Overview

The capacity to operate across all domains will face challenges from air and missile threats, both within Europe and beyond, which endanger deployed forces and the support systems they rely on. The effectiveness of various components of the joint force during all phases of mobilisation and deployment will hinge on their responses to these air and missile threats. Furthermore, maintaining political autonomy will necessitate a certain level of defence for national territories.

The RUSI 2025 IAMD conference will explore how the joint force can regain its ability to access and navigate freely within a theatre amid the increasing prevalence of missile threats.

Agenda

Panel 1:  Air and Missile Defence Within and Across Domains  
Panel 2: Creating a System of Systems  
Case Study: The Imperative of Homeland Missile Defence
Panel 3: The Challenge of Scale   
Operational Case Study 1: The Lessons That NATO is Learning from the War in Ukraine
Keynote: Requirements for Ukraine’s Future Air Defence
Operational Case Study 2:  The Multi Front Israeli Campaign

 

Confirmed Speakers 

  • Oleksandra Azarkhina CEO & Co-founder of the We Build Ukraine Foundation
  • Wing Cdr Andrew Bates, Deputy Commander 7 Air Defence Group
  • Air Commodore Blythe Crawford, Commandant Air and Space Warfare Centre
  • Sam Cranny Evans, RUSI Associate Fellow
  • Commodore Marcus Hember, Deputy Director Navy Capability Plans, Royal Navy
  • Major General John Holly, Former Deputy Director, US Missile Defence Agency
  • Dr Sidharth Kaushal, Senior Research Fellow RUSI
  • Brigadier General Arnt Kuebart, Commander Ground-Based Forces · Air Force Forces Command 
  • Brigadier General Ran Kochav, Former Commander IDF Air Defence Command 
  • Rear Admiral (ret) Archer Macy, Former Director, Joint Integrated Air and Missile Defence Organization 
  • Bogusz Madej, Policy Officer, IAMD Section, NATO Defence Investment Division
  • Joe Maggs, IAMD Programme Officer NATO Defence Investment Division
  • Air Commodore Andrew Martin, Deputy Director Capability and Programmes, HQ Air Command  RAF

  • Tom McKane, RUSI Distinguished Fellow

  • Paul O’Neill, Senior Associate Fellow, RUSI 

  • Dr Brad Pietras, RUSI Associate Fellow

  • Jason Reynolds, Vice President and General Manager for Integrated Air and Missile Defence, Lockheed Martin

  • Dr Philippe Roudier, Area Protection Product Line Group Director, MBDA

  • Matthew Savill, Director of Military Sciences, RUSI

  • Brigadier General (ret) Kenn Todorov, Vice President and General Manager, Combat Systems and Mission Readiness, Northrop Grumman

  • Dr Thomas Withington, RUSI Associate Fellow

  • Dr Anthony Wraight, Director Missile Defence Centre, UK MoD

Ticket Pricing

  • Standard Conference Ticket: £350.00 (+ vat)
  • Military Services Concession Conference Ticket: £280.00 (+ vat)
    (You need to be serving military personnel (including foreign military) to be eligible for this ticket.)
  • RUSI Organisation Members Conference Ticket: £210.00 (+ vat)
    (You need to be a current RUSI Organisation Member Nominee to be eligible for this ticket.)
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Joining Instructions

This is an in-person only conference taking place at RUSI, 61 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2ET. Lunch and refreshments will be provided on the day for delegates.

Standard conference ticket price is £350 + VAT, with RUSI Organisational Member discounts and military concessions available.

Attribution

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