{"id":356191,"date":"2026-04-22T23:13:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T23:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/22\/air-capability-and-raf-digital-symposium-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T23:13:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T23:13:38","slug":"air-capability-and-raf-digital-symposium-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/22\/air-capability-and-raf-digital-symposium-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Capability and RAF Digital Symposium 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Air Capability and RAF Digital Symposium 2026 event has now grown to a full two day programme and is an opportunity for industry to engage with the Royal Air Force Capability team and new for 2026, the\u00a0 Royal Air Force Digital team, to discuss future capability development and how we can work better together to develop and enhance what the RAF needs. This generates an improved understanding of where the MOD and industry can work collaboratively to address the current, emerging and future threats the UK faces.<\/p>\n<h3>Format<\/h3>\n<p>Please <a href=\"http:\/\/members.adsgroup.org.uk\/resource\/05%20-%20Events\/Air%20Cap%202026\/Air%20Capability%20and%20RAF%20Digital%20Symposium%202026%20-%2016.04.2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>click\u00a0here<\/strong><\/a> to see the draft agenda.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day One \u2013 Symposium &amp; Dinner<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Senior RAF and Allied representatives included<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Air Vice-Marshal Jim Beck, Director Capability and Programmes<\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">Dr. Arif Mustafa Director Digital Information &amp; CIO, RAF Digital<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">Brigadier General Todd N. Balfe, Royal Canadian Air Force<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Air Commodore Patrick Shea-Simonds, Head Capability Futures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Day Two \u2013 Symposium &amp; Bilateral Meetings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There will be a full Symposium programme from 08:30 \u2013 15:15.\u00a0In addition, as per previous years, we will provide industry the opportunity for direct twenty-minute bilateral meetings with Air Vice-Marshal Jim Beck, Dr Arif Mustafa and senior members of the Air Capability and Digital\u00a0teams. These meetings will be booked in advance and offer the opportunity to discuss topics of the attendees\u2019 choice.<\/p>\n<p>N.B. Only conference \/ conference and dinner delegates will be able to book these bilateral meetings, and they will be booked per company rather than per person.<\/p>\n<h3>Sponsorship<\/h3>\n<p>There are a number of sponsorship packages available for this event which can be viewed <a href=\"http:\/\/members.adsgroup.org.uk\/resource\/05%20-%20Events\/Air%20Cap%202026\/AirCap%20Sponsorship%20Deck%202026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>. Please contact\u00a0<strong><a href=\"mailto:joe.peace@adsgroup.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Peace<\/a><\/strong> to discuss available packages.<\/p>\n<h3>Charity partner<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rafbf.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/members.adsgroup.org.uk\/resource\/05%20-%20Events\/Air%20Cap%202025\/RAFBF%20white.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"85\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Book your place<\/h3>\n<p>Click on the \u2018Buy Now\u2019 button to book your place. You can book the following options:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Conference and Dinner<\/li>\n<li>Conference only<\/li>\n<li>Dinner only.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can register for an ADS website login if you do not have one by clicking\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/members.adsgroup.org.uk\/register\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adsgroup.org.uk\/events\/air-capability-and-raf-digital-symposium-2026\/\">Air Capability and RAF Digital Symposium 2026<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adsgroup.org.uk\/\">ADS Group<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Air Capability and RAF Digital Symposium 2026 event has now grown to a full two day programme and is an opportunity for industry to engage with the Royal Air Force Capability team and new for 2026, the\u00a0 Royal Air Force Digital team, to discuss future capability development and how we can work better together&hellip; <br \/> <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/22\/air-capability-and-raf-digital-symposium-2026\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-356191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356191\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodatahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}