Aerospace: the satellite sector drives high-tech projects
At the ‘Made in Italy’ summit organised by *Il Sole 24 Ore*, the *Financial Times* and Sky TG24, the panel discussion entitled ‘Aerospace: a strategic asset on which to build competitiveness, security and technological sovereignty’
Italia’s aerospace sector must improve its standing in Europe and globally. To achieve this, businesses and institutions must work together. This is the heartfelt appeal made by Chiara Pertosa, CEO of Sitael, a satellite manufacturer based in Puglia.
“Italia,” explains Pertosa, “has not so far played an active part in the European Iris2 programme, which offers an alternative to Starlink. But it is still possible to catch up and get involved in projects involving satellites in lower orbit. The sector is expanding rapidly.”
Chiara Pertosa – who spoke at the ‘Made in Italy’ summit organised by *Il Sole 24 Ore*, the *Financial Times* and Sky TG24 – discusses Sitael’s projects. “We are working on a number of developments, such as the Empyreum platform,” she says, “which will be capable of placing sensors into orbit that can observe the Earth with great precision.”
The use of new digital technologies in the aerospace sector is one of the Italia sector’s strengths.
As confirmed by Mauro Fioretti, CEO of Pietro Rosa Tbm: “We adopted digital technologies thirty years ago. Today we are facing a major leap forward.”
