UAV TECHNOLOGY 2018Day One | Wednesday 26th September 2018

8.40 Registration and Coffee

9.00 Chairman’s Opening Remarks Major General (retd) Josef Sedlak, Former Commander Joint Forces, Czech Armed Forces

INTERNATIONAL KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

9.10 Adapting to UAV Proliferation and Implementing Responses and Regulations• Evolving doctrine surrounding UAV technologies and counter-UAV

requirements• UAV legislation in France• Current and future requirements within the French Defence to

adapt to proliferation and enhance protection against airborneintrusions

• Implementing counter-UAV legislation and protecting statesecurity

Colonel Christophe Michel, Head of Cross Ministerial Aviation Security Mission, State Protection and Security, France

9.50 Shaping a Strong and Versatile Unmanned Airborne Vehicles Fleet and Adapting to the Evolving Shifting Environment • Understanding the changing environment in Israel and abroad• Meeting Israeli Defence Forces UAV requirements• Dealing with enemy UAVs• Maintaining awareness of the evolving strategic environment and

adapting capabilities Lieutenant Colonel Reut, Commander UAV Unit, Israeli Defence Forces

10.30 Gold Sponsor Presentation Reserved for SRC, Inc. Mr. David Bessey, AVP Counter UAS Business Development, SRC Inc

11.10 Morning Coffee

ADAPTING TO TECHNOLOGY PROLIFERATION AND COUNTERING UAS

11.40 Open Architecture in U.S. Army UAS Control Systems• Current Architecture Challenges• Planned Future Architecture• Method of Approach Ms. Maggi Patton, Product Manager, Common Systems Integration, PEO AVIATION

12.20 Research and Development: Countering UAV Intrusions and Controlling COTS UAV Proliferation • Current requirements for anti-drone systems in Finland and abroad• Responding to the increase in attacks carried out by terrorist

organisations with commercially purchased drones• Human-portable and ground-based counter-UAV technology• Adapting to range, payload, accuracy, lethality, stealth, and

mobility Major Tapio Saarelainen, Research Staff Officer, R&D Department, Finnish Army Academy

1.00 Networking Lunch

2.00 The Drone Detection System• AARTOS DDS – Advanced Automatic RF Tracking and Observation

Solution Drone Detection System – introduction and highlights• Available system versions of DDS (hardware and software)• Presentation of possibilities and operation of the DDS• AARTOS CMS – Advanced Automatic RF Tracking and

Observation Solution Counter-Measure Solutions – specificationand highlights

Mr. Artur Przygoda, President and CEO, AP-FLYER Sp. z o.o.

2.40 The C-UAS technologies for the present and foreseeable future• Introduction & C-UAS technologies overview• SWOT of the current C-UAV technologies• Challenges for the foreseeable future• Present results and future tasks for scientists and researchers in the

field of C-UAS Colonel (retd) Assoc. Prof., Ph.D., Miroslav Kratky, Senior Lecturer, Department of Air Defence Systems, Brno University of Defence, Czech Republic

3.20 Afternoon Tea

PANEL DISCUSSION 3.50 Adapting to Emerging Threats and

Developing Counter-UAV Technologies and Systems • Emerging threats requiring developments in

Counter-UAV capabilities• Feedback on current systems and capabilities at use• Challenges of utilising AI and EW Major Tapio Saarelainen, Research Staff Officer,, R&D Department, Finnish Army Academy Major General (retd) Josef Sedlak, Former Commander Joint Forces, Czech Armed Forces Colonel Christophe Michel, Head of Cross Ministerial Aviation Security Mission, State Protection and Security, France

PROCUREMENT UPDATE

4.30 Update on the Estonian National Defence Development Plan 2013-2022 • Current level of utilisation and development of UAV capabilities

within the Estonian Defence Forces• Maximising border and state security with enhanced airborne ISR

and data gathering• Modernising the UAV fleet: acquisition and development

programmes• Current and future challenges: a focus on counter-UAV

technologies Mr. Markko Lepikult, Chief Procurement Officer, National Investments Department, Estonian Ministry of Defence

5.10 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One Major General (retd) Josef Sedlak, Former Commander Joint Forces, Czech Armed Forces

www.asdevents.com - www.asdevents.com/event.asp?id=18842

UAV TECHNOLOGY 2018Day Two | Thursday 27th September 2018

8.40 Registration & Coffee

9.00 Chairman’s Opening Remarks Major General (retd) Josef Sedlak, Former Commander Joint Forces, Czech Armed Forces

INTERNATIONAL KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

9.10 An Update on the Swiss UAV Fleet and the Requirements for Modernisation • Main UAV technologies at use in Switzerland

- The Elbit Hermes 900 platform- The RUAG Ranger

• Phasing out the RUAG Ranger while introducing the ELBIT’s Hermes• Developing the MALE UAV fleet• Airspace Integration

Colonel Adrian Fischer, Officer Commanding, 84th UAV Command, Swiss Air Force

9.50 Modernising the German Air Force Remotely Piloted Aircraft Fleet: Enhancing Existing Capabilities• Update on recent experiences in operational deployments in

Afghanistan and Mali• Update on the training of German RPA crews• Outlook on future plans to enhance and expand the capabilities of the

RPA used by the German Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Klaus Peter Bernewasser, Division 2 II a C2 Operations, German Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Roland Runge, Head ISR & UAS Division, Bundeswehr

10.30 Morning Coffee

11.00 Synergetic Use of Tactical UAS in Different Layers • How to operate different layers of tactical UAS• How the different abilities of each are complementing each otherMr. Ziv Avni, US,EU & Australia UAS Business Unit Manager, Elbit Systems

11.40 Developing Unmanned Airborne Technology and Pushing Innovation in the NATO Area• Current technical requirements for enhanced UAV research and

Alliance-wide interoperability• Anticipating interoperability challenges and overcoming

communication and network challenges• Current counter-UAS doctrines and foreseeable enhancement

programmes in NATO operations• Requirements for counter-UAV research and innovation

Brigadier General (retd) Henrik Sommer, Former Assistant Chief of Staff, Capability Engineering & Innovation CEI , NATO ACT

12.20 Networking Lunch

1.20 Development of UAV “capability” in Hungary for ISR Purposes• The need and the evolution of UAV “capability”• Concepts for Operation and Technology development for ISR purposes• Current and Future requirements• Current and future challenges

- expansion of categories: how to determine the minimum and the maximum- the role of VTOL assets

• Current and future challenges- the matrix of capability development

Lieutenant Colonel Zoltan Lako, Section Chief, IMINT, EW Branch, Hungarian National Military Security Service

2.00 UAV as a Strategic Tool - AFIT’s Experiences

• Update and experiences with the Zephyr and Gryf platforms - AFIT

perspective

• Current strategic developments and acquisitions of new platforms

• The Technical Modernisation Plan: long term (2013-2022) evolution and

upgrade of Imagery and satellite reconnaissance capabilities

• Foreseeable procurements and fulfilling emerging requirements

Colonel (retd) Ryszard Szczepanik, General Director, Polish Air Force

Institute Of Technology

Lieutenant Colonel Ph.D., Eng., Dariusz Rykaczewski , Chief of UAV

Laboratory, Aircraft Division, Polish Air Force Institute Of Technology

2.40 Afternoon Tea

RESEARCH UPDATE

PANEL DISCUSSION

3.10 Developing UAV and Counter-UAV Technologies

in Central and Eastern Europe

• Factors driving procurement in Central and Eastern Europe

• Meeting army and law enforcement requirements

• What acquiring cutting-edge technology means for legacy equipment

and interoperability

• Foreseeable regional challenges to stability and remedying them

Mr. Markko Lepikult, Chief Procurement Officer, National Investments

Department, Estonian Ministry of Defence

Colonel (retd) Assoc. Prof., Ph.D., Miroslav Kratky, Senior Lecturer, Department

of Air Defence Systems, Brno University of Defence, Czech Republic

Lieutenant Colonel Zoltan Lako, Section Chief, IMINT, EW Branch,

Hungarian National Military Security Service

Colonel (retd) Ryszard Szczepanik, General Director, Polish Air Force

Institute Of Technology

Lieutenant Colonel Petr Stodola, Prof. Dipl. Eng. Phd Associate Professor,

Brno University of Defence, Czech Republic

Major General (retd) Josef Sedlak, Former Commander Joint Forces,

Czech Armed Forces

3.50 Current requirements in UAV Technology Research

• Small-, medium-, and large-size drones and their respective utilities

• An update on the aerial Tactical Decision Support System (TDSS)

- Maximising Command and Control (C2)

• Results from the Prague Castle exercise and new law enforcement

and military requirements in UAV research

Lieutenant Colonel Petr Stodola, Prof. Dipl. Eng. Phd Associate Professor,

Brno University of Defence, Czech Republic

4.30 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two

Major General (retd) Josef Sedlak, Former Commander Joint Forces,

Czech Armed Forces

www.asdevents.com - www.asdevents.com/event.asp?id=18842