SOUTH
AFRICAN JOINT AIR DEFENCE SYMPOSIUM
PRETORIA, RSA, 30-31 May 2007
PROGRAMME
30TH MAY 2007
OPENING
PROCEEDINGS
07:30
- 08:30 Registration, Coffee,
Exhibition Open.
08:30
- 08:35 Administrative
Arrangements.
08:35
- 08:45 Welcome, Lt Gen C Gagiano, Chief of the SA Air Force
08:45 - 09:10 Keynote Address, R Adm P Schöultz, Chief Director Operations
FIRST SESSION: CAPABILITY EMPLOYMENT
1ST
Session Chairperson No 1: R Adm (JG) RW
Higgs, South African Navy
09:10 - 09:40 Air
Defence in Africa – An Update, Mr JM de Jager, Defence Institute, RSA.
09:40 - 10:00 Tea and Exhibition Open.
10:00 - 10:30 Concept
of Operation during the FIFA Soccer World Cup Championship 2006 in Germany and the
Operational Assessment thereof, Brig Gen J Both, Assistant Chief of Staff
for Concepts and Operations, Air Staff Division III at German
Federal Ministry of Defence.
10:30 - 11:00 Brazilian Air Defence
System, Lt Col RN da Hora, 2nd/6th Aviation Group Commander,
Brazilian Defence Force.
11:00 - 11:30 Zimbabwe Defence Force Perspective on JAD, Group Capt N Chasakara, Zimbabwe
Defence Force.
11:30 - 12:00 Gripen Netcentricity - Is the SAAF Ready to Enhance JAD?, Maj Gen DE Barker, South African Air Force.
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch and Exhibition Open.
1ST
Session Chairperson No 2: Brig Gen S Marumo,
South African Army
13:00 - 13:30 Air Defence
Challenges in the Maritime Environment: A South African Navy Perspective, Capt (SAN) A Katerinic, South African Navy.
13:30 - 14:00 An Organised Military Doctrine Development Process to
Formulate, Assess & Verify Military Doctrine: A User Perspective, Lt Col PH Labuschagné, South African Army.
14:00 - 14:30 Guns for Africa – Use of Gun-Based Air Defence for Naval
Warships in the African Littoral,
Lt Cdr G Walker, South African Navy.
14:30 - 15:00 Tea and Exhibition Open.
15:00
- 15:30 C&C Acquisition and
Technology Development as Guided by JAD Operational Concepts, Mr HG Green, Armscor, RSA.
15:30 - 16:00 Integrated Control of the South African Border
Environment, Dr BJE Taute, CSIR
(DPSS), RSA.
16:00 - 16:30 Military
Decision-Making in Volatile, Uncertain and Complex Environments, Maj (Dr) A Falkson, Military Psychological
Institute, SANDF.
EVENING (30TH MAY 2007)
19:00 for 19:30 Formal Dinner at CSIR
(Dark Suit, Military Dress No. 6)
Speaker: Acting
C SANDF
Master
of Ceremonies: R Adm (JG) K Litchfield-Tshabalala, South African Navy.
Cash Bar
Available
SOUTH
AFRICAN JOINT AIR DEFENCE SYMPOSIUM 2007
PRETORIA, RSA, 30-31 May 2007
PROGRAMME
31ST MAY 2007
SECOND SESSION: CAPABILITY ESTABLISHMENT
2ND
Session Chairperson: Mr D Griesel (Armscor: Asst General Manager: E & W)
07:30 - 08:15 Coffee and Exhibition Open.
08:15 - 08:20 Administrative Arrangements
08:20 - 08:50 Air Defence & Artillery -
Synergy & Common Systems, Mr GB
Steen, SAAB Microwave Systems, Sweden.
08:50 - 09:20 Light Mobile
Solution for African Airspace Security,
Mr RL Harrison, Thales Air Defence, Northern Ireland.
09:20 - 09:50 SKYSHIELD
for Effective, Sustainable Air Defence
in Southern Africa, Mr A Haller, Oerlikon Contraves, Switzerland.
09:50 - 10:20 Radar Sensors in the African Battlespace, Mr PJ Wolfaardt, Reutech Radar Systems,
RSA.
10:20
- 10:50 Tea and Exhibition Open.
10:50 - 11:20 FLYCATCHER Mk2, for a Layered, Sustainable Air Defence, Mr PP Eibergen, Thales Nederland, the Netherlands.
11:20 - 11:50 Joint
Air and Missile Defence System Interoperability, Mr M Beijer, TNO Defence, Security and
Safety, the Netherlands.
11:50 - 12:20 Unlocking the Potential of the Fifth
Cockpit – The Changing Role of the Fighter Controller in the SAAF, Mr J van der Merwe, SAAB GrIDS, RSA.
12:20 - 13:05 Lunch and Exhibition Open.
THIRD SESSION: CAPABILITY DEFINITION
3RD Session Chairperson: Brig
Gen L Lombard, South African Air
Force
13:05 - 13:35 SA Air Power: Challenges and Tensions of the African
Dimension,
Lt Col (Dr) F Vre˙, University of Stellenbosch, RSA.
13:35 - 14:05 Modelling and Simulation in support
of the SANDF GBADS Acquisition Programme - An Update, Mr JJ Nel, DPSS CSIR, RSA and Lt Col HJ Baird, South African Army.
14:05 - 14:35 Tactical Planning in an Air Defence
Artillery Environment, Mr O van der
Schyf, SAAB, CyberSim, RSA.
14:35 - 14:50 Tea and Exhibition Open.
14:50 - 15:20 Utilising Small Technologies
in a Deployable Distributed Maritime and Air Picture, Mr G Hattingh,
Institute of Maritime Technologies, RSA.
15:20 - 15:50 Medium Range Surface to Air Missile
Evaluation on a Test Range, Mr JA
Nel, Overberg Test Range, RSA.
15:50 - 16:20 Target Hostility Classification - A Conceptual Framework, Mr R Oosthuizen, Monzé Consultants, RSA.
16:20 – 16:40 Closing Address,
Lt
Gen SZ Shoke, Chief of the SA Army.
