Because Leonardo is pressing for a national law on space
What Leonardo's top management highlighted during the conference "An Italian Law for Space", on the occasion of National Space Day 2022, organized by the Foundation of the group chaired by Carta and led by Profumo
Sovereignty is at stake in space, which is why a new law will allow reference governance.
This is what Luciano Carta, president of Leonardo underlined, speaking at the conference "An Italian Law for Space", organized by the Leonardo Foundation in the Chamber of Deputies on the occasion of the National Space Day 2022. "Space is one of the fundamental domains where shared or disputed sovereignty is at stake" underlined the president of the Piazza Monte Grappa group adding that a regulatory reform "will allow our country, which is among the leaders of the space, to operate with the certainty of the law in a reference governance context ” and develop “public-private partnerships”.
On the other hand, “Up to now forty countries have already given themselves a national law. We not yet. We need to act quickly, perhaps using the delay to evaluate what the others have already done and go a little further” recalled the president of the Leonardo Foundation, Luciano Violante, in a speech published today in Repubblica .
FOR LEONARDO, IT IS NECESSARY TO FILL A REGULATORY VACUUM IN THE SPACE SECTOR
Dedicating National Space Day 2022 to the topic of regulations and a law for the space sector "is a forward-looking choice" given the events of 2022 because it is necessary to "fill a regulatory gap in Italy" in the space sector, on the model of what it has happened in other countries highlighted Carta who then highlighted how the absence of shared rules has fueled a "space jungle that is putting access to space at risk". According to Leonardo's president, “the proposed new law aims to fill a regulatory gap as has already happened in France, Germany, Luxembourg, Japan and other countries. This will allow companies such as Leonardo and its joint ventures – concluded Carta – to operate in a reference regulatory and governance context".
PERFUME: IMPORTANCE OF SPACE CAPABILITY MADE EVIDENT WITH THE WAR IN UKRAINE
In this context, Leonardo's CEO Alessandro Profumo, who spoke at the conference "An Italian Law for Space", pointed out that "Leonardo is trying to make small and medium-sized enterprises in the sector grow". Profumo recalled the excellent performance of the group's space subsidiaries, such as Thales Alenia Space Italia and Telespazio, both joint ventures with the French group Thales.
Furthermore, for Leonardo's number one "the war in Ukraine has made clear the importance of space capability", referring to the support of Western satellite infrastructures for the Ukrainian military forces.
PASQUALI (TELESPAZIO): NEW LAW ON SPACE NECESSARY TO OPEN NEW OPPORTUNITIES
The CEO of Telespazio and coordinator of Leonardo's space activities, Luigi Pasquali, also returned to the need for a national law for space: "A new space law is necessary because new opportunities and new activities are opening up". Pasquali then underlined that today "the essence of the space sector is the continuous transformation and pervasiveness of technologies" which will have significant impacts. “It is important that the new regulations stifle innovation, for this reason – concluded Pasquali – the industry is ready to give its contribution to the legislator”.
THE SPEECH BY LUCIANO VIOLANTE, PRESIDENT OF THE LEONARDO FOUNDATION
And Luciano Violante, president of the Leonardo Foundation, also intervened on the need for regulation in a speech published today in Repubblica .
“Ours is the country that has grown the most in Europe in the last three years both in terms of absolute investments and for the percentage of its investments in the European Space budget. The need for an adjustment now arises. As economic enhancements, technological advances, scientific discoveries grow, the number of actors, opportunities and risks increases. At the same time, the need to define principles that are valid for everyone and to give certainties to those who work in space activities is growing. The general framework in international relations is given by the Treaty on outer space of 1967, still valid in many of its fundamental principles, despite the passage of time. So far forty countries have already given themselves a national law. We not yet. We need to act quickly, perhaps using the delay to assess what the others have already done and go a little further” Violante remarked.
THE OBJECTIVES OF AN ITALIAN LAW ON SPACE
Finally, the president of the Leonardo Foundation recalls that "Sergio Marchisio, full professor at Sapienza and president of the European Center for Space Law, indicates in his research that will be illustrated to the Chamber on 16 December on the occasion of Space Day, the four main objectives of an Italian law: supporting research and innovation, helping the growth of space activities, determining the rights, duties and responsibilities of all actors, adapting the national regulatory framework to that of the EU and of the main States with which the Italy maintains relationships in the space sector. They are the guidelines for the near future, to be followed promptly".
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/innovazione/perche-leonardo-preme-per-una-legge-nazionale-sullo-spazio/ on Fri, 16 Dec 2022 14:40:25 +0000.