For the first time, SMi presents the ISR conference, to be held on 18th & 19th April in London. This exciting event will showcase key industry players, giving delegates networking opportunities, as well as allowing attendees to discuss and debate current developments and global issues across the air, land, sea, cyber and space communities.

ISR 2012 take a close look at case studies and challenges pertaining to end-users and programme teams across the international community, bringing delegates and key speakers together to discuss and debate on topics such as unmanned ISR, persistent ISR, COMINT & SIGINT, and future ISR technology.

ISR is the lynchpin of modern warfare and the methodology by which it is collected, analysed and disseminated continues to develop as forces encounter new and familiar challenges across air, land and sea in the 21st century. Both the cyber and space domains have seen and continue to see an incremental increase in offensive and defensive activity over recent years and, in these two domains, ISR finds itself yet more relevant.

As a part of the European defence portfolio which includes Global MilSatCom, Military Airlift and Unmanned Aircraft Systems, ISR 2012 will continue the tradition of establishing exceptional defence conferences for the community. Chaired by Major General Ken Israel, topics that will be addressed at the 2012 conference include unmanned ISR; persistent ISR; COMINT and SIGINT; ISR interoperability between the Air, Land and Maritime domains; and future ISR technology.

Attendees will also have the chance to attend two interactive workshops. Current Trends in UAS Training and Simulation, hosted by Simlat, will review traditional and novel UAS training schemes, discuss test cases and provide insight to technical and business aspects. Practical ISR Training, hosted by Inzpire, will demonstrate how ISR training can be developed and how synthetic environments permit ISR training. Click here for more details.