IQPC’s Light Armoured Vehicles Conference

Speaking invitations are currently being extended to Military, Government and Research personnel from across Europe and The U.S.

Day One Wednesday 17^th April 2002

Chaired by Christopher F Foss, International Land Forces Expert

9:15 Light Armoured Vehicles and their role in future operations

• The need for protection
• Determining deficiencies and identifying significant threats
• The need for improved lethality

Speaker invited: Brigadier C S Grant, Director of Land Warfare, UK MoD

10:00 Development of lightweight armoured fighting vehicles

• The impact of changing military requirements - need for light weight, air deployable vehicles
• The feasibility of using composite materials for ballistic protection and as a primary load-bearing structure
• Development of composites into ACAVP a full working vehicle
• Vehicle trials and dynamic modelling
• Utilisation of carbon fibre materials for future AFVS

Dr Mark A French, Principal Engineer, QinetiQ

10:45 Coffee

11:10 Self Protection for Light Armoured Vehicles:

• Countering systems:
• • Modern Anti-Armour missiles
  • HEAT (Highly Explosive Anti Tank) warheads
• Mobile air defence systems
• Defensive aids systems
• Threat warning systems

Speaker invited: Professor Richard Ogorkiewicz, Visiting Professor, Royal Military College of Science

11:55 Challenges and progress in LAV mobility

• Suspension systems
• Test & Evaluation
• Current parameters

Speaker invited: Mr Roger Colebrook, Mobility IPTL, DPA, UK MoD

12:40 Lunch

14:00 Transportation & Deployment of LAV’s in the Canadian Army

• The need for C-130 transportability
• Restrictions on armour and lethality
• Operational experiences and lessons learnt
• Capabilities and requirements

Speaker invited: Brigadier General Mitchell, Commander Land Force Atlantic Area, Canadian Army

14:45 Light Air-Portable Vehicles

• Armouring commercial chassis
• "Viking" – The Royal Marines’ All Terrain Vehicle (Protected)
• Troop Carrying Vehicle (TCV), Command Vehicle (CV) and Repair and Recovery Vehicle (RRV) variants
• Armed Rover Group
• C-130 and CH-47 compatibility

Colonel Jeffrey Little, Combat Support Vehicles (Light) IPTL, DPA, UK MoD

15:30 Coffee

15:55 The Future Army Vehicle - SEP (Modular Armoured Tactical System)

• Trial results from the SEP tracked demonstrator
• FMV’s objectives in the SEP project
• Tracked and wheeled variants
• Development and acquisition costs
• Performance parameters
• The SEP electronic infrastructure

Speaker invited: Mr Peter Elmlund, Project Manager, SEP (Modular Armoured Tactical System), FMV

16:40 The Belgian Recce 2001 programme

• The Belgian Recce 2001 programme – trial results
• Fennek, Scarab and ACMAT
• Mobility requirements
• Protection levels
• Command, patrol and reconnaissance variants and mission suites

Speaker invited: General Hardy, Belgian Procurement Service, Belgian MoD

17:25 Close of Day One

Day two, Thursday 18^th April 2002

Chaired by Christopher F Foss, International Land Forces Expert

9:15 MRAV (Multi Role Armoured Vehicle)

• Current status of the programme
• Armour technology
• Mobility and operational capability
• Armoured Personnel Carrier and Command Vehicle variants
• Partnering with Germany and the Netherlands

Speaker invited: Mr Martin Shepherd, Multi-Role Armoured Vehicle (MRAV) IPTL, DPA, UK MoD

10:00 The Interim armoured vehicle (IAV)

• Trial results
• A review of the main contenders
• Piranha III and required variants
• Optional armour upgrades

Speaker invited: Colonel David Ogg, IAV Programme Manager, US Army

10:45 Coffee

11:10 RAVE (Rapidly Re-configurable Vehicle Concept) and its role in the FCS (Future Combat System)

• Critical requirements
• The concept demonstrator phase
• Possible systems and solutions
• Are remote vehicles the key to lighter, more mobile force?
• Light armoured vehicles with the fire power of heavy tanks

Speaker invited: Paul Wilson, Deputy Programme Manager, RAVE (Rapidly Re-configurable Vehicle Concept)

11:55 Future Command and Liaison Vehicle (FCLV)

• Support costs
• Protection
• Scout and utility roles
• Requirements

Speaker invited: Future Command and Liaison Vehicle (FCLV) IPTL, DPA, UK MoD

12:40 Lunch

14:00 APCV, Wiesel 2 and MRAV in the German Army

• Post-Kosovo requirements and thinking
• LAV roles in future operations
• Current and future vehicles, MRAV, APCV & Wiesel 2

Speaker invited: Colonel Klein, The German Procurement Agency, German MoD

14:45 The French Army’s combat vehicles of the future

• Light armoured vehicles in the French Army – roles and visions
• Panhard VBL; combat/anti-tank and intelligence/scout versions
• The wheeled VAB (Front line armoured vehicle) and AMX 10 programmes

Speaker invited: Colonel Mangin, Mounted Combat, Combat Development Department, French Army

15:30 Coffee

15:55 FRES (Future Rapid Effect System)

• The need for air mobile armoured support
• Defining the requirement
• Prototypes and their capabilities
• The reconnaissance platform

Speaker invited: Lieutenant Colonel Charlie Clee, Direct Battlefield Engagement, UK MoD

16:40 TRACER programme update

• The TRACER requirement
• The future of the TRACER project
• Main contenders and their capabilities; the Team Lancer and SIKA demonstrators

Speaker invited: Colonel Peter Flach, TRACER IPTL, DPA, UK MoD

17:25 Close of conference

Additional Confirmed: Major-General A C P Stone, CB, FRUSI – Defence Adviser, Gracemoor Consulting

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