09.00 Chairman’s Address And Opening Remarks

Michael J. Gething
Editor
Jane's Electro-Optic Systems

09.10 Keynote Briefing: Increased Significance Of Sensor Capabilities

• Overview of sensor developments and their role
• Impact of current operations on sensor capabilities
• Identifying the key trends for further developments and the road ahead

Maj. Gen. (select) James O. Poss
Director, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Capabilities, Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
U.S. Air Force

09.50 Electro-Optical Suite On The Joint Strike Fighter

• Utilisation of AN/APG-81 AESA-radar
• Using Distributive Aperture System to generate fused information
• Specification vs Reality: Further developments and the road ahead for the JSF

Ray Beach
Senior EO Specialist, Naval Air Systems Command
US Navy

11.00 Joint Surveillance And Target Attack Radar System Sensing Capabilities

• Lessons Learned from deployment and testing
• Overview of JSTARS Sensing capabilities
• Future plans, developments, and the road ahead

Captain Mike Roy
JSTARS, 116th Air Control Wing
United States Air Force

11.40 F/A-18 Hornet/super Hornet Sensing Capabilities

• Overview and update of current capabilities
• Lessons Learned from operational deployment
• Future works, upgrades and the road ahead

Confirmed Representation
PMA-265, F/A - 18 Strike Fighter Office, Naval Air Systems Command
US Navy

13.30 Combating The Non-Traditional Threat

• Insight into developments reflecting change of focus since last year
• UAV focus: Processing developments
• Using commercial off the shelf equipment to provide cost-effective solutions

Darren Coe
Surface Targets, Malvern Technology Centre
QinetiQ

14.10 Airborne Stand-Off Radar

• Overview of current capabilities
• Approaching the issue of data fusion
• Future plans for ASTOR development

Jerry Cowell
ASTOR Programme Director
Raytheon Systems Limited

15.20 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Sensors

• Overview and update of current capabilities and research developments
• Implication of current operational conditions on future development plans

Casey Henkel
Head of Sensors, Airborne Reconnaissance Division
United States Air Force

16.00 Swedish Air Operations Developments

• Overview of latest air operations developments
• Focus on small UAVs and sensing capacity: Increased usage of commercial off the shelf equipment
• Improving data links exchange and adoption of Link 16

Lieutenant Colonel Anders Nygren
Air Operations Division
Swedish Defence College

16.40 Chairman’s Summary And Closing Remarks

17.00 Close Of Day