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South African National Defence Force delivering keynote at MilSpace 2014

SMi have announced there will be a special keynote address from the South African National Defence Force on Day two of the MilSpace 2014 conference.

Brigadier General Ian Fordred (above), the General Officer Commanding from the Command and Management Information Systems Support Foundation will be joining the speaker line-up to discuss: The importance of HF communications in supporting military operations. Presentation details are as follows.

The importance of HF communications in supporting military operations:

  • Fundamentals of Ionosonde technology
  • Space Weather effects on HF Communications in the African environment
  • The monitor of the Ionosonde to support frequency predictions
  • Importance of HF Communications in supporting Military Operations

Senior military, government and industry speakers include:

  • Keynote address: Brigadier General Friedrich Teichmann, Director, Geospatial Department, Austrian Armed Forces
  • NEW NATION FOR 2014: Commodore Christian Anuge, Defence Communications, Nigerian Navy
  • NEW NATION FOR 2014: Commander Amleto Gabellone, Head of Department, Systems Management, Navy CIS Rome Centre, Italian MoD
  • Lieutenant Colonel Vincent Lengkeek, Branch Chief ISTAR and Space, Royal Netherlands Air Force
  • Colonel Franck Scher, Joint Space Command, Ministry of Defence, France
  • Major Brad Green, Unmanned Aircraft Systems Officer, United States Marine Corps
  • Howard Farr, VP Government and NGO Sales, Signalhorn GmbH
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