Air Surveillance and Reconnaissance 2011

Welcome to Air Reconnaissance and Surveillance 2011

Direct, Collect, Analyse and Disseminate

"The FY 2011 budget request continues efforts to increase ISR support for our fighting forces, including a substantial investment in unmanned aircraft systems"

US Undersecretary of State Carter, March 2010

Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) is the glue that binds all operations and all theatres of war and air based ISR is by far the most mission critical tool for ground command on current operations.

The global market for ISR systems and technology is estimated to grow to over $30bn over the next ten years. In particular, the growth of the UAV sector continues apace with the USA still by far the largest operator but with an explosion of activity as over 50 countries look to acquire or develop their own platforms. Indeed, manned air surveillance platforms also continue to be developed and programmes like NATO's AWACS and MC12, Griffen Helicopter and JSTARS upgrades are high value projects, crucial to ISR, which are shaping the future of combat, surveillance and reconnaissance operations.

It is crucial that the information gathered through systems such as from radar, traditional optics through to ALSM (laser swath mapping) is accurately analysed, integrated and disseminated to those who actually need it - troops and commands on the ground.

Defence IQ's Air Surveillance and Reconnaissance, now in its 8th successive year, binds all these component parts together with an holistic but interactive approach, to ensure ISR platforms, technology and interoperability can be showcased by properly addressing the link between ISR requirements management and what it means for the soldier in theatre or on operations.

At Air Surveillance & Reconnaissance 2011 you will:

Learn from a comprehensive 360° examination of current and future Air ISR procurement priorities from around the world including the Eurohawk, MC12, King Air, CP140 and Griffen. Examine how these platforms offer commands on the ground the timely and accurate information they need for all ground operations
Take home exclusive insight into where existing military Air ISR platforms can be integrated through both platform specific and independent solutions - and through further developing standards in both radar and optics technologies. This will include developments for information exploitation, maximisation of data analysis and data formatting
Participate in interactive NATO led panel discussions on both the future of UAVs and the question of Air ISR integration. These sessions will facilitate a freer and more candid discussion of the future challenges facing those in the Air ISR community
Have an opportunity to benchmark your current capabilities next to international Air ISR procurement and through life managers. Network with major AIR ISR leaders from: the US, Canada, India, Brazil, Germany, France and the UK amongst others

Speaker and Presenter Information

Major General Blair E. Hansen Deputy Commander, Joint Functional Component Command for Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance; Deputy Director National Intelligence Coordination Center and Deputy Director Defense Intelligence Operational Coordination Center Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C US Air Force Major General J. Y. (Yvan) Blondin, OMM, CD Commander of the 1st Canadian Air Division Commander of the Canadian NORAD Region and Combined Forces Air Component Commander Canadian Air Force And many more...