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Webinar |  9 November 2021 |  20:00-21:00 To ensure functional CBRN protection, it can be segmented into three distinct categories: Survivability, Durability and Mission Effectiveness. In this webinar the technology of different Personal Protective Equipment will be explained, and mechanistic understanding of protection will be discussed. Lastly, aspects of mission and operational effectiveness in PPE are explored including Biophysics and Human Performance. Programme : 20:00 Opening by KIVI board member 20:05 Presentation  20:40 Q&A 21:00 End of programme Register using this form Participants will receive a link on the day of the webinar.

  Webinar |  17 November 2021 |  20:00-21:00 By training with virtual opponents in simulators, trainee fighter pilots can build the experience necessary for air combat operations , at a fraction of the cost of training with real aircraft. In practice however, the variety of the opponents is not as wide as it can be. This is largely due to a lack of behaviour models. In his PhD research (2013-2020), Armon Toubman (NLR) investigated the extent to which it is possible to generate the required behaviour models , by means of machine learning . In this webinar he discusses the intersection of training simulations, behaviour models, and machine learning, and shares the results of his research. Programme : 20:00 Opening by KIVI board member 20:05 Presentation by Dr. Armon Troubman of the Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR) 20:40 Q&A 21:00 End of programme Register using this form Participants will receive a link on the day of the webinar.

1 October 2021 | 18:00 – 19:30: Our partner federation Eurodefense organises this webinar with the aim of presenting and discussing the findings of the Eurodefense working group 26b ‘’Energy, Climate, Security and Defence’’. Click here to register The link to the meeting will follow a few days before the meeting starts  Moderator | Miss Ani Davidova (Portugal) Programme 18:00  W elcome by Mr Patrice Mompeyssin             Acting Secretary-General of the EURODEFENSE Network 18:05 Energy, Climate, Security and Defence: The new geopolitical challenge for Europe             Mr. Eduardo Caetano de Sousa (Portugal 18:20 Measures needed for compatibility between the EU and Member-States           Defence requirements and the "European Green Deal.              Mr. Jean-Charles Boulat (France) 18:35 The new energy geography     ...

    16 September 2021    20:00 - 21:00 Project Sparrow is the newest full-time team of student association Delft Aerospace Rocket Engineering, also known as DARE. Last year the team spent time on developing an engine that does not work on solid content but on liquid fuel like ethanol or hydrogen combined with liquid oxygen . Founded in 2001, DARE has been designing, building, and launching rockets for over 20 years and during this time they have broken the altitude record for a student build rocket multiple times! However, Project Sparrow is looking beyond just breaking the altitude record again, the team aims to develop a rocket with the capability of going orbital in the next few years! This would be the first time a student team is even allowed to attempt such a feat and it depends completely on the motivation, endurance and sheer will power of the 40 students working on the project. Last year the students fully focussed on building the most complex part of the ro...

  In cooperation with Eurodefense  we have developed remarks on the "Action plan of the European Commission on synergies between civil, defence and space industries" as published on  22 February 2021   ( EU reference COM(2021) 70) . Among others, these comments have been sent to the Presidents of the European Commission, Council and Parliament.                                                                                Download a PDF here EDTA and Eurodefense welcome this important Communication of the European Commission on their Action plan to increase the synergies between civil, defence and space industries. It is well understood that this action plan is only applicable fo...