Day 1 agenda
Registration opens: coffee & pastries served
Chairman’s opening of the conference - "Survivability is everybody’s business"
As we settle into the next two days of proceedings, now is the time to assess what really are the key aspects of survivability. After taking into consideration agility, protection, affordability, CNO, energy and COTS the question remains. What are the future challenges likely to be? What do our solutions need to look like to protect and project the ultimate customer, the man and woman on the front line?
Current and future land operations: challenges, success and opportunities
Since 2001 there have been major programmes in nearly all NATO and PfP countries to increase land forces capabilities to match the evolving strategic environment. Threats from IEDs, RPGs and ABMs in asymmetric confl icts have ensured that protection of both mounted and dismounted troops have been top of every military commander’s priority list. At the same time there have been huge steps in Network Enabled Capability and the requirements for linked up land forces. The rise in cyber threats and increased budget restraints has ensured a new paradigm of land forces capability is required for our mounted troops.
Survivability lessons: reflections on current operations - how can they be applied in future operations
Brigadier Richard Felton was Commander Task Force Helmand OP HERRICK 12 and is currently with the UK MoD Permanent Joint Headquaters (PJHQ) which overseas combined and joint military operations abroad.±
PANEL SESSION, QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION
The Australia Land 121 Programme
- Taking a look at the vehicle modernisation programme for the Australian Army
- Insight into individual projects including trucks and the LUV programme
- What has been important to us in protection, C4ISR, mobility and payload decisions: What the Australian Army needs from the capability
Morning coffee break
The Israeli Defence Force's Approach to Protection Within Integrated Survivability
- Short and medium term areas of research
- Armour and protection
- Force protection engineering
- Future trends and recurring challenges
Head of the Armour protection and Active Protection Systems section
Observations from Helmand: A Danish Perspective on Survivability
Transforming Protection Against RPG's Using Lightweight Textile Technology
- The evolution of lightweight textile RPG armour – how Tarian was developed and tested in collaboration with the UK MOD
- The performance and operational benefi ts of Tarian RPG armour
- Examples of vehicle applications
- The unique benefi ts that Tarian QuickShield provides
- Feedback on the British Army’s experience in deploying it in Afghanistan
Not Just Survivability, High Survivability: A Future Look at Protection, Weight, Manufacturability and Cost
- Survivability Solutions – Steel – Composition – Geometry – Manufacturing the above
- The Weight Issues – Horsepower to weight ratio – High Hot Lift … Getting to the right number
- Cost – Best Metrics
Lunch sponsored by RUAG
Active Protection Systems: Operational Feedback, Common Requirements, New Technological Solutions
- The Active Protection Systems Study for European Armoured Fighting Vehicles (APSS)
- Requirements for future Active Protection Systems
Light Armoured Vehicle III (LAV III) Operational Requirements Integration Task
- Assessing what was feasible and necessary for the Canadian Forces – how we came to this decision
- Mitigation efforts to avoid adversely affecting the platform
- Feedback and observations now the project has been completed
Cutting Edge Survivability Technology Innovation Panel
SURVIVABILITY IS EVERYBODY’S BUSINESS
Innovation and planning for the unexpected is vital to military success. This session is designed to showcase some of the most cutting edge developments from top research engineering and science departments in the field of mounted and dismounted protection. By showcasing these R&D efforts the next generation of advanced protection can be discussed allowing for industry to hear from some of the brightest minds in academia. Military can set out their capability requirements and establish what are the newest areas of research that could one day be implemented on the front line and offer research establishments the opportunity to set out their key research areas to their military and industry peers.
Key development areas to be examined are:
REMOTE ACTIVATION OF IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES IN COLOMBIA USING HIGH POWER ELECTROMAGNETIC SOURCES Colombia is the only country in the Western Hemisphere where the number of landmines is increasing. The type of landmines used in the irregular war of Colombia is of non-standard type and can be classifi ed in terms of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). The aim of this project is the design and development of a high power electromagnetic system to remotely destroy improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The system can also be used for testing of systems and components against Intentional Electromagnetic Interferences (IEMI). The project is funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and cooperation with EPFL.
Professor Farhad Rachidi, Head Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Group, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) Felix Vega, Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Group, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL)
BLAST LOADING OF LIGHTWEIGHT MATERIALS – AN OVERVIEW OF BISRU RESEARCH This talk will present an overview of BISRU and its research into blast loaded lightweight structures. Materials covered will include laminated composites, fi bre-metal laminate hybrid materials, sandwich structures, lattices and foams. The response of these materials to different distributions of blast loading will also be discussed.
Associate Professor Genevieve Langdon, Blast Impact and Survivability Research Unit (BISRU)
INNOVATIVE METAL FOAM STRUCTURES – ENERGY ABSORPTION AT HIGH STRAIN RATES Closed pore aluminium foams (“Foaminal”) have already found their way into applications for crash absorption e.g. in the baggage new structure of the Audi Q7, in motorcycle crash pads and crash absorbers in the front structure of Siemens Combino trams. New developments offer new design possibilities with metal foams in order to optimize the stiffness, vibration dampening and energy absorption of vehicle structures. Polymer-bonded aluminium foams granules (“APM-foam“) and polymer-aluminium-hybrid foams open the way for local reinforcement of hollow vehicle body elements. Application is straightforward and leads to foams with highly reproducible properties. High strength syntactic microinstallation spaces. Based upon the production technology such foams also show improved pore structure and reproducibility. The energy absorption behaviour at both low and high strain rates makes these foams interesting also for protection of military vehicles and equipment.
Mobility and Protection of Armoured Vehicles
- Innovations in combat wheel assemblies and run flat systems
- Ballistic protected fuel tanks: no run flat distance with destroyed fuel tanks
- Tire Shield to protect combat tires in difficult mission terrain
- Weight savings and protection: no conflict
Coffee Break
Urgent Operational Requirements (UORs) for Survivability: Success and Failures
The confl icts in Afghanistan and Iraq have driven procurement the like of which has not been seen for over a generation. UORs have fi lled many capability gaps, some more successfully than others. This session takes a critical look at UORs for survivability, the procurements that have worked and some of the failures. What are the lessons that have been learnt and what is the future for the UOR post Afghanistan?
Panel Discussion: What is the future for the MRAP Fleets post Afghanistan?
- Storage or integration and deployability?
- General lessons from the MRAP in Afghanistan, can we apply these to other operational environments
- How do we look at the role for the of LUV and other personnel carriers that could be an alternative to the MRAP when they have proved to have limited popularity in Iraq and Afghanistan
