Coordinating Approaches to Coordinated Fires
Close Air Support 2011 will be held in London on September 21-22nd 2011
Supported by Lead Sponsor Raytheon, along with Embraer Defence Services the guest speakers will give insight into:
Unparalelled Operational Feedback on Equipment And Digital CAS from TACP Units Just Returned From Theatre:
- UK 7th (Para) Royal Artillery Unit on TACP experiences and equipment in Afghanistan
- Swedish A9 Artillery Unit on JTACs working under the MOU and operational feedback
- Italian 185th Target Acquisition Regiment on looking towards greater JTAC cooperation with artillery
How To Improve Air-Land Integration:
- Insights from the United States Marine Corps on their movement for digital interoperability amongst all fires nodes, C2 and aviation platforms
- The UK Joint Air / Land Organisation (JALO) on the future of Digital CAS in the UK MoD
- The French Air Force on next steps for higher Air Land Integration in CAS
How To Close Capability Gaps:
- New ways to improve digital CAS and communications
- Innovative targeting pod and laser designator solutions
- Groundbreaking software and target sharing technologies
Plus - 5 Pre-Conference CAS Training Masterclass
Workshops Including Joint Air / Land & Simulation:
- Colonel Francesco Agresti, Head of JTAC Training, Italian Air Force, on training Italian Air Forces Operation Command
- Lieutenant Colonel Frederik Ragnarsson, Head of JTAC Instruction, Swedish Armed Forces on adapting CAS training to cater for both national and international missions
- Dr Bill Powers, US Marines Warfighting Laboratory on developing and integrating unmanned combat aerial vehicles for advanced CAS