Lead Sponsor
Saab
Website: www.saabgroup.com
Phone: +46 31 794 9000
Email: johnny.lundberg@saabgroup.com
Saab is one of the world’s leading high-technology companies with its main operations in defence, aviation, space and civil security.
Saab is a leading a provider and integrator of radar systems with a proud 50-year history in radar design and development and over 3,000 systems in service in over 30 countries. The ARTHUR weapon locating radar and the GIRAFFE AMB multimission radar are no strangers to the artillery community and are known for their flexibility, high tactical and strategic mobility, short emplacement time and unrivalled precision in target acquisition.
Saab were pleased to sponsor the 7th annual Future Artillery conference which we hope you found interesting. As lead sponsors of the next Future Artillery conference in March 2010, we looking forward to welcoming you once again.
Conference Sponsors
ATK
Website: www.atk.com
Tel: +1 763-744-5312
ATK is a premier aerospace and defense company with 19,000 employees and FY2010 revenue of US $4.8 billion. We are the world’s largest provider of ammunition and are internationally recognized for affordable precision munitions and strike weapons. In the move to an all-precision inventory of artillery ammunition, we are developing Precision Guidance Kits for 155mm and 105mm cannon artillery as well as for mortar munitions and other applications. Our Excalibur Ib 155mm artillery solution for extended range precision fires will allow forces to field extreme precision capability in tactically significant quantities. Our innovative, insensitive munition, solid rocket motor propulsion systems form the backbone of strategic, missile defense and tactical weapon systems including Standard Missile 3 and NLOS-PAM.
As sponsors of Defence IQ’s Future Artillery conference in March 2010, we look forward once again to welcoming you to London.
BAE Systems
Website: www.baesystems.com
BAE Systems is a leader in the production and development of artillery systems, such as the FH77 BW L52 - Archer, M777-155mm Lightweight Field Howitzer, M109 variants including Paladin, Non-Line-Of-Sight (NLOS) Cannon and intelligent munitions technology, BAE Systems provides land forces with unmatched precision, lethality and mission success
Lockheed Martin
Website: www.lockheedmartin.com
Tel: +1 972-603-1615 (Missiles & Fire Control)
Tel: +1 315-427-0967 (MS2)
Lockheed Martin is a premier systems integrator principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration, and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products, and services. Lockheed Martin operates 1,000 facilities in 500 cities and 46 states throughout the United States and in 75 nations and territories internationally. With 146,000 employees globally, sales of over US$ 42 billion and an order backlog of nearly US$ 82 billion, Lockheed Martin is truly a world leader in Aeronautics, Electronic Systems, Information Systems & Global Services, and Space Systems.
Defence IQ’s 8th annual Future Artillery conference in March 2010 is jointly supported by Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control and Lockheed Martin MS2.
Nexter Group
Website: www.nexter.fr
Tel: +33 2 48 21 93 35
Email: e.montet@nexter-group.fr
Nexter Group is one of the world’s leading land defence systems companies with a variety of products and services ranging from system design to operational maintenance.
Artillery systems designed by Nexter are NATO-compliant and cover the whole operational range of indirect fire requirements. This is why CAESAR® and 105 LG1 artillery systems are known for their exceptional performance and flexibility in deployment. CAESAR® offers fast reaction times and the ability to cover a larger area with fewer guns giving operators the initiative, the ability to manoeuvre quickly and minimise risk.
Nexter Munitions is the primary ammunition supplier for gun systems developed by Nexter Systems which ensures the munitions are designed and qualified to be the best match for the system they will be fired from. This guarantees better reliability, safety and effectiveness. For the artillery market, Nexter Munitions produces insensitive (155 LU211) and accuracy enhancement munitions like BONUS and SPACIDO guided munitions.
The Nexter Group is pleased to once again sponsor Future Artillery 2010 and share the very latest developments and operational trends from the battlefield.
Raytheon Company
Website: www.raytheon.com
Raytheon Company, with 2007 sales of $21.3 billion, is a technology leader specializing in defence, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning more than 85 years, Raytheon provides stateofthe-art electronics, mission systems integration and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and command, control, communications and intelligence systems, as well as a broad range of mission support services. With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 72,000 people worldwide. Missile Systems designs, develops, and produces missile systems for U.S. and allied forces, including airto- air, strike, naval weapon systems, land combat missiles, guided projectiles, exoatmospheric kill vehicles, and directed energy weapons. Raytheon will be profiling the Excalibur at the 8th Annual Future Artillery conference in March 2010. Excalibur is a precision, autonomously guided, long-range artillery system. Successfully fielded in 2007, Excalibur is the next generation family of projectiles for the U.S. Army and Marine Corps artillery. Excalibur is a 155mm precision-guided artillery round with extended range. Using GPS precision guidance technology, it can provide accurate, first round fire-for-effect capability in an urban setting.
Associate Sponsor
L-3 Fuzing & Ordnance Systems
Website: www.L-3com.com
Phone: +1 513 943 2017
Email: william.kurtz@L-3com.com
L-3 Fuzing & Ordnance Systems is globally recognized and respected as the premier source for reliable and affordable fuzing and proximity sensor products. This includes: artillery fuzes – M739A1/M762 & 767/M782 (MOFA) and Excalibur, missiles & rocket fuzing – GMLRS, ATACMS, AIM-9X and NLOS-LS and bomb fuzes – FMU-139C/B, SDB, and JASSM.
Session Sponsor
SRCTec Inc.
Website: www.srctecinc.com
Email: www.srctecinc.com/contact.aspx
Phone: +1-315-452-8700
SRCTec is an ISO 9001-registered company that provides manufacturing and logistics support for complex electronics systems. SRC, its parent organization, is an R&D company with 50+ years of experience in defense, environment and intelligence. Together, they are providing next generation solutions from theory to field, and then supporting these products throughout their full lifecycle. SRCTec specializes in electronic warfare, counter-fire target acquisition, forward operating base protection, sense and warn, ground-based sense-and-avoid, border surveillance and more. Their products, like the CREW Duke system, LCMR™ system, LSTAR™ system and SR Hawk™ ground surveillance radar, are redefining possible™ for today’s warfighter.
Lunch Sponsor
ThalesRaytheon
Website: www.thalesraytheon.com
ThalesRaytheonSystems is an international company creating innovative defense solutions for a safer world. Formed eight years ago, ThalesRaytheonSystems specializes in air defense systems, command and control systems, 3D air defense radars, battlefield and counter-battery radars. The company employs 1,600 people and is equally owned by Raytheon and Thales.
As a battle-tested capability deployed by the U.S. Army, Marine Corps and 22 International and allied customers worldwide, ThalesRaytheonSystems Firefinder and Sentinel radar systems continue to maintain mission-critical status in the fight against terrorism and in areas of operation where they are counted on for their ability to detect and counter a variety of 21^st century, tactical threats.
Technology Demonstration Sponsor
DRS Tactical Systems Inc
Website: www.drs-ts.com
DRS Tactical Systems Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of DRS Technologies (NYSE:DRS), is a leading designer and manufacturer of ultra-rugged, commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS)-based computers, laptops, workstations, displays, handheld devices and integrated peripheral products for military and industrial markets.
Founded in 1982 as Paravant Computer Systems, DRS Tactical Systems has both a strong legacy in military computing and, due to its 2005 acquisition of Walkabout Computers, a rich heritage in industrial tablet computing. This combination of over twenty-five (25) years and nine (9) product generations has resulted in a very unique competitive advantage: DRS’ Lessons Learned. DRS has fielded more computing systems in extreme environments than any other company allowing us to gain unique insights through lessons learned on how to make the computing systems survive and perform in extreme environments.
As a result of this heritage, many mechanized (mobile) US Army and Marine Corps soldiers count of the reliability of a DRS rugged computing system every day to execute their mission requirements.
Featured Exhibitors
Diehl BGT
Website: www.diehl-bgt-defence.de
Tel: +49 6873 70 0
E-mail: info@diehl-bgt-defence.de
Diehl BGT Defence focuses on seeker-guided missiles, intelligent and conventional ammunition as well as training systems. Its experience gathered over decades in the development and production of missiles and ammunition makes Diehl BGT Defence an internationally renowned competence centre in these technological areas.
Core products for the precision engagement of land targets include artillery rockets, guided missiles and a range of ammunition including the SMArt 155mm sensor-fuzed munition.
Diehl BGT Defence is the largest subsidiary in the defence business of Diehl Defence which employs over 3,200 people and has annual sales of nearly 690 million Euros.
Diehl BGT Defence is proud to once again sponsor Defence IQ’s Annual Future Artillery conference in 2010 and we look forward to sharing with you the latest developments in indirect fire technology and concepts.
Goodrich Sensors & Integrated Systems
Website: www.atlanticinertial.com
Tel: +44 1752 695 695
E-mail: DAUK@AtlanticInertial.com
Atlantic Inertial Systems have been acquired by Goodrich Sensors & Integrated Systems
Key technologies include:
- MEMS based inertial sensing systems
- Guidance systems for precision guided weapons
- Projectiles, rockets, bombs and ballistic missiles
- Stability augmentation systems for vehicles and platforms
- Helicopters, gun turrets and aircraft targeting pods
- Inertial navigation
- Predictive Ground Collision Avoidance Systems for aircraft
Goodrich Sensors & Integrated Systems is a leading global supplier of inertial products for the control, navigation and guidance of both land and air applications.
Junghans Microtec
Website: www.junghans-microtec.de
JUNGHANS Microtec, an established supplier of high quality, high performance precision fuzes, has a world-wide reputation for achieving superlative standards of safety and reliability. By investing in leading-edge electronic and mechanical technologies, and being fully responsive to individual customer requirements, the company is able to offer a comprehensive range of fuzing systems for a wide range of munitions to the international market. Recent business achievements include securing the UK MoD contract for the supply of a new Artillery Fuzing System, and reaching agreement with BAE Systems for the joint development of a onedimensional range correcting module, designated European Correction Fuze.
Logica
We are a leading IT and business services company, employing 39,000 people. We provide consulting, systems integration, IT and business process outsourcing services. And we are recognised as a Key Supplier to the MOD and have delivered the latest, advanced fire control systems for use by UK forces in training and on operations.
Scepter
Website: www.sceptermilitary.com
Tel: +1 416 751 9445
E-mail: military@scepter.ca
At Scepter, we specialize in designing and manufacturing unique moulded plastic products to meet the needs of our customers around the world. Scepter's Plastic Ammunition Packaging Systems are custom tailored for large calibre ammunition used by Artillery, Infantry, Armour and Navy units. Scepter's ammunition packaging systems are UN certified and have been developed, produced and delivered for calibres ranging from 40mm L60/L70 to 155mm Artillery Rounds.
Come and see us at Defence IQ’s Future Artillery conference in London next March.
Van Halteren Metaal
Website: www.vanhalterenmetaal.nl
Van Halteren Metaal B.V. (VHM) is one of the leading defense industries in the Netherlands and serves as the Dutch partner for various Global defense companies.
- Land systems –turn key integration of systems – PzH2000 turrets, CV9035 armored vehicles, BVS10 Viking
- Training Systems & Technology – VHM is the world leading supplier of Howitzer Crew Trainers.
- Road Wheels - develops and produces road-, idler-, sprocket-wheels, and track pads for military vehicles all over the world.
Weibel Scientific
Weibel Scientific is the global leader in the market for advanced Doppler radar
systems for tactical & scientific applications. For over seventy years, we have been
designing, manufacturing, and delivering cutting-edge velocity and position
measuring instruments to customers around the world. With more then 2500 systems in operation
Weibel is the world leader in tactical muzzle velocity radars for the 21st century artillery.
Zodiac Data Systems
Website: www.zds-fr.com
ZODIAC DATA SYSTEMS is one of the Telemetry & Telecommunications division of the Aerosafety & Technology segment of Zodiac Aerospace Group.
ZODIAC DATA SYSTEMS designs and supplies high-added value safety-enhancing products and systems for defense, space and aerospace industries under her product brand names IN-SNEC, ENERTEC and HEIM..
ZODIAC DATA SYSTEMS France is organised into three business units adressing Space , Aerospace and Defense markets, providing a full range of innovative products and systems in support of a variety of airborne and ground telemetry, communications and high data rate transmission applications.
Muzzle Velocity Radar (MVR) : RDB4-MK3
The RDB4-MK3 is designed for army muzzle velocity measurements. It forms an integral part of the land based or sea-borne artillery systems, alongside Fire Control Systems, meteorological stations, navigation and communications systems. A single compact housing integrates the Radio Frequency Head (antenna + transceiver) and the Data Processing Unit. A Man Machine Interface (DKU) is available in option.