Conference Day Two: 27th February 2009

09.00 Chairman’s Welcome And Recap

Dr Anthony McDonagh-Smith
B.Eng.(Hons.), M.Res., Ph.D., M.S.A.E, Director
SAE-UK

09.10 Weapons Integration On The Joint Strike Fighter

• Air-to-Air and Air-to-Ground weapon systems
• Integration challenges and plans to prevail
• International cooperation throughout weapons integration
• Future weapons roadmap

Captain John "Snooze" Martins
Director, Air Vehicle, F-35 Lightning II Programme Office
US Navy

09.50 Aim-9x And Aim-7r Sparrow: The Air-To-Air Missiles Group

• Programme background, core details and the wealth of experience available for the Air-to-Air to team to draw upon
• Development, testing and operational evaluation results
• Follow-on integration status

Commander Joseph B. Hornbuckle
III, Director of Engineering, Air-to-Air Missiles
US Navy

11.00 The Wist (weapons Integration Study Team) Programme Update

• Turning a study into reality
• Methods to achieve 50% cost savings to future weapon integrations
• Progress and achievement of this new work phase
• Working towards the MoD Defence Industrial Strategy

Introduced by; Chris Poole DES Weapons Technology and Concepts – Integration UK MoD

Gianfranco Moretti Technologist Advisor Weapons Carriage & Release, BAE Systems; Member Weapons Integration Study Team

11.40 Integration Of Carriage Of Weapons On Aircraft

• Technical challenges
• Impact on flight envelope
• Obstacles to integration of advanced weapon systems on legacy aircraft

Professor Kevin Knowles
Head of Aeromechanical Systems Group
Defence Academy of the UK MoD

13.40 F/a-18e/f Weapons Case Study

• Complement of smart weapons, including laser-guided bombs
• Integration of Air-to-Air and Air-to-Ground ordnance
• Versatility and interoperability

Captain Lawrence Burt
Head Strike Aircraft Plans and Programmes
US Navy

INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION SESSION

14.20 “Plug And Play” Weapon Integration And The Way Forward

The idea of “plug and play” technology becoming a cure-all for the problems in weapons integration is very popular with senior figures.However, for many nations with an ageing fleet of aircraft, the reality is traditional weapons integration processes will be the norm for the foreseeable future.With the significant efforts to accelerate interoperability, what can be applied to current projects to improve efficiency?

Dr Anthony McDonagh-Smith B.Eng.(Hons.), M.Res., Ph.D., M.S.A.E, Director SAE-UK	Douglas Gregory Distinguished Member of Technical Staff General Dynamics
Advanced Information Systems; Chairman Subgroup on Aircraft, Launcher and Weapon Interoperability NATO	David Neel Chief Engineer Universal Armament Interface Lockheed Martin

15.30 Air Weapons Integration – Political And Industrial Realities

• Problem areas – Budgets, procurement processes
• Operational drivers – Urgent Operational Requirements (UORs)
• Suggested solutions

Wing Commander Andrew Brookes (ret’d)
Aerospace Analyst
International Institute for Strategic Studies

16.10 F-15e Platform Integration: Genuine Multi-Role Capability

• Air to air munitions integration
• Air to ground weapons systems development
• Application of experience for future upgrades

Major Michael "Mikey" Whitehead
F-15E Weapons Director
USAF

16.50 Chairman’s Closing Comments

17.00 End Of Conference

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