Conference Day One: 28 April 2009

08.50 Chairman’s Address And Opening Remarks

Elfan Ap Rees
Editor
Helicopter International

09.00 Moving Towards A More Balanced Tactical Helicopter Structure In Canada

• CH-47D and F Procurement
• Interim Battlefield Reconnaissance Utility Helicopter (BRUH)
• CH-148 Cyclone Programme

Lieutenant Colonel Grant Delaney
1 Wing
Canadian Forces

09.40 Royal Air Force Merlin Operations

• Operational feedback
• Merlin performance in-theatre
• Upgrades required to maintain operational effectiveness

Wing Commander Simon Patterson
Officer Commanding, 28 Squadron
Royal Air Force Benson

10.50 Integrated Operational Support - The Way Ahead

• Integrated Operational Support (IOS) Results and deliverables to date
• Through Life Capability Management and customer policy
• The IOS contribution to Capability Delivery

Nick Smith
Head of Through Life Capability
Agusta Westland

11.30 Italian Navy Helicopter Plans And Programmes

• Design requirements and operational roles
• Weapons carriage
• Sensors
• Procurement Programmes: AW 101 and NH-90

Rear Admiral Paolo Treu
Commander
Italian Naval Aviation

13.30 How To Optimize Military Helicopter Survivability With Crew Served And Podded Weapons Systems

• Meeting the demands of the asymmetric environment
• Delivering effects on time and within budget
• Feedback from ongoing operations

Christophe Héron
Head of Systems Marketing
FN Herstal

14.10 Danish Aw-101 Operations

• Status in the fielding of the Danish AW-101
• Future plans to meet reach initial/full operating capability
• Operational concerns and lessons learned

Major Lars-Henrik Thorngreen
Officer Commanding, 722 Squadron
Royal Danish Air Force

14.50 Afternoon Tea & Networking

15.20 Ch-47f Update

• Interoperability: Needs of current Coalition warfare
• Background
• Development
• Programme Status

Lieutenant Colonel Gerald Dwyer
Aviation Director, Foreign Military Sales & International Programmes, Cargo Helicopters
US Army

16.00 Future Transport Helicopter

• Programme Developments
• Establishing the requirements of the customer
• Incorporating operational feedback into the design process

Bob Torgeson
Director
Boeing International Rotorcraft

16.40 Rotary Wing Training In The U.k. Military

• DHFS Background
• The Current Approach to Joint Flying Training
• The Training Continuum and How This Is Approached at DHFS
• Rear Crew Training Needs
• Future British Military Rotary Wing Training Requirements

Group Captain Jack Brown
Chief Flying Instructor
Defence Helicopter Flying School

17.20 Chairman’s Summary And Closing Remarks

17.30 Close Of Day

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