In April, John Eaton EDO MBM (Exelis) Director of Design, gave a presentation at a secretive weapons research conference on 'disruptive technologies' organised by the Royal Aeronautical Society.
John Eaton has previously attended confrences in the US to present research being carried out at EDO MBM in Brighton into miniature weapons systems used on unmanned drones.
The latest UK conference was restricted to UK nationals with classified security status.
John Eaton has previously attended confrences in the US to present research being carried out at EDO MBM in Brighton into miniature weapons systems used on unmanned drones.
The latest UK conference was restricted to UK nationals with classified security status.
A ONE DAY CLASSIFIED CONFERENCE
DISRUPTIVE
TECHNOLOGIES AND THE
WEAPONS DOMAIN 2030
ONWARDS
In every industry occasionally disruptive
technologies will be introduced which cause
a complete paradigm shift, for example, the
impact of the introduction of digital mobile
telephones on the communications industry.
The aim of this classified one day (UK Eyes
Only) conference is to consider potential
disruptive technologies, at both system and
sub-system level for the weapons industry,
which may be reasonably fielded from 2030
onwards.
The potential impact of these
technologies on military business should also
be considered. For example there may be
circumstances where the introduction of a
different type of capability would change the
way in which a military (or political) effect is
delivered.
As such, a disruptive technology is
one which could have influence across one or
multiple Defence Lines of Development, not
simply the equipment.
SESSION 1: KINETIC EFFECTS
Chairman: Bernard Chan, Systems
Engineer, Lockheed Martin UK Ampthill
1) Hypersonics
Trevor Birch, Engineer, Dstl
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2) Integrated Novel Kinetic Effects in
Future Small Platforms
John Eaton, Director Design, Exelis
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3) Remote Effectors with
Proportionate Response - UAV
Launched Miniature Guided
Munitions
Patrick Mallon, Chief Technologist -
Missile Systems Advanced Weapon
Systems, Thales UK
Networking Break and Coffee
SESSION 2: SUB-SYSTEM
TECHNOLOGIES
Chairman: David Grove-White, Head of
Portfolio New Business, MBDA
4) Micro-Explosives and Micro-
Munitions: Can We Test the Limits?
Dr Adam Cumming, Principle
Consultant, Dstl
5) Materials and Components for
Missiles Innovation and Technology
Partnership
Mark Owen, Head of MCM ITP, MBDA
6) Disruptive Seeker Technologies
for Improved Target Discrimination
Dr Mark Bray, Technical Lead EO
Sensors Domain MCM-ITP, Selex ES, A
Finmeccanica Company
7) Atomic Clocks in Weapons
Dr Graham Wallis, Chief Technologist,
MBDA
Networking Lunch
SESSION 3: DIRECTED ENERGY
Chairman: Matt Cork, Novel Weapons
Programme Leader, Dstl
8) Technologies and Applications of
Laser DEW
Grant Perkins, Senior Project Manager,
QinetiQ
9) Laser Directed Energy Weapons
(LDEW) A Synergistic or Disruptive
Technology to Conventional
Weapons?
Alan Miller, Chief Technologist, Thales
UK
10) RF Directed Energy Weapons:
Supporting MOD Decision Making
Richard Rowland, Business Manager -
Special Projects, MBDA UK
11) GPS Jamming – Quantifying the
Threat
Ian Cotts, Account Manager, Chronos
Technology Ltd
SESSION 4: AIRSPACE DISRUPTION
Chairman: Nick Honey, Weapon
Systems & Technology Committee,
Royal Aeronautical Society
12) Disruptive Technology from an
Unmanned Air Systems Perspective
Nicholas Colosimo, Manager,
Advanced Systems and Architectures,
BAE Systems & Stephen Sheard, Head
of Advanced Projects, BAE Systems
13) Record breaking Zephyr Offers
24/7 Cost Effective Military
Surveillance and Communications
Christopher Kelleher, Technical
Director and Flight Operations
Manager, QinetiQ HALE UAV
Confrence Programme (link)
http://aerosociety.com/Assets/Docs/Events/715/715programme.pdf 
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