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Conference Documentation: MilSpace - Challenges and Changes

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: SMI Publishing, Ltd
Published: March 2006
Product Code: R215-316
Description
Following the huge success of Global MilSatCom - the largest independent military satellite communications conference in Europe, we are proud to present the latest in our military space series...MilSpace 2006 Challenges and Changes

SMi’s inaugural MilSpace 2006 conference will explore recent developments in space systems and the growing importance of space applications for the military in the 21st Century. Bringing together a dynamic mix of high level government and military officials and leading suppliers and industry experts, the conference will examine SatCom capabilities, space surveillance, navigation, defence, intelligence and the importance of space agencies. MilSpace 2006 will provide a platform for discussion, giving a clear picture of the current issues surrounding military space.

MilSpace 2006 will also address challenges and solutions for the future of military space, technological developments within space-based systems and lessons learned through operational experiences to aid future battlespace operations.

Special additions to our speaker line up include Keynote Presentations from:
  • Major General William Shelton, Commander, 14th Air Force, Air Force Space Command, and Commander, Joint Space Operations, Joint Functional Component Command, Space and Global Strike, U.S. Strategic Command
  • Major General Patrick de Rousiers, Chief of Defense Staff, Ministry of Defense Space Strategic Review French, Joint HQ, France
Our exceptional international speaker line up including Keynote Addresses from:
  • Brigadier General Ellen Pawlikowski, Program Director, MILSATCOM Joint Program Office, US Air Force
  • Brigadier (Ret'd) Tim Waugh, Programme Manager, IPT 7 Team Leader (NATO SatCom and Deployable CIS,) NATO C3 Agency
  • Brigadier Nick Rigby, Director, Defence Intelligence Joint Environment, Ministry of Defence, UK
And Special Presentations from:
  • Professor Sir Dr Martin Sweeting OBE FRS, Director, Surrey Space Centre and Chief Executive Officer, Surrey Satellite Technology
  • Gerhard Brauer, Head, Security Policy Office, European Space Agency
  • Karen A Irby, Director, National Center for Geospatial Intelligence Standards (NCGIS), National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  • Frank Asbeck, Director, European Union Satellite Centre (EUSC)
  • Major Soenke Fischhoefer, S02 Geo Ops and Policy, J2, NATO SHAPE
  • Major General (Ret’d) Judd Blaisdell, Director, Joint Communications and Requirements, Raytheon
  • General (Ret'd) Bernard Molard, Security and Defence Advisor to CEO, EADS SPACE
  • Frank Zeppenfeldt, Multimedia Satellite Engineer, European Space Agency (ESA), European Space and Technology Centre (ESTEC) Netherlands
  • Professor Marius-Ioan Piso, President and Chief Executive Officer, Romanian Space Agency (ROSA)
Benefits of Attending MilSpace 2006:
  • EXPAND your knowledge of the key issues impacting future military space
  • GAIN invaluable insight into current and future country-specific/joint programmes, initiatives and developments
  • IDENTIFY the solutions behind successful SatCom integration and implementation
  • EXPLORE the developments of military space through lessons learned and experimentation
  • ENHANCE your understanding of military and commercial opportunities within Military Space
  • NETWORK and connect with military and industry leaders who are shaping the future of military space programmes and technologies
Table of Contents
Day 1




8.30 Registration & Coffee




9.00 Chairman's Opening Remarks

Dr Malcolm Davis, Lecturer, Defence Studies Department, Joint Services Command and Staff College, Joint Services Command and Staff College.




9.10 THE IMPORTANCE OF DEFENDING SPACE ASSETS

Major General William Shelton , Commander, US Strategic Command.




9.30 GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ITS ROLE IN DEFENCE TRANSFORMATION, HOMELAND SECURITY AND NATIONAL RESILIENCE

Understanding the importance of geospatial and environmental intelligence for increased national security


How the Recognised Environmental Picture (REP) will benefit future UK intelligence - warfare and non-warfare applications

How digitisation is affecting defence and government transformation today

Protecting the critical infrastructure of the UK through improved geospatial analysis techniques

Utilising GI in non-warfare applications: resilience strategies, emergency planning and disaster response (from national levels down to local/first responder levels)

Sharing ideas with other government and law enforcement agencies - GI systems and training methods

Emerging technologies available


Brigadier Nick Rigby, Director, Defence Intelligence Joint Environment , Ministry of Defence.




10.10 SPECIAL ADDRESS THE ROLE OF MILSATCOM IN MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF JOINT C4ISTAR CAPABILITY AND NET CENTRIC WARFARE/OPERATIONS

The future of MilSatCom - the challenges that lie ahead and how we can overcome these


Achieving survivable, world-wide, rapid communications for all levels of conflict

SatCom systems integration and interoperability - fitting into the future DoD vision (net-centric environment of warfare and nation building)

MilSatCom and satellite operations as enablers of NCOps

Leveraging technologies available to increase capability

Lessons learned from experimentation/wargames and OIF/OEF and the impact on future MilSatCom

Future direction of SatCom programs and acquisition (a single integrator or a variety of contributors?) - what lies over the horizon for the MilSatCom JPO?


Brigadier General Ellen Pawlikowski, Program Director, MILSATCOM Joint Program Office, Department of the Air Force.




10.50 Morning Coffee




11.20 AN OVERVIEW OF NATO ASPIRATIONS FOR SATELLITE BASED CAPABILITIES

Supporting the emerging NATO Network Enabled Capability (NNEC) and other major NATO programmes

Brigadier (Ret'd) Tim Waugh, Programme Manager for NATO SatCom and Deployable CIS, NATO C3 Agency.




12.00 SPECIAL ADDRESS

SmallSats - changing military space in the 21st century


What are SmallSat’s?

What capability have they demonstrated?

Military and civil applications

Implications for MilSpace

A glimpse of the future?


Professor Sir Martin Sweeting OBE FRS, Director, Surrey Space Centre and Chief Executive Officer, Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL).




12.40 Networking Lunch




2.10 FUTURE INITIATIVES IN NEAR AND RESPONSIVE SPACE

Dynamic support to military space for the warfighter


Overview- augmenting and fulfilling defence requirements

Near space studies- the bottom line to the most promising applications to military operations.

Responsive space in a complex, on-demand world

Near and responsive space in a system of systems story

Conclusions and recommendations


Mr Frank Prautzsch, Business Development, SATCOM Systems, Raytheon.

Major General (Ret’d) Judd Blaisdell, Director, Joint Communications and Requirements, Raytheon.




2.50 HOW TO MEET EUROPEAN MILITARY SPACE REQUIREMENTS?

From infrastructure to services - the industrial vision


European military requirements have recently been expressed

European defense budgets will not increase in the coming years

Security and defense applications open the door to dual use solutions in space

PFI is a good answer to MilSatComs and could be copied for other kind of services

Europe needs urgently to focus its energy and investments on essential capacities in space


General General (Ret'd) Bernard Molard, Defence & Security Advisor to CEO, EADS SPACE.




3.40 Afternoon Tea




4.00 ROUTED IP NETWORKS IN SPACE

Extending the internet into Space


Current communication architectures and challenges

Concepts and benefits of routed IP Networks in space

Architectural principles/technical Issues

Cisco’s approach to routed IP networks in space

Summary and outlook


Dr Dr Klaus Dörpelkus, Global Defense, Space and Security, Cisco Systems.




4.40 SPECIAL PANEL DISCUSSION

HOW IS SPACE SECUIRTY EVOLVING? THE EFFECTS OF SECURITY FOR SATELLITES AND SPACE

Brigadier (Ret'd) Tim Waugh, Programme Manager for NATO SatCom and Deployable CIS, NATO C3 Agency.

Mr Frank Prautzsch, Business Development, SATCOM Systems, Raytheon.

Dr Dr Klaus Dörpelkus, Global Defense, Space and Security, Cisco Systems .

Dr Malcolm Davis, Lecturer, Defence Studies Department, Joint Services Command and Staff College, Joint Services Command and Staff College.

Mr Jonathan Shears, , Infoterra




5.20 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

Dr Malcolm Davis, Lecturer, Defence Studies Department, Joint Services Command and Staff College, Joint Services Command and Staff College.




Day 2




8.30 Registration & Coffee




9.00 Chairman's Opening Remarks

Dr Malcolm Davis, Lecturer, Defence Studies Department, Joint Services Command and Staff College, Joint Services Command and Staff College.




9.10 SPACE IN EUROPE:SYNERGY OR COMPETITION?


What is the current 'space panorama' in Europe?

What are the major trends?

What co-operation tomorrow and in the future?


Major General Patrick de Rousiers, Chief of Defense Staff, Ministry of Defence, France.




9.50 THE IMPORTANCE OF STANDARDIZATION

Responding to the needs of the wider community


Why standardization matters for GEOINT systems

Goals of the NGA Standards Program

Role of the GEOINT Standards Working Group (GWG)

Standards selection criteria

NGA partnerships in developing GEOINT standards


Karen Irby, Director, National Center for Geospatial Intelligence Standards (NCGIS), National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.




10.30 Morning Coffee




11.00 ROLE OF GEOSPATIAL SUPPORT IN FUTURE OPERATIONAL STRATEGY AND FORCE TRANSFORMATION

Meeting NATO force requirements and the challenges presented by the NRF


Providing geospatial support to NATO and operational theatres

NATO’s future core GIS capabilities


Major Soenke Fischhoefer, SO2 Geo Ops and Policy, J2, NATO SHAPE.




11.40 AN OVERVIEW OF EUSC CAPABILITIES FOR MILITARY SPACE AND SATELLITE NAVIGATION

EU military space policy and space intelligence


An overview of EUSC capabilities

The role of EUSC in European intelligence frameworks

Assuring interoperability

Ability to support international missions

The future of EU plans and policies


Mr Frank Asbeck, Director, European Commission.




12.20 Networking Lunch




1.50 ADVANCED SATELLITE SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENTS CO-FUNDED BY THE EUROPEAN

On-board switching for military communications


ESA Satellite Telecommunications programs

New systems co-funded by the European Space Agency

Use of commercial standards for VSAT communications

Applicability to military and humanitarian scenario's

ESA activities in the area of secure satellite communications


Frank Zeppenfeldt, Multimedia Satellite Engineer, European Space & Technology Centre.




2.30 THE INTEGRATION OF TECHNOLOGY WITHIN FUTURE ISR

Technological advances within space based systems to enhance threat reduction


The need for effective research and development

Technological advancements and their potential impact upon future capabilities

The application with UAVs and other platforms


Dr John J Szymanski, Program Manager for Space Activities, Los Alamos National Laboratory.




3.10 STRATELLITE FOR TELECOMMUNICATION AND MILITARY USE

Sanswire family of Airships - Uses for the Airship


Homeland security support capabilities

mobile communications relay for surface and air troops

battlefield tactical communications relay

Real-time immediate orthorectification image processing

command and control uplinks and downlinks for time critical ISR data

GPS and SATCOM data/communications relay

data relay to or from AWACS or JSTARS assets to other air or ground assets

extensive electronic warfare (EW) system platform to aid "blue force" operations


Bob Jones, President, Sanswire Networks, LLC.

Professor Dr Bernd Kroeplin, Project Co-ordinator, University Of Stuttgart Institute Of Sanitary Engineering.




3.50 Afternoon Tea




4.10 THE FUTURE OF MILITARY SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS AND OPERATIONS

ESA’s role in security related space programmes


Current and future policies at ESA that will impact on future European security satellites

The future role of the ESA within military satellite operations - in relationship to industry, EU and the user community


Mr Gerhard Brauer, Head, Security Policy Office, European Space Agency (ESA).




4.50 DEVELOPING SATELLITE COMMUNICATION WITHIN ROMANIA FOR GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY OPERATIONS AND BEYOND

Current SatCom capability within Romania and the challenges that lie ahead within achieving effective military satellite communication capability within Eastern Europe


The challenges in providing national satellite communication capability

Effective SatCom within Romania and Eastern Europe as a whole

Current and future capability and payloads within satellite constellations and ground infrastructures

The future of SatCom within Eastern Europe - making the transition from commercial applications to government services

How are satellite communications being utilised by the military and government and how can we approach government services?

The role of ROSA in future Romanian SatCom capability


Dr Professor Marius Loan Piso, President and Chief Executive Officer, Romanian Space Agency (ROSA).




5.20 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

Dr Malcolm Davis, Lecturer, Defence Studies Department, Joint Services Command and Staff College, Joint Services Command and Staff College.

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