ABOVE WATER BATTLESPACE 2009
The Grosvenor Victoria Hotel, London • 22nd-24th June 2009
11.40 Naval Ballistic Missile Defence: Identifying
What will you take away from the Above Water Battlespace
Geo-Political Threats In Addition To Those Posed By
Conference……….
Advanced Ballistic Missile Systems
✔ A comprehensive understanding of future naval surface fleet Dr. Jeremy Stocker, Defence Academy, Shrivenham
plans and Requirements
The Threat posed to naval vessels from ballistic missiles is
growing as more potentially hostile countries develop and
✔ Knowledge of the status of key surface ship programmes
acquire weapons with inceasing ranges and payloads. Hear
worldwide
how naval counter - BMD programmes and strategies are
✔ An assessment of counter-piracy and sea border surveillance progressing
strategies • BM Threats: The Growing Challenge of Ballistic Missile
Proliferation
✔ Results from HMS Daring’s sea trials
• Exploring the Maritime Dimension
✔ An understanding of the growing importance of maritime air
• What are the Key Technical and Strategic Issues?
capabilities • U.S. Programmes – Aegis and other Systems: What are
the latest plans for enhancing or upgrading
✔ Details of naval counter-BMD strategies
capabilities?
✔ The latest updates on exercise Taurus 09
• What Progress and Potential is there outside the U.S.A.?
12.20 Lunch
Day One: 22nd June 2009
13.50 Littoral Combat Ship (LCS): Exploring How The U.S.
Navy Is Driving The Largest Ship Programme In A
9.00 CHAIRMAN’S INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME
Decade From Prototype Design & Evaluation Through
Vice Admiral Sir Jeremy Blackham, KCB (Ret’d), former
To Deployment
Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Equipment Capability), Dr. Norman Friedman, International Naval Consultant
U.K. Ministry of Defence & Author
Littoral Combat Ships will have both higher speed and
greater agility than current frigates, making them especially
9.10 Keynote Address: Exploring The Capability capable of conducting operations in littoral waters
Requirements & Financial Imperatives That Are • Competing Prototypes: Identifying key steps and
Driving The Future Of The Royal Navy Surface Fleet imperatives in the selection process
Rear Admiral Philip Jones, Rear Admiral Surface Ships, • How will the USN leverage LCS’s modular design
Royal Navy benefits?
The 3 Key Future Surface Warship Programmes for The
• What will be the Concept of Operations for these Ships?
Royal Navy over the next 10 years will be the CVFs, Daring
Class Destroyers and the Future Surface Combatant. Find
14.30 Countering Maritime Terrorism And Piracy
out how the R.N. Plans Future Maritime Force Projection
Commander Mike Mason, International Relations Expert,
• Maritime Force Projection – including Maritime Strike
Centre for Defence and International Studies – currently
and Littoral Manoeuvre
attached to SHAPE HQ, NATO Brussels
• Force Protection
Maritime terrorism and piracy are among the most
• Theatre Entry
important current threats to maritime security. However,
• Sustained Reach
threats in home waters are also growing in significance.
• Maritime Security
• Countering Maritime Terrorism and Piracy on the High
• C4ISR (Command, Control, Communications,
Seas
Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance)
• Maritime Crime in Home Waters
• Diplomatic, Legal, Economic and Humanitarian
Dimensions and Interests
9.50 Roles of Surface Ships in Modern Warfare
• Panel Discussion
Professor Eric Grove, Director, Centre for International
Security and War Studies, University of Salford
15.10 Coffee and Opportunity to Network
The roles of surface ships are changing to match emerging
naval threats. Countering piracy is now a high priority
15.40 The Royal Netherlands Navy OPV Programme
mission as is littoral warfare. Learn how the requirements of
Mr. Rob Zuiddam, Programme Manager OPV, Royal
Netherlands Navy
these mission areas are shaping future surface ship
Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) are one of the fastest
requirements, from one of the U.K.'s foremost naval experts
growing segments of the Naval Surface Vessel Market. The
• New carrier programmes
Royal Netherlands Navy has commenced of the most
• The revival of amphibious warfare
advanced OPV programmes in Europe. Learn how these
• The differing requirements of littoral and blue water
vessels will be optimised for maritime interdiction, counter-
operations
terrorism and humanitarian assistance.
• Future surface combatants
• What Operational Background has led to this
Programme?
10.30 Coffee and Opportunity to Network
• Which Requirements will these Ships need to meet?
• What are their Key Design Features?
11.00 Examining Plans For Updating & Upgrading The US
• The Importance of the Integrated Sensor and
Navy’s Amphibious Warfare Programme
Communication Suite
Captain Jeffrey Riedel, Head of PMS-377, U.S. Navy
• Integration of Applied Sensor and Weapon Systems
Modern U.S. Navy Amphibious Assault Ships project power
• How has the Programme Progressed to Date?
and maintain presence by serving as the cornerstones of the
Amphibious Readiness Group (ARG)/Expeditionary Strike 16.20 Panel Discussion: Corvette and Offshore Patrol Vessel
Group (ESG). As Key Elements of the Seapower 21 pillars of Roles and Requirements
Sea Strike and Sea Basing, these ships transport and land Captain Virgilio Ianelli, Naval Attache, Italian Embassy,
elements of the Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB) with a London
combination of aircraft and landing craft. Find out how Captain Jean Nicholas Gauthier, Naval Attache, French
valuable these ships are to the Seapower 21 concept of Embassy, London
operations Brigadier General Fakir, Defence and Naval Adviser
• SAN ANTONIO CLASS – LPDs: How has the ship (Designate), South African Embassy, London
programme performed and how will capabilities be • What capabilities do Corvettes and OPVs bring to the
further developed?
Above Water Battlespace?
• LHA (R): Optimisation plans for enhanced aviation
• How are designs being configured to meet new threats?
operational capabilities
• Will the growth in this fast-growing sector be
• LCAC Service Life Extension Programme : Examining the
sustained?
programme features and timeline for roll out
17.00 End of Day One
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