Close Air Support 2011

Coordinating Approaches to Coordinated Fires

Close Air Support 2011 will be held in London on September 21-22nd 2011

Supported by Lead Sponsor Raytheon, along with Embraer Defence Services the guest speakers will give insight into:

Unparalelled Operational Feedback on Equipment And Digital CAS from TACP Units Just Returned From Theatre:

• UK 7th (Para) Royal Artillery Unit on TACP experiences and equipment in Afghanistan
• Swedish A9 Artillery Unit on JTACs working under the MOU and operational feedback
• Italian 185th Target Acquisition Regiment on looking towards greater JTAC cooperation with artillery

How To Improve Air-Land Integration:

• Insights from the United States Marine Corps on their movement for digital interoperability amongst all fires nodes, C2 and aviation platforms
• The UK Joint Air / Land Organisation (JALO) on the future of Digital CAS in the UK MoD
• The French Air Force on next steps for higher Air Land Integration in CAS

How To Close Capability Gaps:

• New ways to improve digital CAS and communications
• Innovative targeting pod and laser designator solutions
• Groundbreaking software and target sharing technologies

Plus - 5 Pre-Conference CAS Training Masterclass Workshops Including Joint Air / Land & Simulation:

• Colonel Francesco Agresti, Head of JTAC Training, Italian Air Force, on training Italian Air Forces Operation Command
• Lieutenant Colonel Frederik Ragnarsson, Head of JTAC Instruction, Swedish Armed Forces on adapting CAS training to cater for both national and international missions
• Dr Bill Powers, US Marines Warfighting Laboratory on developing and integrating unmanned combat aerial vehicles for advanced CAS