09.00 Chairman’s Welcome and Introductory Comments

09.10 The UK MOD’s approach to Satellite Communications

The UK MOD has a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contract for provision of satellite communications services until 2022. Satcom is a key enabler on Operations with Commanders and Users having a thirst for information-rich services; maximising existing capabilities whilst planning for the future in a financially austere environment provides a significant set of challenges.

• Turning Requirements into Solutions
• Managing the PFI contract
• Planning for the next generation of milsatcom

Commander Andy Rayner
SO1 Strategic Networks, Cap CCII &NCA
UK MoD

09.50 SatCom at EDA, striving to pool and share commercial and military assets

• COMSATCOM: Project ESCPC, a demonstrator pooling national needs through centralised procurement
• MILSATCOM: Ideas putting together sovereignty issues and pooling and sharing scarce resources
• ETISC: Scouting common requirements for tactical interim SatCom options at European level
• SECTELSAT (Secure Telecom by Satellite): Opportunities to design cooperative schemes for the next generation
• European Union and its Space Policy: How SatCom could achieve European integration, investing better together

Rodolphe Paris
PT SatCom Chairman, Space & Radio Spectrum Project Officer, Capabilities Directorate
European Defence Agency

11.00 Protecting SATCOM

• As threats to SATCOM connectivity continue to increase through accidental and hostile attacks on both the space and ground segments, we present the issues, and state of-the-art solutions in providing increased situational awareness and cyber protection.
• Live capability demonstration

Dr Rob Rideout
Director of International Business Development
RT Logic

11.40 End-to -End Network Awareness – The Gaps , and How to Bridge Them

• Network Centric Warfare is now at the core of any conflict, and the network can provide a significant asymmetric advantage in a battle.
• For these complex networks to reach their full potential, full end-to-end network management and awareness spanning terrestrial and satcom components is required.
• Asymmetric advantages begin with predictive awareness, which can contribute to deterrence or pre-emptive strike.

Bruno Dupas
President
Integral Systems Europe

13.30 US Space and Missile defence command : providing the crucial enabler through space based operations

• Introducing how the US Army Space & Missile Command enables US Army operations
• Highlighting the shift in military capability towards the networked 21st century soldier
• Discussing future acquisition requirements, balancing budget and capability

Colonel Tim Coffin
Deputy Commander – Operations
US Army Space and Missile Defence Command

14.10 NATO Joint Air Power Competence Centre (JAPCC): Addressing the cyber challenge in space

JAPCC has been an official institute of NATO since 2005. Its mission is to develop concept and operational policy for armed joint forces in the air and space.

• Introducing the strategic importance of space to NATO
• Policy and concept development for combined space operations
• Filtering the discussion and debate attached to the cyber security element in space
• Assessing the future outlook in the space domain and codifying NATO space policy

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15.20 German Space Situational Awareness Centre : Addressing the congested space issue

Space situational awareness has proven to be a key area of interest as the view has developed that space has become increasingly cluttered and congested. The GSSAC is part of the German Space Agency.

• Illustrating the space strategy of the German Federal Government
• Analysing the programmes which are currently underway
• Investigating international cooperation and the benefits which can be generated

Lieutenant Colonel Olaf Holzhauer
Director, Space Situational Awareness Centre
German MoD

16.00 Chairman’s Closing Statement

16.40 Close of Conference