Military Space Conference 2012, Vienna, 27 March 2012

Rodolphe Paris, SATCOM, SSA Project Officer

Space – European perspectiveEDA Contribution to the European Space

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The EU: EU Council – EEAS – EDA

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The mission of the Agency is to support the Council and the Member States in their effort to improve the EU’s defence capabilities in the field of crisis

management and to sustain the CSDP.

European Council

DefenceMinisters

Foreign AffairsCouncil

Political and SecurityCommittee

EDASteering Board

EU MilitaryCommittee

EuropeanDefence Agency

Guidelines

Reports

Chair

European External Action Service

Heads of States

Defence & Foreign Affairs Ministers

Ambassadors

ChiefExecutive

Chiefs of Defence

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Space and Security (CSDP) – EU Space Policy• Council Conclusions, 1-Jun-2011, art. 17

- “INVITES the Commission, in close collaboration with Member States and after consultation with ESA and EDA to evaluate the need for improvements of the available space infrastructure to develop secure services based on the integration of global satellite communications, earth observation and positioning”…

• Space Council Orientations, 6-Dec-2011, art. 22- RECOGNIZES that SATCOM represent a key capability in any

crisis response and crisis management operation, and a highly crucial and scarce resource, especially when ground infrastructures are damaged or destroyed, and RECOMMENDS the European Commission, EEAS and Member States, with the support of EDA, to work towards a secure and guaranteed access to commercial and governmental satellite communications for crisis response and crisis management actors;

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Space Policy – EDA Role

• Space is a shared competence (EU/MS)

• EDA as a ‘SPACE hub’ (forum) for SATCOM, SSA, ISR- Requirements collection, cooperative projects and programmes- Research activities, technological demonstrators

• EDA support on GNSS, EO, Space R&T- Galileo PRS, EO calibration, critical space technologies for European non-

dependence

• Task Force on Civil-Military Synergies

• EDA-ESA Cooperation (Administrative Arrangement)- Case#1: SATCOM for UAS Command & Control Demonstration- Case#2: ISR (Capability Package Assessment) - Case#3: SATCOM infrastructure (ETISC, SECTELSAT work strands)

(Developed in next slides)

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SATCOM Pooling & Sharing (P&S)EU MoD initiative

• EU Member States are putting pressure to P&S Defence assets- Lower budgets… how to mitigate?

• EDA Steering Board, 30 Nov 2011 identified SATCOM to P&S- Ministers have endorsed a list,

incl. ESCPC and Future MILSATCOM

• SATCOM- EDA is setting up projects in line

with political guidance• ESCPC• SECTELSAT (Future

MILSATCOM)

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European SatCom Procurement Cell (ESCPC)

• ESCPC overcomes fragmented procurement of commercial SATCOM within European Defence- Establish a “Pilot” Cell within EDA (2012 -

2014)

• Milestones: - 2009 project launch approval by EU MoDs- Q2 2012: operations

• Instrument (legal basis):- “Ad Hoc” Project (FR, IT, PL, RO, UK)- More Member States, EU, 3rd party

• ESCPC major benefits:- Flexible: ‘’Pay-Per-Use”, non-exclusive

sourcing- Economical: No membership fees, VAT-

free

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Military Satellite Communication (MILSATCOM)Window of opportunity in 2012-2015

• End of life of European current MILSATCOM assets : around 2020

• Window of opportunity will not show again before 15-20 years

• Decisions to be taken within the next 2 years

time2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 20302000SKYNET 5

SYRACUSE 3Sicr-2/Ath-FidusSICRAL 1-1b

SATCOM-Bw

SECOMSAT

bars show lifetime of existing spacecraft

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MILSATCOM in 2012: segregated assets

NSP2K CapabilityPackage (2003-2017)

• 10+ different satellites for 5 separate, almost dedicated systems

• Risk: duplication of R&T investments, of operating costs, etc.

• So far very little Pooling & Sharing achieved, made by NATO.

EU does not have its Capability Package

Other MS have no access to MILSATCOM

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MILSATCOM in 2020: EDA Concept of Secure Telecom by Satellite (SECTELSAT)

• Common requirements• Civil-Military R&T investments• Coordinated acquisition• P&S of assets and operations

EU CSDP Capability

Package (2020+)othersothers

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EU MSNew

Users

Pooling & Sharing (P&S) Benefits: “cross-use” of SATCOM, EU-wide

Synergies: >1 billion €

P&S between existing ‘MILSATCOM’ nations

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EDA & European Space – The Take-Away

• EDA as the Hub for Defence… and Space- Duality (for/by defence and security)

• EDA-ESA Cooperation (Administrative Arrangement)

• Space in the EDA Capability Development Plan (CDP)

• SATCOM twice in the EU Defence Pooling & Sharing- ESCPC as a ‘Quick-Win’ (commercial SATCOM)- Governmental SATCOM: EDA concept ‘Secure Telecom by

Satellite’

• EDA Member States: it’s all about political BUY-IN.

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Thank you for your attention!