Future Armoured Vehicles Survivability Conference 2025

Preparing Armoured Vehicles for Modern Conflict through Enhancing the Full Spectrum of Survivability Capabilities

November 17-19, 2025 - London, United Kingdom

Be part of the 10th annual Future Armoured Vehicles Survivability conference - the only armoured vehicle conference dedicated to survivability.

Collaborate across an unmatched 3 day programme - including an Active Protection Systems Focus Day.

Join forward-thinking protection experts to discuss the next generation of tools to counter the growing number of AFV threats.

As the only armoured vehicle conference dedicated to the area of survivability, the 2025 event will gather programme managers, capability directors, commanders from the military, senior engineers, chief scientists and platform managers from leading solution providers to discuss what nations are doing to protect their armoured vehicles and personnel.


Fantastic insight into future developments in great detail and great networking opportunity.

Royal Tank Regiment, British Army

2024 Speakers Included:

  • Brigadier General Nick Cowley, Commander, CMC, British Army
  • Colonel Angie Lapointe, Director Land Equipment Program Staff DLEPS 3 & Chief of Staff, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers RCEME, Director General Land Equipment Program DGLEP, Canadian Armed Forces
  • Colonel António José Fernandes de Oliveira, Office of the General Staff, Portuguese Armed Forces
  • Colonel Antonio R. Llorens Perez, Pizarro Programme Manager, Spanish Direccion General de Armamento y Material (DGAM)
  • Colonel David Franta, Chief of the Mechanized Infantry Development Section, Development Division, General staff, Army of the Czech republic
  • Colonel Duncan Mann, Assistant Head Ground Manoeuvre, British Army Futures Directorate
  • Colonel Niklas Edelsvard, Head of Army Systems Management Department, Deputy Director Acquisition and Development Army, FM - Swedish Defence Materiel Administration
  • Colonel Peter Cowell, Senior Army Advisor, UK Defence Security & Exports, UK Defence and Security Exports
  • Colonel Steven D. Gutierrez, Project Manager DE M-SHORAD, US Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO)
  • Colonel Timothy Hough, Program Manager Advanced Amphibious Assault, US Marine Corps
  • Colonel William Waugh, Programme Manager, Armour MBT Programme, British Army Programmes Directorate
  • Lieutenant Colonel (ret'd) James de St John-Pryce, Commanding Officer, Armoured Trials & Development Unit (ATDU)
  • Lieutenant Colonel Nicholas Foulerton, SO1 Capability Integration, British Army Land Warfare Centre
  • Lieutenant Colonel Rudiger Rauch, Assistant Branch Chief, Federal Ministry of Defense, Germany
  • Lieutenant General Tales Eduardo Areco Vilella, Head of the Manufacturing Directorate of the Brazilian Army, Manufacturing Directorate of the Brazilian Army
  • Major (ret'd) Kamil Balwar, Desk Officer - Project Manager, Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic
  • Major Andrew Durfee, Assistant Product Manager, PdM Medium Caliber, PM MAS, JPEO Armaments & Ammunition, US Army
  • Major Angel Cea, Techincal Responsible Pizarro Program, Spanish Direccion General de Armamento y Material (DGAM)
  • Major Mark Lewis, SO2 Boxer Futures, British Army
  • Mr Mark McNeil, NATO Chair for the STANAG 4686 Team of Experts and Program Coordinator, Land Engineering Support Centre LESC Land Materiel Assurance LMA, Canadian Department of National Defence
  • Mr Tarkan Turkcan, Director CV90 Platform, BAE Systems Hagglunds
  • Mr Thomas Honke, Project Manager Camouflage and Signature Management, Bundeswehr
  • Mr Tom Newbery, Lead, Platform Survivability Group, UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl)
  • Mr Tugrul Apa, Program Manager Main Battle Tank Systems, SSB
  • Senior Representative, Chief of Staff, NGCV CFT, US Army Futures Command
  • Senior Representative, Eurotrophy
  • Senior Representative, Rafael Advanced Defence Systems
  • Squadron Leader James Hemmingfield, S02 c-sUAS Project 6 Lead, Joint Effects, British Army Programmes Directorate

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Venue

Royal Garden Hotel
2 - 24 Kensington High Street, W8 4PT
London, United Kingdom


Event details
Organizer :SAE Media Group
Event type :Conference
Attendance :Physical Event
Reference :ASDE-25550