Military Flight Training 2014 will bring together a brand new speaker line-up featuring senior military figures from the US Airforce and RAF Valley alongside leading experts from within the industry to discuss the latest topics in the field of flight training. Topics to be addressed include: training for 5th generation fighters, international cooperative training, Unmanned Aerial Systems and cutting edge simulator technology. The 2014 speaker...

Following the success of its MilSatCom Portfolio, the SMi Group is proud to present the launch of MilSatCom Latin America Conference, taking place on the 27th-28th of August 2014, in Rio de Janeiro.As well as featuring much discussion on Brazil, the hub for MilSatCom, this year's programme will feature presentations focusing on the different Latin American countries and their proprietary satellites such as Argentina and El Salvador. We will al...

Join SMi's The Ethics of Drone Operations: Present and Future Challenges event on 15 July London, to explore current and future ethical challenges, setting them in the social and political context. Discussion about drones has to date mostly centred around their use in military operations in the Middle East. Public opinion has been predominantly negative; however, part of the problem was that discussions about the technology itself has been dif...

Conducting Open Source Intelligence (OSINT), for wider intelligence, counter-terrorism and risk management work has become a complex and increasingly resource intensive task for both Government and Defence Intelligence agencies, and the commercial risk management sector alike. Social media monitoring offers a number of different methods to distribute results and analysis. The functionality of social media monitoring seamlessly integrates to su...

Counterinsurgency writings implore armed forces to understand the Human Terrain (the population) in an insurgency. Key to this is an understanding how armed forces must operate, giving them the capability to promote their messages and values over to their adversaries in a global information environment that is connected, congested and contested. This method supports the entire spectrum of military operations – from early warning, rapid c...

The 2012 and 2013 conferences comprehensively explored partnership and business opportunities for global industry in the region and delivered two exceptional agendas for Brazil. Now, after two years in Rio de Janeiro, Offshore Patrol Vessels & Surface Combatants Latin America returns for 2014, in the new location of Cartagena, Colombia. Officially supported by COTECMAR and the Colombian Navy, the 2014 conference will examine topics intrins...

The summit provides a forum to discuss measures to combat Transnational Organized Crime and associated problems of porous borders. Counter-Narcotic operations are a shared security concern across South America as drug trafficking serves as the predominant means by which Transnational Criminal Organizations obtain money and increase power in the region. The subject, as a unifying security concern lends itself to becoming the foundation for wide...

Join leading Australian and international experts who will converge in Sydney in February 2014 to review and discuss the key issues surrounding Australia's national security. The 12th Annual National Security Australia Conference to be held on the 26th and 27th of May at the Sydney Harbour Marriot, Circular Quay is your opportunity to gather with leading national security experts and key industry colleagues.Over the past twelve years this conf...

The IHMA Congress is the official Congress of the International Harbour Master Association. The 9th IHMA Congress, Global Port and Marine Operations 2014, builds on the tradition of hosting the Congress at strategically significant locations by taking place in Bruges and Ghent, Belgium.The Congress provides a unique forum in which formal Association meetings are combined with a conference and an exhibition - displaying equipment, services and...

We are delighted to invite you to attend the 2nd annual Military Robotics conference taking place on the 21st and 22nd May 2014 in London. Military Robotics 2014 will aim to explore the fascinating world of robotics and the increasing demand in militaries around the world. The conference will draw upon valuable case studies of current systems utilised in military operations, new technology being used, the operational challenges that are faced...