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Support for service families
Standing chapter support for families while a member is posted away.
Chapter Vertical
Defense, Space & National Security.
Serving officers, veterans, space and strategic professionals — and the families who carry the cost of that service.
Service & strategy
Defense, Space & National Security.
Service in uniform asks more of a family than of an individual. This council is built as much for the families as for those who serve.
The Defense, Space & National Security Council brings together serving and retired armed-forces personnel, defence-sector engineers, space and aerospace professionals, and strategic-affairs specialists. It runs the federation’s support for service families, guides aspirants to the academies, and connects veterans to second careers that use what they actually know.
What this vertical does
Six areas of work.
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Veteran second careers
Placing veterans into member enterprises in roles matched to their command experience.
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Academy & entrance guidance
NDA, CDS and AFCAT mentorship from officers who have been through it.
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Aerospace & space sector
Members in space agencies, aerospace manufacturing and satellite technology.
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Strategic affairs forum
Informed discussion of security and strategy, led by qualified members.
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Honouring service
Chapter recognition of decorated members and remembrance of those lost.
How a vertical runs
The same structure in every chapter.
Verticals are departments of the federation, not features of a membership. No member pays to belong to one: every member of a chapter may join any vertical whose work they can contribute to.
STEP 1Council
Every chapter constitutes the vertical as a standing council with its own convenor and members.
STEP 2Charter
The council agrees a yearly charter — what it will run, for whom, and how it will be judged.
STEP 3Programme
It runs its own calendar of sessions, clinics, camps and referrals through the year.
STEP 4Account
It reports to the chapter and to the federation, so the work is visible and comparable.
Who this is for
You belong here if you are …
- Serving and retired armed-forces personnel
- Defence and aerospace engineers
- Space-sector scientists and technologists
- Strategic-affairs and security researchers
- Defence-academy aspirants and service families
Join the Defense, Space & National Security vertical in your chapter.
Membership of the federation comes first — the verticals then open to you at no additional cost. Tell your chapter which vertical you want to serve in.
The other verticals
Thirteen verticals, one chapter.
Healthcare & Life SciencesBusiness, Finance & EntrepreneurshipScience, Technology & InnovationEducation, Research & Skill DevelopmentManufacturing, Infrastructure & MobilityAgriculture, Energy & SustainabilityLaw, Governance & Public LeadershipMedia, Arts & Cultural HeritageCommunity, Global Relations & Social ImpactWomen Leadership & EmpowermentYouth Leadership & DevelopmentStartups & Innovation EcosystemAll verticals