New Wave Media

Senior representatives of three nations that are recapitalizing their submarine programs - Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands - will provide a scene setting plenary session when the Undersea Defence Technology (UDT) conference kicks off at Ahoy Convention Centre, Rotterdam on Wednesday, June 3.

 

Participants will include R Adm Andreas Olsson, Director Naval System and Procurement Management at the Swedish Naval Material Administration and Capt Arnth Lien, Commander Submarine Forces, Norway. This will be followed by keynote speeches by V Adm MJM Borsboom, Director, the Dutch Materiel Organisation (DMO) and Wim Bargerbos, Principal Directorate of General Policy Affairs, Netherlands MOD.

 

The three-day conference agenda, with overall theme is “Underwater Capability for an Uncertain Future”, is packed with presentations on the issues that top the subsea defense and security agenda. Heads of the UK and Italian submarine services will be joined by leaders in the field of research and development from NATO and the Netherlands to explore both challenges and solutions in the underwater environment. The conference includes detailed discussions on platform design; autonomous and remotely piloted systems; weapons, sensors and command systems; anti submarine warfare; and mines and mine countermeasures. The crossover of technologies between the military and civil sectors will also be examined.