GMV presents its space strategy in Portugal

On 30 May last GMV in Portugal organized a press conference to present its positioning and strategy in the space sector.

Several media outlets attended this event, from both the general and technical press, who heard the General Director of GMV in Portugal Alberto de Pedro present the company and the sectors where it operates as well as some of its most important milestones. Alberto de Pedro made a brief presentation of GMV and the growth it has chalked up during its years trading in the national market. He also talked about the importance of people in the success of the company, which currently has around 100 employees. He highlighted the importance of education and training in this sector where it is still difficult to find human resources. Alberto de Pedro also added that the space sector is responsible for more than half of the group's revenue.

Teresa Ferreira, Director of Space, spoke about GMV’s leadership role in the space sector on an international level, but also in Portugal. She explained the areas in which GMV operates in the national market, namely the company’s role in the supply chain of space systems, satellite navigation and Earth observation, among others. Among the Space projects in which GMV participates, Teresa emphasized the provision of operational services for SATCEN under the Copernicus Security Service and Support for External Action, the development of control, avionics and robotics for space vehicles as well as its telling contribution to the next generation of the Galileo system and its services.

 "It’s important to highlight GMV’s leading role in the space sector in Portugal, where it holds a leading position and is arguably a benchmark supplier of the European Space Agency," says Teresa Ferreira. "It is from this experience and acquired know-how that we have been able to create products and services capable of serving the market for the applications of space technologies."

Also featuring at this event was João Lousada, a GMV INSYEN employee, who talked about his work as a flight operations engineer at the Colombus control center. João also told the audience about his most recent participation in the mission AMADEE-18 as an analogue astronaut.