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Developing the Practices and Technologies
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2016
26th -27th
OCT
BENEFITS OF ATTENDING:
• Learn from those at the heart of air ISR systems operation,
development and integration
• Deliberate the requirements of the current operational
environment
• Hear the very latest technological developments from
research and industry that are enhancing intelligence,
surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting
CHAIRMAN:
Lieutenant Colonel (ret) Jock Honeyman, Electronic
Warfare and ISR Consultant, Former Intelligence Advisor
to the United Arab Emirates
SENIOR MILITARY EXPERTS
Air Commodore Paddy Teakle, Deputy Commander,
AEW&C Force Command, NATO
Colonel Andrew Dippolito, Commander,
435th Air and Space Communications Group,
United States Air Force
Colonel Enrique Martinez Vallas, Chief of the Strategic
Projection of Force Programme, Air Systems Programme
Management Division, Armaments Directorate,
Ministry of Defence, Spain
Wing Commander John Williamson, Officer
Commanding 1 ISR Wing, 1 Group ISTAR Force,
Royal Air Force
Wing Commander Al Walton, SO1 Air C2 Capability
Development, Chief Of Staff Capability, HQ Air
Command, Royal Air Force
Lieutenant Colonel Kevin Webster, Commander, 95th
Reconnaissance Squadron, United States Air Force
Lieutenant Colonel Tanguy Benzaquen, Squadron
Commander, French RPA Squadron 1/33 Belfort,
French Air Force
Lieutenant Colonel Peter Illmann, Staff Offi cer, Plans,
German Air Force, Forces Command
Lieutenant Colonel Wilbert Ligtenberg, Branch Chief,
ISTAR & Space, Directorate of Operations,
Royal Netherlands Air Force
Commander S.G Jens Kristian Terp Petersen, Head
of Strategic Concepts and Capability Development
Branch, Policy and Concept Department,
Defence Command, Denmark

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Day One 26th October 2016 www.airborne-isr.net
8.30 Registration & Coffee
9.00 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Lieutenant Colonel (ret) Jock Honeyman, Electronic Warfare and
ISR Consultant, Former Intelligence Advisor to the United Arab
Emirates
9.10 Transforming the Next Generation of ISR to Deliver Battle-Winning
Knowledge and Effects
• An overview of the RAF’s approach to current and future ISTAR
• Feedback from operations and capability development:
placing Processing, Exploitation and Dissemination (PED) at the
heart of the RAF ISTAR Force
• Working toward a fully federated PED capability. How can we
make PED more effective across defence
• Ideological and technological practices that the RAF is taking
to realise these objectives
Wing Commander John Williamson, Officer Commanding 1 ISR
Wing, 1 Group ISTAR Force, Royal Air Force
9.50 Medium Term Plans for the French Air Force Advancement of RPA
Based ISTAR
• Overview of the MQ-9 capability since introduction: Feedback
from operational deployment
• New capabilities to be integrated in the Block 5 systems,
electronic warfare payloads, separate channels for flying the
aircraft, mission systems and data transmission
• Considering training requirements and flexibility to operate the
new platform in European airspace
• Plans to co-operate further with United States and European
partners
Lieutenant Colonel Tanguy Benzaquen, Squadron Commander,
French RPA Squadron 1/33 Belfort, French Air Force
10.30 Morning Coffee
11.00 435th Air and Space Communications Group Delivery and
Sustainment of ISR Systems Supporting U.S. and Coalition Forces
• An overview of the group’s role in providing forward and reach
back operational and ISR systems support while in garrison and
deployed austere environments
• Current employment of IT and intelligence technologies to
thwart threats posed by global terrorism and regional conflicts
• Description of enterprise intelligence and command and control
systems delivered throughout Europe and Africa
Colonel Andrew Dippolito, Commander, 435th Air and Space
Communications Group, United States Air Force
11.40 PANEL DISCUSSION: Effective Concepts of Operation for
Collection of Intelligence
• Collection requirements during coalition operations
• Analysis and processing of intelligence
• Preventing information overload
• Interactive question and answer session
Wing Commander John Williamson, Officer Commanding 1 ISR
Wing, 1 Group ISTAR Force, Royal Air Force
Lieutenant Colonel Tanguy Benzaquen, Squadron Commander,
French RPA Squadron 1/33 Belfort, French Air Force
Lieutenant Colonel (ret) Jock Honeyman, Electronic Warfare and
ISR Consultant, Former Intelligence Advisor to the United Arab
Emirates
Colonel Andrew Dippolito, Commander, 435th Air and Space
Communications Group, United States Air Force
12.20 Networking Lunch
1.20 A Progress Report on the Fulfilment of the Allied Ground
Surveillance Programme (AGS): Feedback from Trials and
Evaluation
• An overview of the programme since its inception and progress
made since Unified Vision 2014
• The latest integration of sensor systems: How the Multi-Platform
Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP) will facilitate
greater sensor fusion, detection and tracking
• Feedback from exercise Unified Vision 2016
• What 2017’s planned fulfilment means for key stake holders
Mr Rob Munday, Unified Vision 2016 Deputy Trial Manager, ISR
Section, NATO
2.00 Session Reserved For Sponsor
2.30 Danish Requirements and Plans for the Further Development of ISR
Capability
• ISR in the Danish Armed Forces
• Domestic security requirements and the challenges presented
by terrain and the arctic environment
• Danish requirements for expeditionary warfare, lessons learnt
from past counter-insurgency operations
• Future plans and specific areas for capability development
Commander S.G Jens Kristian Terp Petersen, Head of Strategic
Concepts and Capability Development Branch, Policy and
Concept Department, Defence Command Denmark
3.10 Afternoon Tea
3.40 Keeping the Technical Advantage: Improving Sustaining ISR
Interoperability in a Changing World
• An update on UK NATO technical activities
• Benefits of interoperability and standards
• Key current and future areas of standardisation
• Efforts to articulate a better vision
Dr Stephen Helsdon, Principal ISR Consultant, Cyber and
Information Systems, DSTL
4.20 Lessons Learned from the Development and Support of ISR
Capability within UK and the Middle East
• UK ISR - Move from silos in isolation towards full collaboration
• Issues from inter-service cooperation
• Issues from coalition cooperation
• Issues from wider partnerships
• Issues affecting Air ISR in the current Middle East
Lieutenant Colonel (ret) Jock Honeyman, Electronic Warfare and
ISR Consultant, Former Intelligence Advisor to the United Arab
Emirates
5.00 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One
Lieutenant Colonel (ret) Jock Honeyman, Electronic Warfare and
ISR Consultant, Former Intelligence Advisor to the United Arab
Emirates
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SPONSORSHIP AND EXHIBITION OPPORTUNITIES
SMi offer sponsorship, exhibition, advertising and branding packages, uniquely tailored to complement your company’s marketing strategy. Prime networking
opportunities exist to entertain, enhance and expand your client base within the context of an independent discussion specific to your industry. Should you
wish to join the increasing number of companies benefiting from sponsoring our conferences please call:
Sadia Malick, Director, on +44 (0)20 7827 6748 or email smalick@smi-online.co.uk

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www.airborne-isr.net Day Two 27th October 2016
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8.30 Registration Coffee
9.00 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Lieutenant Colonel (ret) Jock Honeyman, Electronic Warfare and
ISR Consultant, Former Intelligence Advisor to the United Arab
Emirates
9.10 NAEWC - The Role of Battle Management and Control in ISR
• An overview of the NAEWC Force
• Emphasizing the aircraft’s battle management and control
capability, an overview of current mission systems
• The need for battle management and control in ISR
• Contemporary examples of battle management and control
Air Commodore Paddy Teakle, Deputy Commander, AEWC
Force Command, NATO
9.50 US and UK Airborne ISR Partnership: The USAF/RAF RIVET JOINT
Program
• History of the RC-135 program
• Operations support
• Current operations
Lieutenant Colonel Kevin Webster, Commander, 95th
Reconnaissance Squadron, United States Air Force
10.30 Morning Coffee
11.00 Future Doctrine and Requirements for the Enhancement of Air
Command and Control
• The complexity of the modern battle space and challenges
presented
• Effectively considering human factors such as information
overload
• Ensuring de-confliction of air assets
• Potential framework for responsive, adaptable and resilient C2
organisation: Is centralised control and decentralised execution
achievable?
Wing Commander Al Walton, SO1 Air C2 Capability Development,
Chief Of Staff Capability, HQ Air Command, Royal Air Force
11.40 The German Air Force’s Approach to Network Enabled
Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Operations
• Current command and control capability for effective
intelligence collection, process and dissemination
• Planning considerations that must be taken into account during
today’s complex operational environment
• Measures for increasing interoperability with NATO partners
Lieutenant Colonel Peter Illmann, Staff Officer, Plans, German Air
Force, Forces Command
12.20 Networking Lunch
1.20 Medium and Long Term Spanish Plans for the integration of
Medium-Altitude, Long-Endurance UAV into the Armed Forces
• Current UAV capability within the Armed forces and the need
for a MALE system
• Considering the current platforms available and the
requirements of the Spanish Armed Forces
• Plans to procure and integrate the MQ9 into current force
structure
• The potential for long term future co-operation on joint-
European projects, such as the European MALE UAV
Colonel Enrique Martinez Vallas, Chief of the Strategic Projection
of Force Programme, Air Systems Programme Management
Division, Armaments Directorate, Ministry of Defence, Spain
2.00 Session Reserved for Sponsor
2.30 An Update on the Netherlands Doctrine and Development of
C4ISTAR
• Current capability and doctrine
• Collaboration with NATO’s Joint ISR
• Future plans for development
Lieutenant Colonel Wilbert Ligtenberg, Branch Chief, ISTAR and
Space, Directorate of Operations, Royal Netherlands Air Force
3.10 Afternoon Tea
3.40 PANEL: Deliberating the Direction and Requirements
of Command and Control for ISTAR Operations
• The current direction of Air C2 and in support of ISR
operations
• Challenges presented by contemporary operations
• Measures for enhancing interoperability and agility
• Interactive question and answer session
Air Commodore Paddy Teakle, Deputy Commander, AEWC
Force Command, NATO
Wing Commander Al Walton, SO1 Air C2 Capability Development,
Chief Of Staff Capability, HQ Air Command, Royal Air Force
Lieutenant Colonel Peter Illmann, Staff Officer, Plans,
German Air Force, Forces Command
Ms Elizabeth Quintana, Director Military Sciences, Senior Research
Fellow Air Power, RUSI
Lieutenant Colonel (ret) Jock Honeyman, Electronic Warfare and
ISR Consultant, Former Intelligence Advisor to the United Arab
Emirates
4.20 Air Command and Control: Implications for ISR
• Evolving and Expanding Threats
• Emerging trends in C2 and Air C2
• Understanding the requirements for ISR and Analytics
• Simplifying not complicating the problem
Ms Elizabeth Quintana, Director Military Sciences, Senior Research
Fellow Air Power, RUSI
5.00 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two
Lieutenant Colonel (ret) Jock Honeyman, Electronic Warfare and
ISR Consultant, Former Intelligence Advisor to the United Arab
Emirates
MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES
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publication can gain access to a global market and key decision makers in the defence market.
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4. Airborne ISR 2016
In today’s complex and ever changing operational
environment, the demand for increased situational
awareness continues to grow. As a decisive and
indispensable tool, air based ISTAR is increasingly relied
upon to deliver this capability, allowing commanders
to understand the situation on the ground and act
accordingly.
As NATO nations seek to advance their intelligence,
reconnaissance and surveillance capabilities in
support of ongoing air operations, there is therefore
need for collaboration on shared challenges faced.
Consequently, it is the aim of our focused meeting to
explore the tactics and technologies for advancing
capability in this important area. Drawing on the
experience and ongoing work of military experts
from across NATO and its allies, the forum will aim
to comprehensively cover the intelligence chain,
ranging from direction and collection, to process,
dissemination and targeting. In addition, operational
lessons learned, feedback from exercises and key
programme updates will be discussed.
Importantly, the conference will also benefit from the
guidance of technical leaders from research and
industry, whose insight into the latest platforms, systems
and sub-systems will provide greater awareness of
existing and future capability.
Sponsorship of Airborne ISR 2016
• Educate the market on your company’s capability
and make the business case for how to solve your
potential customers’ challenges and requirements
• Build your brand so your solutions are front of mind
when your prospects are putting potential solution
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• Meet and network with active buyers while there is
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Sponsorship Opportunities
SMi offer sponsorship, exhibition, advertising and
branding packages, uniquely tailored to complement
your company’s marketing strategy.
Should you wish to join the increasing number of
companies benefiting from promoting their business
at our conferences please call: Sadia Malick
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Sponsorship Information

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29th - 30th June 2016
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SEPTEMBER
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21st - 22nd September 2016
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28th - 29th September 2016
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OCTOBER
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24th - 25th October 2016
London, UK
Future Helicopters Technology,
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