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31 Mar 22. Close Combat Symposium Call For Papers Deadline Approaching.
Aim
The aim is to bring together the military, academia, and industry to discuss current and future developments in close combat and dismounted technologies and procedures. It will also consider current and future equipment programmes out to 10 years.
Futures Mil Cap Plans (formerly Cap GM) in Army HQ have expressed an interest in the following subject areas on which presentations would be particularly welcome:
- Future equipment and technologies deliverable in the 5-10 year timeframe to include potential small arms replacements.
- ’24-hour digital lethality’ that provides an all day and weather capability
- Developing a roadmap to the 24/7 future force
- ‘Close in self-defence’ to include platoon organic fire support, in particular filling the light mortar and anti-armour gaps
Thank you to our Range Day Sponsor for their continuing support
Format
The event is planned to be held over three days.
- Day 1 is at the Defence Academy of the UK in Shrivenham and provides insight from Army HQ and other customers on their intent for the future. This is supplemented by presentations from academia and industry.
- Day 2 takes place at Cranfield University’s COTEC range facility on Salisbury Plain. This involves live-firing demonstrations from industry as well as an opportunity for delegates to fire small arms from different manufacturers and with different optics and technologies. There is also the opportunity to showcase and demonstrate autonomous and remote technologies.
- Day 3 is back at Shrivenham and provides more technology briefs from industry and academia.
Call for Papers
If you wish to present a paper please Submit an abstract of around 200 words by e-mail to Leanne no later than Monday 25 April 2022. Papers should be planned to take 20 minutes followed by 10 minutes for questions.
Sponsorship
There are unique opportunities for sponsoring at various levels during this event: individual activities such as the Dinner Evening, or collectively for the whole event with generous concessions.
More Details
For more details on the event, including registration, please check our website or contact Leanne.
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29 Mar 22. Defense Acquisition Trends 2021.
Gregory Sanders, Won Joon Jang, and Alexander Holderness.
Read Online: cs.is/3LoeeWG
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group has released a new report, Defense Acquisition Trends 2021.
This report is the latest in an annual series of reports. It analyzes the current state of affairs in defense acquisition by combining detailed policy and data analysis to provide a comprehensive overview of the current and future outlook for defense acquisition.
The report provides critical insights into what the DoD is buying, how the DoD is buying it, from whom the is DoD buying, and what the defense components are buying using data from the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS). It also provides critical insights into understanding the current trends in the defense-industrial base and the implications of those trends on acquisition policy. Read the full report here. (Source: CSIS)
23 Mar 22. Celestia Technologies Group / TTI Present Their Ground Technologies Expertise In DC.
Celestia Technologies Group / TTI is taking the opportunity at Satellite 2022 to present an extensive portfolio of products, systems and services in ground segment technologies, affirming its position as a leading player in the ground segment arena.
An international technology group focused on continuous innovation in communication, the business has a global network of multidisciplinary teams who create smart responses to communications challenges, with particular expertise in ground segment technologies. A full range of capabilities in equipment and systems integration, with a wealth of solutions and products spanning monitoring and control, baseband, RF equipment, antennas, ground stations, IoT and consultancy, is on offer.
Among the highlights presented at the company’s booth #821 at Satellite 2022 will be cutting edge solutions from the following group companies: TTI will feature its latest innovations in the field of RF and Antenna technologies for satellite communications, including Q/V band SSPAs and LNBs, space-borne amplifiers, passive RF components, low profile antennas and Cryogenic solutions for quantum computing and Radioastronomy.
One of a suite of products, it is based on GaN technology and offers a robust and flexible added value solution for multi-carrier uplinks. Modular and scalable, it provides GaN DBS SSPAs from 550W saturated power as standalone equipment up to higher power GaN SSPAs at 1KW, 2KW and 3.5KW through a phased combination. Already widely used in satellite broadcasting by many major teleport operators across Europe, it is one of a kind in the market at DBS frequency band, offering a reliable, cost-effective solution.
Alongside other new RF and Antenna products, TTI will also present a new range of Q band products including power amplifiers SSPAs and Low Noise Amplifiers LNAs/LNBs at the show. Additional details are available at www.ttinorte.es.
Celestia-STS, specialists in ground-based solutions for satellite testing, communications and data processing, has launched MPIP, a multi-purpose interface platform that offers a novel approach to spacecraft test and simulation. This is a modular, scalable electrical ground support equipment (EGSE) that enables space equipment builders or integrators to test and simulate different electrical interfaces in a fast, flexible, and cost-efficient manner. By combining interfaces into a single platform that’s completely scalable, it offers a highly effective and versatile testing solution for all spacecrafts, from large to small.
The MPIP integrates all interface types into a common architecture that supports the complete range of spacecraft on-board interfaces, such as Power, Discretes, SpaceWire and future High-Speed Interfaces like WizardLink, in a single platform. It is designed to support future space programs with data rates of up to 20Gbps and beyond, offering a versatile, cost-efficient, and easily maintainable spacecraft test and simulation system that answers new space trends. celestia-sts.com/
Callisto designs, manufactures and markets maintenance-free cryogenic LNAs that provide outstanding Ground Station Noise Temperature (NT). Using its expertise in Radio Frequencies and Cryogenic Systems, the business also provides a range of services including consultancy, engineering services, equipment design, system integration, RF MMICs Integration Services and thermal cycling testing at its facilities located near Toulouse, France. In 2020 the business was awarded a five year contract to upgrade the European Space Agency’s deep space antennas with the latest generation Callisto Cryogenic Receivers. These cryo-cooled feed systems have been designed to provide continuous cryogenic operation using an innovative system of two cold heads running in parallel, with the ability to remove one cold head for maintenance while the second is still cooling the RF components.
Celestia UK is building the next generation of very high data throughput satellite communication antennas for ground-based equipment to support the rapidly emerging new space environment. The business is working with the European Space Agency, UK Space Agency and commercial partners to develop compact, highly capable fully electronic multi-beam scanning gateways with no moving parts that address the demanding requirements of next generation data applications for ground stations and user terminals. These innovative antennas are capable of tracking and communicating simultaneously with multiple satellites and allow extremely rapid frequency and satellite switching, with applications across numerous markets including rural broadband internet, terrestrial backhaul, airborne communications, autonomous transport, facilities automation, earth observation and remote healthcare and education.
“For more than 25 years, the Celestia Technologies Group has been synonymous with world-class innovation, quality and engineering excellence with a customer focus,” said José Alonso, Chairman of Celestia Technologies Group. “We have a strong heritage in partnering with businesses and international space agencies from development to commercialization in a wide range of key enabling technologies and invest in research and development to give our customers a true competitive edge. “We look forward to the opportunity of showcasing our capabilities and innovations at Satellite 2022, and to partnering with customers in all their ground segment technology requirement.” (Source: Satnews)
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AOC Europe
AOC Europe connects organisations and individuals across government, defence, industry, and academia to promote the exchange of ideas and information, and review the latest advances in electromagnetic and information-related fields. With a history spanning more than 25 years, AOC Europe is the Association of Old Crows’ flagship international event with 70+ manufacturers and 1000+ attendees from 40+ countries coming together to engage, innovate and network and to discuss all things within this dedicated sector.
Our 2022 conference theme:
Integrating Electromagnetic Effects across all Domains
The control of the electromagnetic spectrum is a fundamental requirement in modern warfare in all domains whether land, sea air, space, information or cyber. Systems operating in these domains must be able to communicate, make decisions, share information and take actions in a coordinated, controlled and effective manner using the electromagnetic spectrum.
To achieve and maintain this dominance, electronic warfare, radar, navigation, situational awareness and other information and communication systems require significant levels of integration and interoperability across all types of platforms and in all domains. Innovative integrated systems requirements, applications and enabling technologies will be considered from intelligence data gathering, analysis and data fusion through to the deployment of countermeasures and other actions that use the electromagnetic spectrum.
For more details on exhibiting/sponsoring, submitting a paper or attending the event visit www.aoceurope.org
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