Day 1 | 11th June 2019

Military Space USA

08:00 Registration

08:45 Chair’s Opening Remarks Mr. Jay Santee, Vice President, Strategic Space Operations, The Aerospace

Corporation

OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESSES – DELIVERING THE DISRUPTIVE

09:00 Keynote Address: Creating a More Unified Space Enterprise: SMC 2.0 • Overcoming program stovepipes by looking at systems horizontally from

design to production • The restructuring process: how to changes business practices to deliver

capabilities with epic speed • Pushing decision making to the coal-face to streamline procurement

processes & successes so far in the next-generation missile warning constellation

• Harmonizing the Development Corps: the changing role of Development,Production, Enterprise and Atlas Corps within SMC

• Maintaining and sustaining the changes – ensuring that SMC 2.0continues

Session Reserved for Lieutenant General John Thompson, Commander, Space and Missile Systems Center, US Air Force*

09:30 Keynote Address: The Future of the US Space Enterprise – Providing Joint Capability Around the Globe • The current remit of the 14th Air Force: C2, PNT, launch, SSA and SATCOM• Building a holistic approach to space across all stakeholders:

collaboration between AFSC, 14th AF and SMC in procuring anddelivering space-based enablers for the warfighter

• SATCOM as a means to connect the warfighter and provide jointcapability

• Integrating commercial COMSATCOM to diversify communications forthe warfighter and provide a more resilient network

• Working to utilize new launch capability when providing sovereigncapability post WGS

Major General Stephen Whiting, Commander, 14th Air Force and Deputy Joint Space Component Commander, US Air Force

10:00 Session Reserved for Gold Sponsor Lockheed Martin

10:30 Morning Coffee

POSITION, NAVIGATION AND TIMING

11:00 Enabling Decisive Army Action Through Effective Position, Navigation and Timing Capability • An introduction to PEO PNT – our aims, ambitions and processes• Anti-jam antenna capabilities for assured PNT: feedback from testing at

CERDEC• VSSO demonstration of remote control of PNT capability & distributed PNT

via native implementation on tactical radio• Reducing warfighter vulnerabilities by maximizing PNT resiliency across the

battlefield• Working with the other branches to optimize the architectures of the

future Colonel Nickolas Kioutas, PM - Positioning, Navigation, and Timing, PEO

IEW&S, US Army

11:30 Space-Enabled PNT for Manned and Unmanned Platforms • Current navigation software enhancements and their operational use

within the MQ-1C Grey Eagle program• Utilizing PNT in degraded environments – key considerations• Integration of GPS and vision measurements for navigations in PNT

challenged environments• Where unmanned warfare can develop with current technology gradients

Mr Arlen Biersgreen, Space Systems Engineer, AFRL Sensors Directorate, US Air Force*

FUTURE CONCEPTS AND CAPABILITY

12:00 Session Reserved for Gold Sponsor

12:30 The Advanced Concepts Division: Delivering End-to-End Capabilities for the Future Warfighter • Defining the needs of the terrestrial warfighter: the SATCOM led joint

enablers we require • Future technology development within the evolving WGS and AEHF

programs – what is being integrated to WGS 11 & 12 • Ground synchronization within communications on the move (COTM) –

delivering architectural approaches to provide continuous capability • Assessment and acquisition methodologies to integrate COMSATCOM

into the space communications enterprise Mr Joseph Vanderpoorten, Chief, Advanced Concepts Division, Space and Missile Systems Center, MILSATCOM/Advanced Concepts, US Air Force

13:00 Networking Lunch

SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS

14:00 ‘Chose the Weather for Battle’: Providing a Holistic Approach to Space Situational Awareness• An introduction to the 557th – organizational overview & its role within the

wider USAF structure • SSA considerations for space operations: the demand to provide ‘terra

firma’ levels of awareness in the fourth domain • Analysis of space weather – optimising satellite deployment through

analysis and forecasting of the suns emissions • Providing future space weather support for commanders to enable

decision superiority in space Colonel Patrick Williams, Commander, 2nd Weather Group, 557th Weather Wing, US Air Force

14:30 Architecture Analysis for Enhancing Space Situational Awareness • Why SSA is important: Satellite health, maneuver, and decommissioning

activities • SSA at GEO, LEO, MEO and HEO orbits – challenges presented by each• Optimizing the mix of ground-based and space-based sensor systems for

SSA • Use of high-performance computing for optimal SSA architecture analysis• Supercomputing for analyzing risks of large-scale debris fields for LEO Mr Richard Cobb, Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, US Air Force Institute of Technology

15:00 Future Research and Development Across the Space Enterprise • Results of the Haystack Radar W-band Space Surveillance Telescope

provision high-res EO capability • What assets we’ll need moving forward for planetary defence & where

SSA can provide greater protection • Current R&D at Lincoln Space Surveillance complex & radar data

provision for US DoD • Technical updates on sensor systems within the US Space Surveillance

Network & success tracking orbital debris Mr Grant Stokes, Head of the Space and Technology Division, MIT Lincoln

Laboratory

15:30 Afternoon Tea

APAC & INTERNATIONAL UPDATES

16:00 Hybrid Approaches to the ROK’s SATCOM Capability • Current capability: LTE services and the need to exploit COMSATCOM

services to a greater extent• Minimising the threat of jamming – developing more resilient and robust

communications • Opportunity areas to integrate ROK systems into wider allied SATCOM

programmes • Developing a holistic approach to space: managing PNT and EO

constellations within the wider network of platforms Lieutenant Colonel Yun Kyong Sung, C4I Interoperability Officer, J6,

ROK JCS

16:30 MilSatCom In Contested & Denied Domains : APAC Region • Protected SATCOM : Providing on the move adaptive capability for

dispersed forces• COTS SATCOM: Integrated greater protection features & possibility of

future adaptation by defence forces• Bandwidth as a Key Enabler: Correlation with protected and secure

SATCOM• Assured Operation in Denied and Contested Domains : Risk Mitigation

through Enhanced ground segment • Ka band high-throughput satellites : Reliance vs bandwidth assurance Colonel Kapil Jaiswal, Director, Directorate of System Applications, Directorate General of Signals, Indian Armed Forces

17:00 Chair’s Closing Remarks Mr. Jay Santee, Vice President, Strategic Space Operations, The Aerospace

Corporation

*Subject to Final Confirmation

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Day Two | 12th June 2019

Military Space USA

08:00 Registration

08:45 Chair’s Opening Remarks Colonel Russell Teehan, Portfolio Architect, SMC, AFSPC, US Air Force

OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESSES

09:00 Keynote Address: The Mobile User Objective System – Providing SATCOM for the Navy • The narrowband communications within MUOS (Mobile User Objective System)

and recent approval for its expanded operation • Utilizing COMSATCOM capability through the Wideband Code Division Multiple

Access (WCDMA) waveform • The Navy’s unique challenge: exploiting BLOS (beyond line of sight) SATCOM capability• Timelines for MUOS roll out in the first quarter of 2019• Marine Corps adoption of the system and ensuring interoperability of MUOS

portable radios with ship-based equipment Session Reserved for PEO Space, US Navy

09:30 Keynote Address: Developing High-Payoff Space Technologies to Support the Warfighter • The role and remit of the Space Vehicles Directorate: launch, on-orbit systems

& communication links • Operating in the 4th domain: developing systems for a contested and

congested environment • Driving innovation across all mission areas: current work supporting PNT, SSA,

space-based ISR & SATCOM • Applying the core values of the AFRL to overcome technology challenges

within future space Colonel Eric Felt, Space Vehicles Directorate, RV Director, US Air Force Research

Laboratory*

10:00 Building the Future of Military Space• Current sovereign systems from the highly protected AEHF to the WGS• The future of SATCOM: delivering with agility and innovation through diverse

partnerships • Partnerships within the WGS: expanding the anchor station sharing and

exploring further opportunity areas • MOU’s with the Norwegian Armed Forces on Norway Arctic MILSATCOM and

other opportunities to enhance polar capabilities • Feedback from the integration of Australia into the AEHF Programme Session Reserved for MILSATCOM Directorate, Space and Missile Systems Centre, US Air Force

10:30 Morning Coffee

SATCOM

11:00 The Twin Pillars of US Space Capability: Launch and Network Support • An introduction to the work of the 50th Space Wing – its role, responsibilities and remit • Current operational support and asset portfolio: managing 70 satellites to

support the warfighter • The Network Operations Group: providing C4i support and mitigating cyber

threats to the wings systems • Key satellite programmes operated and supported by the 50th Space Wing:

WGS and Defence Satellite Communication System • Combating challenges facing the C2, warning, PNT and SATCOM satellites

within AFSPCColonel Jack Fischer, Vice Commander, 50th Space Wing, US Air Force

11:30 Session Reserved for Gold Sponsor

12:00 The Future of Rapid Acquisition for AFRL • Accelerated procurement initiatives at AFRL in space situational awareness,

space weather, comm and other mission areas • Varying mission assurance: Rapid prototyping for spaceflight experiments whilst

meeting requirements from stakeholders • Importance of liaison with across the stakeholder community – working with

industry, AF Space Command, 14th Air Force, IC and SMC to deliver a holisticapproach to space

• Future priorities for AFRL and how they fit into the wider ‘disruptive’ approach ofthe DoD

Ms Andrea Loper, Acquisition Program Manager, Space Vehicles Directorate, Integrated Experiments & Evaluation Division, AFRL, US Air Force

12:30 Networking Lunch

NETWORK ENABLED APPROACHES TO SATCOM

13:30 Getting Bandwidth to the Warfighter: Streamlining Acquisition of SATCOM

• The 91 contracts DISA has for commercial satellite communications – our

current COMSATCOM connectivity

• What getting connectivity to the warfighter quicker will mean for future

battlefield commanders

• Exploring the opportunities to establish a core network to provide on-demand

capability and quickly meet bandwidth demands

• Contract surges and blanket purchase agreements as tools to streamlining

procurement approaches

• Improvement within the ‘art of the possible’: exceeding the 17-business day

turnaround for task orders

Ms Demaryl Singleton, Infrastructure and Development Division Chief, DISA

SMALL SATELLITE’S & LAUNCH MOVING FORWARD

14:00 Transforming Future Space Propulsion

• Current architectural approaches in propulsion system design & ambitions for

next generation systems

• Generating thrust from ionic liquid – providing a safe & lightweight propulsion

system

• Deorbiting assets to minimise space debris & ensure that future utilisation of the

domain remains sustainable

• Current R&D into further optimisation of thrust to power ratio’s – how to draw

additional power

• What next? Where future propulsion technology is set to develop moving

forward

Dr Natalya Bailey, CEO and Co-Founder, Accion Systems

14:30 Opening Access to Space: Future Launch Priorities for Rocket Lab

• Achieving better access to space – what this means within the context of the

small satellite mega constellation era

• The Electron rocket – delivering a two-stage launch of sun-synchronous satellites

• Hosted payload provision: working across the industry to deliver interoperable

design

• Advantages of a southern hemisphere launch site: access to equatorial orbits

• Managing responsible orbital deployment and mitigating space debris

concerns

• What next? Future priorities for launch as the small satellite market expands

Mr Lars Hoffman, SVP Launch, Rocket Lab

15:00 Afternoon Tea

15:30 Plug and Play CubeSats: Showcasing Ingenuity and Transforming the Landscape

of Space

• Enabling small payloads to be plugged into platforms to provide through life

servicing through new capabilities

• Working collaboratively across industry to standardize architectural and design

approaches

• Delivering a truly global IoT through the utilization of CubeSat mega-

constellations

• Where increased connectivity can bring additional advantages at the

terrestrial level – ensuring that constellations are robust enough for military

partners

Mr. Mike Lewis, Chief Innovation Officer, NanoRacks

16:00 The Future of COMSATCOM – Delivering Value to the Enterprise

• Current timelines for the block 0 demonstrations and planning and operating to

deliver COMSATCOM moving forward

• The principals of SMC – providing value, flexibility and resiliency & moving away

from stovepiped approaches

• How SMC integrates with the CSPOC & RSSCs for the enterprise management

of fighting SATCOM

Lieutenant Colonel Gary Thompson, Chief, Future Concepts Team, Space and

Missile Systems Center, US Air Force

16:30 Chair’s Closing Remarks

Colonel Russell Teehan, Portfolio Architect, SMC, AFSPC, US Air Force

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