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Colonel Pedro Miguel da Silva Costa
Colonel Pedro Miguel da Silva Costa
Job Title
Head of the Space Operations Center
Organization
Portuguese Air Force
Colonel Pedro Miguel da Silva Costa, has a degree in Military and Aeronautical Sciences from the Air Force Academy, in the specialty of Electrical Engineering, and has completed career courses as well as the Joint Staff Course (CEMC). He holds a Master's degree in Military Sciences, Security and Defense from the Military University Institute (IUM).
Throughout his career he served in the Air Force Infrastructure Directorate, the IUM and the Armed Forces General Staff (EMGFA).
At the IUM he worked in the area of teaching and the study of crises and armed conflicts, and was responsible for curricular units such as strategy and strategic planning.
At the EMGFA he was assigned to the Space Department and was the Liaison Officer at the Portuguese Space Agency.
He is currently based at the Air Force Air Command, as Head of the Air Force Space Operations Centre. He also holds the position of National Contact Point for Innovation and Development - Space in Defence at the European Defence Agency.
In addition to these duties, in coordination with the Air Force Academy, he is the Director of the Postgraduate Course “Space in Defense and National Security” (second edition will take place on September 25).
He is a PhD candidate in International Relations (specializing in History and Theory of International Relations) at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of Universidade Nova de Lisboa, with the thesis title “Space Power and International Relations: the European Union and the integration of space technology in its Security and Defence domain”.
Speaking
16September
14:10 / 14:55
Les Salons Hoche
Session
Space as a Modernization and Augmentation Asset to Strengthen Joint Forces
