Northrop Grumman and Space and Missile Systems Center to brief on Milsatcom this November

LONDON - Aug. 21, 2019 - PRLog -- The Space and Missile Systems Center's deadline for four US spaceflight companies to submit their bids for US Air Force contracts, passed last week. These contracts will encompass all national security launches from 2022 to 2026.

One organisation that submitted its bid was Northrop Grumman, who have been developing their Omega rocket for this competition.

With this in mind, SMi Group are delighted to announce that Northrop Grumman's Vice President, Kent Rominger will be presenting on the Omega Launch Service at the 21^st Annual Global MilSatCom conference and Exhibition, taking place in London on the 5^th, 6^th and 7^th November 2019.

Presentation title: Omega Launch Service Overview

Presented Kent Rominger, Vice President and OmegA Capture Lead, Flight Systems Division, Northrop Grumman

Attendees of this year's conference will also get the chance to hear from the Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) - the center of technical excellence for developing, acquiring, fielding and sustaining US military space systems. SMC will be delivering two presentations on their new 'go fast' procurement efforts and reorganisation of 'SMC 2.0'.

Presentation 1) US Enterprise Communications

Presented by Joe Vanderpoorten, Portfolio Architect, MILSATCOM Advanced Concepts, SMC, AFSPACE, US Air Force

Presentation 2) 'SMC 2.0.' Delivering the Capability Demanded by the Warfighter at EPIC SPEED

Presented by Deanna Ryals, Chief Partnership Officer, SMC, US Air Force

For those interested in attending Global MilSatCom 2019, there is an early bird saving of £100 for places booked before 30^th September.

Registrations can be made online at https://www.smi-online.co.uk/defence/uk/global-milsatcom?utm_medium=www.globalmilsatcom.com&utm_source=D-210&utm_campaign=prlog

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Global MilSatCom 2019
Conference: 5 - 7 November, Queen Elizabeth II Centre, London, UK
Small Satellites and Disruptive Technology Focus day: 4 November, St. James' Court, London, UK

Sponsors and Exhibitors:
Lead Sponsor: SES Networks
Gold Sponsor: Airbus
Silver Sponsor: Eutelsat
Sponsors: Avanti, COMSAT, GetSAT, GovSat, Inmarsat, Intelsat General, Kratos, Lockheed Martin, Laser Communications Coalition (LCC), Northrup Grumman, Newtec, Oneweb, Raytheon, SES Government Solutions, Telesat, Thales, Viasat
Exhibitors: Datapath, Hytec Inter, Idirect, Inster, Marlink, Media Broadcast Satellite, PlaneWave Instruments, SCISYS UK, Skyrora, Spectra Group, Teledyne, US Air Force, Xtar