November 5 - 6, 2008 · Institute of Military Aeronautical Sciences, Florence, Italy

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Conference Day Two: 6th November, 2008

08.30 Registration And Coffee

09.00 Chairman’s Welcome

CHRIS GRANVILLE-WHITE
CBE

09.10 Eurofighter Typhoon: Operator’s Perspective

Training exercise feedback
Typhoon flight envelope and performance
Advanced capablities: avionics and weapon systems
Possible improvements

COLONEL MAURIZIO COLONNA
AIR STAFF
ITALIAN AIR FORCE

09.50 Eurofighter Typhoon: Programme Office Perspective

Programme overview and status update
Enhanced capabilities: Passive Infra-Red Airborne Track Equipment (PIRATE) air and ground target detection
Future plans for the Aeronautica Militare Eurofighter Typhoon fleet

COLONEL GIUSEPPE SGAMBA
EUROFIGHTER PROGRAMME OFFICE
ITALIAN AIR FORCE

10.30 Coffee

11.00 The Us Navy Fighter Capability: F/a-18e/f Super Hornet

Meeting the Navy’s needs for an air combat and ground attack aircraft
Advanced sensors suite for achieving high-performance multi-role capabilities
Retro-fitting Super Hornets with Infra-Red Search and Track (IRST) capabilities

CAPTAIN MARK DARRAH
PROGRAMME MANAGER F/A-18 SUPER HORNET, NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND
US NAVY

COMMANDER CARL CHEBI
DEPUTY PROGRAMME MANAGER FOR SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT F/A-18 SUPER HORNET, NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND
US NAVY

11.40 Future Fighter: The Road Ahead

Examining operational needs for the next decade and beyond
Required technologies for future global air operations

MARK KRONENBERG
VICE PRESIDENT, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
BOEING INTEGRATED DEFENSE SYSTEMS

12.20 Lunch

Lunch Sponsored by Saab

13.30 The Gripen Ng (next Generation)

Enhanced capabilities
Fuel capacity
Payload capacity
Avionics
PS-05/A Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar
Demonstration flight and feedback
Future plans for the Swedish Air Force Gripen fleet

LIEUTENANT COLONEL RICKARD NYSTROM
HEAD OF AIRCRAFT PROGRAMME SECTION, AIR COMPONENT COMMAND REQUIREMENTS
SWEDISH ARMED FORCES

14.10 MiG-35 FIGHTER

Glass cockpit
Navigation system
Defence complex
Air-to-Air, Air-to-Ground and Air-to-Sea capabilities
Maintenance system
Pilot training

VLADIMIR BARKOVSKY
DEPUTY GENERAL DIRECTOR AND DIRECTOR OF “A.I. MIKOYAN DESIGN BUREAU” ENGINEERING CENTER
RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT CORPORATION “MIG”

14.50 Coffee

15.20 Polish Air Force Fighter Capabilities And Future Plans

Fighter fleet overview: MiG-29 and F-16
Considerations for future fighter replacement and recapitalisation
Further F-16 delivery and upgrade plans
Developments in fighter training: Transition from MiG to F-16

COLONEL TADEUSZ PIECIUKIEWICZ (RET’D)
DEPUTY DIRECTOR F-16 BUREAU
POLISH MOD

16.00 Romanian Air Force Fighter Programmes

MiG-21 modernisation programme
Romanian policy for replacement of the MiG-21 with a new multi-role fighter

LIEUTENANT COLONEL ALEXANDRU TRANDAFIR
STAFF OFFICER
ROMANIAN AIR FORCE