The conference, organised by the Joint Staff (EMACON) and the Directorate General of Armament and Materiel (DGAM), in partnership with Isdefe, was held on 26 March and dealt with the national priorities for the European Defence Fund (EDF). Over 600 professionals registered for the conference, which featured more than 420 simultaneous attendees from Spain’s industry, as well as from various universities and research centres.

Isdefe participated in a round table on "the importance of the Spanish aeronautical industry as an engine of the economy and for the distribution of European funds in the sector" organised by Spain’s Official College of Aeronautical Engineers (COIAE) within the framework of the virtual conference on "The Value of the Aeronautical Sector", held on Thursday, March 18.

On March 16 the Excellence in Management Club’s Public Administrations Exchange Forum organised a webinar to present the "Tools for Transformation in Public Administrations" publication.

The Forum, coordinated by the General Directorate of Public Governance (Ministry of Territorial Policy and Civil Service), has drawn up this practical guide, which provides two tools that bolster transformation through innovative, sustainable and excellent management: the new EFQM Model and the Framework for Institutional Transformation.

Isdefe’s Director of Business Development, Mr Jesús Alonso, was recently named “Corresponding Member” of the Academy of Military Arts and Sciences (ACAMI).

Born in Valladolid in 1962, Mr Jesús Alonso Martín received his Bachelor’s in Aeronautical Engineering from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, his MBA from the Instituto de Empresa (Madrid) and a degree in Business Planning and Administration from the Centre for Business Planning and Administration Studies of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.

On 26 March from 10 am to noon, a conference will be held, organised by the Defence Staff (EMACON) and the General Directorate of Armaments and Materiel (DGAM), in concert with ISDEFE, to discuss the national priorities in terms of the European Defence Fund (EDF).

This virtual conference is part of a series of initiatives launched by the Ministry of Defence to announce the first EDF call for 2021.

This conference will cover the following topics:

March 15 is “World Consumer Rights Day”, and Isdefe is organising several actions and activities in an effort to further the sustainable development goals of the 2030 Agenda.

International Women’s Day is being celebrated worldwide on 8 March, under the theme “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world”.

Isdefe, as a socially responsible company, is carrying out various activities throughout the year as part of its commitment to the 2030 Agenda.

As a signatory member of the Global Compact, Isdefe is committed to making progress to comply with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), including “Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls”.

The new Deep Space Station 56 (DSS-56) antenna went into operation in January at the NASA Deep Space Communications Center (MDSCC) and has played a key role in communicating with the Mars Perseverance Rover.

SDG Ambition is an initiative of the Global Compact whose goal is to set ambitious corporate targets and accelerate the integration of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) into core business management.

This is a pioneering programme that applies a new methodology that will help companies to modify their operations and interactions with stakeholders. It relies on process design to ensure that sustainable development initiatives and goals are hardwired into the corporate strategy in an effort to have a substantial impact on the SDG.

The 7th Security and Cyberdefence Conference of the Universidad de Alcalá de Henares – CIBERSEG21- which was held this year on 11 and 12 February, saw a good turnout, higher than in previous in-person editions, which were limited by the capacity of the laboratories.