The event, chaired by the commander of the CSV, General of the Air Division Fabio Molteni, was attended by representatives of numerous academic and industrial realities, demonstrating the need and desire for synergy that the aerospace world needs.
The GIAS was created in response to the guidelines of the aerospace space and aerospace policy aimed at exploring and evaluating the capabilities offered by the space segment of Defense for the use in support of the indispensable operational capabilities of the armed force and expanding environmental competence from the traditional domain aeronautical to aerospace (extending up to 100 Km).
Formally established the 1 ° July 2014, the GIAS represents to all effects a start-up of armed force with a strong technological vocation, marked by innovation, made by young people and with young ideas.
Engineers and specialists, between the 25 and the 36 years of age, have already successfully tested themselves in technical and operational evaluations of satellite systems, in state of the art modeling and simulation of sub-orbital flights in Italy, in experiments of space surveillance and tracking, effectively delivering operational capabilities usable to the armed force and offering promising development prospects.
The commander of the experimental flight department, Colonel Gianluca Ercolani, in officiating the establishment of the GIAS in his new home, wanted to highlight how "the strong competitiveness in the space and aerospace sector at the international level requires a capacity for non-occasional but institutional supervision, that it is organized and systemic "and, in this context," the importance that this new reality of the RSV can have for the entire country system ". Renewing to the academic and scientific communities, as well as to industry, the invitation for a fruitful sharing and communion of intent, Colonel Ercolani concluded by emphasizing how "the GIAS aims to be able to enable civil cooperation - military, to realize academic research in systems for operational use, to create new opportunities for the development and growth of the nation, in particular on the European stage ".
Source: AM General Office for Communication - Public Information Office
