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Conference Day One: 5th November, 2008

08.30 Registration And Coffee

09.00 Chairman’s Welcome

CHRIS GRANVILLE-WHITE
CBE

09.10 The Royal Air Force’s Multi-Role Typhoon

  • Achieving Air-To-Ground operational capability
  • Trial results from exercise Green Flag, Nevada
  • Plans for a “swing-role” Typhoon capable of multiple roles in the same mission

GROUP CAPTAIN MARK KNIGHT
GROUP CAPTAIN TYPHOON
ROYAL AIR FORCE

09.50 Nato's Future Air And Space Power: A 20 Year Look Ahead

  • Examining the likely future strategic environment and employing a comprehensive approach
  • Analysing the position of Joint military forces within a comprehensive approach
  • Air and Space (A&S) Power within the joint effort in an Effects Based model
  • Separating A&S tasks by required level of coordination with sister components
  • Promoting mission command in A&S Power through shared Situational Awareness
  • Emerging A&S capabilities, including Space and Unmanned Aerial Systems, and likely effects on future operations

WING COMMANDER PETE YORK (RAF)
POLICY AND CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT BRANCH, JOINT AIR POWER COMPETENCE CENTRE
NATO

10.30 Coffee

11.00 The Role Of Fighter Assets In The International Security Assistance Force (isaf) Mission

  • Air Task Force contribution to the ISAF mission from Kandahar airfield
  • Typical mission scenarios for F-16 assets in Afghanistan
  • Tactical fighter reconnaissance capabilities
  • Concept of Operations for variant aircraft in air-to-air, air-to-ground, airborne forward air controller and close air support missions

COLONEL CHRIS LORRAINE
CHIEF AIR FORCE OPERATIONS CENTRE
ROYAL NETHERLANDS AIR FORCE

11.40 Benefits Of An Integrated Sensor Suite For All Generations Of Fighter Aircraft

  • Integrated sensor suite defined
  • Latest generation sensors and processors overview
  • Strategic and tactical advantages of an integrated sensor suite

TOM KENNEDY
VICE PRESIDENT TACTICAL AIRBORNE SYSTEMS
RAYTHEON

12.20 Conference Lunch Hosted By Eurofighter Gmbh

13.30 The Fifth Generation Fighter: F-22 Raptor

  • Capability overview
  • Performance in training exercises and mission envelope
  • Achieving operational readiness: 1st Fighter Wing, USAF

LIEUTENANT COLONEL KEVIN FESLER
COMMANDER, 94TH FIGHTER SQUADRON
US AIR FORCE

14.10 F-35, Redefining The Multi-Role Fighter

  • Programme update and development successes
  • Capability focus: Air-to-Air, Air-to-Ground
  • The road to service entry

GEORGE STANDRIDGE
VICE PRESIDENT FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT, F-35 PROGRAMME
LOCKHEED MARTIN AERONAUTICS COMPANY

14.50 Coffee

15.20 Canada’s Next Generation Fighter Capability

  • Assessing the Canadian Forces’ needs for a future fighter capability
  • Specific requirements identified
  • Outlining a development and procurement process for acquiring next generation capabilities

COLONEL DAVE BURT
DIRECTOR NEXT GENERATION FIGHTER CAPABILITY OFFICE
CANADIAN FORCES

16.00 The Swiss Air Force’s Fighter Replacement Programme

  • Current fighter capabilities
  • F-5E Tiger
  • F/A-18C Hornet
  • Replacement plans for the fighter fleet
  • Overview of the current fighter requirement

LIEUTENANT COLONEL STÉPHANE RAPAZ
DEPUTY OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS MANAGER, NEW FIGHTER AIRCRAFT PROGRAMME
SWISS ARMED FORCES

16:40 Aquiring New Combat Aircraft For Denmark

  • Programme overview and status
  • Evaluation criteria and process
  • Major goals, milestones and competition timeline
Lieutenant Colonel Anders Rex
Head of New Combat Aircraft Program Office
Defence Command Denmark
Jan Graugaard Kristensen
Team Leader New Combat Aircraft
Danish Ministry of Defence

17.20 Chairman’s Summary And Close Of Day One

17.00 Drinks Reception

18.30 Conference Evening Dinner Sponsored By Raytheon

Spend a relaxing evening with your fellow delegates as you continue discussions over dinner. A perfect way to close the first day of the conference and cement the new contacts made throughout the day.

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