360º EXAMINATION OF CAS CAPABILITY

Welcome to International Close Air Support 2012!

Building on the previous success of the Close Air Support series, the 2012 Close Air Support programme has been extended to provide unparalleled topic coverage. As well as the main two day conference, International Close Air Support 2012 will see the addition of two pre-conference focus days. The first pre-conference focus day will provide an opportunity to discuss “precision weapons and targeting” and the second pre-conference focus day will explore how to “maximise simulation and training”.

International Close Air Support will cover a variety of topics including:

  • Operational Feedback: Examining in-theatre tactics, Commander level overviews of joint air operations in support of ground forces and the doctrine covering FACs, JTACs and TACPs
  • Targeting: Looking at performance of airborne targeting pods, ground designation units and targeting/guidance systems and other airborne ISTAR assets to locate and engage an asymmetric enemy
  • Training: How to utilise live, distributed and live-virtual constructive scenarios to prepare all elements of the joint force for CAS missions and how to integrate ever increasing numbers of Forward Air Control qualified personnel into an already complex and demanding mission
  • Airspace Deconfliction: Information sharing among all services to ensure collaborative targeting, increased situational awareness and fires coordination
  • Digitalisation of CAS: Technological advances that can help improve communications across the battlefield
  • Precision Weaponry: Decreasing explosive load and reducing the possibility of fratricide are key objectives when examine weapon capability and usage
  • Panel Sessions and Networking: No conference is just about the presentations – and so we offered unparalleled opportunities for questioning and answering that will enable real engagement between the speaker panel and audience. Coupled with networking sessions that will accommodate more sensitive “off-line” discussions, the entire conference is an extremely valuable exercise in meeting like minded practitioners and industry solution providers

Close Air Support Session Sponsors:

Session Sponsors

Embraer

 

Raytheon

Networking Sponsor

Hawker

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International Close Air Support Speakers Include:

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International Close Air Support Focus Days: 25th September 2012

Who attended Close Air Support 2011?

  • Ascent Flight Training Australian MoD BAE Systems Birmingham University British Army Bundeswehr Canadian Armed Forces Canadian DND Danish Fire Support Centre DARPA Dassault Aviation Defense Technology International EADS Deutschland GmbH Egyptian Defence Office Embraer Defense and Security Eurofighter Jagdflugzeuge GmbH European Air Group French Air Force French Navy Hawker Beechcraft Italian Air Force WL Gore & Associates (UK) Ltd.
  • Joint Air Land Organisation L-3 Communications Lockheed Martin Malaysian Armed Forces Marine Warfighting Laboratory MBDA UK Ltd. MINDEF NATO Ramstein NATO School Netherlands Army Nigeria High Commission Norwegian Armed Forces New Zealand Army Polish Army POLSOCOM Pratt & Whitney Przemyslowy Instytut Telekomunikacji SA Royal Air Force Royal Air Force of Oman Rafael Raytheon
  • Rockwell Collins Royal Netherlands Army Saab AB Sagem Defense Securite Singapore Armed Forces South African Air Force Spanish Air Force Stauder Technologies Swedish Air Force Swedish Armed Forces Swedish FMV Swedish SOF Swiss Air Force Thales Thales Missile Electronics TNO Physics & Electronic Laboratory TRADOC UK MoD US Air Force US Army US Marine Corps

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