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Wednesday Morning May 5, 2010|1 |
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| 08:00-09:00 |
Registration |
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| 09:00-09:10 |
Welcome Addresses by the Conference Co-Chairmen:
Maj. Gen. (res.) Herzle Bodinger, Chairman of the Board, IMDA
Prof. Ovadia Harari, Chairman of the Board, ISAA |
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| 09:10-12:00 |
Session 1:
National Missile Defense Policies
Session Chair: Brig. Gen. (res.) Uzi Eilam, INS |
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| Greetings from United States Congressman Trent Franks |
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Israeli Missile Defense Issues
Arieh Herzog, Director, Israel Missile Defense Organization |
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Active Defense – Challenges and Directions
Brig. Gen. Doron Gavish, Commander, Israeli Air Defense Corps |
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U.S. Missile Defense and Regional Security
Frank A. Rose, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense Policy and Verification Operations, United States Department of State |
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Defense, Attack, Deterrance, and War
Maj. Gen. (res.) Ilan Biran, Chairman of the Board, RAFAEL |
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Central Command and Control for Missile Defense
Brig. Gen. Itzchak Gat, CEO, Elisra |
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German Perspectives on Missile Defense
Lieutenant General Manfred Lange, Vice Chief of Staff German Air Force
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Missiles and Rockets Defense Systems - Trends and Developments
Yair Shamir, Chairman of the Board, Israel Aerospace Industries |
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Policy and Air & Missile Defense (AMD): The Italian Air Force Perspective
Brigadier General Giovanni Fantuzzi, Italian Air Force General Staff, Director, Plans & Policy |
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The Threat From Precise Rockets
Brig. Gen. (res.) Avner Raz, Chairman of the Board, Israel Military Industries |
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Japan’s BMD Posture
Lt. Col. Hidenori Matsumoto, BMD Office, Defense Policy Division, Ministry of Defense - Japan |
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| 12:30-13:30 |
Lunch |
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Wednesday Afternoon May 5, 2010 |3 |
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| 13:30-17:00 |
Session 2:
Threats, Defense Architectures and Operational Concepts
Session Chairs:
Yair Ramati, Israel Aerospace Industries
Col. Dr. Guy Aviram, IMDO
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Session 3:
Interoperability and International Cooperation Session Chairs:
Brig. Gen. (res.) Eitan Yariv, WALES
Israel Zeierman, Joint Stars
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Multi-Layer Defense Analysis
Inbal Kreiss, Israel Aerospace Industries – MLM Division
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Developing an Israeli Answer to the Ballistic Missile Threat
Hanan Gilo, Israel Aerospace Industries – MLM Division
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The Distinction Between Theater Missile Defense and Short Range Missile Defense
Uzi Rubin, CEO, Rubincon, Ltd.
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NATO ALTBMD Programme - An Update
Alan Berry, Chief of Integration and Test, NATO Active Layered Theatre Ballistic Missile Defence Programme Office
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Affordable Missile Defense
Col. Christopher King, Director, Raytheon Missile Systems, Force Protection Systems
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Hybrid Multi-Dimensional Interoperability
Col. (res.) Pini Yungman, RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems
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On Defense From Randomly Maneuvering Ballistic Missiles
Prof. (Emeritus) Josef Shinar, Technion – Faculty of Aerospace Engineering
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Overcoming Challenges: Working to Make MD an International Enterprise
Perry Casto and Brien P. Jason, Allied Associates International, Inc.
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ABL Mission Creep: Alternative Engagement Scenarios for High Energy Laser Weapons
William Caplan, NIRCM
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On the Road to Perfect Interoperability
Dror Cohen, President, WALES
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Iron Dome – Lower Tier Missile Defense
Cdr. Moshe (Chicco) Cohen, Directorate of Defense Research and Development, Israeli Ministry of Defense
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Problems of Missile Defense in a Chaotic Future
Dr. Azriel Lorber, RTG
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A Stochastic Approach to Threat Assessment
Brig. Gen. (res.) Reuven Eyal, Senior Consultant, Operations and Intelligence, WALES
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Why Regional Defense?
Alik Hermetz, President, WALES
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Non-Linear Sub-optimal Midcourse Guidance With Desired Alignment Using MPQC
Dr. Abhijit Battacharyya, Deputy Project Director for Programme AD, DRDO - India
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Method of Conducting Combined Multi-Systems Ballistic Missile Defense Exercises
Ohad Elbahar, IMDO – Israel Missile Defense Organization
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Optimal Engagement Policies
Dr. Navot Israeli, Senior Research Physicist, WALES
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Regional BMD Single Integrated Air Picture (SIAP): The Commander's or the Engineer's Call?
Chaim Moriya, Senior AD and BMD Consultant, WALES
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Global Implications of Iran’s Ballistic Missile Program
Tal Inbar, Director - Space & UAV Research Center, Fisher Institute for Air & Space Strategic Studies
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Thursday Morning May 6, 2010|4 |
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| 08:00-09:00 |
Registration
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| 09:00-12:30 |
Session 1:Modeling, Simulations, Tests, and Demonstrations
Session Chairs:
Shlomo Yariv, Elisra Electronic Systems
Dr. Naftali Sela, RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems
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Session 2: Sensors, Command and Control
Session Chairs:
Alik Hermetz, WALES
Yosi Drucker, RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems
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A Digital System Simulation as a Performance Analysis Tool for an Active Missile Defense System
Gil Eilam, RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems; and Fredie Tsimet, Omnisys, Ltd.
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Command and Control Systems: A Multi-Layered Response to Ballistic Missile Threats
Col. (res.) Moshe Patel, Senior Director C4I Systems BU, C3EW Systems Division, Elisra Electronic Systems
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Strategy for Missile Weapon System Flight Test, Evaluation and Demonstration Planning
Parveen Kumar, Directorate of Missiles, DRDO - India
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System Level Radar Search Optimization
Ayala Gur, Senior Systems Analyst, WALES
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Scenario Generator
Zafrir Buchler, RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems
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AWarE, An Innovative Approach to IAMD Command and Control
Peter Collery, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command - Future Warfare Center
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Air and Missile Defence Concept Development: The German Air Force Contribution
Lt. Col. Holger Kerber, German Air Defence Centre
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Adaptive C4I Systems for Anti-Rocket Defense
Col. (res.) Natan Barak, mPrest Systems, Ltd.
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Conducting of Exo-Atmospheric Interception Tests at Compact Size Test Range
Dr. Jacob Rovinsky, Israel Aerospace Industries – MLM Division
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Nonlinear Filtering of Agile Targets by Using Sparse Grids
Alfred Schoettl, LFK-Lenkflugkörpersysteme GmbH, Germany
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Black/Blue Sparrow – Surrogate Ballistic Targets
Ilan Menachem, RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems
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Short Range BMD (SRBMD) C2 Dilemmas and Solutions
Yoram Yaron, Marketing Director, BMD Programs, C4I Systems, C3EW Systems Division, Elisra Electronic Systems
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Simulated Battle - Real Challenges. How Today's Simulations Meet Tomorrow's Battlefield?
Ariel Yaroshevich, Chief Software Architect, WALES
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Allocation of Radar Resources to Search and Track Missions
Prof. Joseph Ben-Asher, Special Consultant, WALES
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Utility of Air-Launched Targets for BMD Testing
Gideon Weiss, RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems
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BMD Command and Control System Development Approach Dilemma
Dr. Alexander Doron, C4I BMD Program Manager, C3EW Systems Division, Elisra Electronic Systems
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Modern Simulation Infrastructure for Missile Defence Development
Dr. Klaus Markus Wanie, LFK-Lenkflugkörpersysteme GmbH, Germany
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Airborne Electro-optical Sensor for BMD Systems - Mission and Trade-off Analysis
Dr. Ehud Zamir, Senior Consultant, WALES
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A Platform for Time Budget and Load Analysis for BMD Systems and Architectures
Michal Politi, Senior System Engineer, C4I BMD Systems, C3EW Systems Division, Elisra Electronic Systems
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| 12:30-13:30 |
Lunch
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Thursday Afternoon May 6, 2010|5 |
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| 13:30-17:00 |
Session 3: Current and Emerging Interceptor Technologies
Session Chairs:
Dr. Dan Peretz, Israel Military Industries
Uri Sinai, Israel Aerospace Industries
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Session 4: Discrimination, Lethality, Kill Assessment, and Collateral Damage
Session Chairs:
Boaz Levy, Israel Aerospace Industries
Gideon Hoshen, Hoshen-Eliav System Engineering Ltd.
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A New Concept for Exo-atmospheric KV With Large Divert Capability
Dr. Galya Goldner, Israel Aerospace Industries – MLM Division
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A New Approach in Lethality-Enhancer Design for Exo-atmospheric Hit-to-Kill Interceptors
Haim Shuqrun, Israel Aerospace Industries – MLM Division
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The Capability of Destroying a Maneuvering Target
Prof. Yacov Bar-Shlomo, ORT Braude College
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Interception Debris - From Initials to Full Signature
Jonathan Yifat, Research Physicist, WALES
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Integrated Estimation Guidance and Control for Engaging Ballistic Target
Dr. Abhijit Battacharyya, Deputy Project Director for Programme AD, DRDO - India
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Analysis of the Lethality-Enhancement Mechanism
Dr. Limor Tevet-Deree, Israel Aerospace Industries – MLM Division
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J2K (Join to Kill) - A New BMD Concept
Aharon Yifrach, Israel Aerospace Industries – MLM Division
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Lethality Assessment Process
Elie Levy, President, Linkcom-Telecom
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Towards Industrial Application of Modern Guidance & Control Theory to Missile Defence
Elmar Wallner, LFK-Lenkflugkörpersysteme GmbH, Germany
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The Object we are Looking For - A State of Mind for Good Discrimination
Ofri Becker, Research Director, WALES
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Size Limitations of Kill Vehicles for Ballistic Missile Interceptors
Dr. Idan Paiss, Israel Aerospace Industries – MLM Division
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Airplane Interceptor Collision Risk Handling - Probabilistic Analysis
Yoav Zimmerman, RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems
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Micro-thrusters for Missile Interception
Dr. Itshak Glaser, Chief Systems Engineer, Israel Military Industries
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A Method for Estimating the Effectiveness of An Air Defense System
Al Terris, Consultant
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Head Pursuit Guidance for Ballistic Missile Interception
Dr.Oded Golan, Israel Aerospace Industries – MLM Division
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IMDA, along with partners Technologies Group and The Israel Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics, held Israel’s first- ever Multinational Ballistic Missile Defense Conference in Tel Aviv, May 5 and 6. The conference provided a professional forum for Israeli missile-defense engineers and managers and their colleagues from around the world. Its open format provided a rare public window into the complex world of missile defense technology. Note: Simultaneous translation services were provided by Mr. Dan Shalit-Kenig |
