The Air Force Officers who participated in the round table presented the progress of their research projects in space and aerospace.
It took place on Friday, 19 January, at the Department of Law of the’University of Sassari, a round table discussion concerning new legal issues and emerging themes inherent to Maritime and transport law.
The event also featured a group of Officers from the Armed Forces and State Armed Corps. In particular, the Air Force, based on an agreement stipulated between the Sardinian University and the Centre for Higher Defence Studies for the synergistic and reciprocal pursuit of their respective institutional aims, took part in the discussion with two of its Doctoral candidates research.
The work began with the opening address of Prof. Michele Maria Comenale Pinto, Professor of Maritime Law at the University of Sassari. The subsequent debate was led by Prof. Giovanni Pruneddu, Associate Professor of Maritime Law at the University of Sassari.
The topics covered highlighted the importance of land, sea, and air transport as an essential condition for the exercise of fundamental constitutional rights to mobility, study, health, work, tourism and territorial continuity, without forgetting the connected needs of Defence and security.
The Air Force Officers who attended have indeed presented the progress of their research projects, discussing some important considerations regarding Space e aerospace, issues of absolute strategic importance for national security and, above all, for the development of the country system. The new challenges arising from outer space constitute, in fact, an undeniable opportunity for growth but, at the same time, also involve aspects connected to Safety and to Security of the Country. A sector, that of space, in which the Air Force is promoting a multitude of initiatives and agreements with the world of research, universities and industry, positioning itself as Service provider for access and training in the sector and establishing innovative lines of capacity development in new aerospace technology, all within the broader framework of the national space strategy and seizing the multiple opportunities and potential offered by outer space.
