Global MilSatCom2010 Eda Briefing R Paris 10Nov10 vf

London, 10 November 2010

Rodolphe Paris

Project Officer

SATCOM, SSA

Presentation for the 12th Global MilSatCom Conference 2010

European Defence Agency and SATCOM Projects

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Outline

Space in Europe and EDA’s roleSpace in Europe and EDA’s role

EDA Activities in SATCOM•A real project: European SATCOM

Procurement Cell

Ideas for the future•ETISC

•SECTELSAT

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EDA in the landscape of international organisations

ItalyFran

ceUnited KingdomGermany Spain

Belgium (1)

Luxembourg (1)

Netherlands (1)Swede

n Turkey (1)

Romania (4)

Slovakia

Greece Denmar

k (3)

Iceland

Norway (2)

USA

Canada

Czech RepublicPolan

d (4)

Bulgaria

Latvia (4)

Slovenia (4)

Hungary

Lithuania

Estonia (4)

Portugal

Austria

Finland

Cyprus (4)

Ireland

Malta

Switzerland

(1) OCCar Status: Participating at Program level (2) Participates in EDA projects on the basis of an Administrative Arrangement (3) EU Member State (MS), not participating MS of EDA(4) ESA status: Cooperating States or Cooperation Agreement

Albania

Croatia


EDA’s views on Space

EDA is a Capability-driven organisation•EDA’s vision goes beyond asset/system view: ‘think capability’

•Space: not perceived as a capability as such but an essential contributor to many key capabilities (NEC, ISR)

Communications, Navigation, Intelligence… NEC, ISR are key priorities of the capability development plan (CDP)

•Relevant criteria: flexibility of use, responsiveness, robustness, ubiquity, cost.

Space is dual, by nature•Persistent financial pressure on European Defence budgets and growing convergence of needs of civ mil actors

•SATCOM is no exception. SATCOM needs to be thought in 4 dimensions (all dealt within EDA):

Capability requirement definition (usual exercise at EDA)

Research &Technology coordination of investment in SATCOM dual technologies

Cooperation possible schemes from 2 to ? Member States, and beyond (EU, ESA, etc.)

Industry and Market policy to be initiated (from scratch)


EDA and European Space Policy

Space Policy and Europe: Art. 189 of Lisbon Treaty (Dec 2009)•“Shared” competence between the Union and its Member States

MILSATCOM up to now perceived as Defence assets, but could be conceived beyond MoD users (Defence and Security)

Member States may develop future capabilities together with the Union

•EDA plays now a role in the emerging European Space Policy EDA promotes the “Space for Security” concept in European policy

documents (Space Council Resolutions)

MILSATCOM at European level?•On-going European Space Flagship Programmes: Navigation (Galileo), Observation (GMES)

•Limited SATCOM Awareness. Still perceived as a commodity the EU military can access on a purely commercial basis.


Outline

Space in Europe and EDA’s role

EDA Activities in SATCOMEDA Activities in SATCOM•A real project: European SATCOM A real project: European SATCOM Procurement CellProcurement Cell

Ideas for the future•ETISC

•SECTELSAT


SATCOM Operators, e.g.

SATCOM Service Requests / Orders

SATCOMCapacity Deals

ESCPC @ EDA

Booking Office (internal staff)

Booking Office (external staff)

Service Catalogue

Contributing Member States

European SATCOM Procurement Cell - ESCPCAim & Concept: centralise commercial SATCOM procurement, pooling national requirements•Broadband connectivity of forces ( NEC)

•UK, FR, IT, PL, NL, RO = 6 Contributing Members (CM)

• “Pay-per-Use”, “One-Stop-Shop” Concepts

•Tool: Promote, Make Use of a Service Catalogue

2008/09: Steering Boards on ESCPC “Go Ahead”•Project is now launched (SB decision 15 Oct 2009)

•CM Commitments (forecast, operational planning)

•Arrangement and Contract drafted, being reviewed, to be signed in Nov-Dec 2010.

•Recruiting more Member States: easy to join, any time

2011 onwards: Initial Operations (IOC)•Benefits: Operational responsiveness, Cost effectiveness

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ProjectArrangement

(PA)

FrameworkContract

(FC)


1 MHz Volume factor36MHz

1 month

Time factor

3 years

Connectivity Solutions•Bandwidth on demand•Terminal lease, etc.

Retail Price discounts•-30% to -50%

Potential Business: €10-20mio p.a.•Including UK MoD.

Operational benefit: ESCPC to closely liaise to operational planning•Required: anticipation and transparency.

Upside: extension to third parties•EU, ESA, beyond EU

Economic benefit: cost savings € 1 mio+ p.a.•average economies of scale: -10%

ESCPC Service Catalogue – Benefits

Benefits of aggregation of SATCOM capacity needs

Discount rate

0%

10%

20%

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Indirect Option Direct Option

Arrangement: hybrid scheme

EDA managesESCPC business

(orders, invoices)EDA monitors

ESCPC business

•CM orders to Contractor,•CM is invoiced by Contractor (separate billing)

Initial Contractor:(Astrium)

(down-selected in 2009)

- CM maximum financial commitment- EDA calls for contributions

ESCPCContributing

Members (CM)

??

EDA’s role

Others may join:IE, BE, LU, SE, FI, EL…

ESCPC hybrid contractual scheme

Special Nature of the ESCPC project : •No precedence of similar project: No lead nation, service provision project managed by EDA

•Pay-Per-Use concept

•Non-exclusivity: a joining Nation may deal outside the ESCPC arrangement with any SATCOM operators

ESCPC Challenges and Benefits•EDA sets unique operational tool and add tangible value to European Defence

•European ‘layer’ brings economic benefits and simplify build credibility on commercial SATCOM market


Outline

Space in Europe and EDA’s role

EDA Activities in SATCOM•A real project: European SATCOM Procurement Cell

Ideas for the futureIdeas for the future•ETISCETISC

•SECTELSATSECTELSAT


ETISC in a NutshellBackground of UHF SATCOM in Europe. Tactical Comms: where gaps are mostly identified•Gap results from very poor ratio: in-orbit channel # to fielded terminal #.

Current ETISC status : time for brainstorming (again) with follow-on steps:•Milestones in 2011-2012 paving the way for < € 100 Mio. project over 10y, shared by a few CM?

•Low cost, responsive project, interim capability: “ETISC” (European Tactical Interim SATCOM Capability)

National/bilateral projects still an option but some EDA can add value: pooling need, sharing cost

EDA proposal to help some Member States to elaborate common operational requirements, scenarios•The “ends”: ideas to be scouted by EDA early 2011

•The “means”: technical trade-off and portfolio of solutions may be studied by ESA late 2011

•Next steps to discuss with some supportive Member States


SECTELSAT in a NutshellBackground of MILSATCOM in Europe and lessons identified

•5 systems of 2 or 3 or 4 satellites each, no global coverage, for €6-8 bn. Level of optimization achieved?

MILSATCOM assets in Europe: time for brainstorming the follow-on•Milestones in 2010-2012 for initial set of high level requirements, joint concept studies (FR-UK, ES-NO)

Relevance of SECTELSAT: MILSATCOM Next Generation can be thought beyond bilateral approach(es) and Defence.•Technical, operational convergence really possible, looming budgets.

•EDA naturally well placed, ready to deliver.

EDA proposal to help a few Member States launch the coalition of the goodwill

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Sovereignty vs. Pooling & Sharing – Four-Service Tiers

MILSATCOM cannot be fully shared, run by the EU•Balance to find between Sovereignty and Pooling & Sharing

•4 Service Tiers: Sovereign // Mil-Grade // Pooling // Sharing

1. Sovereignty Assured: full control of assets, network•Satellite Control from national premise(s ) (platform, payload)

•Protected waveform Control from national premises

2. Military Assured: hardened strategic Comms (‘Pooling’)•Hardened links with agile modems on ground remote terminals

3. Guaranteed Access: long term lease of spectrum (‘Pooling’)•Life-time or multi-year lease of transponders/channels

•Dual use asset to complement?

4. General Access (‘Sharing’) “ESCPC”•On-the-spot (short term) Market Approach (‘Sharing’)

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General

Access

Guaranteed

Access

Military

Assured

SovereignAssured

Sovereignty+Ownership+Governance

Basic Customer- No ownership- No role in governance

POOLING

NATIONAL

SHARING

Assured AccessShared Ownership


ETISC/SECTELSAT – EDA Added ValueTrusted Environment located in EDA premises

•Neutral playing field for multilateral meetings, national sovereignty preserved

•Secure environment for handling classified information

•EDA as moderator to bring co-operation safely forward and generate synergies

Ad Hoc Project to shape foundations with selected Member States•High level requirement settings not to be determined by all

•Concept study for the pre-feasibility and feasibility phases (0-A)

All dimensions EDA in-house (all skills available within EDA)•Capabilities (common requirements on operations, data policy, ad hoc governance, etc.)

•Armament (promoting cooperation with ad hoc scheme)

•R&T (Research & Technology) (sharing funds to mature dual technologies with civil stakeholders)

•I&M (Industry and Market) (considering the defence industrial base)

Liaison with other EU or intergovernmental bodies •ESA, European Commission, EEAS, Council

EUMember States

BUY-IN?

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