09.00 Chairman’s Welcome

Baudouin Heuninckx
Former A400M Logistics Support Officer OCCAR-EA
University of Nottingham

09.10 Maintenance Procedures From The Brazilian Air Force

• Optimizing Fleet Maintenance Scheduling with a new approach
• Preventive Maintenance modeling and scheduling

Lt Col Fernando Teixeira Mendes Abrahão
Brazilian Air Force Program´s Development Sub Department (SDDS)

09.50 Support Solutions And The Way Ahead

• Contracting for Availability: Shifting the risk – what this really means and how it works
• Helping the Operator: operations, training and people
• A Joint Conspiracy: Getting the balance right and lessons learned

Tim Clifford
Head of Apache Programme
Augusta Westland

11:00 Partnered Support To Tornado Deployed Operations

• Support to current RAF Tornado GR4 operations in an environment of transformation and partnered support.
• A look at how the RAF Tornado GR4 force has adapted to changing operational demands while undergoing transformation and developing partnered support. The presentation will include descriptions of operational applications of LEAN, Quality and Continuous Improvement, as well as partnered initiatives to reduce costs and improve maintainability and availability.

Wing Commander Simon Ellard
Air Command
Royal Air Force

11:40 Commercial Aircraft For Military Transport, Logistics Support And MRO Aspects

• A unique look at using alternative methods for increased military success.

Hans Indlekofer
Lufthansa Technik AG

13.30 Multinational Cooperation For The Maintenance Of Aircraft In Operations: Challenges And Possibilities

• Possible forms of multinational cooperation
• Potential benefi ts for aircraft maintenance in the fi eld
• The challenges to make it work

Baudouin Heuninckx
Former A400M Logistics Support Officer OCCAR-EA
University of Nottingham

14.10 Who Owns The Knowledge In Through Life Capability Management?

• Key features of the enterprise nature of TLCM
• The importance of managing knowledge effectively across the enterprise and for the whole life of the capabilities
• The commercial challenge implied by consideration of managing for the TLCM

Michael Henshaw
Professor of Systems Engineering
Loughborough University

15:20 Maintenance And Sustainability From The Royal Air Force

• A discussion on the RAF and their future plans about military sustainment procedures.
• Looking at different platforms
• New methods for success

Squadron Leader John Clarkson
Aviation Engineering and Integrity
Royal Air Force

16.00 Helicopter Maintenance From The Defence Helicopter Command

• Maintenance procedures to improve engine and propeller sustainment
• Lessons learned from the Royal Netherlands Air Force
• Repair in theatre: Maximizing success

Confirmed Representative
930 Maintenance Squadron, Defence Helicopter Command
Royal Netherlands Air Force

16.40 Chairman’s Summation

16.50 End Of Day One