1. 11Th ANNuAL
Airborne eArly
WArning And bAttle
MAnAgeMent 2012
17th-18th January 2012
Sheraton park Lane, piccadilly, London
expanding the role and Mission
sets of AeW Platforms
ConferenCe HigHligHts inClude:
Hear from Major General Stephen Schmidt on the status of the nato aWacS
force, feedback from current theatres of operations and the results from the
recent Bold Quest trials
Detailed updates on the operational performance and development of e-3
Sentry, e-2c/d Hawkeye, Sea King Mk. 7 aSac, 340 aeW and the 550 caeW,
amongst others
assessment of recent operations in the Middle East and Libya, examining
how operators and planners from around the world are reacting to the ever
expanding roles these platforms are being required to fulfil.
insights into how emerging military powers and non-NATO nations are looking
to facilitate more complex military operations through the use of early warning
and c2 assets.
Lt Cdr Marco Frumusa Onofrio, Italian Navy Manuel Nunez Jimenez, Airbux Military
“Great agenda for understanding current aeW “Very interesting - the opportunity to
operations, including system effectiveness understand operators experience and
and capability gaps, and what solutions are expectation is very valuable”
available from industry”
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2. exPert internAtionAl sPeAker PAnel inCludes:
Major General Stephen Schmidt, commander, NATO AEW&C Force Command
Colonel Gregory Roberts, commander, 522nd air control Wing, uS Air Force
Colonel Mark Waite, commander training, 505 command and control Wing, uS Air Force
Wing Commander Paul Moss, commander, 8 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Lieutenant Colonel Zahani B Zainal Abidin, director of information technology and communication,
aeW&c office, Royal Malaysian Air Force
Lt Col herve Lardy, director of operations, 35 aeW&c Squadron, French Air Force
ConferenCe AgendA dAy one
17th January 2012
08.30 Coffee and Registration 13.20 Countering low Altitude/low radar Cross
section targets: A us Air force Perspective
09.00 Chairman’s opening remarks • What we identify as low altitude/low rcS threats
09.10 nAto Airborne early Warning Assets • Low altitude/low cross section threat methods of
• current mission status of the nato e-3a fleet: employment
assessment of capability • non-traditional low altitude/low radar cross
• an overview of recent nato operations in support of section threats
iSaF and operation Unified protector: no fly zone, • Looking at the low altitude/low radar cross section
maritime iSr and humanitarian support kill chain
• Feedback from Bold Quest: implications of having Captain James Combs, acc 8 WpS/WSc, uS Air Force
KEYNOTE
ADDRESS
Jtacs aboard aWacS and further UaV testing 14.00 Presentation by Conference sponsor:
• improving how the e-3a is tasked and utilised by sAAb
member states
Major General Stephen Schmidt, commander,
NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control
Force Command 14.40 Coffee and Networking
09.50 Maximising the Capabilities of AeW&C 15.10 Presentation by Conference sponsor:
Platforms: identifying and Addressing iAi elta
the bottlenecks Preventing greater
operational flexibility
• expanding the aeW&c mission parameters: nc3a’s
work with nato, UK, Germany and France 15.50 the royal Malaysian Air force’s requirement
• Working to improve the robustness of current for Airborne early Warning Assets
communications networks: Facilitating asset • rMaF’s aeW&c office: assessing and developing
interoperability and improving the data received the requirement for aeW&c within the Malaysian
by aeW teams armed Forces
• is aeW still a suitable name for these platforms, or • procuring a platform for Malaysia's unique
would a wider, more encompassing title serve better? requirements: planned capability and conops behind
Matt Roper, principle Scientist, Manager naeW aeW&c assets
Scientific technical Support (StS) program, NC3A • How will these new platforms interact and
compliment existing airborne sensors?
10.30 Coffee and Networking Lieutenant Colonel Zahani B Zainal Abidin, So1
programs, aeW&c office, Royal Malaysian Air Force
11.00 e-2d Advanced Hawkeye and the role of
AeWbMC2 in Military and Civilian operations 17:10 CHAir’s Close And end of dAy one
• e-2d advanced Hawkeye System overview
• e-2d program Status
• airborne early Warning and Battle Management
& command and control in Support of netWorking reCePtion
Military operations
• critical role of aeW&c in support of Humanitarian
Hosted by
assistance, disaster relief, and Homeland Security
Northrop Grumman Representative
PMA 231 Representative
11.40 AeW in naval Aviation: the us experience
with the e-2C Hawkeye Platform
• overview of the US navy’s Hawkeye capability,
recent upgrade programmes and how the e-2c fits
into the overall air picture
• deploying a carrier-capable aeW&c force:
Feedback and lessons identified from recent
theatres of operation
• assessing problem areas identified from recent
mission sets and how the platform could be further
improved to provide greater connectivity and battle
space awareness
12.20 Networking Lunch Sponsored by
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3. ConferenCe AgendA dAy tWo
18th January 2012
08.30 Coffee and Registration 12.20 Networking Lunch
09.00 Chairman’s recap 13.20 Providing early Warning and battle
Management for Multinational operations:
09.10 the future of AeW&C for the united kingdom: A french Perspective on libya and beyond
sentry and beyond • Understanding the current state of the fleet and
• overview of the contribution made to operation performance expectations from the current
Unified protector by the raF Sentry aircraft inventory of e-3F aircraft
and lessons drawn from operating in a complex • Feedback and lessons identified from recent
multinational environment against an multinational operations in Libya: Both the operator
asymmetric foe and operations perspective
• How Sentry and other aeW assets are expanding • Future plans and upgrade blocks planned for the
their mission sets to fulfil other roles as a result of e-3 fleet
the Strategic defence and Security review Lieutenant Colonel harve Lardy, director of
• the future of the raF’s aeW capability: Upgrades, operations, 36 aeW&c Squadron, French Air Force
Maintenance, and the feasibility of carrier based
aeW assets 14.00 Assessment of french Carrier-based
Wing Commander Paul Moss, commander, operations with the e2-C in north Africa
8 Squadron, Royal Air Force • outline of the Flotille 4F Squadron, its capabilities
and how the e-2c Hawkeye platforms interact and
09.50 the importance of organic naval AeW work alongside the larger e-3 airframes
Capability: the royal navy’s experience with • operating europe’s only carrier-capable aeW&c
the sea king AsaC Mk.7 force: Feedback and lessons identified from
• assessing the aSac Mk.7, its capabilities and the operations in north africa and beyond
advantage of having an organic, rotary wing aeW • assessing problem areas identified from recent
capability for expeditionary operations mission sets and how the platform could be further
• Utilising the Sea King platform for both Maritime improved to provide greater connectivity and battle
and Land operations: Feedback from recent space awareness
operations in afghanistan and Libya Lieutenant Stephane Aldaye, e-2 officer, Flotille 4F,
• Lessons for other nations looking to procure rotary French Navy
wing assets for aeW&c and the future of the Mk.7
within the royal navy 14.40 Coffee and Networking
Lieutenant Commander Paul harrison,
commanding officer, 854 naval air Squadron, 15.10 Joint isr Provision with AeW platforms
Royal Navy • assessing the non-early warning capabilities of aeW
platforms in order to expand their mission set
10.30 Coffee and Networking • an update on naeW Fc sponsored research:
transforming early warning platforms in an airborne
11.00 Assessing lessons from Military and Civil Joint c2iSr capability
operations around the globe: the experience • Looking towards new concepts of operations for
of the 552nd Air Control Wing nato owned warning aircraft
• Moving away from the core early warning mission: John Mahaffey, Senior Scientist, capability air
Maritime Surveillance, Battle Management, development - 5, NC3A
Humanitarian relief and airspace deconfliction
• assessing the lessons learnt from recent theatres of 15.50 the future direction of AeW&C
military operation: afghanistan, iraq and Libya • Given the cost of aeW&c platforms, how can the
• the role of the aWacS in counter narcotics cost be better shared amongst allies and/or civil
operations in the caribbean institutions to reduce the financial burden of
• capability advantages and interoperability procuring such platforms in the current age
challenges of the 40/45 block upgrade of austerity?
Colonel Gregory Roberts, command, 552nd • What role can unmanned systems play in the long
operations Group, uS Air Force term evolution of aeW&c platforms, and is it feasible
to expect unmanned systems to one day carry out
11.40 tasking the taskers: Coordinating early the aeW role?
Warning and battle Management Assets • does the future for these platforms lie in highly
• the challenges associated with developing combat capable, do-it-all aeW c2BM platforms or do smaller
SESSION
capability of the air and Space operations centre platforms and roll on/roll off capabilities for existing
• the emerging importance of linking platforms
pANEl
transport assets make more sense?
together to feed into an over-arching domain picture • How can the role of these important assets best be
for air/space/cyber awareness developed to ensure they are used as efficiently and
• identifying problem areas to improve the efficiency effectively as possible?
of tasking multiple requirements in contemporary
multinational operations 16:30 CHAir’s Close And end of dAy one
Colonel Mark Waite, commander training, 505
commander and control Wing, uS Air Force
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4. sPonsors And exHibitors
lead sponsor Website: www.northropgrumman.com
northrop Grumman corporation is a leading global security company whose 120,000 employees provide innovative
systems, products, and solutions in aerospace, electronics, information systems, shipbuilding and technical services to
government and commercial customers worldwide.
northrop Grumman is a premier developer, integrator, producer and supporter of manned and unmanned aircraft,
spacecraft, high-energy laser systems, microelectronics and other systems and subsystems critical to maintaining the
nation's security and leadership in science and technology. these systems are used, primarily by government customers,
in many different mission areas including intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; communications; battle
management; strike operations; electronic warfare; missile defense; earth observation; space science; and
space exploration.
Associate sponsors Website: www.iai.co.il
israel aerospace industries (iai) is israel’s largest aerospace industry, offering over 400 products and more than 1,000
technologies and services, with yearly sales in excess of three billion dollars. technologies developed by iai for the
israel defence Forces (idF) have led to major breakthroughs in product development. iai/eL ta Systems Ltd., a group
and subsidiary of israel aerospace industries, is one of israel’s leading defense electronics companies and a global
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ta’s G-550 conformal aeW&c (caeW) System introduces exceptional level of performance in early warning, tactical
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in the world, with continuous evolution for existing and new customers worldwide. Saab supports this solution with its
world-class competences in aircraft integration, c4i, communication, Sensors and electronic Warfare.
Saab serves the global market with world-leading products, services and solutions ranging from military defence to
civil security. Saab has operations and employees on all continents and constantly develops, adopts and improves new
technology to meet customers’ changing needs.
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thales Belgium is the market leader in the national sector of defence, Security & transport. the company employs
more than 140 highly-qualified people (more than 50% of whom are engineers). thales Belgium develops a range of
cutting-edge technological products and acts as «prime or first tier subcontractor» for the development and integration
of mission critical systems.
the company main activities are :
Communication and Information Systems
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• c4i System for Soldiers & Vehicles (Battlefield Management System)
Land, Tactical and Naval Communication
• HF and VHF radio communications, antenna tuning Units and power amplifiers
• Multi-media communications Management Systems & networks
Aeronautics Communication
• inter-communications System for surveillance and special mission aircraft/helicopters or maritime patrol aircraft
• Voip technology
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