Conference Day One: 29th October 2009

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08.30 Coffee & Registration

09.00 Chairman’s Welcome

Al Emondi
Deputy Chief Technology Officer TEAM SPAWAR (Charleston)
US Navy

09.10 SDR Performance On The Battlefield: The Future Of Communications

  • SDR Performance As A C4I System
  • Networking And Communications
  • Tactical And Strategic Intelligence Processing

09:50 SDR: An Examination Of Future Capabilities

  • The CELAR MoD Information Warfare Technology Centre
  • MIDS Interoperability Verification Activities
  • Latest SDR Projects And Studies: Requirements For SDR Certification
  • CELAR Work In Support Of International Collaborative Projects

Brigadier General Jean-Luc Combrisson
Head Telecommunications And INFOSEC Branch, DGA
French MoD

10.30 Coffee & Networking

11.00 ESSOR: European Secure Software Defined Radio

  • Providing Architecture Of SDR
  • Validation And Verification Of Waveform Portability And Platform Re-Configurability And Setting Up Common Security Basis
  • Participating Nations, Studies And Project Status

Philippe Margot
ESSOR Programme Manager
Occar

11.40 Rockwell Collin Brief

12.20 Lunch

13:30 Dynamic Spectrum Access

  • Spectrum Management Transformation And Current Capability
  • Technical Challenges
  • Spectrum Software To Aid Future Advanced Military Communications

14.10 Potential Of Intelligent Networking And Spectrum Management For Tactical Sdr Capability

  • Bringing New Capabilities For Intelligent Network
  • Spectrum Management To Boost Tactical Communications Systems Performances

14.50 Coffee & Networking

15.30 The Finnish SDR Programme Update

  • Prototype Development And Participation In European Collaborative Projects
  • The Road Ahead: Varied Nodes For Battlefield Communications Networks
    • Vehicle Mounted Station Incorporating SDR, Mobile Subscriber System And Adaptive Antenna Array For Battalion Command Posts And Above
    • Armoured Fighting Vehicle Mounted Station For Company Level Command Posts And Below
    • Manpack Handheld Transceiver

16.10 The Spanish Terso Programme Update

  • Project Status And Background
  • Recent Developments And Current Activities
  • Future Plans And Research

16.50 Chairman’s Closing Remarks And End Of Day One

17.00 Networking Drinks Reception

18.00 SDR Europe Annual Conference Dinner

SPONSORED BY THALES COMMUNICATIONS AND ROCKWELL COLLINS