17-18 June 2009, London, UK FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
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Overview
With conflicts increasingly taking place far away from land based air support, the role of naval based air power and the need to deploy a comprehensive range of naval based aircraft has become ever greater. RINA 's 2009 conference in its highly successful Warships series will focus on Airpower at Sea.
Aircraft have developed rapidly in recent years and each generation of planes and helicopters present a new set of requirements and challenges to be met by the vessels carrying them. This is especially true of the latest trend towards Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs). These are now common for reconnaissance and surveillance and are on the brink of moving into a direct combat role. The vessels that carry these aircraft have long service lives and must be designed to take account of future developments with both minimal time spent out of service and cost due to updates.
Content
RINA invites papers on all aspects of naval airpower from, designers, builders, equipment manufacturers and operators on the following topics:
- Design: new aircraft-ready vessels and retro-fit
- Operation: aircraft handling, deployment and retrieval
- Future aircraft requirements and their strategic context
- Integrated ISTAR from distributed assets
- Vessel and crew safety
- Lifecycle analysis: designing for change and the environment
- Seakeeping: stationary and underway
- Future-proofing
- Challenges of integrating UAV's into current platforms
The deadline for abstracts is 13th February 2009. Please click here to download the Warship 2009: Air power at Sea call for papers (approx 168kb)
Register your interest
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Sponsor and Exhibitors
The Royal Institution of Naval Architects enjoys a world-wide reputation for the outstanding quality of its international conferences, attracting speakers and delegates who are the acknowledged leaders in their fields.
A number of cost effective opportunities are available including various sponsorship packages, exhibition space and literature distribution.
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Venue and Accommodation
The Warship 2009 conference will be held in the Edinburgh and Drawing rooms of The New Connaught Rooms, 61 - 65 Great Queen Street, Covent Garden, London WC2B 5DA
Accommodation options in the surrounding area will be available shortly.
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