training System: New Developments and Future
Plans for Developing Capable Fighter Pilots
• Updates on the Military Flight Training System: Early results and
lessons from the project
• Enabling effective training for specific Swedish air operations:
Operating in the contested Baltic air-space
• Preparing pilots for the Gripen 39E, new methods of training
and simulation for the platform
• Synthetic training for the Gripen’s electronic warfare
capabilities
• Future outlook for the MFTS
Major Michael Rosenqvist, Project Manager, Military Flying
Training System MFTS, Swedish Air Force
17.10 Testing and Evaluating Pilot Performance for Maritime Flight
Operations
• Building effective models for pilot test and evaluation
• Bringing a human factors approach to flight training
• Data analysis in support of effective training and development
Commander Andrea Pingitore, Experimental Test Pilot, Italian
Navy
17.50 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

3. Alternatively fax your registration to +44 (0)870 9090 712 or call +44 (0)870 9090 711
MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES
Are you interested in promoting your defence services to a targeted industry sector? SMi offer tailored marketing packages
so that your association/publication can gain access to a global market and key decision makers in the defence market.
Contact Trizsa Ardael on +44(0)20 7827 6086 or email: mardael@smi-online.co.uk
MILITARY FLIGHT TRAINING
Day Two | Thursday 10th October 2019 www.militaryflight-training.com
8.30 Registration Coffee
9.00 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
OPENING KEYNOTE BRIEFINGS
9.10 Developments in Rotary-Wing Aviation Training in Support
of Land Operations
• Flight training for Army Aviation helicopter pilots,
building a comprehensive approach for supporting
land forces
• Virtual environment simulation to create hostile
battlefield conditions
• Modelling and simulation to enhance specific mission
preparation
• Promoting safety in rotary- wing training to reduce
chance of accidents in dynamic operational
environment
Colonel George Ferido, 110th Army Aviation Brigade
Commander, US Army Aviation Center (Subject to Final
Confirmation)
9.50 Building More Effective Training Practices for Enhanced
Rotary-Wing Capabilities
• Current practices and operational training requirements
of Czech 22nd Helicopter Wing
• Assessing current training platforms
• Future plans for enhancing training for Czech air
operations
• Training for multinational operations and joint exercises in
the European theater
Colonel Martin Jandourek, 22nd Helicopter Wing
Commander, Czech Air Force
10.30 Morning Coffee
ROTARY-WING TRAINING
11.00 Developing Effective Electronic Warfare Training
Capabilities for UK Joint Helicopter Operations
• Enhancing EW capabilities among Helicopter pilots
through advanced training
• The need for greater proficiency in EW in 21st century air
operations
• Assessing the EW capacity of British rotary platforms
• The role of synthetic training and simulation in EW
training
• The future of EW training among British military pilots
Major Becky Frater, Regimental Electronic Warfare
Instructor, 1st Regiment Army Air Corps, UK MoD Joint
Helicopter Command
11.40 Session Reserved for Sponsor
12.20 Rotary-Wing Training for the Hungarian Air Force
• 86th Szolnok; Assessing training and development
practices
• Promoting rotary-wing training for joint operations within
Central Europe
• Future plans for Hungarian helicopter capabilities, and
opportunities for future training capability development
Lieutenant Colonel Simon Zsolt, Chief of Flight Training
Department, Hungarian Air Force
13.00 Networking Lunch
MULTI-NATIONAL FLIGHT TRAINING
14.00 The Future of Multinational Helicopter Training
• Why do we need it?
• What are we doing now? Current projects and efforts at
coordination
• What should we do in the future? Building interoperability
for success in future joint-air operations
• Future opportunities and threats?
Wing Commander (Ret’d) Andy Gray, Former Helicopter
Programme Manager, European Defence Agency
SIMULATION AND SYNTHETIC TRAINING
14.40 Progress with Simulated Joint Air Land Training
• Developments in use of simulation for Joint Air Land
training
• Enhancements in the simulation of ISTAR assets, weapon
target matching and collateral damage
• Future possibilities for enhanced Joint Air Land training
through simulation
• Lessons learned
Lieutenant Colonel (Ret’d) Jonny Ormerod, Former
SO1 Simulation, Training Branch Field Army, and Lead
Consultant, BZTG Ltd
15.10 Afternoon Tea
15.40 Flight Training Simulation in the 21st Century
• Trends in Artificial Intelligence and Big Data
• Impact on Military Flight Operations and Training
• Challenges and Opportunities
Mr Andy Fawkes, Director, Thinke Company Ltd
16.20 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two

4. BENEFITS OF SPONSORING
1. Launch new products or services at Military
Flight Training and give your company the
opportunity to showcase your unique solutions
to the nations who need it most
2. Educate the market on your company’s
capability and make the business case for
how they can solve your potential customers
challenges and requirements
3. Build your brand so your solutions are front of
mind when your prospects are putting potential
solution providers on their short list
4. Meet and network with active buyers while
there is still a chance to influence their purchase
decision
5. Generate new leads through meeting new
prospects from a variety of new countries and
programmes
Participation at Military Flight Training
will provide the opportunity to hear a
comprehensive update on the recent
developments achieved in the realm of
flight training technology and capabilities.
With a focus on collaboration between
the military, and industry, Military Flight
Training invites not only key flight training
directors, instructors, and operational
commanders from across the world’s
armed forces, but also ensures the
participation of platform and capability
managers from leading OEMs and solution
providers. Key industry and innovators will
be present to share their ground-breaking
equipment with a captive audience all
looking to advance their flight training
capabilities.
The audience will include, but not be
limited to:
Military:
• Heads of flight training systems
• Air base training leads
• Air capability development staff officers
• Modelling and simulation specialists
• Flight training instructors
• Operational commanders
Industry:
• Product Managers for Air Training
• Synthetic Training technology
developers
• System Engineers
Audience Profile

5. SPONSORED BY:
Developing and building a family of aircraft takes
long-term vision and unwavering commitment
– it’s not for the faint of heart. Since 1991,
Diamond has pioneered many aviation firsts and
achieved numerous milestones and industry expert
accolades. Today, Diamond Aircraft offers the
most complete range of certified piston aircraft
models; from the 2 seat single DA20 to the stunning
new 7 seat DA62. Every one of our aircraft shares
a common DNA, incorporating leading edge
technology, not for the sake of innovation, but for
superior performance, efficiency and safety.
We are building a sustainable future for general
aviation globally, not simply to achieve our own
ambitions but those of future pilots.
Founded in 1981, Diamond Aircraft today has over
1,130 employees worldwide and over 5,000 aircraft
in global operations.
www.diamondaircraft.com/en/
Leonardo is a world player in Helicopters,
Aeronautics, Electronics, Defence Security
Systems. From advanced components to fully
integrated systems and platforms, Leonardo
masters the full cycle of development of rotary
and fixed wing platforms and of sensors and
effectors to deliver a full range of proprietary
solutions and managed services. With field-proven
tactical fixed wing and rotary wing UAS, optionally
piloted helicopters, a complete range of sensors,
Leonardo is at the forefront of autonomous flight.
www.leonardocompany.com

6. MILITARY FLIGHT TRAINING 2019
Main Conference 9th-10th October 2019, Holiday Inn Kensington Forum, London, UK
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