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• Understand the full range of operational • Examine a cutting edge range of situational Netherlands Air Force
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OPNAV N88, US Navy
countermeasures in defeating MANPADS and engaged in Close Air Support, Search
other widely proliferating weapons systems and Rescue and Maritime Surveillance Wing Commander Andy Grey
• Overcome major integration issues in • Improve how you share tactical data (Ret’d), Helicopter Project Officer,
adding equipment to boost survivability among platforms and joint assets in a European Defence Agency
networked battlespace Lieutenant Commander Ian Jones
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Royal Navy
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Developments in the Helicopter Community
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procurement stories to have taken place in recent weeks. We also talk directly with Lt. Cdr. Andrew Dunn, Repair Manager for the 1710 Naval Air Squadron of the
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HH-60 Pave Hawk Eurocopter EC 135 NH-90
Two in-depth focus days. A wide
CH-47 Chinook UH-1 Iroquois CH-148
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UH-72 Lakota MH-60 Sea Hawk AS532 Cougar
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3. MAIN CONFERENCE DAY ONE
WEDNESDAY 11TH MAY 2011
08.30 COFFEE AND REGISTRATION • Adaptation of existing civilian models and the challenges of militarisation
Colonel Colonel Christian J.H. Drouin, Wing Commander, 1 Wing
09.00 CHAIRMAN’S ADDRESS AND OPENING REMARKS Canadian Forces
Colonel Keith Robinson (Ret’d), Former Programme Manager, Armed Lieutenant Colonel Duart Townsend, Directing Staff (Aviation), Canadian
Scout Helicopter, US Army Land Force Command and Staff College
DAY ONE MORNING SESSION: 10.30 COFFEE BREAK AND NETWORKING
STRATEGIC VISIONS FOR ROTARY WING FORCE DEVELOPMENT
11.00 MEETING THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES' MARITIME
09.10 GERMAN ARMED FORCES ROTARY WING STRATEGY FOR HELICOPTER COMMITMENTS
BATTLEFIELD SUPPORT OPERATIONS • The ongoing challenges of a helicopter force required to meet several
• The impact of ISAF/Operation Herrick deployments on rotary wing strategy mission types
• The future of helicopter forces in a strategic military review • Support structures to manage the CH-124 Sea King platform
• Sustainment of existing capabilities to provide rotary wing support on • Lessons learned in managing a fleet of legacy aircraft
future operations • Preparing for the introduction of the CH-148 Cyclone
• Revisions of helicopter fleet structure and the implications for the Colonel Sam Michaud, Commander, 12 Wing Shearwater, Canadian Forces
demands of each individual service
Colonel Hans Werner Salewski, Commander, 15 Medium Transport 11.40 PANEL SESSION: LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE
Helicopter Regiment, German Army CHALLENGES OF ROTARY WING AVIATION
• How do you determine the optimal balance of new platforms and
09.50 DEVELOPING ROTARY WING CAPABILITIES TO MEET THE technologies to bring in to service?
NEEDS OF FUTURE OPERATIONS • The possibilities offered by multinational requirements setting
• Exploring the range of new systems in the current market and the
• Reviewing existing helicopter performance to determine future areas of
investment capacity they would enable in current theatres
• The potential and possible role of unmanned craft within future warfare
• Balancing warfighter feedback on upcoming requirements alongside
programme management realities Colonel Hans Werner Salewski, Commander, 15 Medium Transport Helicopter
• Evaluating fleet numbers to determine the size of future platform Battalion, German Army
procurements Colonel Christian J.H. Drouin, Wing Commander, 1 Wing Canadian Forces
• Liaising with prime contractors to explore the potential of new technologies Colonel Magnus Westerlund, Commander, Helicopter Wing, Swedish Air Force
12.30 NETWORKING LUNCH
HEAVY LIFT CAPABILTIES SUB-HUNTING AND UTILITY: MARITIME MULTIROLE HELICOPTERS
14.00 FLEET MANAGEMENT AND UPGRADE OF IN SERVICE AIRCRAFT: THE DEVELOPING A COHERENT MARITIME HELICOPTER CAPABILTIY
US ARMY CH-47 CHINOOK • Developing the AW101 for operations in Afghanistan
• The crucial utility of heavy lift capabilities on combat operations • Managing requirements and expectations when a programme is under intense
• Key performance improvements of the CH-47F model political scrutiny
• Life cycle management of major components • Looking ahead to requirements and upgrades for a mix of platforms that are
• Coping with the long term corrosive effects of sand on rotor blades
yet to enter service
• Ramp redesign for rapid ingress and egress • The value of Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) /customer partnership
• Selection and integration of the M134 gattling gun
and greater integration to sustain a high-end capability
• Feeding lessons learned back into the multinational Chinook users group
Commander Curzo Pacific, Executive Officer, Naval Aviation, Italian Navy
Thomas E. Neupert, Director, Cargo Sustainment Directorate, Cargo
Helicopters, PEO Aviation, US Army
14.40 ENABLING IMPROVED DEPLOYABILITY FOR AMPHIBIOUS FORCES: ATTAINING OPTIMAL PPROGRAMME MANAGEMENT STANDARDS
DEVELOPMENT OF THE US MARINE CORPS’ NEW GENERATION CH-53K THROUGH COOPERATION WITH INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS: THE MH-60R
• Principle capabilities upgrades over previous CH-53 models • Leveraging long term relationships to develop new capabilities with
• Overcoming integration challenges in the revised cockpit avionics
international allies
• Aerial refuelling capabilities and the potential for force multiplier effects • Understanding common requirements in the sub-hunting and maritime utility roles
• Feedback from initial test and evaluation results and the implications for the • Utilising the potential for commonality with in service platforms to develop a
timeline towards initial operational capability leaner supply chain
Invited Speaker: Lieutenant Colonel Craig Tallman, Programme Manager, • US-Australian cooperation on the “Romeo” standard platform
CH-53K, US Naval Air Systems Command • Sharing of end-user feedback to enhance survivability
Michael Sears, Deputy Programme Manager, PMA-271, US Naval Air
Systems Command
15.20 EXPLORING THE POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS FOR TILT ROTOR OPERATION OF A MULITROLE HELICOPTER SYSTEM IN SUPPORT OF
TECHNOLOGY: EXPERIENCES FROM THE MV-22 OSPREY JOINT OPERATIONS
• Combining payload with speed: The operational effects of tilt rotor technology • The benefit of starting with a purely military intended platform from the outset
• Performance across multiple platforms and environments to create an aircraft • Fusion of sensors and data to create a complex tactical intelligence picture
for the joint environment • Balancing the information flow in a single-pilot designed system
• Utilising the payload of a heavy lift platform and the benefits for increased • Crew station tailoring and versatility for improved strategic task management
force projection Commander Jol Woodard, Officer Commanding, 845 Naval Air Squadron,
• The implications of vastly increased speed over existing
Royal Navy
• Models and the effects on escorts/force protection
• Potential of the MV-22 as a platform for ISTAR missions
Kenneth Morritz, International Programme Manager, MV-22 Osprey, US
Naval Air Systems Command
16.00 AFTERNOON TEA AND NETWORKING
DAY ONE AFTERNOON SESSION: • Full motion video sharing with Joint Terminal Attack Controllers to reduce
LESSONS LEARNED FROM CURRENT HELICOPTER OPERATIONS AND fratricide and targeting errors
THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR PROGRAMME MANAGERS Invited Speaker: Lieutenant Herve Dechoux, CSAR Liaison Officer,
French Air Force
16.30 THE NEED TO DEVELOP SURVIVABILITY AND COMBAT RANGE:
EXPERIENCES OF CASUALTY EVACUATION IN AFGHANISTAN 17.30 IMPROVING ENGINE PERFORMANCE AND LIFT: OPERATIONAL
• Performance of existing Black Hawk aircraft and the vulnerabilities they RESULTS FROM THE SPANISH ARMY HELICOPTER UPGRADE
currently face PROGRAMME
• Specific survivability issues that arise when landing in hostile combat • Incorporating pilots feedback from “hot and high” conditions into the
zones requirements loop
• What are the extra requirements of fleet maintenance when a rapid • Identifying capability gaps within propulsion and rotor performance
response capability is crucial? • Integration of new upgraded engines and gearbox and managing the
• Boosting combat range to increase CASEVAC coverage stresses this places on the airframe
• Lessons learned from Joint training exercises over the last 12 months • Operational performance of the Mk. 9 in Afghanistan and the benefits
Colonel Billy Thompson, Commander, 563 Rescue Group, US Air Force the upgrade brings to tactical commanders
• How will the lessons of this upgrade inform the development of the
17.00 DEVELOPING HELICOPTER CAPABILTIY TO IMPROVE JOINT AW159 Wildcat
PERSONNEL RECOVERY: THE FRENCH AIR FORCE EXPERIENCE Captain Javier Aguilar Gonzalez, Testing Flight Section Chief, 48th
• Joint interoperability and information sharing through Link 16 Wing Maintenance Group, Spanish Air Force
• Developing the ability to employ over the horizon reconnaissance
through cooperation with UAVs 18.00 CHAIRMAN'S SUMMARY AND CLOSE OF DAY ONE
• Cognitive decision aiding systems to reduce information overload and
provide real-time information dominance 18.10 COCKTAIL RECEPTION
19.00 GALA DINNER 3

4. MAIN CONFERENCE DAY TWO
THURSDAY 12TH MAY 2011
08.30 COFFEE AND REGISTRATION 10.30 COFFEE BREAK AND NETWORKING
09.00 CHAIRMAN’S ADDRESS AND OPENING REMARKS 11.00 THE UK’S MOBILE AIR SUPPORT UNIT: LESSONS LEARNED FROM
Colonel Keith Robinson (Ret’d), Former Programme Manager, Armed THE DEPLOYED REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF BATTLEFIELD
Scout Helicopter, US Army HELICOPTERS
• Dismantling legacy arrangements and attitudes to cope with the pace of
DAY TWO MORNING SESSION: operations in the current war
THROUGH LIFE SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE OF HELICOPTERS • Directing contracted support into theatres with poor infrastructure and
the role of outsourced supply chain
09.10 BOOSTING PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN OEMs AND CUSTOMERS • Coping with specific maintenance issues unique to the current
TO IMPROVE SUSTAINABILITY operational theatre
• Contracting for availability as a means of shifting the risk between Lieutenant Commander Ian Jones, Repair Manager, 1710 Squadron,
customer and vendor Royal Navy
• Outsourcing of key maintenance functions and management of the
supply chain 11.40 OVERCOMING SUSTAINMENT AND OBSOLESENCE CHALLENGES
• Potential implications of outsourced capability management for OF THE NETHERLANDS’ HELICOPTER FLEET THROUGH
sovereign decision making ADVANCED LOGISTIC PROCESSES
• Willingness to be flexible as a crucial step in boosting support • Airframe life extension on legacy platforms
Wing Commander David John Tozer, Officer Commanding, Forward • Working with manufactures to deal with closed/proprietary software
Support Wing, RAF Odiham issues
• Adapting system level embedded diagnostics
09.50 COALITION BASED SUPPORT OF HELICOPTER OPERATIONS: • Wireless transmission of maintenance data of critical components
NATO’S MAINTENANCE AND SUPPLY AGENCY • Utilising component tracking and traceability systems to reduce
•Creating sustainable through life support that can withstand future downtime
challenges and still deliver capability Major Eric Van Gerwen, Commander 930 Maintenance Squadron,
•Incorporating the lessons learned from the support challenges of Royal Netherlands Air Force
Afghanistan
Confirmed Representative, Aviation Support Programme, NAMSA 12.20 NETWORKING LUNCH
EVALUATING CURRENT CLOSE COMBAT ATTACK AND THE ESSENTIAL CAPABILITY: UTILITY HELICOPTERS
SCOUT CAPABILITIES
13.50 TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION TO INCREASE LETHALITY: DEVELOPING INTERGRATION OF A NEW HELICOPTER TYPE WITHIN AN
THE NETHERLANDS' AIR FORCE APACHE AH-64D TO SUPPORT OPERATIONAL FORCE: THE FINNISH ARMY’S NH-90 TACTICAL
GROUND COMBAT OPERATIONS TRANSPORT HELICOPTER
• Upgraded Hellfire missile capability and reports on operational performance to • Operational conversion of pilots and maintenance crews to understand the full
date potential of the NH-90 TTH
• Fire Control Radar systems and their use in conjunction with additional FLIR • The trials of being first: The disadvantages of not being able to call upon
sensor systems another nation’s lessons learned
• The ongoing value of unguided rocket systems for close air support missions • Working with the OEM and support contractor to define the through life cycle
• Shared situational awareness with joint ISTAR assets for improved targeting
management system
Lieutenant Colonel Onno Eichelsheim, Helicopter Requirements Officer, • Early performance trend analysis drawing upon operator experience
Apache Programme Office, Royal Netherlands Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Anssi Vuole, Commanding Officer, Helicopter Battalion,
Finnish Air Force
14.30 IDENTIFYING CRITICAL STEPS TOWARDS ACHIEVING FULL OVERCOMING TECHNICHAL CHALLENGES IN THE PREPARATION OF
OPERATIONAL CAPABILITY: PRE-DEPLOYMENT PREPARATION OF DANISH HELICOPTERS FOR OPERATIONS WITHIN COMPLEX
THE FRENCH ARMY’S TIGER OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS
• Understanding the importance of speed and manoeuvrability in tactical flight • Integration of new avionics systems and assessing the software functionality
• Improving communications with ground commanders and intelligence to • Mission management technology to address user feedback from
increase speed and accuracy of response field/warfighter experience
• Joint training to smooth out operational procedures in advance of deployment • Requirements to ensure that computing and electrical power is sufficient to
• Integration of blade protection kits to improve survivability
prevent future obsolescence issues
Invited Speaker: Major Christophe Vincent, Programme Officer, Tiger • Operational roll-out of new systems to reduce aircrew workload
Helicopter Programme Office, French MoD Preliminary Confirmed Speaker: Major Lars Henrik Thorngreen,
Commander, 101 Squadron, Royal Danish Air Force
15.10 BOOSTING SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND ENGINE PERFORMANCE UTILISING END-USER FEEDBACK TO IMPROVE REQUIREMENTS
TO DELIVER AIR SUPPORT FOR THE MARINE AIR GROUND TASK SETTING AND UPGRADES PRIOR TO AN ISAF DEPLOYMENT: THE US
FORCE : THE AH-1Z ZULU UTILITY HELICOPTER FORCE
• Performance of the TSS 3rd generation FLIR and the importance of increased • Adaptation of the UH-60 to meet the Army’s needs
imagery quality and target designation • The need for greater integration with the OEM when moving beyond the
• Improving the pilot’s capability to engage targets with the Top Owl heads-up system
baseline equipping standard
• Utilising increased reliability and durability to boost sortie generation rates • Boosting engine power within the confines of the airframe to handle
• Payload and speed improvements that enable greater weapons load
Lieutenant Colonel William Jackson, Modification Product Manager, Utility
Lieutenant Colonel Eric “Delta” Burke, H-1 Requirements Officer, OPNAV Helicopters, PEO Aviation, US Army
N88, US Navy
15:50 AFTERNOON TEA AND NETWORKING
DAY TWO AFTERNOON SESSION: • The role of airpower in providing SOF mobility in COIN missions
TRAINING AND MANAGEMENT OF PILOTS TO SUPPORT • The importance of SOF intra-theatre mobility capabilities for meeting the
THE CURRENT OPERATIONAL TEMPO challenge of COIN operations
Jim Teeple, NIAG 106 Special Operational Forces Working Group, Air
16.20 MULTINATIONAL TRAINING AND SUPPORT AS A MEANS TO Capability Group 5 (Mobility) NATO / Boeing
COUNTER THE CURRENT DEPLOYABLE HELICOPTER SHORTFALL
• Assessing the current aircrew and aircraft shortages and the impact this 17.20 DEVELOPING COALITION DOCTRINE TO SUSTAIN PILOTS AND
has upon deployed operations FORCES ON CURRENT DEPLOYMENTS
• The European Defence Agency’s Helicopter Training Programme as a • Recalibrating existing airpower doctrine from the AP500 system to reflect
collaborative initiative to prepare aircrew for combat deployments the operational need for aircrew
• Use of synthetic environments to further develop tactical training • Factoring in increased rotation of aircrew to enable the retention of the
• Incorporating lessons learned from this phase of the programme into the most experienced pilots
requirements for the Future Transport Helicopter • Consultation with recently acceded NATO nations to ensure that
Wing Commander Andy Grey (Ret’d), Helicopter Project Officer, standardisation is realistic and feasible
European Defence Agency • Looking towards the future of helicopter technologies and the need for
forward thinking in doctrine writing
16.50 DEVELOPMENT OF A NATO CAPABILITY MATRIX FOR SPECIAL Confirmed Speaker, CSS Branch, NATO JAPCC
OPERATIONAL FORCES’ AIRBORNE ASSETS
• Creating a NATO standard for SOF mobility support 17.50 CHAIRMANS’ SUMMARY AND CLOSE OF DAY TWO
• The importance of establishing performance variables for aircraft
involved in the infiltration, exfiltration and resupply of SOF
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5. FOCUS DAYS Friday, 13th May 2011
Focus Day A: Focus Day B: Networked & C4ISR
Platform Self Protection Technologies for Helicopters"
“Recognising the threat, protecting the “Integrating interoperable situational
platform & securing the mission” awareness solutions to gain a tactical edge”
Rationale: Rationale:
Helicopters remain such a crucial and scarce resource that their protection The most crucial advantage of rotary wing assets is their flexibility, and the
is paramount. Yet the operational conditions they currently face make ability to provide additional C4ISR support for the Joint battlespace has
them significantly more vulnerable than we’d like. Consequently the level never been more important. Our Networked and C4ISR Technologies
of protection we must integrate needs to be constantly improved all the Focus Day is designed to highlight the challenges in sharing situational
time within the tight constraints of engineering realities. The Platform Self awareness throughout the battlespace and the importance of networks in
Protection focus day will show you how the world’s leading militaries are transmitting this data to multiple users. Focusing on the sensors that
tackling the challenges of aircraft survivability, the technology that’s detect activity, the displays and systems that present the information to
helping them and the threats that they’re guarding against. Exploring the the warfighter and the relay of this information to other assets, the
trade-offs in the solutions available in today’s market, we’ll help you session will show you how to harness the power of C4ISR technology in a
select the systems that keep your crews and platform safe. coherent way that meets today’s operational needs.
Benefits of attending: Benefits of attending:
• Benchmark the capabilities of international militaries to understand • Enable your helicopters to share and receive situational awareness data
how your systems will stand up to current threats so that your forces can see and act first
• Explore new and innovative solutions to counter both high-tech and • Integrate systems within a complex airframe on time and on budget
low-tech air defence systems to boost your platforms’ survivability •
Design systems that benefit the warfighter and have smooth
•
Understand how to integrate countermeasure systems, overcome ergonomics that don’t result in information overload
weight and power challenges, and reduce installation time • Hear requirements and lessons learned from leading militaries that will
• Indentify solutions that let you detect and engage the source of the identify key capability gaps and areas for investment
threat, giving your crews a tactical edge • Network with like minded peers who are not only interested in platform
• Network with like minded peers who are not only interested in platform protection, but also in how solutions can be integrated and made to
protection, but in how solutions can be integrated and made to work work
08.30 COFFEE AND REGISTRATION 14.00 REGISTRATION
09.00 OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW OF IN THEATRE THREATS TO 14.30 CREATION AND INTEGRATION OF AIRBORNE NETWORKS
HELICOPTERS AND THEIR CREWS FOR ENHANCED COMMUNICATION AMONG PLATFORMS
Squadron Leader Mike Kluth, SO2 Electronic Warfare, Joint Invited: Colonel Tony Potts, Aviation Systems Project Office,
Helicopter Command, UK MoD* PEO Aviation, US Army
09.30 EXPLORING FUTURE THREATS AND THE REQUIRED 15.00 ADVANCED AVIATION TRAINING TO EQUIP WARFIGHTERS
EVOLUTION OF PLATFORM PROTECTION TECHNOLOGIES FOR JOINT AND COALITION OPERATIONS
Michael Hargrove, Intelligence Specialist, Foreign Intelligence Representative, US Army
Technology Division, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-2,
US Army 15.30 AFTERNOON TEA AND NETWORKING
10.00 MULTI SPECTRAL JAMMING SOLUTIONS AND THE 16.00 SHARING SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND THE POTENTIAL
DANGERS OF ELECTRONIC FRATRICIDE OF FULL MOTION VIDEO FOR HELICOPTER OPERATIONS
Wing Commander Chris Pitt (Ret'd), Former SO1 Electronic Invited: Lieutenant Colonel John Vannoy, Product Manager
Warfare, Air Command, Royal Air Force Sensors and Simulators, PM Apache, US Army
10.30 COFFEE BREAK AND NETWORKING 16.30 BOOSTING SENSOR CAPABILTIES FOR ARMED SCOUT AND
RECON HELICOPTERS
11.00 ALLOWING AIRCREW TO RESPOND TO THREATS: Colonel Keith Robinson, Former Project Manager Armed
INTEGRATION OF KINETIC SOLUTIONS FOR PLATFORM Reconnaissance Helicopter, PEO Aviation, US Army
PROTECTION
Lieutenant Colonel Jan Brozman, Platform Protection 17.00 END OF FOCUS DAY B
Requirements, Slovakian Air Force
11.30 RADIO FREQUENCY COUNTERMEASURES AND THEIR
APPLICATION AGAINST COMMON MISSILE THREATS
Lieutenant Colonel Rick Barnes, Aircraft Survivability
Equipment Requirements Officer, OPNAV N8847, US Navy
12.00 DOMINATION OF THE ELECTRO-OPTICAL SPECTRUM: LASER
AND INFRA RED COUNTERMEASURES
Lieutenant Colonel Nicola Donati Guerrieri, Electronic
Warfare Centre, Italian Air Force
12.30 DEVELOPING CREW CONFIDENCE IN SURVIVABILITY
SYSTEM PERFORMANCE
13.00 NETWORKING LUNCH
14.00 END OF FOCUS DAY A
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6. INDUSTRY INSIGHT:
News, Interviews and Articles on the Military Helicopter Community
Visit the Website Download Centre to Access Further Resources
US buys into Boeing Apache Block III
The US Defense Department has awarded
Battlefield Helicopter
Boeing a £247m contract to begin large-
scale production of the AH-64D Apache
Block III helicopter. With an initial order of 51
Sustainability:
of the rotorcraft to be manufactured, tested Lt. Cdr. Andrew Dunn, British Royal Navy
and delivered, forward plans anticipate a
total of 690 to make their way from the
Global Strike facility in Mesa, Arizona, to US Lt. Cdr. Andrew Dunn, the repair manager
Army bases worldwide. The platform has
been in smooth development since 2006. It for the 1710 Naval Air Squadron of the
provides an upgrade from the current AH- British Royal Navy, talks to Defence IQ on the
64D Apache, including a new 701D engine, challenges of fixing and sustaining rotary
composite main rotor blades, split-torque
face gear transmission, and an advanced wing aircraft, recent operational feedback
network communications system… that has improved these capabilities, and
how future campaigns may impact training.
Raytheon responds to
survivability request
…Meanwhile, the U.S. Navy has contracted Defence IQ: As I understand, your unit has recently been commissioned as the
Raytheon to deliver an enhanced protection
1710 Naval Air Squadron, a new unit of the Fleet Air Arm, and is no longer the
solution to its helicopter fleet. The $14.8m
handshake will see the procurement of 184 Mobile Aircraft Support Unit. Can you give us an overview of what your unit
shipsets of the AN/ALE-47 Dual Dispenser does – where your people are currently stationed and what their
Pod system to be integrated with CH-53 responsibilities are – and has the re-organization changed anything about the
aircraft as an upgrade to the single-pod way you had been operating prior to the change?
dispenser currently in use. The system has
the capability to dispense chaff and flare to Lt Cdr Dunn: 1710 Naval Air Squadron is a new name for a group of teams which have existed
counter incoming heat-seeking missiles fired for several decades. I can give you an overview of the roles of the Unit in the context of its pre-
by advanced surface-to-air batteries, or from existing outputs – which continue. The three primary roles which we have historically delivered
simpler mobile air-defense systems. are: provision of airworthiness advice to operators through scientific analysis of such things as oil
and fuel samples, material failure modes and helicopter usage monitoring system out puts,
modification of helicopters to deliver new capabilities and my own Section’s output; structural
Russia delivers Mi-26 to China repair of UK military helicopters worldwide. All three departments operate across military rotary
wing aviation and our scientific team also provides forensic analysis capabilities to UK military and
China has acquired its third Mi26TC civilian aircraft accident investigation teams. Obviously, I cannot discuss individual deployments
helicopter from Russia this year. Deployment but it should be clear to your readers from my description of our role that we are involved in
of the craft is intended for civilian use, which some shape or form in all the UK’s current military operations around the world. Although we
includes forest fire emergency response and have a new badge, nothing has really changed in the way that we deliver 24/7, 365 days a year
rescue operations. In recent years, the Mi-26 direct support to operations.
has been used for personnel and helicopter
recovery in Afghanistan. The delivery fulfils a
contract established last March between Defence IQ: What are the biggest overall obstacles for you in maintaining
Rostvertol and Lectern Aviation Supplies Co., these rotary wing aircraft, and how are you managing these problems – or
Ltd of China. Russian Helicopters, which
indeed, what could be improved to aid your efficiency?
owns Rostvertol, released a statement
following the news to declare that it will
Lt Cdr Dunn: My area is limited to structural issues but they share some common themes with
establish a support and maintenance base in
other aspects of general aircraft engineering problem solving; rapid and effective communications
Quingdao to service Russian rotorcraft.
to the other Agencies who provide support can often be a problem – especially out of working
hours – and outside MoD groupings, reaction times to problem resolution requests often do not
match the military need, primarily where the organisation concerned has not recognised the need
UK Royal Navy sharpshooters get to supply 24/7 support to products or services. That said, once relationships with key individuals
sharper are established, responses become available more quickly – my perception is that some of our
suppliers as organisations are not set up to support us quickly on operations. Ease of reach back
A new helmet-mounted optical sighting into places like design offices is the sort of issue I’m referring to here. The other problem that we
system developed by BAE Systems will be specifically have is the broad spectrum of materials that designers have used over the years in
assisting British door gunners on the Lynx building the types that we operate with. Whilst hindsight is always a wonderful thing, and better
M8. The need for the ‘Q-Sight’ Gunner performance through the introduction of new technology and materials is something that every
Remote Sighting Systems (GRSS) has been designer wishes to take advantage of, many of our materials problems occur at either end of the
described as “mission critical” amid efforts through life spectrum; new types using new materials for which there is insufficient experience to
to optimize situational awareness. The predict failure behaviours in differing environments produce challenges which can be very difficult
lightweight clip-on device uses holographic to overcome. Similarly, obsolescent types require materials sometimes no longer in production or
technology that projects flight and mission an approved alternative. Design, not just for ease of maintenance but for ease of structural repair
information in front of the user’s immediate and modification should be a high level driver in selection of materials for new military types
field of vision to enable more accurate target where a primary consideration should cover the fact that service lives are always likely to be
identification. Aside to being fully extended through budgetary pressures once the aircraft has been procured. The more resilient
compatible with current helmet designs and and repairable a design, the more supportable and available a type is likely to be.
night vision goggles, it aims to reduce strain
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7. WHO YOU WILL MEET
Colonel Christian.J.H. Drouin, Wing Commander, 1 Wing, Michael Sears, H-60 Deputy International Programme Manager,
Canadian Forces PMA-299, US Naval Air Systems Command
Colonel Werner Salewski, Commander, 15 Medium Transport Lieutenant Colonel Eric "Delta" Burke, AH-1/UH-1
Helicopter Regiment, German Army Requirements Officer, OPNAV N88, US Navy
Colonel Sam Michaud, Commander, 12 Wing Shearwater, Wing Commander Andrew Grey (Ret’d), Helicopter Project
Canadian Forces Officer, European Defence Agency
Colonel Billy Thompson, Commander, 563rd Rescue Group, Kenneth Moritz, Platform Development Manager, V-22
US Air Force Programme Office, US NAVAIR
Wing Commander David John Tozer, OC, Forward Support Commander Curzo Pacific, Logistics Director, Naval Aviation,
Wing, RAF Odiham Italian Navy
Wing Commander Chris Pitt (Ret'd), Former SO1 Electronic ? Squadron Leader Mike Kluth, SO2 Electronic Warfare, Joint
Warfare, Air Command, Royal Air Force Helicopter Command, UK MoD
Lieutenant Colonel Billy Jackson, Modification Product Rusty Graves, Systems Engineering Lead, Aircraft Survivability
Manager, Utility Helicopters, US Army Systems Programme Office, US Army
Lieutenant Colonel Anssi Vuole, Commanding Officer, Major Eric Van Gerwen, Commander 930 Maintenance
Helicopter Battalion, Finnish Air Force Squadron, Royal Netherlands Air Force
Lieutenant Colonel Rick “Bataan” Barnes, Aircraft Lieutenant Commander Ian Jones, Repair Manager, 1710
Survivability Equipment Requirements Officer, OPNAV N8847 Squadron, Royal Navy
Lieutenant Colonel Onno Eichelsheim, Head of Helicopter Confirmed Speaker, CSS Branch, NATO JAPCC
Requirements, Apache Programme Office, Royal Netherlands
Air Force
Major Lars Henrik Thorngreen, Commander, 101 Squadron,
Lieutenant Colonel Duart Townsend, Directing Staff Royal Danish Air Force
(Aviation), Canadian Land Force Command and Staff College
Jim Teeple, NIAG 106 Special Operational Forces Working
Lieutenant Colonel Nicola Donati Guerrieri, Electronic Group, Air Capability Group 5 (Mobility) NATO / Boeing
Warfare Centre, Italian Air Force
Michael Hargrove, Foreign Intelligence Technology Division,
Thomas E. Neupert, Director, Cargo Sustainment Directorate Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-2, US Army
Captain Javier Aguilar Gonzalez, Testing Flight Section Chief,
Lieutenant Colonel Jan Brozman, Platform Protection 48th Wing Maintenance Group, Spanish Air Force
Requirements, Slovakian Air Force
Confirmed Representative, Aviation Support Programme Office,
Commander Jolyon Woodard, Officer Commanding, 845 NAMSA
Naval Air Squadron, Royal Navy
Panel Session Participant:
Colonel Magnus Westerlund, Commander, Helicopter Wing,
Swedish Air Force
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