Main Conference Day Two: 30th September 2009

08.30 Coffee

09.00 Chairman’s Address And Opening Remarks

Rear Admiral Jacob Shuford (USN, ret)
President of US
Naval War College 2004-Nov 2008

09.10 Commandos Operations: Technical And Operational Lessons Learned At Sea

  • Missions, means and methods of work in the French commandos
  • Application: Counter-piracy and counter narcotraffic at sea
  • Operational requirements: What are the ideal capacities and infrastructures on board for commandos?

Captain Pol-Henri Desgrées du Loû
Naval Riflemen and Commandos Command, Chief of Staff
French Marine Commandos

09.50 Uruguayan Navy Patrol Vessel Plans And Requirements: Looking To The Future

  • The traditional role of the patrol vessel in the Uruguayan Navy and current capabilities
  • Existing capability gaps, patrol vessel operations and long term requirements for fleet modernisation to increase patrol vessel capabilities
  • Current requirements and time-table for future OPV project

Rear Admiral Alberto Carames
Naval Material Director
Uruguayan Navy

10:30 Composite OPV Design, The Future Of Our Defence

  • Why designing and building OPVs in composites is the future of our defence
  • How to optimize the design of OPVs using composite materials
  • Outlining of the build cycle of an OPV designed in composite materials
  • A cost analysis of composite designs for OPVs

Todd Henry
Asia Pacific Manager DIAB Technologies
DIAB International

11:10 Coffee Break And Networking

11:40 The Mexican Navy And Offshore Patrol Vessels

  • Mexican Navy roles for the National Security concerns
  • Evolution of the OPVs shipbuilding in Mexico
  • Tactical employments of the OPVs
  • Results and performance of the OPVs

Vice Admiral Moises Gomez
Under Secretary of the Navy for Management
Mexican Navy

12:20 OPV Concept Solutions For Emerging Asymmetric Threats

  • Mission profiles and their impact on OPV concept design
  • Design drivers: few systems, high impact
  • Design flexibility: Additional or different missions within the same platform

Harald Fassmer
Managing Director
FR Fassmer GmbH

13:00 Networking Lunch

14:10 EEZ Naval Security Issues For The Chilean Navy OPV Programme

  • Integration of the (PZM) OPV for the Chilean Navy
  • Providing offshore capability for fisheries protection to littoral security
  • Overcoming the operational challenges of extensive coastal areas
  • Lessons learned in the building progress

Vice Admiral Cristián Gantes Young
Director General Logistics
Chilean Navy

14:50 US Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Programme Overview And Updates

  • LCS concept of operations
  • Bridging the small to large ship capability gap
  • Benefits of the modular systems approach for focussed mission capabilities
  • Programme status and acquisition strategy

William Schoenster
LCS Programme Director
US DoD

15:30 Afternoon Tea And Networking

16:00 Royal Navy Offshore Patrol Vessels

  • The current role of OPVs in a large naval fleet
  • Operational employment and feedback for operating in UK waters
  • Assessing the threat in domestic environment
  • Capabilities and future developments for the River Class

Commander Richard Pethybridge
Commander Fisheries Protection Squadron
Royal Navy

16.40 Vulnerability Reduction Of The Dutch OPV

  • The integrated sensor mast under blast, fragments and shock
  • Hull protection against improvised explosive devices (IEDs)
  • Bridge protection against small calibre guns and rocket propelled grenades (RPGs)

André van Erkel
Team Leader
Survivability and Protection of Maritime Platforms

17.20 Chairman’s Summary And Close Of Conference

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