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SOaRS Slide Presentations


Below are the slide presentations from SOaRS 23. Please note that not all presenters have elected to share their information.

 

 

Keynote: Importance of the Stratosphere to Defense

Eric Follstad, Acting Science Advisor USCENTCOM

 

Establishing the Stratospheric Workforce (Engineering and Operations)

Dr. Robert Kraus, Dean of UND Aerospace

 

Stratosperic Base Stations

Dr. Yoshihisa Kishiyama, Space Compass/NTT DoCoMo (Japan) - Manager of the 6G IOWN Promotion Department 

 

What makes the stratosphere so difficult?

Paul Stevens, CEO Voltitude Ltd UK

 

RQ-4 Global Hawk- Lessons learn from stratospheric operations

Major Ryan "Machete" Blakeney, USAF A3 Director of Operations 319th Reconnaissance Wing

 

Stratospheric Startups

Dirk Elber - Aeroprobe

 

20 minute HALE Operator Status Update with Voltitude

Paul Stevens - Voltitude

 

 

20 minute HALE Operator Status Update with Devorto

Dr. Justin Selfridge - Devorto

 

20 minute HALE Operator Status Updates with DLR

Andreas Bierig - DLR

 

20 minute HALE Operator Status Updates with Aerostar

Russ Van Der Werff - Aerostar

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