AGENDA
Monday, June 8
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Tutorial – Course Title: CTEP Body of Knowledge 2026 (Heritage)
Tuesday, June 9
General Session: Mary Rose Suite
7:30 AM – 5:00 PM Registration Open
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Coffee & Tea
9:00 AM – 9:05 AM Welcome: Dr. Michael Barton, ITEA Chairman
9:05 AM – 9:15 AM Welcome: Cathy O’Carroll, Secretary, ITEA and Andy Cunningham, ITEA Chapter President
9:15AM – 9:50 AM Air Commodore Patrick J Shea-Simonds, Royal Air Force, Head of Capability Futures
9:50 AM – 10:20 AM Paul Holligan, Vice President, First Light Fusion
10:20 AM – 11:00 AM Break with Exhibitors
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM TECHNICAL TRACKS – Link to all abstracts
TRACK 1 Hypersonics & Space (Heritage)
Moderated by Jeremy Bright, DELL
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
VIPER: Extending Two-Stage Light Gas Gun Performance Through Velocity Amplification for Hypervelocity Impact Testing
Presenter: Dr. Tim Ringrose, First Light Fusion
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Affordable High Temperature Materials T&E Facility for High-Speed Environments
Presenter: Adam Healey, QinetiQ
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM
To Be Announced
TRACK 2 Test and Evaluation of Digital Systems including CEMA and Cyber (Havant)
Moderated by Julie Ashton, QinetiQ
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
State-of-the-art technology enablers for future CEMA/C5ISR T&E
Presenter: Dr. Simon Crowle, Dstl
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Bridging the Gap Between Electromagnetic Environment Modelling and Open-Air Testing
Presenter: Alistair Bailey, Emerson NI
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM Capturing and Analysing T&E Requirements for Dstl CEMA and C5ISR Research
Presenter: Lucy Ralph, Dstl
TRACK 3 Autonomous Systems (Chichester)
Moderated by Rob McGeachy, THALES
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Developing a Safer Approach towards Energetics Sampling for Evaluation
Presenter: Richard Cawthorne, Dstl
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
High Fidelity Simulation: Accelerating T&E for BVLOS Regulatory Approval
Presenter: Elliott Kerman, Farebright
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM
Digital Engineering and Data-Driven Services for AI-Enabled Test and Evaluation of Autonomous Systems
Presenter: Rob McGeachy, THALES
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM Reconvene for General Session (Mary Rose Suite)
1:30 PM – 2:00 PM Stewart Woods, Cyber Chief Technical Officer, UK THALES
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Dr. Alec Banks, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl)
2:30 PM – 3:15 PM Panel Discussion: T&E’s value in supporting SME Innovation in Defence
Moderated by Julie Ashton, QinetiQ
Panel Participants:
Caroline Kelly, MOD
Nigel Mckenzie, Westcott, Venture Park
Ian Hobson, IDT
John Mansfield, THALES
Paul Wright, MOD UK Defense Innovative Partner
3:15 PM – 3:45 PM Break with Exhibitors
3:45 PM – 5:00 PM Panel Discussion: UK T&E COI Hackathons 2 and 3
Moderated by Andy Cunningham
Panel Participants:
Bex White, Dstl
Tara Francis, QinetiQ
Rob McGeach, THALES
Gary Burton, RADNOR
5:00 PM – 5:15 PM Close out
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM Networking Reception
Wednesday, June 10
General Session in Mary Rose
7:30 AM – 4:30PM Registration Open
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Coffee & Tea
8:30 AM – 8:45 AM Welcome Day 2: Cathy O’Carroll
8:45 AM – 9:25 AM Andy Caldwell, MOD, Head, Test and Evaluation, Lethality
9:25 AM – 10:00 AM Laurie Grindle, Deputy Center Director, NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Andy Caldwell and Terry Murphy, US Department of Homeland Security
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Break with Exhibitors
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM TECHNICAL TRACKS
TRACK 4 DEW, Communications, and Sensors (Heritage)
Moderated by Cathy Kane, QinetiQ
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Hybrid Digital Twins for RF C-UAS: Using a Synthetic Environment as a T&E Testbed for Detecting and Jamming 5G NTN Controlled Drones in an Urban Terrain
Presenter: Nathan Nims, Keysight
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
DEW Test and Evaluation
Presenter: Jesse Dykes, QinetiQ
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM
Thales Weapon System Digital Twins for T&E
Presenter: John Harvey, Dan Higgins, THALES
TRACK 5 Future T&E Capability (Havant)
Moderated by Bex White, Dstl
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Creating MDO Environments with D-LVC
Presenter: Tilghman Turner, ATEC US
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
“Impossible” Imaging: Revealing hidden defects behind steel with 450 kVp X-ray CT
Presenter: Dr. Richard Boardman, Southampton University
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM
Canada’s Maritime T&E Advantage: Joint Range Operations, Environmental Stewardship, and Capability Evolution at CFMETR
Presenter: Stephen McCormick, Canadian Forces Maritime Experimental and Test Ranges
TRACK 6 Digital Engineering and Data Drive Services (Chichester)
Moderated by Gene Hudgins, TENA SDA US
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Creating a Search Engine for Test Data: Using AI Agents to Discover, Compare, and Analyse Test Results
Presenter: Michael Rosman, Quix Analytics Limited
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Accelerate or Lose: F-1 Lessons for Digital T&E
Presenter: Matt Molloy, Dell
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM
Digital Twins: is Defence ready?
Harriet Hewett, Dstl
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM Reconvene for General Session (Mary Rose)
1:30 PM – 2:25 PM Panel Discussion:T&E needs in Current and Future Programmes
Moderated by Maj Gen Matt Molloy, USAF (Ret) Dell Technologies
Mark Stevenson, GCAP International Government Organisation (GIGO)
Cdr Ian Guild, RN
Capt Paul Brooks, RN
Graeme Bick, QinetiQ Australia
2:25 PM – 3:00 PM Gunnar Jan Olsen, Andøya Space Defence (ASD)
“Andoya Space and How it is addressing the Future needs of T&E”
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM Break with Exhibitors
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM Ryan Norman, US DOW Test Resource Management Centre Plans for Digital Engineering
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM Dominic Leeds, MOD, Military Platforms Chief Technology Officer (CTO), UK National Armaments Director Group
4:30 PM – 4:45 PM Close out by Cathy O’Carroll
Thursday, June 11 Tour Southampton University
A research-intensive university and a founding member of The Russell Group*
*Russell Group Member: A collection of 24 leading research-intensive universities in the UK.
• µ-VIS X-Ray Imaging Center
• Cryogenics
• Vibration and Simulation
• Tony Davies High Voltage Laboratory (TDHVL)
• Towing Tank
9:30 AM Depart the Hotel Lobby (Coach Pick-up)
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Tour
12:30 PM Arrive Hotel Lobby