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The events occurred in the last years have shown how the threat related to both intentional and natural disasters could bring the civil and the military worlds closer in the conceivement and deployment of countermeasures as well as in the identification of effective strategies for enhancing the Planet safety and security. In this frame, the concept of dual use ? the set of technologies and applications that can be exploited for both civil and military purposes - becomes a key-topic. In addition, the aerospace is a strategic building block in the deployment of a network centric environment that aims at the global protection of the mankind. Aerospace is also a natural environment for dual use: many of the related enabling technologies have been first developed for the military world and then applied to civil ? including commercial - purposes.On September 12-14, 2007 an International Symposium has been held in Roma, Italy, joining the dual use approach with the aerospace technology: the international community has been gathered around the key-topic: aerospace technologies and applications for dual use. The event has called experts and operators from the military and civil community, belonging to industry, scientific and governmental institutions. The common aim was an effective convergence between the available and perspected technologies for the civil and military worlds as well as the conceivement of applications that can take the maximum benefit from the dual approach, optimizing the available economic resources. The Symposium has included invited-only contributions and an industrial panel. The main results of the Symposium, derived from key-note speeches, invited lectures, panel discussions and conclusions have created the starting material to develop this Edited Book.
Preface
Curriculum Vitae of the Editors
List of Acronyms
Acknowledgements
Trends and Challenges in Aerospace Dual Use
Introduction : a Strategic Vision on Dual Use
The Security-related Perspective of the European Space Agency
Complex Systems for Dual Applications at the Italian Space Agency
Systems-of-Systems and Processes Key to Dual Use
Strategy to Enhance the Technological Aerospace District (DTA) Impact in the Global Dual Scenario
Technology Applications for Evolving Security Needs
Dual Use in GMES: Analysis of Strategy and Developments
Extending the Internet into Space
Dual Use Technologies
Assets and Technologies for Space-based Dual Use Systems
Electro-Optic Sensors for Dual Use Space and Airborne Applications
TETRA in Heterogeneous Networks
Trends of Enabling Technologies for Sensors, Systems and System of Systems
Optimisation of Flower Constellations for Dual Use
Dual Use Technology and Applications: the GALILEO Case
Italian Initiatives for Broadband Communications and Data Relay Satellite Systems
Future Trends of an Integrated Aero-Space System for Autonomous Unmanned Vehicle Missions
Dual Use Applications
Electronic Defence Dual Use Technologies and Applications
Remote Sensing for Civil and Security Applications
Innovative Satellite Applications for Navigation and Earth Observation
GALILEO: A System with a Dual Use Dimension
Convergence of Navigation and Communication (NavCom) towards 4G
Innovative Satellite Applications for Homeland Security
Meteorology in the Dual Use Perspective
Dual Use Applications of High Resolution Radar Imaging
Industry Outlook on Dual Use
A Contribution from Rheinmetall Italia SpA
An Overview of the GALILEO Program
Dual-Use Technologies & Applications for Space Systems
Elsag-Datamat Outlook on Dual Use
A Contribution from EADS Astrium
Cell Broadband Technology: An Overview
A Contribution from OSCAR
A Contribution from Lockheed Martin
Index