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17 Jun 25. Close Combat Symposium Registration Closes 23/06/25.
Aim
The aim is to bring together the military, academia, and industry to discuss current and future developments in close combat and dismounted technologies and procedures. It will also consider current and future equipment pipelines.
Theme
With thanks to Army HQ this years Theme
Delivering lethal effect – How do we harness digital targeting to enhance the dismounted close combat kill web?
- The Land Operating Concept has Recce-Strike at it’s heart. Not a new concept, and being played-out in real-time today, yet one which is a departure from how the British Army saw itself operating previously. How can we harness existing technology to immediately tighten the kill-web?
- What are the new equipment and emerging concept opportunities to ensure the close combatfight is weighted in the British Army’s favour?
- Automation offers opportunity, but could also be an anchor. How do we ensure we automate the correct parts of the close fight at the right time?
- Dismounted Close Combat remains an inevitable part of modern warfare. How do we layer effects and capabilities at small team and platoon levels to ensure overmatch against adversaries?
- The digital kill-web is rapidly evolving; where should we be setting our sights in terms of capability milestones over the next 3, 5 and 10 years?
- Much of what could be achieved is reliant on an unassured energy supply. What can be done to balance technology’s demand versus the force’s ability to sustain it?
- Enhancing lethality is as much about survivability as it is about calibre and rates of fire. How can we improve battlefield survivability now, and in the next 10 years?
16 Jun 25. Israel furious as France shuts four weapons stands at Paris Airshow.
- Summary
- Companies
- Stands for Elbit Systems, Rafael, IAI and Uvision closed
- Companies refused to remove attack weapons from display
- Israel condemns ‘outrageous and unprecedented decision’
- France says rules for exhibitors were made clear in advance
- Show organisers in talks to try to resolve dispute
France shut down the main Israeli company stands at the Paris Airshow on Monday for refusing to remove attack weapons from display, sparking a furious response from Israel and inflaming tensions between the traditional allies.
Stands including those of Elbit Systems (ESLT.TA), Rafael, IAI and Uvision were blocked off with black partitions before the start of the world’s biggest aviation trade fair. Smaller Israeli stands, which didn’t have hardware on display, and an Israeli Ministry of Defence stand, remained open.France, a long-time Israeli ally, has gradually hardened its position on the government of Benjamin Netanyahu over its actions in Gaza and military interventions abroad.
French President Emmanuel Macron made a distinction last week between Israel’s right to protect itself, which France supports and could take part in, and strikes on Iran it did not recommend. (Source: Reuters)
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