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Conference Day Two: 21st January 2009

09:00 Chairman’s Welcome And Recap Of Day One

09:10 Underwater Geospatial Intelligence

• The importance of geospatial intelligence in the underwater Battlespace
• The NATO Additional Military Layers (AML) initiative
• Future projections of capabilities, threats and technology

Captain Bob Stewart
Hydrographer of the Royal Navy
Royal Navy

09:50 Royal Netherlands Plans For Underwater Capability Development

• Current underwater capabilities of the Royal Netherlands Navy
• Current submarine plans and programmes
• Development of future procurement and capability vision

Commander Anthonie Boon
Underwater Warfare Requirements Division, Defence Staff
Royal Netherlands Navy

11:00 Expanding The Operating Scope For Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (uuvs)

• The current perception of the range of tasks for UUVs
• Growth potential into additional areas and capability development within the field of port security, mine clearance and intelligence operations
• Research and efforts into the issue of recapturing deployed assets

Cliff Funnell
Editor
Jane's Underwater Warfare Systems

11:40 German Underwater Capabilities And Potential

• The U212A, an AIP submarine and its innovative weapons (Torpedo DM2A4, IDAS missile)
• Potential of Experimental Unmanned Underwater Systems (Seaotter Mk II and Sea Wolf AUV’s)

Captain Raimand Wallner
Section Head Underwater Vehicles and Weapons
German MoD

13:30 The Nato Undersea Research Centre (nurc)

• Overview of research Divisions: ASW, MCM, Oceanography and harbour protection
• Future of Autonomous vehicles: The potential of Gliders?
• Research into underwater communication in ASW in order to improve communication and interoperability between underwater assets

Captain Jeff Best (USN)
Special Assistant for International Affairs
NURC

14:10 Tactical Underwater Link - Connecting Submerged Sensors And Shooters Via Digital Through Water Communication

• Presentation of conducted R&D at ELAC for achieving stable digital through water communication, some technical details
• Applications of the technology (linking submarine to surface asset, AUV guidance, linking seafloor sensor nets with submarines/surface/air assets, strike data communication to dived submarines)
• New operational features (AUV missions guided by submarines, combined ASW scenarios with surface assets and submarines in a common action area, IFF for submarines)
• Test results of the final testings in the Baltic in Sept 08 (submarine / surface trials with UT 3000)

Stefan Haase
Sales and Marketing Manager
L-3 Communications

14:50 Afternoon Tea And Networking

15:30 The Future Uk Submarine Fleet: Teaming For Through Life Affordability

• The Astute: Boat One sea trails
• Boats 4 and beyond: steps towards through life affordability and commonality across the fleet
• The UK’s future nuclear deterrent: Replacing the SSBN Vanguard in the next decade

Colin Utting
Future Combat Systems Engineering Manager
BAE Systems Submarine Solution

16:10 Ssgn Deployments - The First Year

• USS OHIO (SSGN 726) in the Pacific
• USS FLORIDA (SSGN 728) in the Atlantic
• Special Operating Forces (SOF) capabilities
• Unique connectivity issues

Captain James H. Patton Jr (USN Ret’d)
President
Submarine Tactics and Technology Inc.

16:50 Chairman’s Summary Of The Conference

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