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SMi Group Proudly Presents the 2nd Annual…
Maximizing Survivability of Armored Platforms through the Integration of
Advanced Protection Systems
2020
11th-12th
JUNE
Future ARMORED
VEHICLES:
PROTECTION
SYSTEMS USA
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Major General (Ret’d) John Charlton, Former Commander, Test and
Evaluation Command, US Army
Colonel Sean Fisher, Director of Training and Doctrine, Maneuver Center of
Excellence, US Army
Colonel Kevin Chaney, PM Aircraft Survivability Equipment, PEO IEWS,
US Army
Colonel John Hall, Commanding Officer, Aberdeen Test Center,
US Army
Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Ramos, PM Vehicle Protection Systems, Stryker
Brigade Combat Team, PEO Ground Combat Systems, US Army
Lieutenant Colonel Matt Johnson, Product Manager, Bradley Fighting
Vehicles, US Army
Dr Jeffrey Zabinski, Director, Weapons and Materials Research Directorate,
CCDC Army Research Lab, US Army
Mr David Marck, Project Director, Main Battle Tank Systems, PEO Ground
Combat Systems, US Army
Mr Wayne Beutler, Associate Director, GVSP, DEVCOM CCDC, GVSC, GVSP,
US Army
Major General (ret’d) William Hix, Former Director of Strategy, Plans Policy,
Deputy Chief of Staff G-3/5/7 Headquarters, US Army
Lieutenant Colonel (ret’d) Scott Coulson, Owner and Founder,
Mass XV LLC
Mr Bradley Bowman, CMPP Senior Director, FDD
Lieutenant Colonel Edward Sutthery, SO1 Heavy Forces, Capability Ground
Manouevre Branch, British Army
Lieutenant Colonel (ret’d) Kerim Serkan Simais, Specialist, Land Platforms,
SSB, Turkish MoD
Lieutenant Colonel, Israeli Defence Forces (name withheld for security
reasons)
Mr Rob Baker, Discipline Lead, Advanced Vehicle Protection,
Defence Science and Technology Group
Dr Stanislav Rolc, Chief of Division, Material Engineering and Active
Protection Lead, Czech Military Research Institute
Mr Aaron Hankins, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Land
Systems, Leonardo DRS
Mr Stefan Hasse, Head of Product Unit Active Protection, Rheinmetall
Protection Systems
INDUSTRY SPEAKERS:
INTERNATIONAL EXPERT MILITARY AND TECHNICAL SPEAKERS:
US EXPERT MILITARY AND TECHNICAL SPEAKERS:
CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN:
• New for 2020: Maintaining an emphasis on the development and
integration of advanced Modular Active Protection Systems, 2020
will provide a more holistic agenda discussing the wider software
advancements that will enhance platform survivability
• Listen firsthand to briefings from senior US officers representing PEO
GCS, GVSC, PEO IEWS, Army Research Laboratory and more…
• Engage with new to the event, leading international speakers
including British Army, Israeli Defence Forces, Turkish MoD, and
Australian DSTG personnel
• Understand the opportunities for industry to engage in the future of
armored vehicle survivability, with senior speakers from Leonardo
DRS and Rheinmetall ADS
• Meet and network with the field-leading decision makers, who will
define the future of vehicle protection systems and survivability

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FUTURE ARMORED VEHICLES: PROTECTION SYSTEMS USA
DAY ONE | 11TH June 2020 www.fav-aps.com
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8.00 Registration Coffee
9.00 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Major General (ret’d) John Charlton, Former Commander Test and
Evaluation Command, US Army
OPENING KEYNOTE BRIEFINGS
9.10 Supporting Army Modernization through the Development,
Demonstration and Integration of the Kinetic Energy Active
Protection System Program
• Providing comprehensive testing to guarantee system combat-
readiness
• Comprehensive survivability through hard-kill integration
• Introducing low SWaP-C radar technology that is fully
interoperable, scalable, and standardised
• Focus on ground system survivability and the future of protection
Mr Wayne Beutler, Associate Director, GVSP, DEVCOM CCDC, GVSC,
GVSP, US Army
9.50 Evaluating the US Army Armored Vehicles Active Protection Systems
Portfolio
• Balancing the need for different systems to overcome different
threat profiles
• Data and cyber implications of target identification and response
• Managing interoperability considerations and ensuring different
systems on different vehicles work coherently and efficiently
Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Ramos, PM, Vehicle Protection Systems,
Stryker Brigade Combat Team, US Army
10.30 Collaboration in Platform Protection between Government and
Industry
• How industry and government communicate effectively to secure
maximum platform protection
• What works well
• What are our opportunities for improvement
Mr Aaron Hankins, Senior Vice President
and General Manager, Land Systems,
Leonardo DRS
11.10 Morning Coffee
US PLATFORM CONSIDERATIONS
11.40 Assessing the Role of the Maneuver Centre of Excellence in
Developing Doctrine and Capabilities for the Future of US Armor
Platforms
• Analysing the changing operational environment of today and the
complex threats faced by armored personnel
• Developing agile and adaptive armor personnel and platforms
and the integration of APS to guarantee mission success
• Maximising the operational capacity of US armor and APS as a
force enabler
Colonel Sean Fisher, Director of Training and Doctrine, Maneuver
Center of Excellence, US Army
12.20 If You Emit, You Can be Hit
• The downside of high powered APS radars in a peer-to-peer
conflict (instead of counterinsurgency)
• What passive sensor technologies do we have available,
what’s their requirements
• How low can active sensors get powered in order to still
fit-for-APS-purposes
• Further trends in APS integration on platforms
Mr Stefan Hasse, Head of Product Unit Active
Protection, Rheinmetall Protection Systems
1.00 Assessing the Importance of an Open Architecture for Ease of
Application Across Platforms
• Applying Iron Fist to the Bradley Fighting Vehicles and the specific
platform requirements this brings
• Evaluating the data management implications of applying active
protection to armoured vehicles
• Balancing ‘cost-effectiveness’ with ‘mission-readiness’ to ensure
best use of US tax dollar
• The future of armored fighting vehicles and the protection
implications facing platforms
Lieutenant Colonel Matt Johnson, Product Manager, Bradley Fighting
Vehicles, US Army
1.40 Networking Lunch
INTERNATIONAL APS PROGRAMS
2.40 Optimising Israeli Armoured Platforms through Bespoke Active
Protection Systems
• Reviewing the demands on the Israeli Defence Forces during
deployments
• Developing, testing, and applying rugged, proven active
protection systems to enhance capacity
• Operational takeaways and lessons learned
Lieutenant Colonel, Israeli Defence Forces
(name withheld for security reasons)
3.20 Assessing the Application and Integration of Vehicle Protection
Systems on UK Armoured Vehicles
• Integrating APS into an existing battle management system to
ensure connectivity and interoperability
• Connecting different systems of vehicle protection for
comprehensive survivability and incorporating these into the
Challenger II life extension programme
• The future of UK armoured vehicle survivability
Lieutenant Colonel Edward Sutthery, SO1 Heavy Forces, Capability
Ground Manouevre Branch, British Army
4.00 Afternoon Tea
TESTING, DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION OF VPS
4.30 Supporting the US Warfighter and Guaranteeing Mission Capability
by Providing Essential Information to Decision Makers and
Comprehensive Evaluation of Survivability Components and
Requirements
• Findings from the live-fire evaluations of APS and effects on mission
capacity
• Challenges from the integration of an advanced vehicle
protection suite and the uplifts gained from application
• Enhancing the use of sensors and situational awareness for optimal
survivability
• Proposing a path ahead for U.S. armor and the importance of
vehicle protection systems more widely
Colonel John Hall, Commanding Officer, Aberdeen Test Center,
US Army
5.10 The Future of Survivability — What will Active Protection Consist of
Beyond the Short-Term?
• Developing and integrating cutting-edge technology as a means
of staying ahead of the threat-curve
• Directed energy weapons as a survivability and mobility enhancer
• Directed energy weapon technology, and solid-state architecture
and components for high energy lasers
• Advanced computing to enhance threat detection and response
Dr Jeffrey Zabinski, Director, Weapons and Materials Research
Directorate, CCDC Army Research Lab, US Army
5.50 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One
Major General (ret’d) John Charlton, Former Commander Test and
Evaluation Command, US Army
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8.30 Registration Coffee
9.00 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Major General (ret’d) John Charlton, Former Commander Test
and Evaluation Command, US Army
OPENING KEYNOTE BRIEFINGS
9.10 Maximising Long-Term Platform Survivability Against Evolving
Threats While Maintaining Combat Effectiveness
• Lessons to be learned from active protection in the air domain
• Integrating multiple soft-kill measures to combat a variety of
threats
• The importance of an open digital architecture to allow for use
across platforms and across domains with advanced hard-kill
response systems
Colonel Kevin Chaney, Project Manager, PMO ASE, PEO IEWS,
US Army
9.50 Assessing the Ability of US Armed Forces to Effectively Develop
and Integrate Innovative Technologies to Maintain Long-Term
Operational Overmatch
• Assessing the development arc for the Modular Active
Protection System program
• Challenges to integrating new systems into existing platforms
and lessons learned
• Maintaining US armor overmatch through driving technological
developments
Major General (ret’d) William Hix, Former Director of Strategy,
Plans Policy, Deputy Chief of Staff G-3/5/7 Headquarters,
US Army
10.30 Morning Coffee
11.00 PANEL DEBATE: The Path Ahead for Vehicle Protection Systems
• Assessing the current and future operating climates for armored
vehicles driving capability requirements
• Overcoming passive protection system limitations through
enhanced software developments
• Industry collaboration to create an open architecture, modular
system of systems
• Developing APS to create a comprehensive integrated mission
system
Major General (ret’d) John Charlton, Former Commander, Test
and Evaluation Command, US Army (moderator)
Colonel Sean Fisher, Director of Training and Doctrine, Maneuver
Center of Excellence, US Army
Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Ramos, PM, Vehicle Protection Systems,
Stryker Brigade Combat Team, US Army
Mr David Marck, Project Director, Main Battle Tank Systems, PEO
Ground Combat Systems, US Army
Mr Wayne Beutler, Associate Director, GVSP, DEVCOM CCDC,
GVSC, GVSP, US Army
PRIORITISING TESTING
11.40 Assessing the Vehicle Protection Systems Considerations of the
Australian Land Forces and Improving Operational Effectiveness
through the Integration of APS
• Assessing the research and development of the Australian DoD
in applying APS and the findings from testing
• The Australian approach to APS, wider vehicle protection
system considerations and integrating enhanced situational
awareness components for greater survivability
• The future of APS on Australian armor platforms and developing
a coherent integrated mission system
Mr Rob Baker, Discipline Lead, Advanced Vehicle Protection,
Defence Science and Technology Group
12.20 Networking Lunch
INTEGRATING INTERNATIONAL VEHICLE PROTECTION
1.20 Implementing a Mission-Ready Vehicle Protection Suite and the
Operational Uplifts Resulting
• Turkish APS Development Phase
• Assessing the integration of the PULAT APS
• Increasing survivability through applying and integrating
multiple vehicle protection systems; from reactive to active
• APS as a means of enabling greater mission focus for end-users
Lieutenant Colonel (ret’d) Kerim Serkan Simais, Specialist, Land
Platforms, SSB, Turkish MoD
2.00 Assessing the Performance of the Explosively Formed Axe (EFA)
and the Developments made in Applying and Integrating APS
• Findings from operational testing of the EFA hard-kill system
• Overcoming passive protection limitations through integrating
advanced APS
• Data and power management implications of EFA and
optimizing systems
Dr Stanislav Rolc, Chief of Division, Material Engineering and
Active Protection Lead, Czech Military Research Institute
2.40 Afternoon Tea
CLOSING SESSIONS
3.10 Assessing the Challenges to the Integration of a Modular APS and
the Wider Considerations for a Kinetic Hard-Kill System
• Maintaining US Armor superiority through the application of
multi-layered protection systems
• Creating a comprehensive modular survivability suite for varied
requirements
• The future of APS and creating an integrated mission system
Lieutenant Colonel (ret’d) Scott Coulson, Owner and Founder,
Mass XV LLC
3.50 Modernization in the U.S. Army — Integrating Cutting Edge
Platforms and Systems to Secure Long-Term Operational
Overmatch
• Assessing the operational environment into which U.S. Armor
now finds itself and the survivability requirements
• Promoting early co-operative research and development with
allied partners to encourage knowledge transfer and minimise
potential capability gaps
• Looking to the future – prioritising inter-state competition and
the path ahead for Futures Command
Mr Bradley Bowman, CMPP Senior Director, FDD
4.30 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two
Major General (ret’d) John Charlton, Former Commander Test
and Evaluation Command, US Army
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testing of the StrikeShield Active Protection System to
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Alabama. This contract award provides a pathway
to potential utilization of the system on vehicles in the
current Army vehicle fleet as well as vehicles fielded
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Systems USA will once again provide a comprehensive
update on the recent advancements achieved in the
realm of enhanced vehicle survivability through the
integration of vehicle protection systems. With focus
on the collaboration between military, research, and
industry, Future Armoured Vehicles: Protection Systems
USA invites not only key program managers, capability
directors and operational commanders from national
armed forces, but also ensures the participation
of senior engineers, chief scientists and platform
managers from leading solution providers. The very
latest technology innovators and solution providers will
be present to share their ground-breaking equipment
with a captive audience all looking to advance
their armoured vehicle survivability programs and
operational effectiveness.
The audience will include, but not be limited to:
Military:
• Heads of Land Systems
• Program Managers
• Survivability Experts
• Operational Commanders of Land Systems
• Directors of Mechanised Capability Planning
• Vetronics Experts
• System Integration Project Managers
Industry:
• Chief Engineers
• Product Managers for Land Systems
• Technical Directors
• Heads of vehicle survivability
• Integration chiefs
• Armored Vehicle Program Managers
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