09.00 Chairman’s Welcome

Klaas Baumer
Director Land
Aufbosch Centre

09.10 The US Marine Corps' Infantry Automatic Rifle (IAR)

• Background to the project(why the requirement to replace the SAW, key requirements for the new weapon)
• LLs from the project and user feedback
• Procurement roadmap and fielding plans

Major Charles Clark
Infantry Weapons Capabilities Integration Officer, Fires and Manoeuvre Integration Division
Headquarters US Marine Corps

09.50 Evolving USMC Requirements For Anti-Armour And Shoulder-Launched Munitions

• Operational feedback and mission scenarios
• What are the capability gaps and how will the USMC address them?
• A new approach to anti-armour capability

Major Charles Clark
Infantry Weapons Capabilities Integration Officer, Fires and Manoeuvre Integration Division
Headquarters US Marine Corps

11.00 Sniper: A Key Tool For Asymmetric Conflict

• Examining the role and capabilities of Sniper and Designated Marksman
• Best employment of these capabilities at troop level

David Schiller
Editor-in-Chief
Visier International

11.40 Weapon Components Of The German Future Soldier Project: IDZ

• Primary weapons features
• Personal Defence Weapon and Light Machine Gun
• Future technologies and plans

Wolfgang Bantle
Marketing Director
Heckler & Koch

13.40 Employment Of Non-Lethal Weapons To Bridge The Gap Between “Shout” And “Shoot”

• FN303 Paintball gun: Feedback
• 40mm NLM, 12 gauge NLM, Non-Lethal Hand Grenades: Feedback
• 60mm NL Grenades
• Hand Emplaced NLM

Colonel Tracy Tafolla (USMC)
Director Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate
US DOD

14.10 US Counter-Personnel Nlw Capability Gaps

• Near-term solutions
• JointNon-Lethal Warning Munitions (for 12 gauge shotgun and 40mm launcher)
• Mk 19 Non-Lethal Munitions
• X26E Taser®
• Advanced Non-Lethal Projectiles
• Mid-term solutions (in development: scheduled fielding within 2 – 5years)
• Improved Flash Bang Grenade
• Airburst Non-Lethal Munitions
• Long-term solutions (in development: projected fielding beyond 5 years)
• Human Electro-Muscular Incapacitation (HEMI) Bio-Effects (for 12 gauge shotgun)

Colonel Tracy Tafolla (USMC)
Director Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate
US DOD

14.40 Analysing The Threat Environment For The Dismounted Soldier

• Evolving weapon threats
• Typical and atypical targets
• Some thoughts about equipment shortfalls

Major Ryan Holmes
Systems Analysis and Threats
US Army

15.50 Politics, Requirements And Doctrine: Case Studies Of Small Arms Procurement

• Generational change, divergence, duplication and compatibility
• Technology, roles and doctrine
• Politics, lobbying and defence ‘illiteracy’
• The ‘informal’ market
• Silver bullets, ‘before their time’, fiascos and lost opportunities

Bruce Jones
Independent Analyst and Lecturer
Advising UK and other government departments and defence community

16.30 The Application Of Force And Suitable Tools

• Mission scenarios of the modern force
• Levels of force available to the soldier
• Capability and training gaps

Major Johann Bretts (Ret’d)
Senior Analyst
Grundahl Centre Research

17.10 Chairman’s Closing Remarks And End Of Conference