Military

Ten years after the birth of Network Centric Warfare (NCW), we have accomplished a great deal. Militaries are not just adopting new technologies, but also looking to upgrade legacy networks with newly available COTS tools. However, we still have a long way to go to achieve robust and agile net centric capabilities. The three key areas are:

1. How to develop a ‘system of systems’ using the current architecture?
2. How to train users within the system in the most cost effective way?
3. How to best integrate the different application layers over the network?

All these questions have to be answered keeping in mind constantly changing threat environments, cost of procuring a new information architecture and defence requirements over the next five years. We know there is a digital generational divide within defence forces today that must be addressed. We need the current and future generation of military leaders to think and respond to data very differently than past generations.

What will be discussed in NCO Asia 2010?

• Overview of current net centric capabilities in place with international and regional case studies… to be covered in day one
• Strategic/doctrinal viewpoints on rise in asymmetric warfare and how a net centric infrastructure addresses this during focused stream on day two
• Operational perspectives from regional and international operators
• Latest technologies for IA and data protection and security
• Developments in ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance)
• Shortening the kill chain from sensor to shooter
• Using Tactical Data Links (TDL) within the networked environment during focused stream on day two
• Interoperability challenges within coalition forces’ communication
• Blue force tracking and red teaming simulation and training

Distinguished Speaker Agencies for NCO Asia 2010:

Ministry of Defence, Italy	Armed Forces of the Philippines
Indian Navy	Defence Force Academy
Sri Lanka Air Force	Mitre Corporation
French Navy	United States Navy
Royal Thai Army	Indian Air Force
Finnish Defence Forces	Taiwan Defence Forces
Japan Air Self Defense Force	Pakistan Army
NATO	Center of Excellence & Development, UAE
Indonesian MoD	Taiwan Air Force
Indian Army Sri Lanka Army

Showcasing Key Speakers Featured in NCO ASIA 2010:

1. Brigadier General Nicolas Ojeda is presently the Chief, Office of Strategic and Special Studies, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). A former Communications Systems Engineer of the Communications- Electronics, AFP, he was the Division Signal Officer of the Army’s 8th Infantry Division and subsequently the Commanding Officer, Army Management Information Center. On February 2007, he assumed his position as Deputy Commander, Training and Doctrine Command, AFP followed by his role as the Chief, AFP Modernization Program Management Office, AFP from June 2008 to March 2010.

2. Brigadier Tuan MEEDIN, Commandant, Signals, CSO/CIO in the Sri Lanka Army has a long and distinguished career in service. Brigadier Meedin took over the Command of 1st Signal Regiment in 1994 deployed in Batticaloa to provide communications support for the Eastern Theatre and conducted many offensive operations against LTTE terrorists in Batticaloa and Trincomalle. After Commanding the Regiment he was posted as the G-I Operations of Joint Operations Headquarters in COLOMBO to coordinate all operational matters between all three services to combat terrorists in Sri Lanka

3. Major General Peter Tzeng started his career as an F-86/F-104 pilot after graduated from Air Force Academy, ROC, in 1975. With 20 medals bestowed to confirm his operation credits and distinguished achievements in several reform projects in the military career, he was promoted as Major General in 2001 and retired in 2006 as the Vice Commander of the Joint Information Operations Command. He has a number of publications to his name including Digital Defense, ROC’s Defense Outlook in 2002, and Strategic Assessment of Taiwan’s Security.