On Monday the 11th and Tuesday the 12th of July, the course on “European Union Space Programmes: Galileo, Copernicus and SSA (Space, Situational Awareness)”, co-organised by the Polytechnic University of Madrid and Isdefe as part of the UPM’s 12th Summer Course Series, was held in Real Sitio de San Ildefonso (La Granja, Segovia).

Opening the course were Isdefe’s CEO, Mr. Francisco Quereda Rubio, and the Managing Director of CDTI, Francisco Marín Pérez, who delivered the opening remarks for the course.

ISDEFE presented the first results of TBT telescopes at the conference “SPIE Astronomical telescopes + Instrumentation” in Edinburgh, UK. The project involves the design, construction and start-up of two completely automated optical telescopes intended to track and search for space debris and asteroids.

Isdefe publishes the 2015 Annual Report, which describes the organization’s main activities, both operational and corporate, with a special emphasis on its financial, social and environmental facets.

The report highlights the role of Isdefe as the leading in-house provider for defence and security services, as well as for activities involving transport, telecommunications, aerospace, energy and the modernization of government agencies.

As has become the norm in recent years, Madrid Polytechnic University’s (UPM) summer courses, now in their 12th edition, were launched in June at said institution.  Isdefe is taking part in this programme with two lectures in the course on “Laboratory of Ideas for Aviation Safety: Addressing Aviation and ATM Safety Challenges”. The course will be given from July 11 to 14 at the Real Sitio de San Ildefonso (La Granja- Segovia)

To mark the arrival of the Juno spacecraft to Jupiter after a 5-year voyage, Ángel Martín Álvarez, the Director of the MDSCC in Robledo de Chavela gave an interview to RTVE on Friday, July 1, later aired during the July 4 news broadcast.

In light of the high added value that R&D activity provided to Isdefe in the first quarter of 2015, the Business Development Department invited all company employees to submit ideas for new Research and Development projects.

Mr. Jesús Alonso, Director of Business Development at Isdefe, presented the award sponsored by Isdefe for “Promoting Aeronautical Culture” at the gala for the 38th Air Force Awards.

The recipient was Mr. Antonio Szigriszt Laca, the Director of Radio Exterior de España which, by broadcasting programmes like “Altos Vuelos” and “Radas 3.0”, has helped to spread the culture of aviation, and of defence in general.