The 5th Annual Conference in Defence IQ’s Combat Identification Series

"Fratricide is the employment of friendly weapons and munitions with the intent to kill the enemy or destroy his equipment, or facilities, which result in unforeseen and unintentional death or injury to friendly personnel.”
- US Army TRADOC Fratricide Action Plan

Coalition nations must work together to avoid suffering from fratricide incidents, and with continuously changing battlefield environments, rapid evolution of war fighting concepts, tactics and new coalition partners joining the fold, locating and recognizing your own forces to reduce fratricide has never been more vital, or as difficult.

The prevention of fratricide is a high priority. However, the ability to manoeuvre without restraint and engage targets is one of the most important capabilities that a well designed and integrated Combat ID system can facilitate. But the balance has to be struck between technology and training, and with limited resources, the military must very often attempt to do the best with what it has.

Who will attend Combat ID 2008?

Taking place in London, January 30th-31st, Defence IQ’s Combat Identification delivers a host of case studies and strategy updates to keep you abreast of your international counterparts’ activities and use of CID technology and training for use in theatre. The event brings together the leading individuals from military and civilian Combat ID programmes, the key innovators from industry and the most respected academics in the field to analyse and discuss latest developments, challenges and opportunities that have emerged in this area over the last 12 months.

Speakers include:

• Brigadier General Elia Baldazzi, Assistant Director, Capabilities, Joint Air Power Competence Centre (JAPCC)
• Colonel Alan Mosher, TRADOC Capability Manager, Platform Battle Command and Combat ID, US Army
• Colonel Ulf Johansson, Chief of Staff, Joint Capability Development and Experimentation Centre, Swedish Armed Forces
• Colonel (Ret’d) Keith Maxwell, Branch Chief, Planning and Architecture Division, NATO Air Command and Control Management Agency (NACMA)
• Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Hansen, A-10 Requirements, Air Combat Command, USAF
• Lieutenant Colonel (Ret’d) Andrew Gillespie, Defence Consultant and Former SO1 Tactics and Training, Land Warfare Centre
• Major Herbert Maraman, 116th Air Control Wing, USAF
• Major Mark McNeil, Project Director Mounted Combat Identification, Canadian Armed Forces
• Neil Grundy, Identification Officer, All Arms Recognition Cell, Royal School of Artillery, UK MoD
• David Dean, Land Battlespace Systems Department, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
• Dr. Charles Kirke, Lecturer, Human Factors Integration, Cranfield University
• William Suttie, Senior Researcher, DSTL

Chaired By: Lieutenant Colonel Peter Nielsen, Joint Combat Identification, Canadian Armed Forces

Why should you attend Combat ID 2008?

Defence IQ's 5th annual Combat Identification (CID) event will bring together experts from across the globe to explore pertinent issues facing the combat identification community. Key areas to be covered include:

• Exercise Bold Quest: Establishing the key drivers and understanding the issues that were addressed in the 2007 exercise
• Investigate Ground-to-Ground CID and Air-to-Ground CID: allowing you to increase your knowledge of the complex battlespace
• Expand your knowledge of the technological and human factors challenges concerning CID and how solutions to these tasks can help benefit your own programs
• Training: Exploring the measures required to further your training programs and help reduce fratricide and blue on blue encounter.

If you are not yet ready to register, feel free to request a reminder nearer the time .

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