Maximising Air Power through the Development and Integration of
Innovative Support Systems
ST JAMES’ COURT, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Air Mission
Planning
and support 2020
21ST-22ND
APRIL
CHAIRMAN:
Group Captain (ret’d) Robert Daisley, Former PM Joint
Operational Doctrine, Joint Forces Command
EXPERT MILITARY SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
Group Captain Richard Yates, COS Air Battle Staff,
Royal Air Force*
Colonel Mark Ciero, Director, USAFE-UK & Commander
Det-1 UK, US Air Forces Europe & Africa
Colonel Mark Lachapelle, Commander, 22 Wing,
Royal Canadian Air Force
Colonel Bruno Paupy, Deputy Chief, Plans Division,
French Air Force
Colonel (ret’d) George Riebling, Deputy General
Manager, NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control
Programme Management Agency (NAPMA)
Wing Commander Jason Wells, SO1 Capability
Development, Joint Air Liaison Organisation
Lieutenant Colonel Aaron Cornine, Branch Chief, HQ
ACC/A3C, US Air Force
Lieutenant Colonel Timor Balla, Chief of INTEL, 86th
Szolnok Helicopter Base, Hungarian Defence Force
Lieutenant Colonel Didier Di Giovanni, Air C4ISR/MQ-9B
Project Officer, Belgian Air Force
Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Jones, Program Manager,
DARPA, US DoD
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strategic planners and operators, from host nation, and
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AIR MISSION PLANNING AND SUPPORT 2020
Day One | Tuesday 21st April 2020 www.airmissionplanning.co.uk
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Dear Colleague,
Welcome to SMi’s annual Air Mission Planning and Support Conference, to be
held on the 21st and 22nd April 2020 at the St James’ Court Hotel, London, United
Kingdom. The theme of the conference this year is: Maximising Air Power Support
Systems for Airborne Missions.
The organisers hope to create a truly holistic conference, with briefs covering
advanced flight training, through to (pre)flight data management systems, the
planning and execution of a breadth of air missions. Fast-jet, heavy lift and rotary
are all set to be covered.
There is due to be an outstanding array of speakers, from around the world, to
present at the conference. I am looking forward to hearing their views, the latest
developments in mission planning as well as learning lessons from contemporary
operations and exercises. Some of the themes that I will be particularly keen to
explore are interoperability, system security against cyber threats, information
management and the integration of intelligence information.
Operating in the Information Warfare Age brings many opportunities to
enhance the effectiveness of air power. Equally, our adversaries will seek to
exploit potential vulnerabilities and may be able to respond more quickly than
western military organisations. There is also the potential for the sheer weight of
available information to become unmanageable and reduce mission flexibility.
This brings a few questions to mind:
• What are the implications of multi-domain operations for air mission planning
systems?
• How can air power be integrated more effectively within Joint operations?
• Will new air mission planning systems enable air forces to shorten the Air
Tasking Order planning cycle?
• How can air mission planning systems be integrated with battle space
management processes?
• Are the mission planning requirements for unmanned air systems any different
from other platforms?
• How resilient are modern air mission planning systems in a degraded
environment?
• Can the procurement cycle be shortened to bring new mission planning
systems into service more efficiently?
I am sure that conference attendees will bring many more questions for the
speakers and stimulate a lively debate. I therefore expect this conference to play
a significant role in progressing the agenda for Air Mission Planning and Support
and I look forward to welcoming you all in person.
Group Captain Robert Daisley,
Former Assistant Head Joint Doctrine, UK MoD
8.30 Registration & Coffee
9.00 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Group Captain (ret’d) Bob Daisley, Former PM Joint Operational
Doctrine, Joint Forces Command
OPENING KEYNOTE BRIEFINGS
9.10 Planning Across Domains: Creating Comprehensive MDC2 Systems
to Maximise Operational Effectiveness
• The challenges posed by integrating different nations, domains
and security classifications into mission planning architecture
• Maximising air power to provide complete mission support
• The challenges of mission planning in a degraded environment
and solving the problem
Group Captain Richard Yates, Chief of Staff, Air Battle Staff,
Royal Air Force*
9.50 Assessing the Mission Planning Software Capabilities and
Requirements of the US Air Force and US Navy
• Evaluating the current systems and procedures that ensure mission
success for US Forces
• Encouraging and ensuring standardisation across domains to
provide a more coherent operational process
• The future requirements for mission planning and support software
to maintain information superiority
Colonel Jason Avram, Chief, Airspace Mission Planning Division,
US Air Force
10.30 Morning Coffee
11.00 Session Reserved for Sponsor
DATA MANAGEMENT FOR OPERATIONAL READINESS
11.40 Analysing the Modernisation Programmes of the Royal Canadian Air
Force and the Challenges of 5th Generation Integration
• Increasing data links to optimise interoperability between different
systems
• Managing data across platforms
• Enhancing cyber security as a means of maximising the ability to
coordinate a comprehensive planning strategy
Colonel Mark Lachapelle, Wing Commander, 22 Wing North Bay,
Royal Canadian Air Force
12.20 Networking Lunch
1.20 Integrating Heterogeneous System of Systems in Mission Planning
Time using STITCHES
• Develop SoS architectures to maintain U.S. air superiority in
contested environments
• Demonstrate rapid integration of mission systems into existing and
new architectures
• Maintaining operational advantage by integrating new technologies
faster than adversaries can respond to or counter them
Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Jones, SoSITE Program Manager, DARPA
(Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)
2.00 Air Mission Planning in the Belgian Air Component — Assessing the
Ongoing Modernisation Programmes in Creating a More Cohesive
Operation
• Assessing the AirC4ISR capabilities of the Belgian Air Component –
and the challenges ahead for a small-budget air force
• Creating an all-encompassing Air C4ISR training and education
programme to maximise future capacity
• Implementing the SkyGuardian Unmanned Aircraft System and the
Impact of this on Mission Planning
Lieutenant Colonel Didier Di Giovanni, AirC4ISR/MQ-9B Project
Officer, Belgian Air Force
2.40 Session Reserved for Sponsor
3.20 Afternoon Tea
PLATFORM INTEGRATION AND CYBER-SECURITY
3.50 Projecting Global Air Power and Support to the Warfighter Across
Mission Directives to Guarantee Air, Space and Information
Superiority
• Promoting interoperability and information sharing among partners
to optimise joint capacity
• Integrating technological advancements to provide the best
possible platform for operational success
• Assessing the ever-growing importance of information superiority
and the strategies and platforms used by the ACC to engage
Lieutenant Colonel Aarron S. Cornine, Branch Chief, HQ ACC/A3C,
US Air Force
4.30 Looking to the Future — Effective Strategies for Ensuring New
Developments are Readily Available to the Warfighter
• The challenges of managing and coordinating data flow across
domains
• The ever-growing importance of cyber security in streamlining and
securing data management
• Looking forward: analysing how tomorrow’s technology is set to
impact on today’s dynamic challenges
Mr Kenneth L Kash, Chief, Combat Air Forces Mission Planning, CAF,
US Air Force
5.10 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One
Group Captain (ret’d) Bob Daisley, Former PM Joint Operational
Doctrine, Joint Forces Command
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AIR MISSION PLANNING AND SUPPORT 2020
www.airmissionplanning.co.uk Day Two | Wednesday 22nd April 2020
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8.30 Registration & Coffee
9.00 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Group Captain (ret’d) Bob Daisley, Former PM Joint Operational
Doctrine, Joint Forces Command
OPENING KEYNOTE BRIEFINGS
9.10 Optimising Air Power Through Maximising Connectivity between
4.5 Generation Platforms and Mission Planning Systems
• Standardising systems and software programmes across
platforms and aircraft generations to create a more cohesive
planning strategy
• Encouraging collaboration with partners to improve
interoperability across platforms
• Assessing the proposed impact of future systems on French Air
Force capabilities
Colonel Bruno Paupy, Deputy Chief, Plans Division, French Air
Force
9.50 Air Mission Planning across Platforms as a means of Providing
Support to Combat Personnel
• Pre-mission planning: accessing and utilising flight critical data
to assure of operational readiness
• Combat Weapons Delivery Software: Single Source for aircraft
delivery planning for all fighter and bomber mission planning
• Evaluating the integration of modular systems onto current
and future platforms to create a more standardised mission
planning protocol
Colonel David Radomski, Director, Air Force SEEK EAGLE Office,
US Air Force*
10.30 Morning Coffee
11.00 Session Reserved for Sponsor
PLANNING THE TRANSITION
11.40 Principles in the Conservation of Momentum: Transitional Planning
from Coalitions to Alliances
• Historical Problems — Iraq (1991) and Libya (2011)
• Principles in Operational to Tactical Level Transitional Planning
o HandOver-TakeOver (HOTO) objectives change, inertia sustains
o Physics matters (constraints in real world) and often wrong
(inefficient), makes right (effective)
o Friction and fog hamper but Force and Fortitude trumps
• HOTO Transitional Planners Techno Wish List
Colonel Mark Ciero, Director, USAFE-United Kingdom &
Commander, Det 1-UK, US Air Forces Europe and Africa
12.20 Networking Lunch
MULTI-DOMAIN COMMAND AND CONTROL
1.20 Mission Planning from the Ground — The JALO Perspective and
the Requirements for Directing Combat Aircraft from a Forward
Position
• Multi-Domain operations and planning across services –
assessing JALO capabilities in effectively planning and directing
air missions from the ground
• The technological and equipment demands to effectively
communicate and guarantee real-time information flow
• Assessing the need for bespoke, JTAC, mission focused training:
understanding and developing training to meet modern threats
and ensure effective air power
Wing Commander Jason Wells, SO1 Equipment Capability, JALO
2.00 Analysing the Uplifts Gained from the NATO AWACS Final Lifetime
Extension Programme (FLEP)
• Outlining the new capabilities that will be integrated into E-3A
as part of this final modernisation programme that will be
delivered in 2026
• Improving mission system capabilities to increase operational
effectiveness as an MDC2 node
• Assessing the role of the E-3A platform in mission planning and
execution
Colonel (ret’d) George Riebling, Deputy General Manager,
NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Programme
Management Agency (NAPMA)
2.40 Afternoon Tea
PLANNING IN ROTARY WING OPERATIONS
3.10 The Use of Tactical Simulators in Pre-Deployment Training and
Preparations for Missions Abroad
• Planning before the mission and the use of advanced
simulators in guaranteeing mission success
• Meeting operational requirements through pre-deployment
training to ensure pilots can effectively engage with planning
demands
• Assessing the mission planning procedures of the Hungarian
Defence Forces for rotary operations
• Success of mission based on common standards and
procedures, which help creating interoperability among
different nations
Lieutenant Colonel Tibor Balla, Chief of INTEL, Hungarian Defence
Force 86th Szolnok Helicopter Base
3.50 Assessing the Rotary Specific Procedures and Systems Required
for Effective Mission Planning Operations and the Requirements
for Effective Coordination Across Domains
• Multi-domain mission planning and the requirements on the
operator
• Land or air? The impact on mission planning procedures and
processes
• Improving army and air force interoperability through
standardised approaches to mission planning
Flight Lieutenant Peter Smiley, Puma Evaluator Pilot, JHC RWOETU
4.30 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two
Group Captain (ret’d) Bob Daisley, Former PM Joint Operational
Doctrine, Joint Forces Command
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