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Conference Day One: 26 March 2012

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07:00 – 07:30 Registration, Refreshments and Display

07:30 – 07:40 Chairman’s Welcome and Introduction to Day One

Chris Granville White
CBE

07:40 – 08:00 The Royal Jordanian Perspective on Manned and Unmanned ISR Platforms

Brigadier General Mansour Aljobour
Deputy Commander, Air Operations and Air Defense
Royal Jordanian Air Force

08:00 – 08:30 Keynote Briefing – Iraqi Air Force

Brigadier General Aziz Abdullah Issa
Airbase Commander
Iraqi Air Force

08:30 – 09:00 Beechcraft AT-6 Light Attack And Armed Reconnaissance Aircraft

  • Aircraft system description
  • Reconnaissance and attack capabilities
  • Operational Assessment

AT -6 Program Director
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09:00 – 09:30 COFFEE AND REFRESHMENTS BREAK

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09:30 – 10:00 Keynote Briefing – Operation Unified Protector

Lieutenant General Ralph J. Jodice II
(USA F), Commander, Allied Air Component Command HQ Izmir
NATO

10:00 – 10:30 Keynote Briefing – Operation Unified Protector: The UK’s Perspective

Air Vice-Marshal Stuart Atha DSO
Air Officer Commanding, Number One Group
Royal Air Force

10:30 – 11:00 The Role of NATO’s ISR Division in Operation Unified Protector

Group Captain Mike Hart
DACOS, J2 Ops, PJHQ
UK MoD

11:00 – 11:30 COFFEE AND REFRESHMENTS BREAK

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11:30 - 12:00 Operational and Training Lessons Learned – Innovations Implemented

  • Training Services
  • Technical training system improvements
  • Information Management

Chris Benn, Director
Military Export, THALES Training & Simulation
THALES DAVAO

David Cleland-Smith
Director Business Development, THALES Avionics
THALES DAVAO

Jan H de Haldevang
Director, Sales & Marketing, Middle East & Western Asia
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12:00 - 12:30 Theatre Security Cooperation – The ISR Dimension

Colonel Howard Neeley
Director, Theatre Security Cooperation
U.S. Air Forces Central

12:30 – 13:00 A 432d Air Expeditionary Wing Perspective on the Remotely Piloted Aircraft Mission

Colonel James Hecker
Commander, 432d Air Expeditionary Wing
U.S. Air Forces Central

LUNCH

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