Global MILSATCOM 2002

Global MILSATCOM 2002 aims to provide a broad overview of near, mid and far-term satellite communications, looking to discuss the planning and operational deployment of country specific programs and their priorities.

MILSATCOM 2002 will uncover specific doctrine and requirements as well as give detailed case studies on current and future technologies as well as principle procurement strategies, new technologies and the evolution of selected satellite programmes. The conference will also highlight the merits of current and future band width technology, deployable networks and SatCom terminals.

The focus of this event will be international and the audience will include senior level representatives from Ministries of Defence, Armies, Navies & Airforces, Aerospace & Defence Manufacturers, Academics, Research & Development and Technological companies. It will attract programme managers, directors, head’s of, technical managers, senior scientists, and specialists in their respective fields.

Issues covered at Global MILSATCOM 2002

• Extremely High Frequency (EHF) system
• Wideband Gapfiller Systems (WGS)
• Next generation Mobile User Objective System (MUOS)
• NATO Satellite Broadcast Service (SBS)
• Theater Broadcast System (TBS)
• Tri-service MILSATCOM systems
• Tri-band satellite terminals
• Multiband satellite initiatives
• Multi-media technologies for MILSATCOM
• Internet Protocol (IP)
• Leverage commercial systems & global connectivity
• Command & Control (C2) networks and infrastructure

Speakers at this year’s event include

• Lieutenant Colonel Steven Lauder, Advanced EHF Program Manager, MILSATCOM Joint Program Office, US Air Force
• Lieutenant Colonel Brian Magazu, WGS Program Manager, MILSATCOM Joint Program Office, US Air Force
• Lieutenant Colonel Scot Miller, Program Manager Multi-Channel Satellite Terminals, PEO C3T, US Army
• Captain Andrea Fazioli, ITN, Head of Co-ordination and Studies Office, CIS Department, Italian Ministry of Defence
• Captain Jelle Snoeks, Project Director, NL MILSATCOM Project, Directorate Material, Royal Netherlands Navy
• Ramon Segura, Applied CIS Technologies Branch, Communications and Information Systems Division, NATO C3 Agency
• William Galvan, Director, SATCOM Support Centre, SATCOM Support Centre Europe
• Gary Moran, Project Director SATCOM - Development, Rapid Acquisition & Interim Support Cell, Australian Defence Material Organisation
• W Wayne Curles, Assistant Program Manager MUOS Program, Communications Satellite Program Office, SPAWAR

DAY ONE

Registration and Coffee

Chairman's Opening Remarks

Dylan Browne, Managing Director, The London Satellite Exchange.

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Providing connectivity across a spectrum of mission areas

World-wide, secure, survivable satellite communications to support US and its global partners

Sustaining US MILSATCOM architecture across land/air/naval operations

Advanced EHF system to replenish and improve on Milstar system capabilities

On-board signal processing providing protection and optimum resource utilization and system flexibility

Interoperability and compatibility with Milstar system

Engineering, manufacturing, development/production acquisition phase

Lieutenant Colonel Steven Lauder, Advanced EHF Program Manager, MilSatCom Joint Program Office, US Air Force.

ROBUST AND RELIABLE SATELLITE COMMUNICATION

Next generation Tri-Service MILSATCOM systems - SKYNET 5

SATCOMs: essential support to all aspects of modern military operations

Overview of UK MOD’s MILSATCOM requirements

An update on Skynet 5 system development and procurement program

Procurement secured under PFI - the way ahead?

Interoperability with existing systems; continuity of service from Skynet 4 to Skynet 5

Andy Stroomer, Business Development Director, Paradigm Secure Communications.

EUROPEAN SATCOM INITIATIVES - CASE STUDY

A challenge for Italy's armed forces

Italy's military satellite communication requirements - overview

The SICRAL project - operational effectiveness

Interoperability with allied systems

The future: SICRAL 2

Captain Andrea Fazioli, ITN, Head of Co-ordination and Studies Office, CIS Department, Italian Ministry of Defence.

Morning Coffee

DEVELOPING MULTIBAND INITIATIVES

SICRAL military satellite system

Requirements from Italian MOD

System architecture

The TLC configuration

Overall satellite characteristics

Frequency bands, coverage and payload composition

Control centre features

Ground terminals characteristics

Mario Francesi, NSP2K Program Manager, Alenia Spazio.

MEETING FRENCH AND ALLIED REQUIREMENTS BY 2004

Syracuse III - a superior MILSATCOM system

Status of the realisation of SYR IIIA

Status of the realisation of ground segment

Co-operative offer to NATO

Way ahead

Blaise Jaeger, Vice President, MILSATCOM Programs, Alcatel Space.

Lunch

ACCESS TO SPACE

Strategic asset for security and defence missions

Characteristics of European access to space

European requirement for security and defence missions

Absolute necessity for a family of launchers

European launchers equals an operational adequate solution

Patrick Rudloff, Director, International & Institutional Affairs, Arianespace.

HIGH CAPACITY SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS

Advanced Wideband Gapfiller Satellite (WGS) System

Defining essential communication services for CINCs to C2 tactical forces

Flexible, high capacity communications - WGS and control systems

space, terminal and control segments

Near-commercial satellite acquisition - COTS overview

Service provision of X-band and Ka band frequency spectrums

-replacing DSCS and GBS

WGS project time-line and scheduling

Lieutenant Colonel Brian Magazu, WGS Program Manager, MILSATCOM Joint Program Office, US Air Force.

Afternoon Tea

THE NEXT GENERATION MOBILE USER OBJECTIVE SYSTEM (MUOS)

Navy objectives for the mobile warfighter

Military UHF today - assured access and netted communication

Contractor flexibility; proposing Statement of Objective (SOO) opposed to Statement of Work (SOW)

MUOS background; requirements, systems engineering and costing & acquisition strategy

Global SATCOM narrowband connectivity for voice, video and data for US and Allied services

Notional architecture and terminal infrastructure for the advanced narrowband system

W Wayne Curles, Assistant Program Manager MUOS Program, Communications Satellite Program Office, SPAWAR.

PRESENTATIONS & PANEL DISCUSSION

Military Satellite Broadcast; today and into the future

NATO requirements for a High Speed Satellite Broadcast System (HSBS)

Demands placed for a high data-rate information infrastructure

SBS notional architecture

Characterizing a Satellite Broadcast Service (SBS) Military SBS programs direction

Requirements for a deployed MILSATCOM element

Demands placed for a high data-rate information infrastructure

Characterising a Theatre Broadcast Service (TBS)

Australian TBS program direction

Gary Moran, Project Manager, Theater Broadcast System, Project JP2008 Phase 3C, Australian Defence Material Organisation.

Ramon Segura, Applied CIS Technologies Branch, Communications and Information Systems Division, NATO C3 Agency.

Chairman’s Closing Remarks & Close of Day One

DRINKS RECEPTION sponsored by: Paradigm Secure Communications

Alenia Spazio

Alcatel Space

DAY TWO

Re-registration and Coffee

Chairman's Opening Remarks

OPENING ADDRESS

The regional SATCOM support center Europe

Agenda

Background

Mission

Organization

Procedures

Way ahead

William Galvan, Director, SATCOM Support Centre, SATCOM Support Centre Europe.

UPDATE ON AND LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN NL JOINT MILSATCOM PROJECT

Update on and latest developments in NL Joint Milsatcom Project

NL SATCOM project

Short term phase

Long term phase

Space and ground segments

International co-operation

Captain Jelle Snoeks, Project Director, NL MilSatCom Project, Directorate Material, Royal Netherlands Navy.

INTERNET 3 - INTERNET PROTOCOL IN SPACE

The role of IP in space

Future spacecraft; a “node on the intra/internet”

Impacting on mission life cycle costs - reducing the cost to operate satellites and support systems

Enabling entirely new classes of service; tele-presence/launch on demand

Seamless interoperability of future satellites with existing terrestrial networks

Survivable and secure satellite command and control

Data mining and integrated systems

Rick Sanford, Director of Global Space Initiative, Cisco Global Defence & Space Group.

Morning Coffee

LONG DISTANCE MULTI-CHANNEL SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS

Tri-Band Satellite Terminals

Growing requirements for compatible communication payloads

Aligning US Army with SATCOM architecture; multi channel, internal and external, long-haul, critical command and control communications

Multi Channel terminal segment of the MILSTAR satellite system

Acquisition strategies in support of national services and agencies

Communication and interoperability

Information exchange with low probability of detection and low probability of interception

Lieutenant Colonel Scot Miller, Program Manager Multi Channel Satellite Terminals, PEO C3T, US Army.

ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES FOR MULTI-MEDIA MILITARY SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS

R&D activities in support of national defence

Software defined radio implementation

Network protocol

Dynamic bandwidth allocation mechanism

Distributed antenna

Microwave - photonics technology

Claude Bélisle, Research Manager, Communications Research Centre, Canada.

Lunch

FUTURE MILSATCOM RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

QinetiQ Perspective

QinetiQ MILSATCOM capabilities

Management, integration and exploitation of research

Impact of COTS technology

Key issues and future trends

LEVERAGED COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS AND GLOBAL CONNECTIVITY

New paradigm for digital connectivity

The value of global SATCOM system for the armed forces

Leveraging commercial SATCOM for Wideband C4ISR applications

SATCOMs in support of network centric warfare

Universal situational awareness bandwidth requirements

Some examples of existing deployments using Intelsat space segment

The future: Wideband and Broadband satellite applications in support of the commander anywhere

Eugene Staffa, Business Development Manager, Strategy & Business Development, Intelsat.

Afternoon Tea

ADVANCED C2 NETWORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE

Future SATCOM Architecture Vision

Transformation to Network Centric on demand SATCOM

World-wide space assets supporting future operations

Architectural drivers and required technology

Ground and aerospace segment evolution

Land/sea/air integrated interoperable highly-automated multi-band SATCOM

Potential future roles of SATCOM

Frank Prautzsch, Business Development, SATCOM Systems, Raytheon.

USE OF COMMERCIAL WIDEBAND SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS

Capabilities for military missions

Hera;d Reder, Director, MILSAT Networks, ND SatCom.

Chairman's Closing Remarks & Close of conference