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The 3rd in SMi’s Vehicle Survivability series will address the nature of future land operations and how enhancing the survivability of land platforms contributes towards the realisation of new operational concepts. Attention will be paid to the upgrading of current platforms, as well as revealing new design concepts with integrated survivability features. Government policies on vehicle survivability will be examined, demonstrating the new emphasis now being placed on vulnerability reduction and personnel safety. Identifying the specific threats through operational perspectives the conference will then analyse the current ability of vehicles to counter this threat on the battlefield. Advancements in technology will be discussed, looking in particular at the areas of Signature Management, Active, Energetic and Passive Armor Development, Damage Reduction Technologies, Electro-Optic Countermeasure Technology and Survivability Optimisation Modelling and Systems Analyses. An overview of future developments in vehicle survivability will provide possible solutions to the challenges faced by vehicle designers, giving expert opinion on how best to combat vulnerability. The distinguished panel of expert speakers at Vehicle Survivability in Future Ground Manoeuvre includes: Colonel Jeff Terhune, TRADOC Systems Manager for Close Combat Missiles, US Army Lieutenant Colonel Roddy Lee, SO1 Concept Development and Experimentation (Land), Ministry of Defence, UK Lieutenant Colonel John Hinds, Product Manager, Unit of Action Special Programs, US Army Lieutenant Colonel Jim Ryan, Acting Director, Force Development Group, Land Warfare Centre, Australia Major David Bardorf, Project Officer, PM Tanks, Marine Corps Systems Command, US Marine Corps Major Kirk Stone, SO2 Dimounted Combat, Land Warfare Development Centre, Australia Dr Paul Ratcliff, Team Leader, Signatures, Dstl, Ministry of Defence, UK Captain Marl McNeil, Director Land Requirements 3-3, Close Combat Systems (Armoured Fighting Section), National Defence Headquarters, Canada Stuart Dowling, Lecturer, Royal Military College of Science, Cranfield
Aims and Objectives of Vehicle Survivability in Future Ground Manoeuvre Include: IDENTIFY the major threats to vehicle survivability on the battlefield and discover how best to counter them ANALYSE current vehicles being used in operation, focusing on their vulnerabilities LEARN from leading experts on the advancements being made in survivability enhancement EXAMINE technological developments in signature management and active armour LEARN how survivability modelling and systems analysis can play a key role in optimising survivability
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