SMi Group's Future Armoured Vehicles Situational Awareness 2020 conference takes place in London in April

1. 1st-2nd
APRIL
2020
Future Armoured
VehiclesSituational Awareness
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BENEFITS OF ATTENDING:
• Hear the latest host nation capability updates from
the British Armour Centre, Joint Forces Command,
DSTL and DE&S
• Network with key OEMs and System Integrators such
as General Dynamics European Land Systems, Patria
Land, Thales, Diehl Defence, SAAB Barracuda, BAE
and General Dynamics UK
• Deliberate key technological requirements in order
to complete the ‘Situational Awareness Jigsaw’,
including; vetronic architectures, communications,
CIS capabilities, battle management systems,
acoustic sensors, optronics, crew displays, active
protection, defensive aid suites and mobile
camouflage systems
• Explore land force interoperability and training
requirements for enhanced joint fires during coalition
operations
CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN:
Mr John Crozier, Technical Partner, Urban Canyon Sixth Sense (UC6S),
DSTL, UK MoD
EXPERT MILITARY AND INDUSTRY SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
Colonel Jonathan Brooking, Commander HQ Armour Centre,
British Army
Lieutenant Colonel John Dagless, Senior Requirements Manager,
Battlefield and Tactical CIS (BATCIS), ISS Joint Forces Command,
UK MoD
Mr Keith Smith, GVA Manager, DE&S UK MoD
Mr Hans-Josef Maas, Armoured Fighting Vehicles Vetronics Project
Leader, Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment and Information
Technology, Bundeswehr
Mr Thomas Honke, Indirect Protection Research & Technology
WTD 52, Bundeswehr
Mr Guenter Fuchs, Indirect Protection Research & Technology
WTD 52, Bundeswehr
Dr Markus Mueller, Video Exploitation Systems, Fraunhofer IOSB
Professor Merfyn Lloyd, Lately Science Advisor, DE&S (Retired) UK MoD
Industry Speakers Include:
Ms Helena Bishop, Senior User Experience Consultant, Human Centred
Design, BAE Systems (Applied Intelligence)
Dr Alexander Wolf, Head of Technology, Platforms and Unmanned
Systems, Diehl Defence GmbH
Mr Carlos Gil, Director Engineer, ASCOD and Tracked Vehicles,
General Dynamics European Land Systems
Dr Andy Lillie, Technology Director Network & Communications,
Mission Systems, General Dynamics Land Systems UK
Mr Pasi Niemela, Chief Engineer and Product Manager, Patria Land
Dr Johan Jersblad, Senior Development Engineer, Saab Barracuda AB
Dr Iain Carrie, Systems Design Engineer, Land & Air Systems,
Optronics & Missile Electronics, Thales
Mr Ian James, Chief Technologist Land Systems, Land & Air Systems,
Optronics & Missile Electronics, Thales
SMi Group proudly presents the 5th Annual
1st-2nd
APRIL
2020
Future Armoured
VehiclesSituational Awareness
Copthorne Tara Hotel, London, UK
Delivering Information Superiority to the Armoured Vehicle

2. FUTURE ARMOURED VEHICLEs SITUATIONAL AWARENESS 2020
Day One | Wednesday 1st April 2020 www.armouredvehicles-sa.com
WELCOME LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN
Dear Colleagues,
I take great pleasure in inviting you to the SMi Future Armoured Vehicles
Situational Awareness (FAVSA) Conference to be held 01 – 02 April 2020
in London. This is truly an exciting and evolving worldwide community
of Defence Industry, Academia, Government and Military experts
sharing our problems and discussing potential solution approaches. Our
community is creating awareness of the common military problem of
combat vehicle Situational Awareness (SA) and how we can develop
solutions – you are most welcome to attend.
This year the international panel will include discussion on the developing
open electric architectures and shared data models and examples of
how these are being exploited in new mission systems capabilities and
platform upgrades to solve the problem of SA.
Western Land combat vehicles have traditionally relied on confidence
in technical advantage; a perception that higher levels of technology
would outmatch a numerically superior and technology inferior
adversaries - our “kit” is better than yours.
The last decade however has witnessed Western capabilities again
being matched. The truth is that challengers and open markets have
developed equal and superior capability - we need to take back the
advantage.
Technology development is now commercially driven: accessible and
understood by an ever more intelligent civil world often unconstrained
by defence limitations imposed by system safety and communication
security – if the technology is the same how do we improve?
In recognising it is defence capability, not technology alone that
provides military advantage, we must build combat vehicle capability
around the socio-technical system: the assimilated human -machine
capability and information streams; recognising, understanding and
deciding before the opponent can – the information edge.
The provision of a comprehensive SA capability for combat vehicles
can help return the combat edge. Consideration for how we create
instinctive and intuitive human machine interfaces can enhance
information access speed – our crews will make faster and precise
decisions based on increased and tuned awareness of the combat
environment without being overburdened.
I invite you to join our community in London 01-02 April 2020,
Mr John Crozier
Technical Partner, Urban Canyon Sixth Sense (UC6S), DSTL, UK MoD
08.00 Registration & Coffee
08.50 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Mr John Crozier, Technical Partner, Urban Canyon Sixth Sense
(UC6S), DSTL, UK MoD
OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESSES
09.00 Maximising Tactical Awareness through Comprehensive
Armoured Crew Training
• British training in the discipline of communications and the
importance for all round situational awareness
• Increasing the rate at which threats are perceived and
engaged
• Matching the necessities and aptitudes of modern recruits
with the latest developments in technology
Colonel Jonathan Brooking, Commander HQ Armour Centre,
British Army
09.40 Using Open Systems Architecture to Realise Effective Crew
Situational Awareness
• Implementing Generic Vehicle Architecture (GVA) as a
means of enabling the delivery of operationally effective
force elements
• UK progress on realising agile and adaptable vehicle
integrated mission systems through application of the GVA
architecture
• Implementing the Land Data Model - “The key to vendor
independent, interoperable systems”
Mr Keith Smith, GVA Manager, DE&S UK MoD
10.20 Session Reserved for Sponsor
11.00 Morning Coffee
UPDATES FROM INDUSTRY: HOST NATION PERSPECTIVES
11.30 Creating a coherent vehicle architecture approach to deliver
and exploit the Single information Environment
• Managing the rapidly changing character of conflict with
reduced funding
• Delivering against differing rates of change of technology
• Optimising the integration of tactical CIS and electronic
architectures across a mixed fleet of vehicles
Dr Andy Lillie, Technology Director, Network & Communications,
Mission Systems, General Dynamics Land Systems
12.10 Session Reserved for Sponsor
12.50 Thoughts on Future Urban Local Situational Awareness
• Inputs from the UK UCSA programme, various actual vehicle
LSA fits plus some consideration from UK UC6S programme
• Sensor and sensor fusion considerations
• Vehicle EA infrastructure considerations
Dr Iain Carrie, Systems Design Engineer, Land & Air Systems,
Optronics & Missile Electronics, Thales
Mr Ian James, Chief Technologist Land Systems, Land & Air
Systems, Optronics & Missile Electronics, Thales
13.30 Networking Lunch
INDIRECT PROTECTION AND SIGNATURE MANAGEMENT
14.30 WTD 52: Considerations on Signature Awareness
• Camouflage Assessment in Real Time (CART)
• Application of Camouflage Efficiency Tools in Missions
• Implications for situational awareness
Mr Thomas Honke, Indirect Protection, Research & Technology
WTD 52, Bundeswehr
Mr Guenter Fuchs, Indirect Protection Research & Technology
WTD 52, Bundeswehr
15.10 Supporting Situational Awareness: Saab Barracuda
• Maximizing time to assess and disseminate information
• Support to HI-FI surveillance
• Get out of there!
Dr Johan Jersblad, Senior Development Engineer,
Saab Barracuda AB
15.50 Afternoon Tea
EMERGING FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES AND UNMANNED INTEGRAGTION
16.20 Perception, Comprehension and Prediction: Closing the loop on
dynamic SA
• Designing an SA capability for 2035 – completing the jigsaw
• Looking at emerging future technologies and predicting how
these can come together by 2035 for combat platform SA
Mr John Crozier, Technical Partner, Urban Canyon Sixth Sense
(UC6S), DSTL, UK MoD
17.00 Unmanned Ground Vehicles — development status and
integration into military environment
• Presentation of current developments at Diehl Defence in
the area of unmanned driving under military conditions
• Cooperation of UGVs and UAVs
• Connecting UGVs and UAVs to Battlefield-management
Systems
Dr Alexander Wolf, Head of Technology, Platforms and
Unmanned Systems, Diehl Defence GmbH
17.40 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One
Mr John Crozier, Technical Partner, Urban Canyon Sixth Sense
(UC6S), DSTL, UK MoD
Register online at www.armouredvehicles-sa.com

3. FUTURE ARMOURED VEHICLEs SITUATIONAL AWARENESS 2020
Day Two | Thursday 2nd April 2020www.armouredvehicles-sa.com
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Alternatively fax your registration to +44 (0) 870 9090 712 or call +44 (0) 870 9090 711
08.30 Registration & Coffee
09.00 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Mr John Crozier, Technical Partner, Urban Canyon Sixth Sense
(UC6S), DSTL, UK MoD
OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESSES
09.10 Delivering Information Capabilities to British Forces Through
the LE TacCIS Programme
• The burgeoning information zeitgeist and the challenge of
change in the Land Domain
• What is the LE TacCIS Programme and what does it mean
to you?
• User experience, putting our soldiers’ needs first
• Information in manoeuvre: open, agile, interoperable...
Lieutenant Colonel John Dagless, Senior Requirements Manager,
Battlefield and Tactical CIS (BATCIS), ISS, Joint Forces Command,
UK MoD
09.50 Reaching Complete Situational Awareness through Digital Sensor
Technology Development
• Plug and play sensor suites: the ability to integrate sensor
information and deliver a mission defined sensor
• Interoperability and greater compatibility through modular
digital architecture
• Real time digital intelligence gathering and dissemination to
support situational awareness platforms
Mr Hans-Josef Maas, Armoured Fighting Vehicles, Vetronics Project
Leader, Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment and Information
Technology, Bundeswehr
10.30 Session Reserved for Sponsor
11.10 Morning Coffee
INTEGRATION EFFORTS FOR ENHANCED SA
11.40 Situation Awareness Integration Evolution in Armoured Vehicles
• Improving key sensors, weapon optics and periscopes for
higher resolution colour images
• Upgrades to night vision rear cameras as well as front day/night
vision camera systems in support of the driver
• Implementing fused image technology for 360° SA
Mr Carlos Gil, Director Engineer, Ascod and Tracked Vehicles,
General Dynamics European Land Systems
12.20 Situational Awareness Across Patria’s Family of Armoured IFVs
• Integrated communication systems for tactical dominance
• C4 systems as a means of enabling co-operative
engagement with other land combat platforms as part of a
networked force
• An overview of the Armored Modular Vehicle: improved
firepower, protection and situational awareness to enhance
survivability
Mr Pasi Niemela, Chief Engineer and Product Manager,
Patria Land
13.00 Networking Lunch
TECHNICAL ADVANCEMENTS
14.00 AI for Camouflage
• Current technologies
• Upcoming technologies
• Benefits
Dr Markus Mueller, Video Exploitation Systems, Fraunhofer IOSB
14.40 Panel Discussion: Industry Efforts for Enhanced Situational
Awareness Through the Integration of New Technology and the
Development of More Effective Sensor Networks
• Challenges in developing upgraded sensor networks for
situational awareness
• Streamlining and implementing feedback from military trials for
crew visibility and multi-domain C2 capabilities
• Managing standardisation for interoperability during joint
exercises and operations
Mr John Crozier, Technical Partner, Urban Canyon Sixth Sense
(UC6S), DSTL, UK MoD (moderator)
Dr Iain Carrie, Systems Design Engineer, Land & Air Systems,
Optronics & Missile Electronics, Thales
Dr Johan Jersblad, Senior Development Engineer,
Saab Barracuda AB
Mr Carlos Gil, Director Engineer, Ascod and Tracked Vehicles,
General Dynamics European Land Systems
Mr Pasi Niemela, Chief Engineer and Product Manager,
Patria Land
15.20 Afternoon Tea
CREW CENTRED DESIGN
15.50 Benefits of Ergonomics and Human Centred Design for Crew
Situational Awareness
• Developing Human Centred Design processes to capture user
engagement and develop accordingly
• Highlighting the importance of key pre-production research
and design stages to ensure success down the line
• Matching human requirements with arduous operating
conditions
• Case study and the roadmap for future initiatives
Ms Helena Bishop, Senior User Experience Consultant, HCD,
BAE Systems (Applied Intelligence)
16.30 Vetronics and Situational Awareness: a view to future concepts
and developments
• Utilising on-board threat detection sensor suites to faster inform
crews, as well as harnessing data for all round situational awareness
• Linking vehicle subsystems effectively for fast and accurate
data dissemination
• The future of armoured vehicle vetronics for fighting vehicles
Professor Merfyn Lloyd, Lately Science Advisor, DE&S (Retired) UK
MoD
17.10 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two
Mr John Crozier, Technical Partner, Urban Canyon Sixth Sense
(UC6S), DSTL, UK MoD

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The participation of Future Armoured Vehicle
Situational Awareness will once again provide a
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communication and protection for the vehicle and
personnel. With focus on the collaboration between
military, research, and industry, Future Armoured
Vehicle Situational Awareness invites not only key
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operational commanders from national armed forces,
but also ensures the participation of senior engineers,
chief scientists and platform managers from leading
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• Heads of Land Systems
• Operational Commanders of Land Systems
• Directors of Mechanised Capability Planning
• Armoured Vehicles Communications Managers
• C2, C4i and ISTAR Leaders
• Vetronics Experts
• Optronics Engineers
• GVA Architects
• System Integration Project Managers
• Heads of Electronic Warfare and Cyber Capability
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• Technical Directors
• Heads of Land C4I
• Heads of Subsystems
• System Engineers
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