Winners of first International Space Pitch Day revealed

The winners of the inaugural International Space Pitch Day were today announced marking several world firsts. Ten tech start-ups successfully secured same-day contracts worth up to £53,000 ($66,000) to fast-track the development of their innovations after pitching direct to UK, US and NATO military leaders. Air Vice-Marshal Harvey Smyth, UK Director Space, unveiled the winners […]

Defence Space 2020: Defence leaders to light way for UK military space

UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace will join national and international military leaders and space experts from across government, industry and academia on 17-18 November to explore how the UK can mobilise, modernize and transform its approach to military space.   The two-day virtual Defence Space 2020 conference, which is organised by the Ministry of Defence […]

ASPC 2020 -Virtual Conference

ASPC 2020 -Virtual Conference The impact and restrictions resulting from COVID-19, familiar to us all, has led us to decide that this year’s Air and Space Power Conference will not go ahead in its traditional format. This decision has not been taken lightly but we hope you will understand why, and that resources must be […]

Defence Space 2020 Conference is postponed

NEWS RELEASE  23 March 2020   Defence Space 2020 Conference is postponed London, UK, 23 March 2020: Defence Space 2020, the UK Ministry of Defence biennial space conference, scheduled for 20-21 May, will be postponed in response to the COVID 19 outbreak and UK Government’s measures.  The Ministry of Defence is working with the Air […]

THE CHIEF OF THE AIR STAFF’S AIR & SPACE POWER CONFERENCE

THE CHIEF OF THE AIR STAFF’S AIR & SPACE POWER CONFERENCE  The pursuit of Information Advantage is the theme of this year’s ASPC and will build on the multi-domain themes introduced at the 2019 Conference.  Chris Pocock summarises the debate at ASPC 2019 as a prelude to ASPC 20 The RAF’s 2019 Air & Space […]

Defence leaders to join forces at Defence Space 2020 Conference

Ministry of Defence News Release: Defence Leaders to join forces at Defence Space 2020 Conference Leaders from government, industry and academia will join forces at the Defence Space 2020 conference in London on May 20-21. Organised by the MOD and the Air and Space Power Association, the conference will tackle the challenges presented by space […]

Accelerating air and space power

Accelerating air and space power By Tim Robinson Hypersonics, space and multi-domain operations were some of the biggest news from this year’s Royal Air Force Chief of the Air Staff’s Air and Space Power Conference (ASPC) held on 17-18 July in London. If last year’s RAF Air Power Conference saw 100 years of the Royal […]