February 17, 2021 | International, Aerospace
Une réunion à huis clos s'ouvre en région parisienne avec les patrons des grands groupes de défense dans l'espoir de déminer les nombreux points de désaccords qui pèsent encore sur le projet de système de combat aérien du futur (SCAF). Répartition du travail, leadership, droits de propriété intellectuelle, la France, l'Allemagne et l'Espagne rebattent les cartes.
Par Anne Bauer
Publié le 17 févr. 2021 à 13:47Mis à jour le 17 févr. 2021 à 16:39
La réunion a démarré mercredi matin à huis clos, en banlieue parisienne. Ses participants ? Les patrons des principaux groupes de défense européens (Dassault, Airbus Defense and Space, Safran, MTU) et le délégué général pour l'armement, Joël Barre, accompagné de ses homologues allemand et espagnol. Personne ne sait quand la réunion finira. Après des semaines de vaines discussions sur le partage des t'ches sur le s ystème de combat aérien du futur (SCAF) , qui doit prendre la relève des Rafale et des Eurofighters dans les années 2040, il s'agit d'une dernière tentative de conciliation. Avec fumée blanche ou non à la sortie.
Lors du dernier conseil de défense franco-allemand qui s'est tenu le 5 février dernier, le président français, Emmanuel Macron, et la chancelière allemande, Angela Merkel, ont répété leur volonté de faire aboutir les deux grands projets industriels lancés en 2017, le SCAF et le MGCS (char du futur), le premier sous leadership français, le second sous leadership allemand. La chancelière a néanmoins reconnu que « le projet d'avion du futur, dont le leadership a été confié à Dassault, se heurte à des questions de leadership, de partage des t'ches et de droits de propriété intellectuelle ». Bref, en clair, qu'il était dans l'impasse.
April 3, 2023 | International, Other Defence
"For the first time in the recent past US and allied policymakers and industry appear truly aligned on the need to look beyond established domestic supply chains to cross-border sourcing and collaboration," writes Aleksandar Jovovic of Oliver Wyman.
November 9, 2023 | International, Naval
The development of the European Command and Control System which is part of the PESCO project named EUMILCON and leaded by Spain together with France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and Portugal, began in...
December 2, 2019 | International, C4ISR, Security
By: Mark Pomerleau The Army provided new details about its nearly $1 billion cyber training contract that will serve as the cornerstone of the Department of Defense's much needed cyber training platform. The Army released Nov. 25 updated information regarding the scope of work for the Persistent Cyber Training Environment (PCTE), which is the main component for the nearly $957 billion Cyber Training, Readiness, Integration, Delivery and Enterprise Technology (TRIDENT) contract. PCTE, an online client in which members of U.S. Cyber Command's cyber mission force can log on from anywhere in the world for training and to rehearse missions, is one of the more critical needs for Cyber Command. Currently, no integrated or robust cyber training environment exists. The updated statement of work, posted in advance of the Dec. 2 industry day, provides details regarding the overall TRIDENT contract, which will extend training services beyond Cyber Command to the joint services. It is expected that a single vendor will be selected for TRIDENT, serving as the integrator for various efforts that will be strung together to make up PCTE. At a general level, the updated documents describe a variety of management, maintenance and evolution services the contractor shall provide for PCTE. Included among those services: Platform architecture and product management Agile development and delivery systems engineering processes Development and automation Hardware and software infrastructure management Event or exercise support Cyber Innovation Challenge (CIC) capability integration and event support Development Operations (DevOps) environment management Distributed configuration management among various vendors and stakeholders PCTE infrastructure tool management License management Onsite and remote support Additional documents include details on three separate delivery orders. The first involves support for infrastructure and maintenance, the second involves support for the integration factory of PCTE capabilities, and the third provides details on platform capability production of PCTE. Currently, the Army is in the prototype phase of PCTE. Using what are known as Cyber Innovation Challenges to award smaller companies a piece of the program, they are incrementally building a platform. That platform, which is being used by forces currently, is helping to prove out the concept for PCTE, refine requirements for the final contract, and reduce risk. Regarding the future of the TRIDENT contract, industry sources have explained that a request for proposals was expected in November with a final proposal expected in March 2020. An award for TRIDENT is expected in late 2020. https://www.fifthdomain.com/dod/2019/11/26/new-details-emerge-on-a-nearly-1b-cyber-contract/