1. The Most Influential and Best Attended In-Direct Fires Conference in the World
Celebrating Our
10th Anniversar y Year
27th-29th March 2012
Radisson Blu Portman, London, UK
Precision Focus Day: 27th March 2012
Main Conference: 28th-29th March 2012
Advancing Future Capabilities for the Artillery:
Managing Operational Commitments, Budget Restraints & Exploring 2022+
2012 Advisory Board
Brigadier Richard Haldenby
Commander Royal Artillery
British Army
Major General Paolo Ruggiero
Field Artillery School Commander
Italian Army
Celebrating 10 years of Future Artillery: Colonel Fiepko Koolman
Director of Future, Artillery School
German Army
What's new for 2012?
Lieutenant Colonel Joakim Lewin
Explore the Future of Artillery 2022+ - Join us as we assess Indirect Fires System Programme Manager
the next 10 years for the artillery, analysing future threat Swedish FMV
scenarios, requirements and the impact of new technologies
providing a unique insight into the direction of in-direct fires Senior International Speakers Include
Interactive Round-Table Discussions - New for 2012, you
Brigadier General Jonathan A Maddux,
will be able to enjoy the opportunity to participate in small Program Executive Officer, PEO Ammunition,
group discussions ensuring more interaction with fellow US Army (pending final approval)
attendees and ability to debate in-depth core issues impacting
Colonel John Musgrave, Assistant Director
artillery modernisation Capability, HQ Director Royal Artillery,
British Army
New Forward Observer Specialist Briefings: Discover key
equipment requirements as well as Tactics, Training and Colonel Richard Couzens, Assistant Head
of Deep Target Attack Capability, UK MoD
Procedural challenges being tackled as a top priority area across
artillery forces, plus the latest technological solutions Director of Artillery, Canadian Forces
Colonel Douglas Thomas, Commanding
Improved Networking Opportunities: Benefit from attendee Officer, Marine Corps Artillery Detachment
photo boards to ease connection and introductions, ensuring Fort Sill, US Marine Corp
your time is maximised onsite Lieutenant Colonel Georg Neuhaus, ISR
Branch, German Army
Major Dwayne Hynes, Future Artillery
Threat Integration Staff Officer, Office of the
Chief of Staff for Intelligence, US Army
"A highly relevant and timely agenda that
provides a superb forum to discuss the challenges
of indirect fires in the contemporary battlespace."
Colonel Birger Mejholm, Danish Fire Support Centre
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2. Celebrating Our
10th Anniversar y Year Top 10 Benefits of Attending:
27th-29th March 2012
Widely known as the annual must-attend
Radisson Blu Portman, 1 for a valuable two-way information
London, UK
exchange between artillery end users,
Precision Focus Day: Programme Mangers and industry, giving
27th March 2012 you an unrivalled view of the future
Main Conference: direction of the artillery
28th-29th March 2012
2 Take away strategic analysis of the evolving
threat spectrum to evaluate potential
Advancing Future Capabilities for the Artillery: capability gaps and ensure you are
Managing Operational Commitments, Budget Restraints & Exploring 2022+ investing resources effectively to meet
immediate and long-term requirements
3 Engage with fellow artillery experts, build
new partnerships and gain useful contacts
to accelerate and drive innovation into
Dear Colleague, your programmes
Would you like to gain insight into 4 Benefit from 3 days dedicated specifically
how artillery forces from across to indirect fires for an exclusive and
are planning to advance their indi the globe
rect fire capabilities over the nex intimate networking experience enabling
t decade?
If so, we invite you to join us at this you to nurture old and new
year’s special 10th Anniversary Futu relationships alike
2012 event to engage in candid deba re Artillery
te on future threat scenarios, requirem
key investment priorities towards 202 ents and Capitalise on brand new round-table
2+. 5 discussions to engage in candid debate
Widely recognised as the most pres and get to the heart of key issues
tigious, best attended and world lead impacting the artillery, whilst informally
fire conference, Future Artillery has ing indirect
been proud to serve the community networking with international delegations
providing you with the most auth since 2003,
oritative view of the future visio
forces globally, as well as showcasin n of artillery Interact with a truly International
including Excalibur, M777, PGK, PZH
g the most innovative technologica
l solutions 6 delegation of leading artillery figures
2000, CAESAR, GMLRS, GIRAFFE,
and many, many more. Watchkeeper drawn from 30+ nations including UK, US,
Sweden, Germany, Italy, Philippines, Iraq
As the combat mission in Afghanis Receive first-hand insight into the latest
tan draws to a close, budgets tighten 7
restructure, now is the time to asse and forces
ss the future shape of the artillery; lessons learned in operations to assess how
should be prioritised to manage an What capabilities
increased prevalence of urban, com Artillery Leaders are likely to structure their
dispersed operations? What is the plex and modernisation priorities over the
role of networking in the future
feasible is the resurgence of the of fires? How immediate, medium and long-term future
105mm? And how should artillery
preparing to counter the cyber forces be
threat on future operations? Advantage from a balanced agenda with
8
Top sessions include: limited vendor presentations to ensure you
maximise your time spent at the
• Royal Arti
llery Future Vision - Hear top-leve conference with senior International
Musgrave, new Assistant Director for l insights from Colonel John
Equipment Capability as he reveals Artillery Officers
procurement structure of the RA and the new
key investment priorities towards 202 9 Discover the latest technological
• Philippines
Debut Address - We are pleased 2+
to welcome to address the solutions for indirect fires weapons,
conference for the first time the Phili
ppine Marine Corps and Philippine munitions, targeting systems and radars
providing unique insights into oper Army,
ational demands, requirements and enabling you to be certain you are
plans future
providing your troops with the highest
• Interactive
Round Table Discussions: New for level of affordable capability
these small group discussions will prov 2012 following your feedback,
ide you with dedicated time to deba Hear from decision makers on their future
core issues impacting the commun te 10
ity, ensuring you get your question strategy for artillery modernisation
and leave armed with new ideas to s answered
take forward your programmes 2022+ alongside specialist briefings on
Over the coming months Defence Forward Observers, Joint Fires, ISTAR,
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3. Celebrating 10 years Over its year history Future Artillery
has consistently attracted the leading
artillery forces from around the globe,
providing a comprehensive outlook on
of Future Artillery indirect fire developments.
Top Highest-Attending
Nations in 2011:
Event History
Future Artillery, first launched in 2003, has become the best attended and most influential 1. UK 6. Denmark
event of its kind providing the community with an annual forum to engage in candid debate 2. US 7. Germany
with fellow artillery officers and industry alike.
3. France 8. Israel
Over the years, Future Artillery has welcomed delegations from every corner of the globe
and a total of over 1500 attendees. 4. Sweden 9. Italy
Chronicling developments in the artillery world, highlights from the last 9 years include: 5. Netherlands 10. Poland
Top International
Celebrating Our
2012
10th Anniversar y Year
Nations That Have Attended
Future Artillery celebrates it’s 10th successful year, bringing you brand new small group
round-table discussions, and reflecting the needs of the community, new specialist Future Artillery:
briefings on 2022+, Forward Observers and lightweight firepower. Plus debut briefings
by the Philippines, Slovakia, New Zealand and Ira 1. Australia 7. Republic
2011 of Korea
2. Brazil
Our best attended and largest speaker faculty to date; attended by 230 delegates from 8. Saudi
3. India Arabia
over 30 nations, plus 39 speakers including debut briefings from the Italian Army,
Brazilian Army, Indian Army and Malaysian Army. The first Advisory Board is 4. Jordan 9. Singapore
established and new specialist streams added on CRAM, Joint Fires, Mortars and C2.
5. Malaysia 10. South
2010 6. Nigeria Africa
Details lessons from Afghanistan including analysis of the deployment of CAESAR,
plus ATK brief on their PGK solution for affordable precision for the artillery
2009
Cements Future Artillery as a world leading event, for the first time welcoming over
200 delegates and speakers that included Heads of Artillery from the US, UK,
USMC, Canada, Denmark and The Netherlands. The Precision Ammunition focus
day is established.
2008
Hosts Lieutenant Colonel Anders Nyström, Deputy Commanding Officer, Artillery
School, Swedish Armed Forces to brief the community on ARCHER - due to be Future Artillery 2011 Speaker Faculty
operational Summer 2012
2007 What Our Delegates
Attendees enjoy a site visit to the Royal School of Artillery, Lark Hill where a Have Said About Us
host of RA Officers brief on training strategies and techniques including Lieutenant
Colonel John Musgrave – incoming (2011/2012) Assistant Director Capability, HQ Over the Last 10 Years:
Director Royal Artillery replacing Colonel Mike Ross “Probably the best platform ever to see
all the leading artillery guys exchange
2006 military expertise. It’s great for seeing
Debut briefing by the Israeli Defence Force, Junghans showcase advancements in the future of artillery systems all in one
Micro Electro Mechanical (MEM) Technology that later allow the creation of the space. You can ask questions and get
European Course Correction Fuze and Jon Screyach, Lockheed Martin details an answer here, while also seeing
developments on GMLRS, returning in 2011 as Conference Chairman. friends and networking.”
Michael Becker, International Sales,
2005 Artillery, EADS
First address by a Commanding General of Fort Sill, we welcome Major General David P.
Valcourt. Subsequently his successors, Major General David C. Ralston, Major General “I believe, genuinely, it is the best
Peter Vangjel and most recently Major General David Halverson in 2011 provide the US artillery conference in the world.”
keynote briefing. Bob Preedy, Head of Artillery and
Business Development, BAE Systems
2004
Major General Jonathan Bailey MBE delivers keynote address as Director General of “This is a meeting for serious
Development and Doctrine, British Army, while Bob Preedy briefs on the, then new, professional field artillerymen to hear
M777 - the gun later deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan with the US Army, USMC from FA leaders from around the
and Canadian Army world…the only conference anywhere
that achieves such a lofty goal”
2003 Major General (Ret’d) Lee Baxter,
Smiths Detection, Former Chief of US
A humble gathering of 70 delegates assemble for the first Future Artillery. Field Artillery
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4. Precision Ammunition Pre-Conference Focus Day
EXAMINING FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS FOR PRECISION EFFECTS
AND THE IMPACT ACROSS THE ENTIRE FIRE SUPPORT SYSTEM Tuesday 27th March 2012
Rationale: Benefits of Attending:
Acquiring increased levels of precision remains a top priority for artillery forces globally and a key area for Hear the latest advancements with PGMs,
sustained long-term investment. Excalibur and Vulcano, plus compare solutions for
With a number of active procurement programmes and exciting technological developments this unique ‘near-precision’ to ensure you are achieving the
forum will bring together leading experts to examine the future direction of precision weaponry for most cost effective, high pay off munitions mix
the artillery.
Gain in-depth perspectives on how different
nations are approaching procurement of precision
Being the only forum dedicated to precision ammunition advancements for indirect fires, don’t miss the weapons in the immediate and long-term future
opportunity to get fully up to date on the hottest developments across the industry including Network and share in discussions with subject
insights on the Vulcano programme and Excalibur 1b. specialists and Programme Managers in this
Key questions being debated include: interactive and intimate environment
• How can you achieve the right mix of precision guided, conventional munitions and Smart weapons for
Explore the future of precision capabilities across
an effective yet affordable force? artillery and mortar weapon systems all in one
• How close are we to a solution for 105mm precision? space
• How significant is the cyber threat to precision weapons and what can be done to counter these
Discover European military requirements for
challenges? precision guided munitions to 2025 alongside
• How can capabilities be developed to enable engagement of moving targets? global developments in precision capability
08.30 REGISTRATION AND COFFEE 12.00 ANALYSIS OF EUROPEAN PRECISION GUIDED
AMMUNITION REQUIREMENTS TO 2025: EUROPEAN
09.00 CHAIR’S OPENING ADDRESS DEFENCE AGENCY STUDY
• Overview of EDA’s role in developing European defence capabilities and
09.10 ASSESSING THE FUTURE PRECISION STRIKE scope of study
REQUIREMENTS OF THE UK – DEVELOPING A SUITE OF • Evaluating European military requirements alongside global developments in
CAPABILITIES TO ENGAGE A DIVERSE RANGE OF precision capability
TARGETS AND MEET THE NEED TO REDUCE COLLATERAL • Preparing the Ammunition related European Defence Technological and
DAMAGE Industrial Base to meet the European military requirements
• Latest developments with the IFPA Programme • The road map and implementation plan for a European solution on precision-
• The Fireshadow Loitering Munition Project – design developments and guided ammunition
preparation for operational capability • Identifying pilot cooperative programs and prioritized areas for investment
- Providing capability to attack stationary and moving targets • Key conclusions from the EDA study and plans for follow up collaborative
- Development of the surveillance capability activities as a cost-effective long-term solution for advancing capabilities in
- Achieving man-in-the-loop capability Europe
- Improving sensor to shooter links
Vassillis Tsiamis
• Exploring the potential development of an Armed Tactical Unmanned Air
Senior Officer Defence Industry, European Defence Agency
Systems (ATUAS) to engage opportunity targets
• Future considerations and requirements to achieve greater precision attack
capabilities across fire support capabilities
12.35 TNO – PRESENTATION DETAILS TO BE CONFIRMED
• To come
Colonel Richard Couzens • To come
Assistant Head of Deep Target Attack Capability, UK MoD • To come
• To come
09.45 ENABLING THE ARTILLERY TO DELIVER SELECTIVE AND
DISCRIMINATIVE FIRES: LATEST UPDATES WITH 13.10 NETWORKING LUNCH
VULCANO AND PRECISION STRIKE CAPABILITY FOR THE
ITALIAN ARMY 14.10 EXAMINING PROGRESS WITH DEVELOPMENT AND
• Overview of recent progress and developments with the 155mm Vulcano FIELDING OF THE NEW EXCALIBUR SHELL VERSION 1B
• Exploiting the latest enabling technologies to support delivery of precision ENABLING HEIGHTENED RELIABILITY AND MORE
effects AFFORDABLE PRECISION ENGAGEMENT
• Increasing C4I Interoperability to support the introduction of PGMs into the • Advancement towards meeting the targets for low cost and greater reliability
Italian artillery • Examining the key challenges with increasing affordability of the shells – how
• Improving STA capabilities to ensure Fire Support Teams can accurately guide much reduction in cost is manageable in short to medium term?
the latest precision weapons • Overview of project milestones and roadmap to 2014 fielding
• Development of appropriate and operationally relevant Tactics, Training and • Future considerations for furthering precision effects across the fire support
Procedures network
• Long-term aspirations – enabling capability for moving target engagements
Lieutenant Colonel Mike Milner
Major General Paolo Ruggiero Excalibur Project Manager, Picatinny Arsenal, US Army
Field Artillery School Commander, Italian Army
14.45 PANEL: EXPLORING THE FUTURE OF PRECISION STRIKE
10.20 INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE SESSION AVAILABLE CAPABILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO CAPITALISE ON
If you are interested in sponsoring this session please call Yousuf Malik at NEW TECHNOLOGIES
+44 (0) 207 368 9348 • The central challenge for PGMs development – reducing cost
• How close are we to a solution for 105 precision?
10.55 MORNING COFFEE AND NETWORKING • Achieving greater accuracy with precision guidance kits for 105mm and 155mm
• User requirements and development of precision capabilities for mortars
11.25 EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF THE PROLIFERATION OF • Exploiting ISR assets to compliment precision capability
PRECISION WEAPONS ACROSS THE ARTILLERY FIRE • Assessing the cyber threat to precision weapons
SUPPORT NETWORK
Colonel Richard Couzens
• Operational feedback from precision employment in Afghanistan – use of
Assistant Head of Deep Target Attack Capability, UK MoD
Bonus, GMLRS, Excalibur
Major General Paolo Ruggiero
• Developing supporting doctrine for use of precision weapons – where are the
Field Artillery School Commander, Italian Army
remaining challenges?
Lieutenant Colonel Mike Milner
• Joint and combined training challenges and for rapid and effective
Excalibur Project Manager, Picatinny Arsenal, US Army
employment of PGMs
Lieutenant Colonel Oliver Fort
• Future plans to enhance accuracy of artillery fire support
Head of Doctrine Prospective Studies, Artillery School, French Army
Lieutenant Colonel Oliver Fort Vassillis Tsiamis
Head of Doctrine Prospective Studies, Artillery School, French Senior Officer Defence Industry, European Defence Agency
Army
15.25 CHAIR CLOSING REMARKS
1530 END OF PRECISION AMMUNITION PRE-CONFERENCE
FOCUS DAY
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5. Main Conference Agenda-At-A-Glance
Main Conference Day 1: WEDNESDAY 28TH MARCH Main Conference Day 2: THURSDAY 29TH MARCH
08.00 REGISTRATION AND COFFEE 08.00 REGISTRATION AND COFFEE
09.00 CHAIRMAN’S OPENING ADDRESS 08.30 CHAIRMAN’S DAY TWO WELCOME
09.10 THE EVOLVING STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF ARTILLERY FOR THE 08.40 PUTTING JOINT FIRES AT THE HEART OF THE ARTILLERY – ASSESSING
FUTURE BATTLEFIELD: VISION FOR THE UK ROYAL ARTILLERY 2020+ FUTURE REQUIREMENTS TO ADVANCE AIR-LAND INTEGRATION AND
Colonel John Musgrave, Assistant Director Capability, HQ Director Royal EFFECTIVE BATTLESPACE MANAGEMENT
Artillery, British Army Brigadier Richard Haldenby, Commander Royal Artillery, British Army
09.40 DISCOVERING THE LATEST LESSONS LEARNED FROM OPERATION 09.10 ASSESSING FUTURE PRIORITIES FOR THE GERMAN ARTILLERY
ENDURING FREEDOM AND THE FUTURE STRATEGIC VISION FOR THE US FOLLOWING RESTRUCTURING: INCREASING PRECISION CAPABILITY AND
MARINE CORP PROGRESSING JOINT FIRES INTEGRATION
Colonel Douglas Thomas, Commanding Officer, Marine Corps Artillery Colonel Fiepko Koolman, Director of Future Requirements, Artillery School,
Detachment Fort Sill, US Marine Corp German Army
10.10 INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE SESSION AVAILABLE 09.40 ENSURING STRATEGIC, OPERATIONAL AND TACTICAL MOBILITY ON THE
If you are interested in sponsoring this session please call Yousuf Malik at +44 FUTURE INTEGRATED BATTLESPACE – NEXT STEPS IN THE
(0) 207 368 9348 MODERNISATION OF THE CANADIAN ARTILLERY
10.40 ARTILLERY LEADERS PANEL DISCUSSION: EXPLORING THE CAPABILITIES, Director of Artillery, Canadian Forces
REQUIREMENTS AND ROLE OF THE ARTILLERY FOR THE FUTURE 10.10 INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE SESSION AVAILABLE
BATTLEFIELD 2022+ If you are interested in sponsoring this session please call Yousuf Malik at +44
Major General Paolo Ruggiero, Field Artillery School Commander, Italian Army (0) 207 368 9348
Colonel John Musgrave, Assistant Director Capability, HQ Director Royal 10.40 MORNING COFFEE AND NETWORKING
Artillery, British Army
Colonel Douglas Thomas, Commanding Officer, Marine Corps Artillery 11.10 SWEDISH IN-DIRECT FIRES PROGRAMMES OF TODAY AND TOMORROW
Detachment Fort Sill, US Marine Corp Lieutenant Colonel Joakim Lewin, Head of Indirect Fire Systems Office, FMV
Colonel Fiepko Koolman, Director of Future Requirements, Artillery School, and Major Stefan Hansson, Program Manager Indirect Fire, Swedish Armed
German Army Forces HQ
11.10 MORNING COFFEE AND NETWORKING 11.40 ***INTERACTIVE ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS***
11.40 CREATING A WORLD LEADING FUTURE FIRES FORCE - US ARMY A. Managing the pressures on Forward Observers
APPROACH TO TAKING FIREPOWER FORWARD OVER THE NEXT DECADE Led by: Lieutenant Colonel Joakim Lewin, Head of Indirect Fire Systems
Reserved for: Commanding General , Fires Centre of Excellence, Fort Sill, US Army Office, Swedish FMV
12.10 CAPITALISING ON THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY TO DRIVE FORWARD B. Exploring Force Protection and Base ISTAR as a new capability for
CAPABILITIES FOR THE ARTILLERY – THE FUTURE OUTLOOK FOR artillery forces
PRECISION AMMUNITION DEVELOPMENT Led by: Major Martin Smith, SO2 ISTAR, Capability Branch, Royal Artillery,
Brigadier General Jonathan A Maddux, Program Executive Officer, PEO British Army
Ammunition, US Army (pending final approval) C. Tackling the cyber and EW threat to artillery systems
12.40 FUTURE ARTILLERY TARGETING, LAUNCH SYSTEMS AND MUNITIONS Led by: Major Dwayne Hynes, Future Artillery Threat Integration Staff Officer,
REQUIREMENTS Office of the Chief of Staff for Intelligence, US Army
Scott Arnold, Vice President, Precision Fires, Lockheed Martin Missiles Fire D. Advancing air land integration for effective delivery of joint fires
Control and Lee Flake, EQ-36 Program Director, Lockheed Martin MS2 Radar Led by: Speaker to be confirmed
Systems E. Achieving pinpoint accuracy in target acquisition to support the use
of precision weapons
STREAM A: EXPLORING THE STREAM B: MANAGING THE
Led by: Colonel Douglas Thomas, Commanding Officer, Marine Corps
FUTURE OF ARTILLERY 2022+ PRESSURES ON FORWARD Artillery Detachment Fort Sill, US Marine Corp
OBSERVERS TO SUPPORT HIGHLY
ACCURATE TARGET ACQUISITION 12.40 NETWORKING LUNCH
14.40 ANALYSING THE FUTURE THREAT ADVANCING ISTAR CAPABILITIES 14.10 CONCLUSIONS FROM THE ROUND-TABLE DISCUSSIONS
ENVIRONMENT AND EVOLVING IN THE GERMAN ARMY TO Round-table facilitators
OPERATIONAL DEMANDS TO ENSURE EFFECTIVE DELIVERY OF STREAM C: LIGHTWEIGHT AND MOBILE STREAM D: JOINT FIRES AND AIR-
ENSURE PREPAREDNESS FOR THE PRECISION FIRES
FIREPOWER – EXPLORING LAND INTEGRATION
BATTLEFIELD OF 2022+ Lieutenant Colonel Georg
Major Dwayne Hynes, Future Neuhaus, ISR Branch, German REQUIREMENTS FOR 120MM MORTARS
Artillery Threat Integration Staff Army AND A POSSIBLE 105MM RESURGENCE
Officer, Office of the Chief of Staff
14.40 PANEL: ASSESSING SOLUTIONS TO MEETING THE DEMANDS OF
for Intelligence, US Army
MEET WIDESPREAD ADVANCING JOINT OPERATIONS:
15.10 PANEL DISCUSSION: STRIKING THE INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR BATTLESPACE MANAGEMENT
BALANCE BETWEEN MAINTAINING SESSION AVAILABLE LIGHTWEIGHT AND MOBILE AND DIGITAL CAS
TRADITIONAL ARTILLERY SKILLS If you are interested in sponsoring FIREPOWER THAT MAINTAINS Wing Commander Andrew Bolt,
AND EFFECTIVELY MEETING THE this session please call Yousuf Malik RANGE AND LETHALITY SO1 Equipment Capability, Joint Air
COMPLEX DEMANDS OF COIN OPS at +44 (0) 207 368 9348 Lieutenant Colonel Rienk Land Organisation (JALO), UK MoD
Brigadier Richard Haldenby, Sijbrandi, Chief Combat Support,
Commander Royal Artillery, British Land Requirements, Directorate
Army Operational Policy, Requirements
Colonel Ernesto Evangelista Jr, Plans, Netherlands MoD
Deputy Commander of Combat and Jozef Žufka, Director General,
Service Support Brigade, Philippine Armaments Directorate, Slovakian
Marine Corps Army
Lieutenant Colonel Oliver Fort, Lieutenant Colonel Joakim Lewin,
Head of Doctrine Prospective Head of Indirect Fire Systems Office,
Studies, Artillery School, French Army FMV
15.40 INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE SESSION ANALYSING THE CHALLENGES 15.10 INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE SESSION EXAMINING JOINT FIRES
AVAILABLE FACING FORWARD OBSERVERS – AVAILABLE INITIATIVES OF THE NEW
If you are interested in sponsoring OPERATIONAL FEEDBACK OF If you are interested in sponsoring this ZEALAND DEFENCE FORCE TO
this session please call Yousuf Malik THE FIRESTORM KIT AND session please call Yousuf Malik at ENSURE RAPID, HIGHLY
at +44 (0) 207 368 9348 FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS FOR +44 (0) 207 368 9348 ACCURATE ENGAGEMENT OF
BRINGING INTO THE CORE TARGETS
Deep Target Attack, UK MoD Lieutenant Colonel Nick Gillard,
Military Advisor and former
16.10 AFTERNOON TEA AND NETWORKING Commanding Officer 16 Field
16.40 EXAMINING THE NETHERLANDS VISION ON FUTURE FIRE SUPPORT Regiment, Royal New Zealand
DEVELOPMENTS Army
Lieutenant Colonel Rienk Sijbrandi, Chief Combat Support, Land
Requirements, Directorate Operational Policy, Requirements Plans, 15.40 AFTERNOON TEA AND NETWORKING
Netherlands MoD and Lieutenant Colonel Marcel Weerd, Chief Plans and 16.10 BUILDING ARTILLERY CAPABILITIES OF THE IRAQI DEFENCE FORCE:
Policy Branch, Royal Netherlands Army IMMEDIATE REQUIREMENTS AND FUTURE VISION
17.10 UPDATING ARTILLERY TO MEET EMERGING REQUIREMENTS: ZUZANA Brigadier Assad, Iraq Artillery School, Iraqi Defense Force, (pending final
UPGRADES TO IMPROVE FIREPOWER FOR THE SLOVAKIAN ARMY approval)
Jozef Žufka, Director General, Armaments Directorate, Slovakian Army 16.40 UPDATING ARTILLERY CAPABILITY TO EXTEND RANGE AND IMPROVE
17.40 IMPROVING TRAINING TO RESPOND TO THE CONTEMPORARY MOBILITY: ASSESSING OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE
THREAT ENVIRONMENT: PHILIPPINE MARINE CORPS EXPERIENCE PHILIPPINE ARTILLERY
Lieutenant Colonel Ferdinand Almoite, Artillery Commander, Philippine Brigadier General Pedro P. Biasbas, Commander, Army Artillery Regiment,
Marine Corps Philippine Armed Forces (pending final approval)
18.10 CHAIRMAN’S CLOSING ADDRESS AND END OF DAY ONE 17.10 CHAIRMAN’S CLOSING ADDRESS AND END OF CONFERENCE
19.00 10th ANNIVERSARY FUTURE ARTILLERY GALA DINNER 17.20 END OF CONFERENCE
Further details for the dinner can be found on the conference website
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6. Main Conference Day One Wednesday 28th March 2012
08.00 REGISTRATION AND COFFEE 10.40 ARTILLERY LEADERS PANEL DISCUSSION: EXPLORING
THE CAPABILITIES, REQUIREMENTS AND ROLE OF THE
09.00 CHAIRMAN’S OPENING ADDRESS ARTILLERY FOR THE FUTURE BATTLEFIELD 2022+
• Reflecting on 10 years of engagement in COIN operations – how far should
09.10 THE EVOLVING STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF ARTILLERY there been a shift back to focusing on Full Spectrum Operations?
FOR THE FUTURE BATTLEFIELD: VISION FOR THE UK • Assessing requirements for operations in complex environments and the
ROYAL ARTILLERY 2020+ future role of indirect fire in an era of constrained collateral damage
• Insight into shifting priorities on current operations and how this is • Is there a need for less than lethal munitions when operating in a cluttered
continuing to shape equipment programmes and TTPs environment?
• UK perspective on the ‘Future Character of Conflict’ and implications for • Assessing future threat scenarios and the impact on investment priorities
artillery forces • The growing use of artillery forces in ISTAR – how is this likely to evolve?
• Assessing key areas of investment over the next 5-10 years – rebalancing • What is the role of networking in the future of Fires?
strike with STA capabilities • Blue-sky thinking - Desired capabilities and technologies for the future
• Aspirations for the Royal Artillery – how can these be managed in the
Major General Paolo Ruggiero
present economic environment?
Field Artillery School Commander, Italian Army
Colonel John Musgrave Colonel John Musgrave
Assistant Director Capability, HQ Director Royal Artillery, British Army Assistant Director Capability, HQ Director Royal Artillery, British Army
Colonel Douglas Thomas
09.40 DISCOVERING THE LATEST LESSONS LEARNED FROM Commanding Officer, Marine Corps Artillery Detachment Fort Sill,
OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM AND THE FUTURE US Marine Corp
STRATEGIC VISION FOR THE US MARINE CORP Colonel Fiepko Koolman
• Insight into recent missions and lessons learned Director of Future Requirements, Artillery School, German Army
• Task organisation in the OEF campaign
• Successfully employing precision weapons – operational realities 11.10 MORNING COFFEE AND NETWORKING
• Plans for artillery reorganization
• Assessing the future strategic vision 11.40 CREATING A WORLD LEADING FUTURE FIRES FORCE - US
- Operationally driven change ARMY APPROACH TO TAKING FIREPOWER FORWARD
- Fiscally driven change OVER THE NEXT DECADE
• Current requirements of the US field artillery directing investment strategy
Colonel Douglas Thomas • Budget realities and the impact on the future fires force organisation,
Commanding Officer, Marine Corps Artillery Detachment Fort Sill, US
doctrine and equipment
Marine Corp • Enabling improved future joint and combined warfighting
About the speaker: Colonel Douglas P. Thomas assumed command of the • Potential nature of future conflicts and the role of the artillery
United States Marine Corps Artillery Detachment, Fort Sill, OK on 30 June 2011. - Where is the right balance between preparing gunners for COIN ops vs
In his early career he served as a Forward Observer, Liaison Officer, Fire Direction Full Spectrum Operations?
Officer, and Guns Platoon Commander. In January 2003 he assumed duties as • Long-term goals – what shape is the future fires force likely to take?
Commanding Officer, 2d MEB Headquarters Group and deployed with the
Reserved for: Commanding General , Fires Centre of Excellence, Fort
MEB/Task Force TARAWA in support of Operations ENDURING FREEDOM and
Sill, US Army
IRAQI FREEDOM.From May 2005 to May 2006 Colonel Thomas served as the
Commanding Officer of 2d Battalion, 10th Marines, before assuming command
12.10 CAPITALISING ON THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY TO DRIVE
of the 10th Marine Regiment in June 2007. From July 2009, remaining at Camp
FORWARD CAPABILITIES FOR THE ARTILLERY – THE
Lejeune, he was assigned as the Chief of Staff, Marine Corps Installations East.
FUTURE OUTLOOK FOR PRECISION AMMUNITION
DEVELOPMENT
10.10 INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE SESSION AVAILABLE • Mapping recent milestones in ammunition capability development
If you are interested in sponsoring this session please call Yousuf Malik at • Assessing future innovations and new technologies impacting precision
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munitions developments
• Achieving the right mix of precision guided, conventional munitions and
smart weapons to meet the demands of the current fight and potential
This conference gives us the opportunity to future theatres
share ideas and figure out how everybody is • Balancing budgets, RD and capability – where are the most important areas
for long-term investment?
attacking the same problems and coming up
Brigadier General Jonathan A Maddux
with solutions.” Program Executive Officer, PEO Ammunition, US Army
Colonel Anthony Johnson (Pending Final Approval)
12.40 FUTURE ARTILLERY TARGETING, LAUNCH SYSTEMS AND
MUNITIONS REQUIREMENTS
“Good mix of industry military. Great Scott Arnold
Vice President, Precision Fires, Lockheed Martin Missiles Fire Control
networking” and Lee Flake, EQ-36 Program Director, Lockheed Martin MS2
Vijay Srinivas, SRCTec, Inc. Radar Systems
13.10 NETWORKING LUNCH
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7. Main Conference Day One Wednesday 28th March 2012
STREAM A: STREAM B: MANAGING THE PRESSURES ON FORWARD
EXPLORING THE FUTURE OF ARTILLERY 2022+ OBSERVERS TO SUPPORT HIGHLY ACCURATE TARGET ACQUISITION
14.40 ANALYSING THE FUTURE THREAT ENVIRONMENT AND ADVANCING ISTAR CAPABILITIES IN THE GERMAN ARMY
EVOLVING OPERATIONAL DEMANDS TO ENSURE TO ENSURE EFFECTIVE DELIVERY OF PRECISION FIRES
PREPAREDNESS FOR THE BATTLEFIELD OF 2022+ • A new role for forward observer/joint fire support team
• Mapping current trends and projections for the operational environment • Experience in Afghanistan and how this is shaping priorities
• Exploring global factors fueling instability • Existing assets available for FO/JFST to identify and communicate targeting
• Considerations for artillery development in managing increased prevalence of information
urban, complex and dispersed operations • Mapping the central requirements for an JFST kit to meet UORs in current
• What threats exist that compromise our systems and munitions and how may operations
we prevent them from stopping our effective employment? • Building up comparative STA capabilities with increased precision capability
• Impact of the cyber threat on artillery operations
Lieutenant Colonel Georg Neuhaus
• Future target set considerations and scenarios
ISR Branch, German Army
Major Dwayne Hynes, Future Artillery Threat Integration Staff Officer,
About the speaker: Georg Neuhaus is an Artillery Officer with 33 years
Office of the Chief of Staff for Intelligence, US Army
service. He served in the tube, rocket and reconnaissance artillery.
About the speaker: Since January 2006, Mr. Hynes has served as a Policy Analyst Commissioned as a Military Intelligence officer, LTC Neuhaus was
and Threat Integration Staff Officer working at Headquarters, Department of the assigned to the Development Division of German Army Office
Army for the Office of the Chief of Staff for Intelligence. (Heeresamt) in 1997 where he is responsible for the airborne reconnaissance. In
this time all German UAV systems like MIKADO (Micro-UAV), ALADIN (Mini-UAV),
As policy analyst, he oversees Army intelligence policy relating to the support of
LUNA and KZO were developed and fielded.
capability development programs, primarily major defense acquisition programs. As
a threat integration staff officer, Mr. Hynes manages the threat requirements process
for program offices and oversees production of system threat assessment reports
and threat support packages for test events. He specializes in artillery developments
worldwide, future operational threat environment, and improvised explosive devices.
15.10 PANEL DISCUSSION: STRIKING THE BALANCE BETWEEN
MAINTAINING TRADITIONAL ARTILLERY SKILLS AND
EFFECTIVELY MEETING THE COMPLEX DEMANDS OF COIN
OPS
• Reality of current roles and mission demands – the experience from Iraq and
Afghanistan
• Efforts to restore field artillery indirect fires technical skills
• How much investment and resource can feasibly be provided for cultivating
traditional skills?
• Creating an effective training mix of live fire and simulation
INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE SESSION AVAILABLE
• Capitalising on theatre lessons learned to assist the field artillery community in
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preparing for future full spectrum operations
at +44 (0) 207 368 9348
• Projecting the skills mix needed for the future battlefield to meet the diverse
roles of artillery forces
Brigadier Richard Haldenby
Commander Royal Artillery, British Army
Colonel Ernesto Evangelista Jr
Commander, Marine Field Artillery Battalion, Philippine Marine Corps
Lieutenant Colonel Oliver Fort
Head of Doctrine Prospective Studies, Artillery School, French Army
15.40 INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE SESSION AVAILABLE
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16.10 AFTERNOON TEA AND NETWORKING 17.10 UPDATING ARTILLERY TO MEET EMERGING
REQUIREMENTS: ZUZANA UPGRADES TO IMPROVE
16.40 EXAMINING THE NETHERLANDS VISION ON FUTURE FIRE FIREPOWER FOR THE SLOVAKIAN ARMY
SUPPORT DEVELOPMENTS • Requirements behind the upgraded version of the Zuzana howitzer
• To come • Enabling targets to be engaged at longer ranges
• To come • Providing high levels of accuracy to ensure minimum collateral damage and
• To come ability to engagement in urban settings
• To come • Insight into testing results with Zuzana 2 and timelines for operational
• To come capability
• To come • Long-term vision for capability development
• To come
Jozef Žufka
• To come
Director General, Armaments Directorate, Slovakian Army
• To come
• To come
• To come
17.40 IMPROVING TRAINING TO RESPOND TO THE
• To come
CONTEMPORARY THREAT ENVIRONMENT: PHILIPPINE
• To come
MARINE CORPS EXPERIENCE
• Insight into TTPs in the combat and service support brigade
• To come • Evaluating mission types and operational demands of today and tomorrow
• To come
- How is this shaping training requirements?
• To come • Key training challenges and priorities – how much live firing is feasible as
• To come
opposed to simulation solutions?
• To come • Development of future doctrine and strategy
Lieutenant Colonel Rienk Sijbrandi, Chief Combat Support, Land
Lieutenant Colonel Ferdinand Almoite
Requirements, Directorate Operational Policy, Requirements Plans,
Artillery Commander, Philippine Marine Corps
Netherlands MoD and Lieutenant Colonel Marcel Weerd, Chief Plans
and Policy Branch, Royal Netherlands Army
18.10 CHAIRMAN’S CLOSING ADDRESS AND END OF DAY ONE
19.00 10TH ANNIVERSARY FUTURE ARTILLERY GALA DINNER
Further details for the dinner can be found on the conference website:
www.future-artillery.com
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8. Main Conference Day Two Thursday 29th March 2012
08.00 REGISTRATION AND COFFEE 11.10 SWEDISH IN-DIRECT FIRES PROGRAMMES OF TODAY
AND TOMORROW
08.30 CHAIRMAN’S DAY TWO WELCOME • The Indirect Fire cooperation with Norway, the first 5 years and onwards
• Mortar upgrade program
08.40 PUTTING JOINT FIRES AT THE HEART OF THE ARTILLERY – • 120 mm Future Mortar Unit
ASSESSING FUTURE REQUIREMENTS TO ADVANCE AIR- • 155 mm artillery system ARCHER
LAND INTEGRATION AND EFFECTIVE BATTLESPACE • Mortar and Artillery ammunition
MANAGEMENT • Sensors, Forward Observers and FACs
• Current efforts in the Royal Artillery to develop effective joint fires • Arthur upgrade program
• Meeting the challenge of providing operationally relevant and affordable
Lieutenant Colonel Joakim Lewin, Head of Indirect Fire Systems
training
Office, FMV and Major Stefan Hansson, Program Manager Indirect
• How can the successes of Exercise Flying Rhino be rolled into a sustained
Fire, Swedish Armed Forces HQ
strategy for multi-national joint fires training initiatives
• Exploiting new technologies to support battlespace management – assessing
equipment solutions
11.40 ***INTERACTIVE ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS***
You can participate in 2 of the round-table discussions, New
• Examining the impact of delivering precision fires and meeting the
each lasting for 30 minutes. for
consequent ISTAR demands on how air and land operate together
The rotation for your second choice will take place 12.10 2012
• Proposals for the future
Brigadier Richard Haldenby
A Managing the pressures on Forward Observers
• Core requirements for Forward Observer kits
Commander Royal Artillery, British Army • Exploiting advancements in surveillance and target acquisition systems to
assist FO and FACs
09.10 ASSESSING FUTURE PRIORITIES FOR THE GERMAN • Joint FO/FAC training requirements
ARTILLERY FOLLOWING RESTRUCTURING: INCREASING
PRECISION CAPABILITY AND PROGRESSING JOINT FIRES Led by: Lieutenant Colonel Joakim Lewin, Head of Indirect Fire
INTEGRATION Systems Office, Swedish FMV
• Recent developments following the release of restructuring plans – how will
this shape the artillery in the immediate and long-term? Exploring Force Protection and Base ISTAR as a new capability for
• Increasing precision of the artillery – current challenges, requirements and B artillery forces
programmes • Joining sense and warn capabilities with effectors for a persistent security
• Germany’s Joint Fires Programme – exploring doctrine, training and effect
equipment challenges • Necessary steps to progress Base ISTAR and force protection capability?
• The vision for artillery forces 2022+ - future threats, impact of new • How is the ISTAR role for artillery forces likely to evolve?
technology and the role of the artillery
Led by: Major Martin Smith, SO2 ISTAR, Capability Branch, Royal
Colonel Fiepko Koolman Artillery, British Army
Director of Future Requirements, Artillery School, German Army
C Tackling the cyber and EW threat to artillery systems
09.40 ENSURING STRATEGIC, OPERATIONAL AND TACTICAL • What is the current threat? How is it likely to evolve?
MOBILITY ON THE FUTURE INTEGRATED BATTLESPACE – • Considerations for increased use of UAVs and the EW threat
NEXT STEPS IN THE MODERNISATION OF THE CANADIAN • Providing protection against cyber attacks on precision guided weapons
ARTILLERY
Led by: Major Dwayne Hynes, Future Artillery Threat Integration
• Update on implementation of lessons learned from Afghanistan influencing
Staff Officer, Office of the Chief of Staff for Intelligence, US Army
future thinking, plans and policies
• Generating capabilities fit for current COIN operations and potential future D Advancing air land integration for effective delivery of joint fires
threats • Assessing the remaining challenges integrating air and land assets
- Managing the challenges of dispersed operations in a complex and • What is the role of networking in the future of Fires?
uncertain operational environment
• Progress with increasing integration and linking all sensors to all shooters for Led by: To come, To come To come To come To come To come To come To come
rapid and highly accurate engagement of targets To come, To come
• Assessing CRAM and air defence capability in the artillery – long-term plans
and approach in Canada Achieving pinpoint accuracy in target acquisition to support the
E use of precision weapons
Director of Artillery • What are the barriers to achieving precision in target acquisition?
Canadian Forces • Assessing the range of precise geo-spatial solutions currently available
• Exploring future operational requirements for target acquisition
10.10 INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE SESSION AVAILABLE
If you are interested in sponsoring this session please call Yousuf Malik at Led by: Colonel Douglas Thomas, Commanding Officer, Marine
+44 (0) 207 368 9348 Corps Artillery Detachment Fort Sill, US Marine Corp
10.40 MORNING COFFEE AND NETWORKING 12.40 NETWORKING LUNCH
14.10 CONCLUSIONS FROM THE ROUND-TABLE DISCUSSIONS
Round-table facilitators
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9. Main Conference Day Two Thursday 29th March 2012
STREAM C: LIGHTWEIGHT AND MOBILE FIREPOWER – EXPLORING REQUIREMENTS STREAM D: JOINT FIRES AND AIR-LAND INTEGRATION
FOR 120MM MORTARS AND A POSSIBLE 105MM RESURGENCE
14.40 PANEL: ASSESSING SOLUTIONS TO MEET WIDESPREAD MEETING THE DEMANDS OF ADVANCING JOINT
REQUIREMENTS FOR LIGHTWEIGHT AND MOBILE OPERATIONS: BATTLESPACE MANAGEMENT AND DIGITAL
FIREPOWER THAT MAINTAINS RANGE AND LETHALITY CAS
• Evaluating trade-offs across in-direct fire support assets – pros and cons of • Insight into the current operational scenarios and capabilities of UK deployed
120mm vs light guns forces
• Does a 120mm provide enough firepower? • Assessing progress with Digitally Aided Close Air Support (DACAS) to ensure
• How feasible is the resurgence of the 105mm? accurate and rapid exchange of targeting information
• Technological developments to reduce the weight of current howitzers • What about the human factors? Can a JFO / FAC / JTAC type and run?
• Striking the right balance between weight, range and lethality • Managing the issue of non-interoperable technologies
• Future operating environments – managing joint fires in urban and complex
Lieutenant Colonel Rienk Sijbrandi
terrains
Chief Combat Support, Land Requirements, Directorate Operational • Future roadmap for development of air-land integration in the UK
Policy, Requirements Plans, Netherlands MoD
Jozef Žufka, Director General, Armaments Directorate Wing Commander Andrew Bolt
Slovakian Army SO1 Equipment Capability, Joint Air Land Organisation (JALO), UK MoD
Lieutenant Colonel Joakim Lewin
About the speaker: Andy has enjoyed a wide-ranging career as an Engineer Officer
Head of Indirect Fire Systems Office, FMV
in the Royal Air Force with operational experience as Chief CJ6 Ops and Plans at
HQ ISAF Joint Command and previously in Information Operations. In UK MoD, he
was the operational representative for a number of air support related special
projects and has served at the NATO Joint Force Commands in Naples and
Brunssum. He has also commanded the Expeditionary Radar and Airfield Squadron
during operations in Iraq and has experience in space operations, training, MoD
policy as well as joint, air and tactical communications
15.10 EXAMINING JOINT FIRES INITIATIVES OF THE NEW
ZEALAND DEFENCE FORCE TO ENSURE RAPID, HIGHLY
ACCURATE ENGAGEMENT OF TARGETS
• Overcoming the challenge of providing sufficient joint fires training with multi-
national partners
• Lessons learned from Exercise Willoh enabling Joint Terminal Attack Controllers
(JTAC) and Joint Fires Observers(JFO) to train with fast air assets
• Wider force development to support air land integration – doctrine, strategy and
equipment requirements
• Update of the relevant equipment programmes and delivery timescales
INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE SESSION AVAILABLE
Lieutenant Colonel Nick Gillard, Military Advisor and former
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Commanding Officer 16 Field Regiment, Royal New Zealand Army
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About the speaker: Lieutenant Colonel Nick Gillard deployed to Operation
LODESTAR, Stabilisation Force, Bosnia in 1997 as the Staff Officer Grade Three
Artillery Plans and Targeting and awarded a Joint Commander’s Commendation.
On return, he held the appointments of Adjutant and Battery Commander, where
he was promoted to the rank of Major in May 2000. In November 2000 he
deployed with the third New Zealand Battalion Group to East Timor as a Company
Commander. Later in 2005, on promotion to Lieutenant Colonel, he assumed the
appointment of Assistant Inspector General Army General Staff, Wellington, before
becoming Commanding Officer, 16 Field Regiment RNZA in Dec 2006. In February
2009 he deployed with TG CRIB 14 to Afghanistan as the Commanding Officer,
Provincial Reconstruction Team Bamyan.
15.40 AFTERNOON TEA AND NETWORKING 16.40 UPDATING ARTILLERY CAPABILITY TO EXTEND RANGE
AND IMPROVE MOBILITY: ASSESSING OPERATIONAL
16.10 BUILDING ARTILLERY CAPABILITIES OF THE IRAQI DEFENCE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PHILIPPINE ARTILLERY
FORCE: IMMEDIATE REQUIREMENTS AND FUTURE VISION • Key operational requirements impacting future modernisation strategy
• To come • Analysing upcoming developments with the Capability Upgrade Programme
• To come (CUP)
• To come • Evaluating the success of current systems
• To come • Insight into upgrade plans of in-service assets to extend range and accuracy
• To come • Introducing lighter systems to reduce weight and improve deployability
• To come • Timelines and future goals
• To come
Brigadier General Pedro P. Biasbas, Commander, Army Artillery
• To come
Regiment, Philippine Armed Forces (pending final approval)
• To come
Brigadier Assad, Iraq Artillery School, Iraqi Defense Force 17.10 CHAIRMAN’S CLOSING ADDRESS AND END OF
(Pending Final Approval) CONFERENCE
“A good spread of expertise and industry across the indirect fire technologies and developments.”
Bob Preety, BAE Global Combat Systems-Weapons
“The event was very valuable allowing us to interact with International customers.”
Randell Richmond, Thales Raytheon Systems
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