Shaping the Vision for a Military Counter-UAS Strategy
Hilton London Olympia, 23-25 May 2017
Small UAS has emerged as a new type of guerrilla airpower that modern militaries are not equipped to defeat. Incidents involving the use of commercial and man-made small drones by ISIS and by conventional forces in eastern Ukraine suggest that they are becoming an asset for both low-tech and near-peer adversaries. Industry is beginning to respond to this capability gap. Yet before acquiring C-UAS systems, a common understanding of the UAS threat and a clarification of the rules of engagement is urgently required.
Closing this gap and mapping future drone technology developments is the core objective of the upcoming C-UAS symposium, the first event of its kind designed exclusively for a military audience. From 23-25 May 2017, the international military and intelligence community will convene for a unique exchange of ideas on how to counter the threat of small UAS. Building on the challenges and ideas raised at the 2016 Countering Drones conference, and through the insight gained through engagement with end users and industry, attendees will have a unique opportunity to truly shape the future C-UAS doctrine and safeguard their war-fighters and freedom of movement for future operations.
Featured Speakers
Vice President
Rheinmetall Air Defence
Former Principal Ammunition Technical Officer
British Army
Former Air C2ISR OEU
RAF
Deputy Director, Army Capabilities Integration Center
US Army
Armament Branch Chief
Italian Army General Staff
TRADOC Capabilities Manager ADA Brigade and Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Fires Center of Excellence, US Army
Deputy Commanding Officer, Inspectorate for Implementation of Innovative Defense Technologies
Polish Ministry of Defence
Deputy Chief of Plans, Chief, Air and Missile Defense
US Army Europe
SO EOD-IEDD, J3-5 Security and Protection
Norwegian Joint Headquarters
President
Geneva Military Society, OG Panzer
C3D Program Officer - Air Defense
French Army Technical Section
Head of Bureau of Force Protection
Royal Netherlands Air Force
UAS Officer, Plans & Principles Division
Turkish Air Force
Secretary, Logistics Directorate
Slovenian Ministry of Defence
Technical Director
Joint Integrated Air and Missile Defense Organization (JIAMDO)
Joint ISR
NCIA
Secretary, Joint Capability Group GBAD
NATO
Chairman and Founder
Missile Defence Advocacy Alliance
Director
Armament Research Services (ARES)
Chief, Battlespace Applications Branch
US Army RDECOM-ARDEC
Aeronautics, Astronautics and Computational Engineering Group, Engineering Centre of Excellence
University of Southampton
Former Head of Force Protection
DE&S
Benefits for the Military and Intelligence Community
Make an informed assessment of the different types of military C-UAS technologies to help you identify which system best suits your soldiers, mission sets and operating environments
Develop a clearer understanding of the rules of engagement with enemy UAS to ensure that threats are neutralised quickly while reducing the risk of fratricide
Formulate your acquisition approach and translate your counter-UAS requirements into reality by working with industry to understand what technologies will be fielded in the short to mid-term and what’s on the horizon in the commercial and defence domains
Understand how drone technology and UAS capabilities are going to evolve over the next decade to better support your R&D and acquisition decision-making
Benefits for Industry and R&D
Learn about the end users’ concerns, budget restraints and evolving ConOps to help align your products with their C-UAS strategy and save your time and resources in R&D
Present your product to a diverse international audience of military and intelligence officials and understand where your solution could fit into their C-UAS doctrine
Develop a clearer understanding of the rules of engagement that the military will adopt and find out what their desired effects would be in different environments
Support the military’s need to communicate a more specific, realistic and viable C-UAS solution – provide insight into the technologies you have and how they can integrate those systems into existing platforms and C2 architectures
