An Air and Space Academy working group carried out an analysis that looked back on the development procedures of today’s military rotorcraft, the vast majority of which were built in European cooperation, in order to identify the needs, threats, and specifications to be taken into account for a new generation of VTOL (Vertical Take Off and Landing) aircraft and the proper methods for European cooperation.
To this end, it is urgent to decide and implement fleet renewal by means of European inter-army cooperation, and to harmonise requirements.
The Air and Space Academy recommendation is therefore to prepare, without delay, an agreement at State level on the three identified segments – heavy and tactical utility helicopters, very heavy helicopters, and specialised armed helicopters – and allocate leadership among participants in order to define the priority axes for European cooperation.
The aim of this forum is to present this recommendation and to encourage open discussion at the European level, with the main actors of the military domain.
The following topics will be dealt with:
- History and current status of fleets;Estimation of future needs ;
- Evolution of operational needs (participants froeuropean coutrs);
- Technical perspectives, development of know-how through European research projects;
- Management of a military program in cooperation: example of OCCAR;
- The industry viewpoint (major European industrialists);
- Discussion and conclusions.
Programme
9:30 – INTRODUCTION Chair: Bernard FOUQUES
Welcome address
- Michel WACHENHEIM, president of the Air and Space Academy (AAE)
9:40 – SESSION 1 Chair: Bernard FOUQUES
AAE Dossier 51: summary & recommendations
- Bernard FOUQUES, AAE
9:55 – Coffee break
10:05 – SESSION 2 Chair: Andrew WARNER
Evolution of operational needs
- Major General Danilo ERRICO
- General Olivier de la MOTTE
- Major General Reinhard WOLSKI
- An Italian general
11:50 – Buffet lunch
12:50 – SESSION 3a Chair: Klausdieter PAHLKE
Technical Perspectives, through Cleansky
- Éric DAUTRIAT, AAE
- Michel HANCART, AAE
13:20 – SESSION 3b Chair: Louis-Alain ROCHE
Management of a military programme in cooperation: example of OCCAR
- General Patrick BELLOUARD, former OCCAR director
13:50 – Coffee break
14:05 – SESSION 4 Chair: Blanche DEMARET
The industry point of view
- Airbus Helicopters, Jérome COMBE, H/O Portfolio Policy and Strategy
- Leonardo Helicopters, Andrea BIANCHI, Strategy & Innovation
- Safran Helicopter Engines, José COSTA, Director of Business Development
15:35 – Closing speech
- Bernard FOUQUES
16:00 – ROUND TABLE (Exhibition Hall)
Chairs: Bernard Fouques and Louis-Alain Roche
Participants:
- Major General Stefano CONT, Capability Armament Planning Director, European Defence Agency
- Roberto GARAVAGLIA, Senior Vice-president Strategy & Innovation, Leonardo Helicopters
- Matthieu LOUVOT, Executive Vice-president programmes, Airbus Helicopters
- Ferre Van WILDER, on behalf of Admiral Matteo BISCEGLIA, General manager of OCCAR
- General Bertrand VALLETTE d’OSIA, Commander of ALAT (French Army Light Aviation)
17:00 – Cocktail courtesy of GICAT
The language of the forum will be English (no simultaneous translation).
If the forum cannot go ahead on site for health reasons, it will be held remotely.
Registration
Registration will only be completed after reception of payment (or for public bodies, after reception of order form).
Registration fee:
- Full fee: €250
- Serving military personnel: €100
Registration fees include:
- all presentations and discussions;
- online forum documents and recommendations dossier;
- coffee breaks and lunch;
- the cocktail organised in the GICAT pavilion.
ATTENTION: A Visitor Badge (free) will be required to access the Forum venue. (Red button below)
Registration closes on June 10th, 2022 (Any subsequent registration will no longer allow you to provide a Visitor Badge)
Programme Committee
Chairman: Bernard FOUQUES (AAE)
Members: Blanche DEMARET (AAE), Michel HANCART (AAE), Manfred HAJEK (AAE), Klausdieter PAHLKE (AAE), Fulvia QUAGLIOTTI (AAE), Louis Alain ROCHE (AAE), Bernard RONTANI (AAE), Martine SEGUR (AAE), Andrew WARNER (AAE)