Platform Survivability

When a vehicle patrol heads out for another task in Afghanistan, the vehicle crew and it's mounted occupants rarely know when and where the next threat will come from. Will the next contact be a pressure plate or remote controlled IED? Will the enemy use shaped charges such as RPGs or will the threat be hidden in the form of a legacy mine?

Whether currently in Afghanistan or on operations around the globe, the protection of vehicles and mounted personnel continues to be the single most important challenge for many nations.

But how do we keep our soldiers safer when in vehicles on combat operations?

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The most important gathering of survivability specialists in 2010

Key speakers at Soldier Survivability 2010 include:

• Brigadier James Cowan OBE, Commander Task Force Helmand, 11 Light Bde, UK*
• Major General (Ret'd) Anukul Chandra, Former Head of Procurement, Indian Armed Forces, India
• Colonel (Ret’d) Michael N. Smith, Director, Mounted Concepts and Requirements Development, Maneuver Center of Excellence, USA
  
• Dr Marilyn Freeman, Director, Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center, USA
• Lt Col Dan Kelley, Commander, 3rd Battalion 4th Infantry Regiment, USA
  
• David Hadfield, Lead - Portable Power, Defence Equipment and Support, UK
• Ian Horsfall, Head of Impact and Armour Group  Cranfield University, UK

Full speaker list

Survivability Solution Awards 2010

The event will bring you the most Innovative Survivability Solution Awards for 2010. There will be four categories for the award – one for each operating environment. The award will be chosen by a distinguished panel of world renowned survivability experts during the drinks reception on the evening of the 13th October.

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