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SAE Media Group are proud to announce the 7th annual MilSatCom USA conference, returning on June 21-22, 2023.

FREE for the US DOD! Grab your ticket today.

At this event you can expect in-depth presentations from all branches of the military, numerous critical government agencies and leading industry SATCOM providers. This conference will explore the most important topics that are affecting you and provide discussions around the future of MILSATCOM.

This is the only event that will:

Bring together the US MILSATCOM community. The conference will host some of the most innovative international militaries as both speakers and audience. This is a networking opportunity not to be missed; no other event in the USA offers the same number of opportunities to meet, discuss and network with experts from across the USA.

What’s different this year?

This year’s forum will analyse several pressing topics including emerging US space policy, SATCOM Architecture, USSF and US Army SATCOM acquisition plans, COMSATCOM, Laser Communications, Spectrum Management and SATCOM for the Warfighter.
 

Why attend:

This event you will give you an unmatched opportunity to delve into the most important topics and discussions around MILSATCOM.

Meet and network with leaders in SATCOM from industry, military and government across two days, including dedicated networking breaks and receptions
Hear updates and guidance from world leading SATCOM programme managers and decision-makers
Delve into the latest topics and trends shaping the future of MILSATCOM
Discover cutting-edge SATCOM technology to enhance operational effectiveness and explore opportunities for greater coalition interoperability
 

MilSatCom USA will provide a platform for space professionals to examine the challenges they face and work with the solution providers who are meeting these challenges.

National militaries:

• SATCOM Experts
• Space Operations Leaders
• Military Professionals seeking SATCOM solutions

Industry:

• Businesses looking to break into the market
• Established players looking to expand their contacts
• Developers and innovators in SATCOM technology

Conference programme

8:30 Registration & Coffee

8:50 Chairman's Opening Remarks

Dr Thomas Cooley

Dr Thomas Cooley, Former Chief Scientist, AFRL, Space Vehicles Directorate
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9:00 US MILSATCOM: The Future of DoD SATCOM Acquisition Development and Delivery

  • Space warfighting: the DOD’s policies for creating an effective, sustainable, and resilient SATCOM ecosystem
  • US DOD’s space enterprise and updates on interagency collaboration policy
  • Assessing the MUOS Constellation Program
  • Strategic vision: SATCOM in 2030
  • Cordell DeLaPena

    Cordell DeLaPena, Program Executive Officer PEO for Military Communications MilComm & Positioning, Navigation, and Timing PNT, Space Systems Command, USSF
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    9:30 Creating an Aligned and Coherent DOD SATCOM Community

    Mike Dean

    Mike Dean, DOD SATCOM Chief, DOD CIO
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  •  Progress with Enterprise SATCOM and creating a robust governance and oversight setup
  •  Narrowband SATCOM analysis: results and feedback for future DOD SATCOM
  •  Architectural coherency: how we can improve and what industry can offer
  • The overall lines of effort: where are we going?
  • 10:00 Discovering and Developing Innovative Technologies in SATCOM to Enable Information Superiority and Tactical Overmatch

    Joseph Welch

    Joseph Welch, Director, DEVCOM C5ISR Center, US Army
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  • Engineering analysis, testing and project leadership in support of Tactical and Strategic Networks and to provide assured connectivity for the Soldier at all echelons and battle phases
  • Adapting technology and knowledge to enable more network functionality such as assured transport, increased capacity and enhanced security
  • Defining network strategy from a technical perspective
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    10:30 Session Reserved for Lead Sponsor

    11:00 Morning Coffee

    11:30 USSPACECOM Enterprise SATCOM Management and Control (ESC-MC) Concept of Operations

    John Kirk

    John Kirk, Chief, SATCOM and International Partners, US Space Command, USSF
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  • ESC-MC Operational Imperatives for supported Warfi ghters
  • ESC-MC Operational Imperatives to ensure “Never a day without SATCOM”
  • What does this mean for Warfi ghters? For providers?
  • 12:00 Space Delta 8: The US MILSATCOM Operators

    Colonel Dave Pheasant

    Colonel Dave Pheasant, Commander Space Delta 8, Space Operations Command Delta 8
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  • Space Delta 8 mission/organizational overview
  • Warfighting imperatives/future planning
  • The Delta’s role in expanding cooperation to enhance prosperity and security
  • 12:30 Future Architecture and Advanced Concepts

    Joe Vanderpoorten

    Joe Vanderpoorten, SATCOM Technical Director, Space Systems Command
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  •  Convergence of management and control (M&C) enabling flexible terminals, networks and systems through on-demand allocations
  •  Working towards powerful hybrid operation structures 
  •  Architectural vision for future space: the DoD approach and vision statement
  • 13:00 Networking Lunch

    14:00 Ensuring UK SATCOM Leadership Through SKYNET 6+

    Barry Austin

    Barry Austin, SATCOM Programme Manager - Defence Digital, UK Strategic Command
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  •  Ensuring UK SATCOM Leadership Through SKYNET 6+
  • Current capabilities offered by SKYNET 5: core services and commercial offerings in C, Ku and Ka bands
  • SKYNET 6 – timelines for the SDW stop gap and 6EC BLOS solution provision
  • International by design: ensuring SKYNETs architectural ecosystem supports interoperability and collaborative allied operations
  • Sovereign, shared and commercial – delivering the right balance of capability for the UK
  • Competition timelines for the SDW and 6EC
  • 14:30 Decision Advantage from the Boardroom to the Battlefield: Acceleration of the DoD’s Adoption of Data, Analytics, and AI

    Daniel Holtzman

    Daniel Holtzman, Authorizing Official, DOD Chief Digital and Artificial Intilligence Office (CDAO)
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  • Leading strategy and policy on data, analytics, and AI adoption, as well as enabling the development of digital and AI-enabled solutions
  • Scaling proven solutions for enterprise and joint use cases
  • The specific work of CDAO on SATCOM as well as potential areas of growth and information advantage
  • 15:00 Session Reserved for RequTech

    15:30 Afternoon Tea

    16:00 Session Reserved for Northrop Grumman Corporation

    Zeina Barrett

    Zeina Barrett, Space Vehicles Program Director, Northrop Grumman Space Systems, Northrop Grumman
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    16:30 SSC Tactical SATCOM Acquisition Status

    Charlotte Gerhart

    Charlotte Gerhart, Director, Acquisition Delta - Tactical SATCOM, Space Systems Command
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    17:00 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

    Dr Thomas Cooley

    Dr Thomas Cooley, Former Chief Scientist, AFRL, Space Vehicles Directorate
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    7:00 Space Systems Command Co-Sponsored Workshop

    Space Force is continuing to evolve Enterprise Satcom to rapidly and reliably connect warfighters and resources. Space Systems Command is pursuing standards and architectural frameworks to enable flexibility, compatibility, and extensibility needed to realize these goals. In conjunction with SAE Milsatcom USA the US Government will be previewing the heterogeneous network integration framework as an element level opportunity for industry to develop supporting capability. This capability supports the Integrated Satcom Enterprise implementation of DoD-CIOs ESC-MC architecture as well as cross-mission, cross-domain interoperability in tactically relevant timeframes. Satcom touches all missions, services, agency and coalition partners and the Flexible Network Interface provides the network termination and interconnection framework to bridge these capabilities.

    Agenda 07:00 - 08:15

  • Introduction to ISE - Joe Vanderpoorten
  • Network Architecture Overview (Standards Overview) - Dave Brunnenmeyer
  • Network Framework Key Constructs - Kevin Zhang
  • Satcom Status - Joe Vanderpoorten
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    Dave Brunnenmeyer

    Dave Brunnenmeyer, Director, LinQuest MSEIT, Space Systems Command SE&I

    Kevin Zhang

    Kevin Zhang, Systems Engineer, SSC

    Joe Vanderpoorten

    Joe Vanderpoorten, SATCOM Technical Director, Space Systems Command
    View Bio

    8:30 Registration & Coffee

    8:50 Chairman's Opening Remarks

    Dr Thomas Cooley

    Dr Thomas Cooley, Former Chief Scientist, AFRL, Space Vehicles Directorate
    View Bio

    9:00 Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture: Spiral Deployment in LEO

    Damon Feltman

    Damon Feltman, Chief, Transport Cell, Space Development Agency
    View Bio

  • Building a multi-layered architecture
  • Proliferating constellations to maximise warfighter capability and minimise enemy disruption
  • Updated Tranche 0 and Tranche 1 launch and capability plans
  • Ground system development: developing innovative networking and operation centres
  • 9:30 Commercial SATCOM as elements of DOD Hybrid Space Data Transport Architecture

    Colonel Eric Felt

    Colonel Eric Felt, Director, Architecture Integration, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration
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  • Evolving the Space Force Hybrid SATCOM Architecture for speed, resilience, integration
  • Benefits and limitations of commercial SATCOM in future DOD architectures
  • Outernet: SATCOM within Space Data Transport force design
  • 10:00 Changing the Game on how the DOD Buys and Utilises COMSATCOM

    Clare Grason

    Clare Grason, Chief COMSATCOM Office, United States Space Force
    View Bio

  • Industry innovations enable previously unobtainable commercial capability
  • Integrating with the market
  • Working as part of the DOD SATCOM enterprise
  • Evolving CSCO mission and processes
  • 10:30 Morning Coffee

    11:00 Session Reserved for Gold Sponsor

    11:30 SATCOM Requirements 2040 and Beyond

    Chris Solee, SES

    Chris Solee, SES, Deputy Director, Capability and Resource Directorate, USSPACECOM
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  • USSPACECOM as the Global SATCOM Manager 
  • SATCOM challenges
  • Requirements of Future Commercial SATCOM
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    12:00 The Future of Army Space

    Colonel Pete Atkinson

    Colonel Pete Atkinson, Space Division Chief, US Army
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  • Evolving Army doctrine to support multidomain operations
  • Army equities in the space: past, present, and future
  • How space supports and enables the Army of 2030
  • 12:30 Networking Lunch

    13:30 Creating a Resilient Multi-Band, Multi-Orbit SATCOM Solution

    Gus Anderson

    Gus Anderson, Vice President, Strategic Business Development, SES Space & Defense
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  • O3b mPOWER unveiled
  • Sovereign Space
  • True resiliency and true global secure network
  • 14:00 Synchronizing, Integrating, and Coordinating Global SATCOM Enterprise Operations: SIOD Mission Brief

    Mike Connell

    Mike Connell, Operations Manager, SATCOM Integrated Operations Division SIOD
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  • Fighting SATCOM
  • Organization Structure
  • SATCOM Warfighter Operations Cell
  • Support to exercises to provide real world ‘High Fidelity’ training 
  • 14:30 Afternoon Tea

    15:00 Laser Communication Technology: SATCOM & SDA

    Andrea Loper

    Andrea Loper, Senior Acquisition Program Manager, Space Electro-Optics Division, Air Force Research Laboratory, Directed Energy Directorate
    View Bio

  • Assisting SDA missions through by leveraging laser communication technology
  • International partnerships are key to rapid development and implementation
  • Expedited contracting options for advance technology
  • 15:30 Spectrum Management in the Mega-Constellation Era

    Scott Harris

    Scott Harris, Senior Spectrum Advisor, National Telecommunications & Information Administration
    View Bio

  • The NTIA’s effort to support the growth of wireless technologies through effective spectrum management
  • Ensuring that spectrum needs are satisfi ed: paving the way for innovation and growth
  • What LEO small satellite mega-constellations mean for future management of frequencies
  • Collaboration with other agencies to regulate LEO launch and congestion
  • Providing assured access to space: future strategy to maintain bandwidth allocation
  • 17:00 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two

    Dr Thomas Cooley

    Dr Thomas Cooley, Former Chief Scientist, AFRL, Space Vehicles Directorate
    View Bio

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    Senior Acquisition Program Manager, Space Electro-Optics Division
    Air Force Research Laboratory, Directed Energy Directorate
    SATCOM Programme Manager - Defence Digital
    UK Strategic Command
    Director, Acquisition Delta - Tactical SATCOM
    Space Systems Command
    Deputy Director, Capability and Resource Directorate
    USSPACECOM
    Chief COMSATCOM Office
    United States Space Force
    Commander Space Delta 8
    Space Operations Command Delta 8
    Director, Architecture Integration
    Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration
    Space Division Chief
    US Army
    Program Executive Officer PEO for Military Communications MilComm & Positioning, Navigation, and Timing PNT
    Space Systems Command, USSF
    Chief, Transport Cell
    Space Development Agency
    Authorizing Official
    DOD Chief Digital and Artificial Intilligence Office (CDAO)
    Director, LinQuest MSEIT
    Space Systems Command SE&I
    Former Chief Scientist
    AFRL, Space Vehicles Directorate
    Vice President, Strategic Business Development
    SES Space & Defense
    SATCOM Technical Director
    Space Systems Command
    Chief, SATCOM and International Partners
    US Space Command, USSF
    Director, DEVCOM C5ISR Center
    US Army
    Operations Manager
    SATCOM Integrated Operations Division SIOD
    DOD SATCOM Chief
    DOD CIO
    Senior Spectrum Advisor
    National Telecommunications & Information Administration
    Space Vehicles Program Director, Northrop Grumman Space Systems
    Northrop Grumman

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