MilSat Symposium begins
The national-security half of Silicon Valley Space Week starts here.
14:00
SVSW 2026 · Oct 27 – 29 · Mountain View
MilSat Symposium
Formats
Locations
Wed, Oct 28
7 sessions
14:00
14:45
Building Warfighter-Ready Space Systems: Autonomy, Logistics, and On-Orbit Servicing
Looking at how the military is trying to change its orbital architecture from fragile, stationary targets into a dynamic, sustainable fleet. Here is a breakdown of the core concepts to be discussed. 1. Warfighter-Ready S
14:45
15:15
15:15
16:00
The Space Data Network: Backbone or Single Point of Failure?
The budget made the mesh decision; the fight now is execution and concentration. 2027 shifts transport from SDA’s Tranche 3 plans to an SDN backbone and instead funds a $1.6 billion Proliferated LEO SATCOM line identifie
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Preston Dunlap
MODERATOR
Founder and Managing Partner
Arkenstone Capital
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Michael Geist
SVP Strategy, Innovation & Growth
SES Space & Defense
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Dr. Rajeev Gopal
VP, Advanced Programs Defense Division
Hughes Network Systems
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Dr. Lucy Hoag
Founder and CEO
Violet Labs
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John Malsbury
CEO & Founder
AnySignal
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Jim Scott
Chief Strategy Officer
US Electrodynamics
16:00
16:30
Break
16:30
17:15
Buy What We Can vs. the Build-First Budget
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Chris Quilty
MODERATOR
CEO & President
Quilty Space
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Justin Langlois
Deputy Director, Commercial Systems Program Officer
National Reconnaissance Office – NRO
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Bob Pescatore
General Manager/Vice President – Products
Voyager
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Col Timothy Trimailo
Director, Commercial Space Office (COMSO)
Space Systems Command (SSC)
17:15
17:30
NGA and NRO Future Purchases
The government’s mapping-intelligence agency explains what commercial imagery and analysis it plans to buy next.
14:00
14:45
15:15
16:00
16:30
17:15
14:00
14:45
Building Warfighter-Ready Space Systems: Autonomy, Logistics, and On-Orbit Servicing
Looking at how the military is trying to change its orbital architecture from fragile, stationary targets into a dynamic, sustainable fleet. Here is a breakdown of the core concepts to be discussed. 1. Warfighter-Ready S
14:45
15:15
15:15
16:00
The Space Data Network: Backbone or Single Point of Failure?
The budget made the mesh decision; the fight now is execution and concentration. 2027 shifts transport from SDA’s Tranche 3 plans to an SDN backbone and instead funds a $1.6 billion Proliferated LEO SATCOM line identifie
-
Preston Dunlap
MODERATOR
Founder and Managing Partner
Arkenstone Capital
-
Michael Geist
SVP Strategy, Innovation & Growth
SES Space & Defense
-
Dr. Rajeev Gopal
VP, Advanced Programs Defense Division
Hughes Network Systems
-
Dr. Lucy Hoag
Founder and CEO
Violet Labs
-
John Malsbury
CEO & Founder
AnySignal
-
Jim Scott
Chief Strategy Officer
US Electrodynamics
16:00
16:30
Break
16:30
17:15
Buy What We Can vs. the Build-First Budget
-
Chris Quilty
MODERATOR
CEO & President
Quilty Space
-
Justin Langlois
Deputy Director, Commercial Systems Program Officer
National Reconnaissance Office – NRO
-
Bob Pescatore
General Manager/Vice President – Products
Voyager
-
Col Timothy Trimailo
Director, Commercial Space Office (COMSO)
Space Systems Command (SSC)
17:15
17:30
NGA and NRO Future Purchases
The government’s mapping-intelligence agency explains what commercial imagery and analysis it plans to buy next.
Thu, Oct 29
15 sessions
08:30
09:30
BreakFast
09:30
10:00
10:00
10:45
Golden Dome – Accelerating Industrial Capability on a 2028 Clock
Twelve companies won contracts to build missile interceptors in space. Can industry actually deliver by 2028.
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Phil Carrai
MODERATOR
President, Space, Training & Cyber Division
Kratos Space, Training and Cybersecurity
- Dr. Dave Baughman Vice President, BD and Strategy Frontier Aerospace Corporation
- Mike Conschafter Director of Business Development, Spectral Solutions L3Harris
- Myland Pride Director, OPIR and Tactical Space Strategy and Customer Engagement Lockheed Martin
10:45
11:00
CASR After FOC: Who Owns the Risk?
If a requisitioned commercial satellite is attacked, who carries the loss. Indemnification language remains publicly unresolved as the program crosses full operational capability,
11:00
11:15
Break
11:15
12:00
Commercial GEOINT for the Battlefield
Commercial satellite photos are entering military decisions. How are they being used and by whom.
12:00
12:15
12:15
13:00
Space Control as a Market: RG-XX, RPO, and the Limits of Commercial Combat Support
The military is hiring private companies to watch, refuel, and guard satellites. It is is moving away from massive, static satellites and toward agile, commercially supported fleets that can actively maneuver in a conte
13:00
14:00
Lunch
14:00
14:45
GPS Under Attack: Jamming, Spoofing, and the PNT Fight
The Space Force office buying missile interceptors and surveillance satellites explains its sprint.
14:45
15:00
CASR: State of the Reserve
An update on the new program that lets the military call up commercial satellites in a crisis, a civil reserve for space.
15:00
15:15
Break – Hors d’oeuvres
15:15
16:00
How Commercial Space Companies Can Support Future Defense Space Architectures with speed, flexibility, and affordability
The "future architecture" is heavily proliferated. This means relying on hundreds or thousands of smaller, cheaper, networked satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). If an adversary disables one, the rest of the network sea
16:00
16:15
The New Space Insurance Market
Who insures a satellite destined for National Security? A new market is forming around that question.
16:15
16:30
Hybrid Space Architecture: Commercial Integration in Practice
DIU’s program is the second commercial-integration thread after CASR and the practical one: multi-vendor, multi-orbit data transport actually under contract.
08:30
09:30
10:00
10:45
11:00
11:15
12:00
12:15
13:00
14:00
14:45
15:00
15:15
16:00
16:15
08:30
09:30
BreakFast
09:30
10:00
10:00
10:45
Golden Dome – Accelerating Industrial Capability on a 2028 Clock
Twelve companies won contracts to build missile interceptors in space. Can industry actually deliver by 2028.
-
Phil Carrai
MODERATOR
President, Space, Training & Cyber Division
Kratos Space, Training and Cybersecurity
- Dr. Dave Baughman Vice President, BD and Strategy Frontier Aerospace Corporation
- Mike Conschafter Director of Business Development, Spectral Solutions L3Harris
- Myland Pride Director, OPIR and Tactical Space Strategy and Customer Engagement Lockheed Martin
10:45
11:00
CASR After FOC: Who Owns the Risk?
If a requisitioned commercial satellite is attacked, who carries the loss. Indemnification language remains publicly unresolved as the program crosses full operational capability,
11:00
11:15
Break
11:15
12:00
Commercial GEOINT for the Battlefield
Commercial satellite photos are entering military decisions. How are they being used and by whom.
12:15
13:00
Space Control as a Market: RG-XX, RPO, and the Limits of Commercial Combat Support
The military is hiring private companies to watch, refuel, and guard satellites. It is is moving away from massive, static satellites and toward agile, commercially supported fleets that can actively maneuver in a conte
13:00
14:00
Lunch
14:00
14:45
GPS Under Attack: Jamming, Spoofing, and the PNT Fight
The Space Force office buying missile interceptors and surveillance satellites explains its sprint.
14:45
15:00
CASR: State of the Reserve
An update on the new program that lets the military call up commercial satellites in a crisis, a civil reserve for space.
15:00
15:15
Break – Hors d’oeuvres
15:15
16:00
How Commercial Space Companies Can Support Future Defense Space Architectures with speed, flexibility, and affordability
The "future architecture" is heavily proliferated. This means relying on hundreds or thousands of smaller, cheaper, networked satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). If an adversary disables one, the rest of the network sea
16:00
16:15
The New Space Insurance Market
Who insures a satellite destined for National Security? A new market is forming around that question.
16:15
16:30
Hybrid Space Architecture: Commercial Integration in Practice
DIU’s program is the second commercial-integration thread after CASR and the practical one: multi-vendor, multi-orbit data transport actually under contract.