Events

The aim of the TDL Interoperability Summit is to inform stakeholders and the wider Defence and Defence Industry community of current and future issues concerning TDL in the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The focus of the TDL Interoperability Summit is to bring Defence and Industry together to develop an understanding of the issues and activities currently affecting the TDL community.

Ladies and Gentlemen, at this years IDLS 2019 in Edinburgh from the 29th to the 31st of October the second German/DACH Chapter Meeting will take place on Thursday the 31st October. We would like to invite you to this event to talk about the German, Swiss and Austrian developments in TDL, the potential of cooperation and to contribute and shape the future structure of this meeting. On our first meeting in April 2019 this chapter has established its goals, which include to be a platform to improve the cooperation and understanding of TDL insight German, Austria and Switzerland. The Agenda for our current meeting is not set yet, but we will speak about test events in Germany, upcoming TDL projects, new technologies (like the use of AI in TDL) and new information platforms to get TDL knowledge available to you. We hope to encourage you to participate in this meeting and to see many people at the meeting and IDLS. We’re looking forward to it and wish you all the best. Kind regards Chairmen Kai Thurner and Vice Chairmen Jens Paulzen

Chaired by Mark Johnson Room at EICC - TBC Main discussion points: 1. Matters from last meeting/update. 2. Future meetings. 3. Any specific areas of interest, for presentation/discussion at future meetings.

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UK Chapter Meeting - 31 October 2019 - Agenda

IDLS2019 Theme Announced. This year’s theme focuses on the advantage gained through the employment of Tactical Data Links. Today’s operational environment benefits greatly from the compilation of multiple data feeds. These information streams provide unprecedented situation awareness and force application capabilities. The superiority gained through these TDL systems is due in large part to the Interoperability levels achieved by the systems and services you will find at this symposium. The IDLS 2019 event will showcase educational streams, a dedicated training day, guest speakers, main stream presentations from the industry’s leading experts, comprehensive demonstration vignettes, and an exhibition showcase where the latest TDL capabilities will be available for detailed description by the world’s leading TDL system providers. We hope you find the combination of these offerings will help you achieve optimal information superiority! More information is available on the IDLS2019 Website.

Anyone willing to provide a presentation or any ideas for presentations, could they please submit them to the Secretary and Events Sec by 1st Sept. As this is taking place at a Military venue, it is important that you register for the event so all vehicle details can be forwarded onto RAF High Wycombe. Therefore, please register your attendance through the Chapter page on the IDLSoc Site. Arrangements for a post meeting social are still being finalised with High Wycombe.

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UK Chapter Meeting-Agenda

The Swedish Chapter of IDLSoc will have their next meeting on September 12 in Stockholm at FLSC, Department for Defence and Security, Systems and Technology. The agenda for the evening contains briefings on FLSC simulation systems and what goes on in the near future. Meeting will start at 1700.

IDLSoc US Chapter meeting Morning session for General Committee members General session from 1200 - 1700

It's time to plan next year's event - the 23rd NATO Tactical Data Link Symposium 2020. The NTDLS Support Staff have received planning permission for the conduct of 23rd NTDLS in Calpe, Spain from 23 to 26 March 2020. Mark your calendars and spread the information! The NTDLS website will be updated shortly for opening of the registration. We are looking forward to another valuable exchange of views for the future of information exchange. The theme for the 23rd NTDLS is "Adapting Tactical Data Links to new Challenges". For those that intend to do a presentation or wish to lead a workshop, please advise us at dlss@hq.nato.int. More information will follow in due time.

The 3rd DACH Chapter meeting will take place at the NTDLS in Calpe. The exact time and date will decided during the NTDLS and in accordance with its schedule.

The Tactical Communications Forum 2019 will be held in the beautiful city of Salzburg in Austria. The TCF focus is on providing an environment for presentations and discussions only. The target audience for the TCF is Military, Government and Industry personnel and is open for all attendees to provide useful presentations.

This session is free to IDLSoc members and Australian Government employees. Registration is via the AS/NZ Chapter website under “Training”.

Germany plans to reestablish its German IDLSoc Chapter. To do so our first goal is to get as many people as possible together to discuss the future direction of the Chapter and the key roles to keep this Chapter running.

This is an annual event open to Interoperability Platform Nations, at which TDL experts can share operational, technical and scientific experiences on TDLs.

The agenda for the meeting will be published shortly

The next IDLSoc Swedish Chapter Annual meeting is taking place in FMV, Stockholm on the 7th of Feb 2019. The meeting starts at 17.00.

The annual International Data Links Symposium (IDLS) will be held in San Diego this year. This is unquestionably one of the most significant worldwide locations due to its first class resources, which are focussed on countering all military threats and developing advances in TDL technology. The International Data Links Symposium (IDLS) is a joint international community event, which spans all Data Link related capabilities and aspires to provide a programme that contains relevant, focussed and high-quality stimulus to tackle some of these transformational challenges.

IDLS2018 Theme:
Planning for Transformational Success

The Data Links community continues to work within a world that is rapidly changing, from geopolitical, economic and technological points of view.

We are facing emerging military threats, such as the ever-increasing Ballistic Missile capability of North Korea, and cyber warfare tactics of non-Allied Nations. At the same time, we are moving towards the roll out of next generation Tactical Data Link (TDL) technologies, such as Link 22 and Link 16 capable radio development and expansion. The changes that are in front of us need to be effectively managed, to ensure that we achieve a high level of collaborative interoperability, within the constraints of our individual National defence procurement budgets.

Location: ANSER, Inc.
The Conference Center at Skyline 5275 Leesburg
PikeFalls Church, VA 22041
The Department of Defence Chief Information Officer (DoD CIO) and the U.S. Chapter of the International Data Links Society will host a U.S. Link 16 Working Group meeting on 28 - 30 March 2017
The focus of the WG will be “Managing the Network in the 2022 Timeframe.” For questions and additional information, Ray Munoz (US Chapter President) at: ray.munoz@ultra-ats.com

The Australian International Airshow and Aerospace & Defence Exposition is a global business event, with total attendances over the four industry-only trade sessions of the 2015 event exceeding 33,000 .

The meeting agenda will include; a presentation from Brigadier General  Anna Eriksson, Chief of C4ISR, a presentation from HQ Gripen Strat. JAS39 Gripen E and the Swedish Chapter Annual Meeting. All members of IDLSoc Swe Chapter are welcome.