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One more year, Isdefe will take part in conference "Los satélites como un elemento clave para la defensa y las aplicaciones gubernamentales", organized by Hisdesat and Acorde.The goal of the event is to discuss about Security and Defence industry’s communications. The event will take place from September the 2nd to September the 4th at Parque Científico y Tecnológico de Santander. The conference pretends to provide solutions and to explore new ways to favour communications, focusing on our Armed Forces’ needs, both nationally and internationally.

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).

The course was inaugurated by Isdefe’s CEO, Mr. Francisco Quereda Rubio, and the sessions will feature the leading organisations in the sector, such as Spain’s Defence Ministry, the Civil Guard, ESSP, ESA, AESA, INTA, ENAIRE, Ports of the State, and representatives from academia and from defence and security

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.

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.