March 18, 2022 | International, Aerospace, Naval, Land, C4ISR, Security
Après cinq ans de hausse des crédits budgétaires, l'armée française est mieux équipée et mieux entraînée en 2022 qu'en 2017. Dans sa 4ème année d'exécution, le budget des armées atteint 40,9 Md€ au lieu de 32,3 Md€ en 2017. Les augmentations promises ont été votées avec des marches successives d'1,7 Md€ par an ; la loi de programmation militaire (LPM) votée en 2018 pour la période 2019-2025 est ainsi respectée « à l'euro près » d'après la ministre des Armées, Florence Parly. En 2022, les soldats sont aussi mieux équipés. L'armée de l'Air a reçu de nouveaux ravitailleurs, qui permettent aux avions de chasse d'être projetés à l'autre bout du monde rapidement. L'industrie de défense a aussi profité des programmes de modernisation : entre 2017 et 2022, elle a créé 30 000 emplois, relancé l'innovation et atteint des records sans précédents dans les campagnes d'exportation. La LPM prévoit de réaliser un effort encore plus intense entre 2023 et 2025 pour atteindre quelque 50 Md€ de budget, afin de préparer l'avenir. Ni l'Europe ni la France n'ont encore de systèmes d'alerte avancés antimissiles, de moyens de détecter l'ensemble des débris et objets spatiaux, ni de cloud souverain solide pour protéger leurs données en cas de cyberattaque. « La LPM a permis une remontée en puissance mais nous ne sommes qu'à mi-chemin », confirme-t-on au ministère des Armées.
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October 13, 2022 | International, Land
The U.S. Army this summer published a request for proposals to design and build prototypes for the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle program.
January 28, 2021 | International, Aerospace
January 25, 2021 Olivier Andries took over from Philippe Petitcolin as Safran CEO on Jan. 1, after the latter took drastic measures in 2020 to keep the company afloat. The Paris-based equipment manufacturer, a “super-Tier 1” in the aerospace industry, is starting the new year in a relatively good financial position... https://aviationweek.com/aerospace/new-safran-ceo-faces-short-long-term-challenges
October 11, 2018 | International, Naval
By: Tom Kington ROME – Italian firms Leonardo and Fincantieri have announced tighter cooperation on naval systems work to help them build better ships and get ready for an expected Italo-French team-up in warship construction. The two firms said they would relaunch Orizzonte Sistemi Navali, an existing joint venture between them, to develop naval combat systems. Leonardo, which holds 49 percent of the joint venture, has long supplied radars, guns and systems to ships built by shipyard Fincantieri, which holds a majority 51 percent stake. OSN was created in 2002 to integrate the work of the two firms on Italy's Horizon frigates, Cavour carrier and FREMM frigates, but was not used for the more recent construction of Italy's new PPA frigates. In its new form, OSN will “assume responsibility for the development of the combat systems and the definition of subsystem requirements and individual components' architecture, including the Combat Management System (CMS),” in new vessels, the firms said in a statement. “Fincantieri will act as prime contractor, the single interface to customers and hold responsibility for the warship as a whole (Whole Warship Design Authority), therefore in charge, on behalf of OSN, of the architecture of the ship system concerning both the platform and the combat system. Leonardo will be the preferred partner for the Combat Management System and the equipment and systems of the ship,” the statement reads. An Italian industrial source said the deal was designed to make systems integration more central to shipbuilding by the two firms. “Until now a lot of work on integration took place during the ship building process. Now, integration should happen earlier in the process,” the source said. Full article: https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2018/10/10/italian-shipbuilders-tout-systems-engineering-chops-ahead-of-french-merger-talks