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Military PNT Conference (Virtual Conference)
19 October - 20 October 2020

Post event on demand access to recorded presentations will be available to all attendees 5 working days from the end date of the event.

Military PNT Conference (Virtual Conference)

Announcement: Due to ongoing concerns over COVID-19, this event has now become online only and will be virtual

SAE Media Group are proud to announce that the inaugural Military PNT conference will convene on 19th – 20th October 2020 to provide an in depth view of satellite navigation technology.

With projections estimating that a 30-day GPS outage could cost US industry $45bn, the need for robust, resilient and secure PNT is a mission imperative for commanders across the Air Force, Army and Navy.

This takes added importance at a time when the Galileo constellation is starting to reach full operating capability, the US GPS Block III satellites are set to be launched to keep the constellation functioning, and the UK is exploring Galileo alternatives in the wake of its leaving the European Union. There is a clear and pressing need for national militaries, industry partners and allied nations to come together and discuss how the Global Navigation Satellite Systems will be developed and employed.
 

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Commandant Marina Ballanger

Commandant Marina Ballanger

Head of Navigation, Technical Division, DGA
Commander Giancarlo Melicchio

Commander Giancarlo Melicchio

Chief of GNSS Section, General Space Office, Italian Defence General Staff
Dr John Burke

Dr John Burke

Program Manager, Microsystems Technology Office MTO, DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)
Lieutenant Colonel Tim Vasen

Lieutenant Colonel Tim Vasen

Space SME, C4ISR & Space Branch, Joint Airpower Competence Centre (JAPCC)
Mr Jean-Pierre Diris

Mr Jean-Pierre Diris

Head of Department, Navigation and Telecommunication, National Centre for Space Studies (CNES)
Squadron Leader Mark Lynch

Squadron Leader Mark Lynch

Beyond Line Of Sight Desk Officer & SO2 SATCOM and PNT, UK Strategic Command, UK MoD

Commandant Marina Ballanger

Head of Navigation, Technical Division, DGA
Commandant Marina Ballanger

Marina Ballanger is the lead of navigation expertise at DGA since 2017. This position consists in supporting armament programs for PNT requirements and qualification strategy, preparing the future and maintaining associated technical skills within DGA. Prior assignments includes a position as a Cooperative Program Person at the GPS Directorate from 2014 to 2017 and several assignments related to GNSS (NAVWAR expert, GNSS projects manager and lead of the radionavigation team at DGA MI, a technical center located in Brittany). She has a degree in Electronics and Signal Processing from ENSEEIHT, an engineering school located in Toulouse, France.

Commander Giancarlo Melicchio

Chief of GNSS Section, General Space Office, Italian Defence General Staff
Commander Giancarlo Melicchio

2020 Chief of GNSS Section – Program Office of the General Space Office in the Italian Defence General Staff. In charge of PNT programs development and financial planning 2019. Partecipating to the Italian Competent PRS authority working group directed to the foundation of a national Galileo PRS Center (requirement definition).
2018 - 2019 Member of the national working group “Mirror Copernicus”
2018 - 2019 Member of the national working group “Mirror GALILEO PRS”
2018 - 2019 Partecipating to the Italian Space Agency working group “National Earth observation satellite systems data policy”
2017-2018 Joining the italian delegation in the negotiations with Finnish Defence aiming at defining terms and conditions for access rights to italian satellite system Cosmo SkyMed
2014-2016 Defence representative in European Defence Agency (EDA) project called MANGA “EUropean Gallium Nitride Industry Supply Chain” aimed to obtain an European indipendent supply chain for Gan based technology.
2017 – 2019 Space Office in the Italian Defence General Staff. In charge of defining the Italian Defence Space Policy and the Operational needs. Responsible for the start and economic planning of the Defence satellite programs in the earth observation sector.
2013-2017 Computer, Communications and Advanced Technologies Directorate (TELEDIFE). In charge of arranging technical specifications and procurement documents for industrial engagement in Electronic War, Intelligence and Military Research sectors.
2009-2013 Maritime Military Arsenal in Taranto (South Italy) In charge of defining technical activities to be executed on board the italian navy ships during maintanance stops
2006 – 2009 Italian Navy fregate “Espero” Weapon system aboard Engineer
2004 – 2006 Italian Navy destroyer “Mimbelli” Weapon system aboard Engineer

Dr Adam Schofield

Senior Scientific Technology Manager for PNT,, US Army
Dr Adam Schofield

Dr Bryn James

Senior Fellow - Dstl Physical Sciences Group, Dstl
Dr Bryn James

Bryn is a physicist. He has spent his career applying knowledge of physics in the field of protection and survivability, in a number of technology areas. He has spent much time investigating the interaction of externally applied forces with solid matter in the field of armour systems, contributing many papers to relevant International Symposia. He has also undertaken significant research and development of precise and accurate timing and frequency technology for defence systems. Bryn is a Senior Fellow in Dstl. He is the Technical Leader for armour research and development, the technical lead for Timing Systems and he is the Head of the Land Integrated Survivability Technology Exploitation Network (LISTEN). He initiated and led the Parsifal programme for operational support in armour and protection for Operation Telic and Operation Herrick. For this he was awarded a MOD Chief Scientific Adviser’s commendation.

Dr Ingo Baumann

Attorney at Law & Partner, BHO Legal
Dr Ingo Baumann

Dr Ingo Baumann’s practice concentrates primarily on complex High-Technology and R&D Projects, especially in the space industry. His client base includes national and European government entities and companies from the Aerospace, IT and Telecommunications as well as Security and Defense industries. Dr Baumann studied law at the Universities of Muenster and Cologne. His PhD thesis, written at the Institute for Air and Space Law in Cologne under the supervision of Professor Dr Stephan Hobe, examined the international law of satellite communications. At the beginning of his career as an attorney, he advised small and medium-sized companies from the satellite communications industry. Dr Baumann subsequently worked for seven years for the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), where he acquired substantial experience in all types of complex international, European and national projects and R&D contracts. At DLR he also obtained a degree in Spacecraft Operations.

Dr John Burke

Program Manager, Microsystems Technology Office MTO, DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)
Dr John Burke

Dr. John Burke is a Program Manager in the Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) of DARPA. He manages a portfolio of quantum sensor projects to enable new PNT and remote detection capabilities. Previously, Dr. Burke led a research team at Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) that developed atomic clocks, time transfer, and inertial sensor techniques for use in space systems such as the Global Positioning System (GPS). Dr. Burke received his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Virginia while developing atom based gyroscopes.

Dr Leon Lobo

Head of the National Timing Centre, National Physical Laboratory
Dr Leon Lobo

Focussed on developing and delivering a national timing strategy, Dr Leon Lobo is Head of the National Timing Centre programme at the UK’s National Physical Laboratory (NPL), developing capability toward a national resiliency in timing, stimulating the development of an assured supply chain and addressing the skills gap in timing technologies and dissemination solutions.

Dr Lobo joined NPL in 2011 as Group Leader for the Time & Frequency group, working with the team managing the UK’s time scale and developing atomic clocks. He led the team developing NPLTime®, NPL’s certified fibre-delivered time dissemination solution to the City of London for high-frequency trading and regulatory compliance. 
 

Dr Robert Weber

Head of Satellite Geodesy Research Group & AUSPRO Lead , TU-Vienna & FFG
Dr Robert Weber

Robert Weber is associate professor at the Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation at TU-Vienna, Austria. He received his Phd. from TU-Vienna in 1990 and spent two years as research assistant at the University of Berne dealing with satellite navigation and orbit determination. His main fields of research are GNSS, geodetic Reference Systems, active GNSS reference station networks and GNSS-applications for geodynamics and meteorology. Robert Weber is member of the European WG on EGNSS Evolution and the 2018 recipient of the Austrian Friedrich Hopfner medal. He has been involved in several ESA-, EU- and national research projects dealing with GNSS Atmosphere Monitoring, Real-Time-PPP as well as Network-RTK.
 

Dr Sarang Thombre

Research Manager & Research Group Leader, Navigation and Positioning, Finnish Geospatial Research Institute FGI
Dr Sarang Thombre

Dr. Sarang Thombre earned his doctoral degree in 2014 from Tampere University of Technology, Finland. He has over 11 years of experience in the field of PNT and is currently a Research Manager leading the Satellite and Radio Navigation research group at FGI. He has authored or co-authored over 50 publications in this field. He is a member of the Board of the Nordic Institute of Navigation and contributes as an external expert to the European GNSS Agency. His research interests are in multi-GNSS, multi-frequency receiver implementation and performance validation, interference detection, and autonomous navigation solutions for road and maritime vehicles.

Dr Stuart Eves

Director, SJE Space Ltd
Dr Stuart Eves

In 2018, Stuart Eves founded his own space consultancy company, SJE Space Ltd, after spending 16 years with the UK Ministry Of Defence, and 14 years with Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL). His recent book “Space Traffic Control”, describes the measures needed to maintain the space environment and protect satellites from both natural hazards and man-made threats. Stuart has an MSc in Astrophysics, a PhD in satellite constellation design, and has been a fellow of both the Royal Astronomical Society and the British Interplanetary Society for more than 25 years.

Lieutenant Colonel Michael Schriever

Commander 2nd Space Operations Squadron, US Space Force
Lieutenant Colonel Michael Schriever

Lieutenant Colonel Tim Vasen

Space SME, C4ISR & Space Branch, Joint Airpower Competence Centre (JAPCC)
Lieutenant Colonel Tim Vasen

Lieutenant Colonel Dipl.Ing. Tim Vasen began his military career in July 1994 and served for several years in commanding and staff positions within the artillery branch, including a deployment as company commander of a DEU ISTAR-company. After 2005, he took over positions as an intelligence officer, responsible for IMINT planning and technical assessments, including positions in the office of military studies as a senior analyst for Space systems. From 2013 to 2017 he was part of the German Space Situational Awareness Center (GSSAC) responsible for Space intelligence. Since October 2017 he serves as a Space SME at the JAPCC.
 

Mr Alexander Rügamer

Group Manager Specialized GNSS Receivers, Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS
Mr Alexander Rügamer

Alexander Rügamer received his Dipl.-Ing. (FH) degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Applied Sciences Wuerzburg-Schweinfurt, Germany in 2007. Since then he has been working at the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS in the field of GNSS receiver development. He was promoted to Senior Engineer in February 2012. Since April 2013, he is head of a research group dealing with secure GNSS receivers and receivers for special applications. His main research interests focus on GNSS multi-band reception, integrated circuits and immunity to interference.

Mr Jean-Pierre Diris

Head of Department, Navigation and Telecommunication, National Centre for Space Studies (CNES)
Mr Jean-Pierre Diris

Mr Mark Bacon

Head of Policy, Space Based PNT Programme, UK Space Agency
Mr Mark Bacon

Mr Nik Smith

Regional Director UK and Europe, Lockheed Martin UK Space
Mr Nik Smith

Mr Rasmus Flytkjær

Associate Director, Space, London Economics
Mr Rasmus Flytkjær

Rasmus Flytkjaer, MSc, BSc, is an Associate Director and head of London Economics’ Space Team. Rasmus has more than eight years’ experience applying economic analysis to the space sector covering the full value chain from launch and manufacturing over satellite operations to applications of space on Earth across all types of satellites. Rasmus has interest and expertise in the field of navigation via satellite and traditional methods, with a particular focus on modern society’s dependence on space assets and vulnerability to their outage. Prior to joining London Economics, Rasmus worked as a research assistant in academia for four years.

Mr Willie Nelson (SES)

Director, APNT Cross Functional Team, US Army
Mr Willie Nelson (SES)

Ms. Tonya Ladwig

Vice President Navigation Systems, Lockheed Martin Space
Ms. Tonya Ladwig

Tonya is responsible for the company’s advanced Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) mission solutions, including the Global Positioning System III (GPS III) and GPS III Follow On (GPS IIIF) satellites, the Operational Control Segment (OCS) upgrade programs and Mission Operations. She was most recently the Global Positioning System (GPS) III Program Manager, responsible for managing the cost, schedule and technical execution of the GPSIII program (Space Vehicles 1-10). Prior to that she was the Navigation Systems Space Vehicle Segment Director, responsible for the development, production and delivery of all hardware and software in support of Space Vehicle production for GPS III and GPS IIIF.

Tonya possesses over 20 years of progressively complex technical, functional, and program leadership roles in large organizations for multiple lines of businesses within Lockheed Martin Space. She is a skilled Full Spectrum Leader with proven success building strong customer relationships and highly talented teams. As the Orion Software Integrated Product Team Director, Tonya led a team of over 300 Lockheed Martin employees and subcontractors responsible for the design, development, integration, verification, delivery and documentation of Orion’s flight, ground and simulation software. She previously served as the Space and Missile Systems Director of Software Engineering, leading over 1,200 software engineers providing the leadership and vision for the Software Engineering organization. She was responsible for the development of both people and technologies across the software development lifecycle that were integral to Space & Missile Systems. She drove the Strategy and Execution for the Software Product Line Organization, and led the adoption of software engineering tools, designs, recommendations and associated technology development with an emphasis on commonality, best practices and customer value.

Tonya holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology as well as a Master of Science Degree in Computer Information Systems. She is a certified LM21 Green Belt, and a graduate of Lockheed Martin’s Program Management and Development Program (PMDP), Executive Development and Growth Enhancement (EDGE) Program and Engineering Leadership Development Program (ELDP).

Squadron Leader Mark Lynch

Beyond Line Of Sight Desk Officer & SO2 SATCOM and PNT, UK Strategic Command, UK MoD
Squadron Leader Mark Lynch

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Conference agenda

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11:00

Chairman's Opening Remarks

Mr Nik Smith

Mr Nik Smith, Regional Director UK and Europe, Lockheed Martin UK Space

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11:15

Robust Global Navigation System – Providing the Backbone of Capability for the UK MoD

Squadron Leader Mark Lynch

Squadron Leader Mark Lynch, Beyond Line Of Sight Desk Officer & SO2 SATCOM and PNT, UK Strategic Command, UK MoD

  • An introduction to the R-GNS programme, its focus and ambition
  • Delivery of satellite receivers for R-GNS: commercial collaboration and embedded resilience and anti-interference features
  • Operating in a multi-constellation, multi-service satellite navigation sector – enabling accurate and safe navigation
  • SwAP considerations for ground segment receivers and terminals
  • Future priorities for UK MoD – where additional partnership will be possible
     
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    11:45

    UK’s Space Based PNT Programme

    Mr Mark Bacon

    Mr Mark Bacon, Head of Policy, Space Based PNT Programme, UK Space Agency

  • Launch of the new programme announced by the UK Government last month
  • Examining options to deliver assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) services
  • Aims and objectives of the new programme
  • How to engage with the new programme
     
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    12:15

    DGA Requirements for Future Secured Access to PNT

    Commandant Marina Ballanger, Head of Navigation, Technical Division, DGA

  • PNT and its role in supporting the warfighter – why it is important
  • Integrating anti-jamming and anti-spoofing capabilities into resilient and secure systems
  • Alternative sources for PNT data for denied environment operations
  • Future requirements for robust capabilities
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    12:45

    Morning Break

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    13:15

    Accurate timing for GNSS and PNT Applications

  • The importance of time – independent of GNSS
  • Current S&T into time and synchronisation
  • Use cases and exploitation
  • Alternative approaches to synchronisation across the military domain
  • The importance of time – independent of GNSS
  • Current S&T into time and synchronisation
  • Use cases and exploitation
  • Alternative approaches to synchronisation across the military domain
  • Dr Bryn James, Senior Fellow - Dstl Physical Sciences Group, Dstl

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    13:45

    National Resiliency in Timing

    Dr Leon Lobo, Head of the National Timing Centre, National Physical Laboratory

  • Protecting the national time scale
  • GNSS-independent timing for CNI
  • Stimulating a supply chain in timing and dissemination solutions
  • Addressing the skills gap
     
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    14:15

    Lunch Break

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    15:00

    Providing Assured Satellite Navigation and Anti-Spoofing Research

    Mr Alexander Rügamer, Group Manager Specialized GNSS Receivers, Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS

  • Generating a spoofing resistant PNT system to support the German MoD
  • Encryption for navigation services: continuously available signal in space to provide greater robustness
  • Antenna array solutions to mitigate PNT interference and spoofing
  • Sophisticated PNT interference and spoofing testing solutions
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    15:30

    GNSS Programme Developments for the Italian MoD

    Commander Giancarlo Melicchio, Chief of GNSS Section, General Space Office, Italian Defence General Staff

  • Current status of Italy’s PNT network – space segment considerations
  • Italian integration into the Galileo constellation – collaboration with key partners on the project
  • Why GNSS is important: a global system for an expeditionary force
  • Future priorities for PNT development from an Italian perspective
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    16:00

    Arctic PNT – Key Considerations

    Dr Sarang Thombre, Research Manager & Research Group Leader, Navigation and Positioning, Finnish Geospatial Research Institute FGI

  • Aurora SNOWBOX as a key infrastructure in the Arctic PNT innovation platform
  • Utilising the infrastructure of SNOWBOX and the GNSS reference stations
  • Data analysis to optimise PNT when deployed in Arctic environments
  • Overcoming environmental limitations to provide accurate positioning for varied applications
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    16:30

    Afternoon Break

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    17:00

    Technology Roadmap for Military PNT

    Dr Adam Schofield

    Dr Adam Schofield, Senior Scientific Technology Manager for PNT,, US Army

  • Developing an open architecture approach for future capability development
  • Working with allied partners to deliver an interoperable system
  • Developing links with other DoD services and transition partners
  • Architecture standards and approaches for next generation PNT
     
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    17:30

    GPS – the Backbone of US PNT Capability

    Lieutenant Colonel Michael Schriever

    Lieutenant Colonel Michael Schriever, Commander 2nd Space Operations Squadron, US Space Force

  • An introduction to GPS: providing navigational data for the warfighter
  • Ensuring passive all-weather operations: work of the 2nd Space Operations Squadron
  • Cryptology and secured access: cyber considerations for robust PNT provision
  • C2 for mission sets for GPS: improving signal accuracy
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    Future Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) Technology for the 21st Century

    Ms. Tonya Ladwig, Vice President Navigation Systems, Lockheed Martin Space

  • Understanding the impact of the PNT Ecosystem
  • Economic impact of PNT interruption
  •  Future Technology Insertion
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    18:30

    A Contrarian's View of Satellite Navigation

    Dr Stuart Eves, Director, SJE Space Ltd

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    19:00

    Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

    Mr Nik Smith

    Mr Nik Smith, Regional Director UK and Europe, Lockheed Martin UK Space

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    11:00

    Chairman's Opening Remarks

    Dr Stuart Eves, Director, SJE Space Ltd

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    11:15

    Road Map for Future European Satellite Navigation

    Dr Robert Weber, Head of Satellite Geodesy Research Group & AUSPRO Lead , TU-Vienna & FFG

  • Development of GALILEO and signal in space services – where there is room for regional augmentations
  • European GNSS and technical opportunities with Austrian GNSS service providers
  • Future potential and user needs in positioning accuracy and real-time data monitoring systems
  • Mesh network provision: increasing the resilience and robustness of PNT service provision
     
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    11:45

    The Vulnerability of Modern Society to a Loss of GNSS

    Mr Rasmus Flytkjær, Associate Director, Space, London Economics

  • London Economics work with the Danish government to produce key reports on GNSS reliance
  • Analysis of Denmark’s PNT resilience, redundancy and where outages would impact provision of services
  • Lessons learned for development of PNT systems and how to enhance their robustness
     
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    12:15

    Morning Break

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    French Collaboration within European GNSS Efforts

    Mr Jean-Pierre Diris

    Mr Jean-Pierre Diris, Head of Department, Navigation and Telecommunication, National Centre for Space Studies (CNES)

  • Monitoring GNSS systems
  • Precise positioning applications
  • Future trends on navigation
     
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    13:15

    PNT Resilience: A Legal Perspective

    Dr Ingo Baumann, Attorney at Law & Partner, BHO Legal

  • Spoofing and jamming of GNSS signals are a growing concern for deployed
  • GNSS are very vulnerable due to the low power of signals
  • Military operations however have to rely on PNT
  • Case studies of recent GNSS spoofing and jamming cases both in military and civil domains
  • Legal framework applicable to spoofing and jamming on national and international (ITU and UN) level
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    Combination of Constellations as a Means to Provide Resilient PNT

    Lieutenant Colonel Tim Vasen, Space SME, C4ISR & Space Branch, Joint Airpower Competence Centre (JAPCC)

  • Evolution of NATO operations – the growth of reliance on space systems and PNT
  • NAVWAR doctrines and asymmetrical threats: what this means for NATO operation in degraded environments
  • Combination of GPS and Galileo as a means to provide more frequencies and a greater number of satellite data sources to improve overall PNT service
  • Overcoming PNT challenges – either by user or geographical requirements
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    14:15

    Lunch Break

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    15:00

    APNT Cross-Functional Team: Enabling the Warfighter with Effective and Resilient PNT Capabilities

    Mr Willie Nelson (SES)

    Mr Willie Nelson (SES), Director, APNT Cross Functional Team, US Army

  • Overview of the APNT CFT and its mission to ensure the Army remains effective in contested environments
  • Where PNT integrates into the kill-chain and its role in the Army’s future Joint All-Domain Operations concept
  • MAPS and DAPS: creating next-generation PNT systems for mounted and dismounted warfighters, and the added capabilities they will bring
  • Integrated Visual Augmentation System: insight into the future of battlefield HUDs and the challenges of fielding this capability
     
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    15:30

    R&D in Future Positioning, Navigation and Timing

    Dr John Burke, Program Manager, Microsystems Technology Office MTO, DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)

  • High stability, low noise sensors and frequency synthesis in support of new PNT capabilities
  • Miniaturised atomic clocks for future PNT applications: progress within the ACES program
  • PNT technology and its impact on GPS users
  • Blackjack and future small satellite enabled future positioning and timing accuracy
  • Where next for future research: providing robust and resilient PNT moving forward
     
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    16:00

    Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two

    Dr Stuart Eves, Director, SJE Space Ltd


    Head of Navigation, Technical Division
    DGA
    Chief of GNSS Section, General Space Office
    Italian Defence General Staff
    Senior Scientific Technology Manager for PNT,
    US Army
    Senior Fellow - Dstl Physical Sciences Group
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    Attorney at Law & Partner
    BHO Legal
    Program Manager, Microsystems Technology Office MTO
    DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)
    Head of the National Timing Centre
    National Physical Laboratory
    Head of Satellite Geodesy Research Group & AUSPRO Lead
    TU-Vienna & FFG
    Research Manager & Research Group Leader, Navigation and Positioning
    Finnish Geospatial Research Institute FGI
    Director
    SJE Space Ltd
    Commander 2nd Space Operations Squadron
    US Space Force
    Space SME, C4ISR & Space Branch
    Joint Airpower Competence Centre (JAPCC)
    Group Manager Specialized GNSS Receivers
    Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS
    Head of Department, Navigation and Telecommunication
    National Centre for Space Studies (CNES)
    Head of Policy, Space Based PNT Programme
    UK Space Agency
    Regional Director UK and Europe
    Lockheed Martin UK Space
    Associate Director, Space
    London Economics
    Director, APNT Cross Functional Team
    US Army
    Vice President Navigation Systems
    Lockheed Martin Space
    Beyond Line Of Sight Desk Officer & SO2 SATCOM and PNT, UK Strategic Command
    UK MoD

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