Topic Spotlight: Alliances, Partnerships and EMSO

For our final day of AOC 2023, we return to the symposium theme: "Advancing EMS Superiority Through Strategic Alliances and Partnerships." EMSO can be extremely complex within a national force, let alone across an alliance or coalition. The challenge extends well beyond compatibility and interoperability. It requires an understanding of each coalition members' EMSO terminology and doctrine, systems capabilities, training, experience and more.

At 12:00 PM in Potomac Ballroom B, Mr. Erik Bamford, AOC International Director and an officer in the Norwegian Army will lead a Breakout Session on "Multi-National EW Partnership." Speakers include Air Commodore Blythe Crawford, Commandant, UK Air & Space Warfare Centre (ASWC); Dr. Chiho Lee, Principal Researcher, Agency for Defense Development (ADD) South Korea; Lt Col Marc Lewis, SML, AFLCMC/WNY System Program Office; and Col Tomohiko KAKUTA Chief, Advanced Technology Application Section, 2nd Force Structuring Division (Space & Cyber), Defense Planning and Policy Department, Air Staff Office, Japan Ministry of Defense

At 2:00 PM on the Main Stage, the Closing Symposium Spotlight Session will focus on "EMSO in Ukraine and Russia War." This session will provide insight on the intense battle for EMS advantage between Ukrainian and Russian forces. Speakers include Major General Borys Kremenetskyi, UKR-Air Force & Defense Attache, Embassy of Ukraine to the USA; Captain Iaroslav Kalinin, Chief Executive Officer, Infozahyst LLC/Ukraine Army Reserves; Col (Ret.) Jeffrey Fischer, USAF, Author and Journalist in International Security.

For more context, you may want to listen to:

"A Look at Innovation Through the Eyes of NATO," with Erik Bamford, From the Crows' Nest podcast, Oct. 27, 2022

In the Flat Field: Did Russian Army Electronic Warfare Underperform in Ukraine?, AOC Webinar hosted by Dr. Thomas Withington, Dec. 22, 2022 (AOC members access only)