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SMi Group proudly presents the 4th annual...
CLOSE AIR
Support
6th - 7th
JUNE
2018
Copthorne Tara Hotel, London, UK
Delivering Operational Superiority through Effective Joint Fires for Ground Forces
EVENT HIGHlIGHTS:
• Don’t miss our Close Air Support (CAS) 2018 Keynote Guest
Speaker Air Vice-Marshal Raimundo Nogueira lopes Neto,
Deputy Head of the Military Evaluation and Doctrine at
Preparation Command, Brazilian Air Force
• Listen to essential CAS briefings from the RAF, US Air
Force, French Air Force, JAPCC, Canadian Armed Forces,
German Air Force, and NATO
• Exclusive focus on CAS operations in an increasingly
demanding environment, specifically on: Joint fire and
air-land integration, platforms and avionics, targeting
and delivery, DACAS, C2, and JTAC Training
• Meet and network with key solution providers for CAS
operations and platforms
CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN:
Air Commodore (Ret’d) Paddy Teakle, Former Deputy
Commander, AEW&C Force Command, NATO
EXPERT SPEAKERS WIll INClUDE:
Air Vice-Marshal Raimundo Nogueira lopes Neto, Deputy Head
of the Military Evaluation and Doctrine, Preparation Command
(COMPREP), Brazilian Air Force
Group Captain Mark Manwaring, Commander, Joint Air Land
Organisation, Royal Air Force
Colonel William Kirby, Commander, 19th Battlefield Detachment
Commander, US Army Europe
lieutenant Colonel Brett Waring, A-10C Instructor Pilot,
US Air Force
lieutenant Colonel Thierry Aguilar, Digitally Aided Close Air
Support Program Officer, Defense Programs/ Fighters Equipment,
French Air Force
lieutenant Colonel Frederic Dalorso, Commander, French-
German Air Ground Operations School, French Air Force
Major Nader Samadi, German Commander, French-German
Air Ground Operations School, German Air Force
Major Jan Smerda, HQ A7 JTAC Senior Specialist,
Czech Air Force
Captain Ringo Smits, Staff Officer, Air Land Integration,
Land Warfare Centre, Royal Netherlands Army
Captain Klaas Jan Zeldenrijk, Staff Officer, Air Land Integration,
Land Warfare Centre, Royal Netherlands Army
Warrant Officer Clay Cochrane, Assistant Senior Instructor JTAC,
Canadian Armed Forces

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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, on +44 (0) 207 827 6748 or email smalick@smi-online.co.uk
SUPPORTED BY
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Day One 6th June 2018 www.closeair-support.com
8.30 Registration & Coffee
9.00 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Air Commodore (Ret’d) Paddy Teakle, Former Deputy
Commander, AEWC Force Command, NATO
Digitally Aided Close Air Support
Host-Nation Presentation:
9.10 Driving Increased Digitalisation of CAS Within the Royal Air Force
• Increasing JTAC capabilities and control in theatre
• Enabling further digital cooperation at the coalition
operational level
• Issues and opportunities related to implementation of digital
CAS systems
• Looking to the future: operating 5th generation aircraft such
as the F-35 Lightning II with DACAS-equipped platforms
Group Captain Mark Manwaring, Commander, Joint Air Land
Organisation, Royal Air Force
9.50 The French DaCAS Perspective
• Operational feedback
• DACAS French vision
• French Air Force solution
Lieutenant Colonel Thierry Aguilar, Digitally Aided Close Air
Support Program Officer, Defense Programs/ Fighters Equipment,
French Air Force
10.30 Morning Coffee
11.00 Building the Netherlands DACAS CONOP: A Joint and Combined
Venture
• Historical overview of digital interoperability in NLD’s Joint Fires
• Ground and Air C2 interoperability challenges
• Concept development in a very dynamic environment
• Implementing the CONOP: influencing training and operations
Captain Ringo Smits, Staff Officer, Air Land Integration, Land
Warfare Centre, Royal Netherlands Army
Captain Klaas Jan Zeldenrijk, Staff Officer, Air Land Integration,
Land Warfare Centre, Royal Netherlands Army
11.40 Session reserved for sponsor
12.20 Digitally Aided Targeting
• Using network centric systems to ensure JTACs receive and
use all necessary information to carry out their mission:
Tactical Data Link employed by NATO forces
• Preventing communication breakdowns to guarantee
seamless joint fire operations
• Investing in technological systems to increase situational
awareness
Dr John Mahaffey, Senior Scientist, Joint ISR Services,
NATO Communications and Information Agency
1.00 Networking Lunch
Air-Land Integration and Joint Fire Capabilities
2.00 Challenges and Successes in Joint Fire Targeting
in Coalition Environments
• Encompassing all available air land assets during CAS mission
planning: optimising allied abilities to enhance operational
success
• Developing further synergies between allies to increase
operational success
• Strengthening interoperability during Close Air Support missions
Colonel Joseph Speed, Project Manager, Close Air Support Road
Map, Joint Air Power Competence Centre (JAPCC)*
2.40 Joint Fires Interoperability
• The drivers for interoperability
• It’s all about command and control
• The aiming point: ‘next generation’ joint fires
• Plotting a path towards it
Brigadier (Ret’d) Richard Haldenby, Former Deputy Director,
Joint Warfare, Joint Forces Command, UK Armed Forces
3.20 Afternoon Tea
The Vital Role of JTACs in CAS – Part I
3.50 Close Air Support to the Enhanced Forward Presence
• A Model for Multinational TACS/AAGS in support of the
enhanced Forward Presence
• Battlefield Coordination Detachment (US) v. Land Liaison
Element (NATO) Functionality and Requirements
• Evolving Ground Liaison Detachment support to CAS (CPT
Delgado)
Colonel William Kirby, Commander, 19th Battlefield Detachment
Commander, US Army Europe
Captain Oscar Delgado, 48th Fighter Wing Ground Liaison
Detachment, 348th Field Artillery Detachment, US Army Europe
4.30 The Canadian Approach to JTAC Operations
• Integrating JTAC operations with air power
• Platforms used in CAS activity
• Recent insights from deployments in the Middle East
Warrant Officer Clay Cochrane, Assistant Senior Instructor,
JTAC-E, Canadian Armed Forces
5.10 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One
Air Commodore (Ret’d) Paddy Teakle, Former Deputy
Commander, AEWC Force Command, NATO
*Subject to Final Confirmation

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MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES
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so that your association/publication can gain access to a global market and key decision makers in the defence market.
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www.closeair-support.com Day Two 7th June 2018
8.30 Registration Coffee
9.00 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Air Commodore (Ret’d) Paddy Teakle, Former Deputy
Commander, AEWC Force Command, NATO
Platforms for Close Air Support Operations
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:
9.10 Employing Light Attack Aircraft Platforms to Enhance Wider
Mission Support
• Exploring budget-friendly solutions to increasingly intricate
and costly missions
• Advancing the OA-X programme development to answer
pilot shortage and operational cost hurdles: Using the
Embraer A-29 Super Tucano
• Increasing mission availability and mission readiness by
expanding to COIN missions
Air Vice-Marshal Raimundo Nogueira Lopes Neto, Deputy Head
of the Military Evaluation and Doctrine, Preparation Command
(COMPREP), Brazilian Air Force
9.50 The US Air Force and the A-10C Thunderbolt II
• The A-10C Thunderbolt / “Warthog” as the Air Force’s preferred
platform for close air support operations
• Increasing targeted support for ground forces in hostile
environments: optimising kinetic strike precision capabilities to
limit collateral damage
• Reingaging the Warthog in current US overseas operations
Lieutenant Colonel Brett Waring, A-10C Instructor Pilot,
US Air Force*
10.30 Morning Coffee
The Vital Role of JTACs in CAS – Part II
11.00 Integrating the JTAC Within the Operational Network: the French
Example
• JTAC Training in a tactical situation
• Air Land Integration: an operational requirement
• Communication: the keystone of air support operations
Lieutenant Colonel Frederic Dalorso, Commander,
French-German Air Ground Operations School, French Air Force
11.40 Session reserved for sponsor
12.20 Networking Lunch
1.20 JTAC Training Within the Czech Armed Forces
• Current Czech capabilities
• Increasing JTAC situational awareness to increase mission
support
• Future goals: increasing simulation training and interoperability
with allies
Major Jan Smerda, HQ A7 JTAC Senior Specialist, Czech Air Force
2.00 Back to Close Air Support
• What is CAS
• Where are we
• How will or should be the future of CAS
Major Nader Samadi, German Commander, French-German
Air Ground Operations School, German Air Force
2.40 Afternoon Tea
CONTRACT CAS
3.10 Voodoo Air and The Future of Contract CAS
• Voodoo Air Capabilities
• The Future for Contract CAS
• Integration of Contract CAS companies to maintain, deliver
and assure operational relevance
Wing Commander (Ret’d) Ryan Mannering, Chief Pilot,
Voodoo Air
3.50 Panel Discussion: Exploring Realtime Solutions
to JTAC Operational Challenges
• Opportunity areas for CAS: streamlining
coordination to enhance operational capabilities
• Preventing collateral damage by increasing situational
awareness between JTACs and pilots
• Adapting operational tactics to harsh environments
to achieve maximum efficiency in theatre
Air Commodore (Ret’d) Paddy Teakle, Former Deputy
Commander, AEWC Force Command, NATO – Moderator
Major Nader Samadi, German Commander, French-German
Air Ground Operations School, German Air Force
Colonel William Kirby, Commander, 19th Battlefield Detachment
Commander, US Army Europe
Captain Klaas Jan Zeldenrijk, Staff Officer, Air Land Integration,
Land Warfare Centre, Royal Netherlands Army
Warrant Officer Clay Cochrane, Assistant Senior Instructor,
JTAC-E, Canadian Armed Forces
4.30 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two
Air Commodore (Ret’d) Paddy Teakle, Former Deputy
Commander, AEWC Force Command, NATO
*Subject to Final Confirmation

Forward Schedule
for Defence 2018
MARCH 2018
Defence logistics
Central and Eastern Europe
6th - 7th March 2018
Prague, Czech Republic
Future Soldier Technology 2018
12th - 14th March 2018,
London, United Kingdom
APRIl 2018
Future Armoured Vehicles
Situational Awareness
11th - 12th April 2018,
London, United Kingdom
Air Mission Planning
17th - 18th April 2018,
London, United Kingdom
Robotic Autonomous Systems
25th - 26th April 2018,
London, United Kingdom
Military Space Situational Awareness
25th - 26th April 2018
London, United Kingdom
MAY 2018
MilSatCom Asia Pacific
14th - 15th May 2018
Singapore
Unmanned Maritime Systems
16th - 17th May 2018
London, United Kingdom
Future Armoured Vehicles
Central and Eastern Europe 2018
21st - 22nd May 2018
Prague, Czech Republic
Helicopter Technology
Central and Eastern Europe 2018
23rd - 24th May 2018
Prague, Czech Republic
JUNE 2018
Future Armoured Vehicles Weapon Systems
5th - 6th June 2018
London, United Kingdom
MilSatCom USA
27th - 28th June 2018
Arlington, VA, USA
SEPTEMBER 2018
Defence Exports
19th - 20th September 2018
Rome, Italy
UAV Technology
26th - 27th September 2018
Prague, Czech Republic
OCTOBER 2018
Defence Safety
1st - 2nd October 2018
London, United Kingdom
Military Flight Training
10th - 11th October 2018
London, United Kingdom
Air Missile Defence
23rd - 24th October 2018
Prague, Czech Republic
Airborne ISR
24th - 25th October 2018
London, United Kingdom

SPONSORSHIP AND EXHIBITION OPPORTUNITIES
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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, on +44 (0) 207 827 6748 or
email smalick@smi-online.co.uk
Benefits of Sponsoring
Close Air Support 2018
1. launch new products or services at Close
Air Support and give your company the
opportunity to showcase your unique
solutions to the nations who need it most
2. Educate the market on your company’s
capability and make the business case
for how they can solve your potential
customers’ challenges and requirements
3. Build your brand so your solutions are
front of mind when your prospects are
putting potential solution providers on
their short list
4. Meet and network with active buyers
while there is still a chance to influence
their purchase decision
5. Generate new leads through meeting
new prospects from a variety of new
countries and programmes
Close Air Support
6th - 7th June 2018

Close Air Support
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