Conference Documentation: Global MilSatCom 2005

• Major General James B. Armor Jr, Director, National Security Space Office, US Air Force
• Richard McKinney SES, Director, Directorate of Air Force Space Acquisition, US Air Force
• Brigadier (Ret'd) Tim Waugh, Programme Manager for NATO SatCom and Deployable CIS, NATO C3 Agency
• Simon Kershaw, Satellite Acquisition Team IPT Leader, Defence Procurement Agency, Ministry of Defence, UK

• Colonel Patrick Rayermann, Director, Operations and Plans G3, Space and Missile Defense Command, US Army
• Rick Bourdon, Chief, Commercial Satellite Team, DISA
• Caroline Laurent, Syracuse III Program Manager, Délégation Générale pour l'Armement, Ministry of Defence, France
• Captain J. van der Wal, Project Manager, NL MilSatCom, Netherlands Navy
• Commnader Giovanni Durando, Manager, Communication Services, Military Satellite Control and Management Centre, CIS Division, General Staff, Italian Ministry of Defence
• Commander Thomas Lockhart, C4ISTAR Leader, General Staff, French Navy
• Lieutenant Colonel Chris Groot, Project Officer, NL MilSatCom, Netherlands Air Force
• Lieutenant Colonel WJD Dresen, Project Officer, NL MilSatCom, Netherlands Army
• Major Roberto Pelaez, NATO Representative, SatCom Working Group and CHOD SP-CISD, SpanishComSat Program General Directorate for Armaments and Materiel, Spanish Ministry of Defence
• Alexander Ognyanov, Director, Information Society and Information Technologies Directorate, Ministry of Transport and Communications, Republic of Bulgaria
• Gerhard Brauer, Head, Director General's Security Policy Office, European Space Agency
• Pertti Jauhiainen, Project Manager, DG Information Society, European Commission
• Alexandre Barouh, Syracuse III System Architect, Délégation Générale pour l'Armement, Ministry of Defence, France

Day 1

8.15 Registration & Coffee

8.50 Chairman's Opening Remarks

Mr Gerard Donelan, Head Government Services, SES ASTRA.

9.00 OPENING ADDRESS - UTILIZING SATCOM EFFECTIVELY TO MEET NATO’S EMERGING REQUIREMENTS

Integrating SatCom capabilities into the emerging NNEC environment

The strategic and operational dimension of utilising SatCom to meet NATO’s requirement for highly deployable and mobile forces including the reachback requirements

The challenges of managing and operating the current NATO Space and Ground capability in the integrated coalition battlespace

Future opportunities for industry and commercial SatCom providers in meeting the aspirations of NATO SatCom Architectures

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

9.35 KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Forging MilSatCom unity of effort across the US' National Security Community

MilSatCom stakeholders

Transformational Communications Architecture

Major General James Armor Jr, Director, US Air Force.

10.10 THE OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED BY THE PPP APPROACH IN MILITARY SATCOMS

An update on progress with the Skynet 5 project

The capability being delivered

Governments and Industry working together

Opportunities for Smart International Cooperation

Mr Simon Kershaw, Satellite Acquisition Team IPT Leader, Defence Procurement Agency, Ministry of Defence, UK.

10.40 Morning Coffee

11.00 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, the user community

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

11.30 SMALL SATELLITES FOR AFFORDABLE ACCESS TO SPACE

The potential of small satellites within government and military applications

The current and future capabilities of small satellites

Government and military use now and beyond the horizon

Design, build, launch and data assurance - where do the current and future challenges lie within small satellites and how can we overcome these

Future technologies and systems being utilised in small satellites to ensure robust and secure communications

What small satellites mean for the new user of space

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

12.00 COMMERCIAL SATCOM

Augmenting the MilSatCom architecture

Current trends and the evolving role of commercial SatCom

Technology

Ensuring high levels of system performance

Policy and practice

System and satellite management

Mr David Helfgott, President & Chief Executive Officer, Americom Government Services.

12.30 Networking Lunch

2.00 THE FRENCH MILSATCOM SYSTEM - SYRACUSE III

First steps of SYRACUSE III

Syracuse III Program Status (space and ground)

Learning of first uses of Syracuse 3A spacecraft

Syracuse III PFI Studies

Modem XXI Field test presentation

NSP2K (TBC)

Ms Caroline Laurent, Syracuse III Program Manager, Délégation Générale pour l'Armement, Ministry of Defence, France.

Mr Alexandre Barouh, Syracuse III Architect, Ministry of Defence, France.

2.30 SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE SPANISH MINISTRY OF DEFENSE

Spanish MoD SatCom military requirements

Spanish MoD user ground segment SeComSat programme

Spanish MoD services procurement

SatCom programme

SatCom system description, service availability for allies & friendly countries

Colonel Francisco Diaz Fernandez, Programme Director, SatCom, C3, General Directorate for Armaments and Materiel, Ministry of Defence, Spain.

Roberto Pelaez, NATO Representative, SatCom Working Group and CHOD SP-CISD, SpanishComSat Program, General Directorate for Armaments and Materiel, Ministry of Defence, Spain.

3.00 FUTURE SATELLITE NETWORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE FRENCH NAVY

Flexibility, reliability and mobility - meeting the tactical and operational requirements for a future navy force

Engineering challenges (and solutions) in implementing requirements and integrating advanced SatCom into MoD

Do the challenges change for different platforms (carriers, warships, support craft and amphibious vessels)?

The potential of reliable SatCom within the French Navy

Commercial comparisons that could help make the vision of reliable, mobile navy SatCom capability a reality

Commander Thomas Lockhart, C4ISTAR Leader, General Staff, , French Navy.

3.30 Afternoon Tea

4.00 PARADIGM ONE-STOP-SHOP PROVIDER FOR MILSATCOM SERVICES

From a Skynet-5 PFI concept to a global MilSatCom provider

Status of Skynet-5 PFI Programme

Delivering the business case

Expansion of the service offer

Next generation services

Short video

Mr Paul Millington, Director, Business Development, Paradigm Secure Communications.

4.30 GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIP IN X-BAND COMMUNICATIONS

Government communications expanding into commercial satellite frequencies

Governments in the Western Alliance has designated X-Band for "Government" use only

Governmental requirements continue to outpace "government" capacity

Government Industry partnerships being dominated by traditional defense firms that are under contract to develop a solution

A unique approach to the potential partnership and unique business model - showing how governments can save precious budgetary dollars and get unique services they desire

Shifting the element of risk in development and deployment from government to industry

Providing Government with a better solution

Mr Denis Curtin, Chief Operating Officer , Xtar.

5.00 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

Day 2

8.15 Re-registration & Coffee

8.50 Chairman's Opening Remarks

Mr Dylan Browne, Managing Director, The London Satellite Exchange.

9.00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS - FUTURE SATCOM BASED ACQUISITION WITHIN THE USAF

What the Air Force and the defense industry must consider when developing future warfighting capability

The future of SatCom-based acquisition within USAF transformation

Government-industry partnerships - keys to future success

Mr Richard McKinney SES, Director, Directorate of Air Force Spaced Acquisition, US Air Force.

9.35 WORKING WITH COMMERCIAL SPACE INDUSTRY TO MEET MILITARY BANDWIDTH DEMANDS

The need for communications, especially space-based communications

The information services the US military requires

Learning from Operation Iraqi Freedom

Ever escalating demand - two views

Ideas for improving partnership with industry

Leasing the commercial SatCom DoD needs

Learning from Industry

Update on new DoD policy and approaches

A brighter future

Colonel Patrick Rayermann, Director, Operations and Plans G3, Space and Missile Defense Command, US Army.

10.05 THE NETHERLANDS JOINT MILSATCOM PROJECT

Operational objectives versus Project reality

Overview & mix of media

Redefining area of responsibility

Fulfilling current requirements

Lessons learnt

Challenges ahead

Captain Hans van der Wal, Project Manager, NL MilSatCom, Defence Material Organisation.

Lieutenant Colonel Chris Groot, Project Officer, NL MilSatCom, Royal Netherlands Air Force.

Lieutenant Colonel WJD Dresen , Project Officer, NL MilSatCom, Defence Material Organisation.

10.35 Morning Coffee

11.00 MILSATCOM IN TRANSFORMATION

What a difference a year makes

Views on MILSATCOM within network centricity in modern warfare

Greater than 2 Ghz Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) updates

Communications on the Move and Communications on the Quick Halt

Mobile Enhanced Situational Awareness (MESA)...XM Radio and Worldspace for Narrowband Satellite Broadcast

The realities of the future within MILSATCOM

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

Mr Brian Rodriguez, Director, International Programs, Raytheon.

11.30 NEW NEEDS AND SOLUTIONS ON MILSATCOM

Introduction - the new needs on projected and special forces in terms of interoperability, security and mobility

SYRACUSE III - one of the best answer to the new military needs, the principle of the ground segment and the key figure

Transmission Security - EPM modem capabilities, future technology dedicated to IP communication on commercial and military satellites

Highly tactical communications - the concept of use of military very small aperture terminals on military and commercial satellites; from the manpacks to "On The Move" terminals, the system approaches and technologies

Mr Patrick Heuline, Satcom Segment Director, Thales Communications.

12.00 MEETING INCREASING GOVERNMENTS NEEDS WITH KU BAND

The advantages for governments to use worldwide commercial leader's capacity

Who is Eutelsat?

Key requirements for serving governments needs

Security aspects

A wide range of technical solutions: case study

Mr Jean-Paul Brillaud, Deputy CEO, Eutelsat.

Mr Warren Ackerley, Sales Director, Paradigm.

Mr Nicholas Daly, Regional Director, UK, Eire and The Netherlands, Eutelsat.

12.30 Networking Lunch

2.00 MOBILE SATELLITE SERVICE

US DoD forecast to Industry

The services we use

Requirements for service

Amount of money we spend

Future forecast

Mr Rick Bourdon, Chief, Commercial Satellite Team, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA).

2.30 EUROPEAN ADVANCES IN SATCOM

Italian developments and future options

Italy’s military satellite communications requirements - overview

The SICRAL project - operational effectiveness

Interoperability with allied systems

The future: SICRAL 2

Commander Giovanni Durando, CIS Division, General Staff, Ministry of Defence, Italy.

3.00 ASSURING GOVERNMENT SERVICES OVER COMMERCIAL SATELLITE LINKS

Threats to commercial SatCom - now and over the horizon

Overview of current and future threats to commercial SatCom (special reference to electronic attacks)

Threat vulnerability assessment to counter measure electronic attack

The need for increased satellite protection for the user and operator

Satellite attack prevention - planning and implementing response

Future solutions to electronic attack

Mr Mark Parry, Business Development, SatComs and Navigation, QinetiQ.

3.30 ARIANESPACE: 25 YEARS OF LAUNCH SERVICES PROVIDED TO THE SPACE COMMUNITY (SHORT FILM)

The contribution of European launch vehicles to an independent access to space

Dr Philip Balaam, , Arianespace.

3.45 Afternoon Tea

4.15 SATELLITE IN DEFENCE-THE COMMERCIAL OPTION

Commercial SatCom a complimentary technology to military SatCom

COMSEC operations over commercial services (HAIPIS/NBDT)

New & Evolving Commercial technologies

Iridium (new services)

VSAT (C, Ku, Ka) the Equivalent X band capacity?

Inmarsat (BGAN - the new generation & Effective Leasing)

Mr Bob Roe, Executive Vice President, Sales, Stratos.

4.45 EADS SPACE SERVICES - EUROPEAN PROVIDER FOR COMMUNICATION AND NAVIGATION SERVICES

From business planning, partnerships to service delivery

EADS SPACE Services after two years of existence

One-stop-shop: the solution for government and military customers

Status of current major ventures and projects

Challenges ahead in promoting a European vision

Mr Eric Beranger, Chief Executive Officer, EADS Space Services.

5.15 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two

Day 3

8.15 Re-registration & Coffee

8.50 Chairman's Opening Remarks

Mr Martin Jarrold, Director, Global VSAT Forum.

9.00 THE FUTURE OF EU/EC SATCOM AND SATELLITE OPERATIONS

Future policy directions within the EU/EC that could impact future SatCom procurement and capability

The EU/EC’s current stance on SatCom,

The current stance on SatCom in the European Space Policy and Programme planned to cover the period up to 2013

The challenges involved in multiple-use satellites (e.g. for military operations)

Ensuring organisation infrastructures and information frameworks to fully exploit future satellites and their capabilities

Mr Pertti Jauhiainen, Scientific Officer, Communication Technologies, DG Information Society, European Commission.

9.30 I-BULGARIA PROGRAMME: BASE FOR SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS

Information Society development in Bulgaria: from “catch-up” to “front runners”

The implementation of the EU regulatory framework for electronic communications

New measures directed to the business and citizens

I-Bulgaria Programme: an engine for IS development

iCenter

ESI Center - Bulgaria as the center of the European Software Institute for Eastern Europe

iNET - Bulgarian science in European research network

I-Bulgaria Programme as a catalyst for new projects development

Mr Alexander Ognyanov, Director, Information Society and Information Technologies Directorate, Ministry of Transport and Communications .

10.00 THE POWER OF IP-NETWORKING IN SPACE

IP networking and routing in space

Merged ground-space architectures

Update on Cisco's LEO router experiment

The next steps

Dr Klaus Peter Doerpelkus, Space Initiatives Manager EMEA, Cisco Systems.

10.30 Morning Coffee

11.00 HOW LASERCOM CAN CONTRIBUTE TO MILITARY SYSTEMS

From LOLA to an operational system

Overall context for optical communications

Status of the French MoD LOLA project

Towards an operational architecture by 2010 for Europe

Benefits to ISR space-based systems (earth observation satellites)

Bringing broadband to UAV communications

Bernard Laurent, Head, Telecom System Department, Eads Astrium.

11.30 INMARSAT BGAN FOR EFFECTIVE AUGMENTATION OF MILSATCOM

The mobile defence user's needs

Commercial mobile satellite services in the defence market today

The Inmarsat 4 satellite constellation and the Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN)service

Connecting mobile defence users on land, at sea and in the air via BGAN

Mr Michael Butler, Chief Operating Officer, Inmarsat Ltd.

12.00 THE DIFFICULTIES IN OBTAINING/EXPLOITING COMMERCIAL SATELLITE SPECTRUM WITHIN MILITARY OPERATIONS

What governments, satellite operators and network integrators must consider in the future

Obtaining international clearance after capacity leasing

Third party involvement in negotiation - can we eliminate the middleman?

The impact on future contracts (processes/implementation, cost/fees, programme time scale)

Risk management as the key to overcoming the problems

Mr Gregory Francis, Director, Access Partnership.

12.20 THE FUTURE OF GLOBAL MILSATCOM - CONCLUDING REMARKS

What do we really know and not know - future concepts, applications and challenges

Mr Martin Jarrold, Director, Global VSAT Forum.

12.30 Close of Conference