Organisations to have previously attended Military Airlift
- RAF
- USAF Europe
- USAF Air Mobility Command
- Royal Netherlands Air Force
- UK MoD
- Movement Coordination Centre Europe
- Canadian Armed Forces
- French Air Force
- Italian Air Force
- Spanish Air Force
- Lufthansa
- Czech MoD
- Marshall Aerospace
- European Air Group
- European Defence Agency
- European Air Transport Command
- Qatari Emiri Air Force
- NATO Joint Air Power Competence Centre
- NATO Airlift Management Agency
- OCCAR
- Airbus Military
- Boeing
- Thales
- EADS
- Embraer
- Elbit
- BAE Systems
- QinetiQ
- MTU
Maximising Airlift efficiency, effectiveness and affordability
Enabling efficient, effective and affordable airlift capability
DefenceIQ’s 9th Annual Military Airlift event will draw together in London our most senior and comprehensive speaker panel to date. Subjects under discussion range from familiar Airlift challenges to the bleeding edge of technological advances in Electronic Warfare Systems, avionics, night vision and precision airdrop.
High level briefings from major national and multinational airlift organisations will provide key information on airlift and air to air refuelling operations, the acquisition requirements that they entail and the perfect networking environment.
New areas of focus this year will include preparations for the projected withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2014.
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Military Airlift 2012 will:
- Provide an inside view on major programme including the A400m and Voyager. Including Insights on international procurement cooperation
- Examine future trends with presentations on cutting edge Joint Precision Airdrop Systems, advances in Electronic Warfare Systems, and improvements in Night Vision Imaging Systems.
- Analyse Multi Role Tanker Transport platforms: Capability through adaptability? Unrivalled operational insight into KC767A platform as well as others including KC130J, C27J, KC390.
- Investigate efforts to deliver effective multinational military airlift – with MCCE, EDA, NAMA, AMCC, EATC and UNHAS all giving briefings.
Post-Conference Workshop: Friday 28th September 2012
Electro-optical Sensor Systems for Airlift
Workshop led by:
Former Italian Air Force Wing Commander Dr Roberto Sabatini, Internationally recognised expert in Avionics and Air Traffic Management (ATM) Systems
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Listen to Podcast
The EATC's vision of multinational military airlift operations in Europe
Defence IQ talks to Brigadier General Alain Rouceau, Chief of Staff/Deputy Commander, European Air Transport Command about the EATC's role in military airlift operations and the challenges that have to be overcome in any multinational organisational structure. Brigadier General Rouceau will be speaking on day one of the conference.
NATO SHAPE's role in strategic military airlift operations
Defence IQ talks to Colonel Jennifer Thompson, Chief, Allied Movement Coordination Centre (AMCC), NATO SHAPE on current capabilities and operations conducted by NATO SHAPE and what other Armed Forces from across the world can learn from the agency. Colonel Thompson will be speaking on day two of the event.
Testimonials
“Military Airlift is very useful as a pre-deployment familiarisation on the airlift environment”
Wing Commander Andy Kime, HQ AIR/ISAF AMCC
“Well done. Military Airlift was very helpful.”
Lt. Col. Mohammed Al-Qashouti, Qatar Armed Forces
“Military Airlift is an excellent opportunity to interact with the airlift community.”
Laurent Donnet, European Defence Agency