On 25 June Isdefe hosted a workshop on “Configuration Management”, organised by the Spanish Association for Quality’s Committee of Defence Industries and Services.

The workshop brought together representatives from Spanish defence and security companies in an effort to share best practices in this area, and specifically within the framework of the PECAL/AQAP 2000 Series. The application of PECAL entails configuration management intended to ensure a product conforms to contractual requirements while synchronising the technical information needed over its entire life cycle.

This week, on the 20th and 21st, Isdefe is organising a summer course on “Satellite Navigation:  Systems, Services and Critical Security Applications”, as part of the Summer Courses series held by the UPM at the Real Sitio de San Ildefonso (La Granja, Segovia).

On 24 and 25 June 2015, the inaugural Space Engineering Congress was held at Spain’s Engineering Institute, organised by the Official Association of Spanish Aeronautical Engineers (COIAE).

The Minister of Defence, Mr. Pedro Morenés y Eulate, presided over the presentation ceremony for the 37th edition of the Air Force Awards, held on 25 June in the courtyard of the Air Force headquarters.

Accompanying him were the Secretary of State for Defence and President of Isdefe, Mr. Pedro Argüelles Salaverría, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Admiral Fernando García Sánchez and the Air Force Chief of Staff, General Francisco Javier García Arnaiz.

Isdefe hosted the Forum on Public-Private Cooperation in Cybersecurity, which is organising a workshop on digital forensic investigation, to be held on 29 and 30 June.

This workshop is intended for judges and prosecutors, who will learn first-hand of the changes made to the new Penal Code and criminal offences involving computer crimes.

On 24 and 25 June 2015, the inaugural Space Engineering Congress was held at Spain’s Engineering Institute, organised by the Official Association of Spanish Aeronautical Engineers (COIAE).

The congress, which dealt with the state of the art in space engineering in Spain and with the current state of the industry, featured forty speakers and representatives from organisations like INTA, the European Space Agency (ESA), the Andalusia and Canaries Astrophysics Institutes, universities and companies.