Current affairs
The course on “Technological Needs for the Weapons Systems of the Armed Forces”, held at CESEDEN, ended on Friday, July 7. The goal of this course was to lay out the areas of research for the design of new equipment platforms for the weapons systems of the Armed Forces that will one day replace those currently deployed.
This programme is supported by the Antonio Remón y Zarco de Valle Chair through an agreement with the UPM and the National Centre for Defence Studies, and sponsored by Isdefe.
This past July 7, the vehicle purchased by the Civil Guard Charity Association, in concert with Isdefe as part of the company’s social action programme, was presented at the Civil Guard headquarters in Granada.
It is a van that is outfitted with a cutting-edge drone, a pilot and an automatic external defibrillator (AED), which will help prevent the 30,000 deaths from cardiac arrest that take place every year during humanitarian catastrophes.
The summer course on Space Exploration: A Scientific – Technological View was held on 6-7 July at the Universidad de León. This event, which was open to everyone interested in learning about this subject, was attended by over 750 students and was opened by the dean of this university, Juan Francisco García Marín.
The goal of this course was to disseminate the basic elements of space exploration from different perspectives. It provided complementary visions on the scientific, technological and organizational aspects of this activity. It also featured a debate on Spain’s
The third edition of the international conference on green technology in ports, the Green Energy Ports Conference, was held in Vigo on 27, 28 and 29 June. This event is used to share the latest technologies implemented in ports all over the world and brings together the leading professionals and officials from the maritime – ports industry.
The Green Energy Ports Conference hosts this exchange of knowledge and relies on a philosophy to protect and preserve the environment within the scope of global maritime transport and port logistics.
The fourth edition of the SYMDEX workshops drew to a close on 28 June at the Army’s Polytechnic School. This edition, whose theme was “The cycle of life and new technologies”, focused on the current and future impact that new technologies, like self-diagnostic structures, additive manufacturing, reuse, simulation and industry 4.0 have on the maintenance and modernization of Defence equipment and systems. Numerous experts in logistics from the Ministry of Defence, the Armed Forces and the public sector debated this topic.