Conference Day One: 26th February 2009

09.00 Chairman’s Welcome And Opening Speech

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

09.10 The End Goal Of Weapons Integration: Operational Capability

• The role of Air Power
• Importance of having multi-role capabilities
• Developments in Air Power doctrine
• The challenge of Weapons integration

Group Captain Al Byford
Director Defence Studies
RAF

09.50 Developing And Improving The Integration Process

• The role of the Munitions Directorate and the focus on improving integration
• Improving integration technology
• Application of integration processes to advanced weapon technology

Dr.Mikel Miller
Technical Director, Advanced Guidance Division, Munitions Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory
USAF

11.00 Nato Standardisation: Interoperability Issues

• Providing a roadmap for increasing coalition interoperability for emerging platforms and systems
• Future approaches to integration: Greater emphasis on cross-nation lessons transfer
• Better sharing of knowledge across member nations Douglas Gregory, Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, General Dynamics

Advanced Information Systems; Chairman
Subgroup on Aircraft, Launcher and Weapon Interoperability
NATO

11.40 Promoting Commonality: The Universal Armament Interface (UAI)

• How it works and what it contains
• UAI implementation status in the US Armed Services
• UAI Policy Statement and Commitment
• Implementation and test successes
• Evolving NATO involvement
• Certification tools description, status and successes to date
• Roadmap for future capabilities

David Neel
Chief Engineer Universal Armament Interface
Lockheed Martin

13.40 Weapons Integration On Legacy And Modern Platforms: Netma Case Study On Eurofighter And Tornado

• Background to Eurofighter project
• Background to project Tornado
• Understanding where the similarities and differences lie when working with both modern and legacy platforms
• Ensuring interoperability and maximum capability across the fleet

Quentin D'Arcy
Section Leader, Operational Factors, Crew Systems and General Systems
NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency

14.20 Armement Air-Sol Modulaire (aasm) Operational Feedback From Theatre

• Weapon capabilities
• Integration with operational system
• Examples of operations

Jean-Vincent Legrand
Technical Director, Navigation and Aeronautic Systems
Sagem

15.30 Weaponising Unmanned Air Vehicles (uavs)

• Weapons and aircraft design
• Customisation vs. COTS
• Engineering complexity
• Test and evaluation considerations

Dr.Derek Bray
Senior Lecturer, Department of Engineering Systems and Management
Defence Academy of the UK MoD

16.10 Development Of Standardisation For Weaponised Unmanned Air Systems

• Requirements across a coalition
• Standardisation challenges
• Potential interoperability
• The result of the NATO Research and Technology

Organisation (RTO) trails Lieutenant Colonel Mihai Stir
Future Capabilities Branch, Joint Air Power Competence Centre
NATO

16.50 Chairman’s Closing Comments

17.00 End Of Day

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