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GICAT
is the professional group representing the
industrial sector supplying equipment to the
French Land forces and exports Land and Air
land equipment.
Today’s set-up provides GICAT with a
platform for maintaining its ongoing relationships
with the national public departments, the
DGA (General Delegation for Armament), the
Land Forces Headquarters (EMAT) and the Army
Headquarters (EMA). It also provides the opportunity
to play an international role, particularly
where Europe is concerned, through its representation
within the ASD (European Association for Aerospace
and Defence Industries) and ELDIG, its representation
in the Land sector. Furthermore, GICAT has
initiated specific relationships with the
Gendarmerie (Military Police) and the National
Police Force in the HoGICAT in a national
role
GICAT
in a national role
GICAT’s
strong representation in the French Land
and Air land Defence industry, and its growing
impact in its relationship with the Public
sector, specifically the Ministry of Defence,
have
reinforced its federating role among Land
and Air land industrial organisations as
well as its coordinating role within its
own divisions where a strategy is defined
for the Land , Air Land and security sector
and its ambassadorial role with Public or
governmental institutions.
GICAT
members are not only particularly interested
in the sector aspects and specificities
of the Land and Air land equipment, but
also very attentive about the French Defence
industry’s general problems as a whole.
For this reason, GICAT played a major role
in CIDEF’s reorganisation in January
2002 (Advisory Council for French Defence
Industries), of which it is a founding and
active member.
CIDEF
brings together various French Defence industry
groups and professional associations, i.e.
GICAN, GICAT and GIFAS.
CIDEF
has organised committees, which are in charge
of common subjects regarding the industrial
Defence sectors (budget, international affairs
and regulation). These committees enable
GICAT members to be involved in defending
French industry’s general interests,
both nationally and internationally and
in reinforcing its specific role regarding
the Land and Air land sectors.
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| GICAT
is present at Paris Air show le Bourget 2009 |
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GICAT
and its subsidiary EUROSATORY can be seen on a stand
Hall 6/A14 at Le Bourget.
12 June 2009
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| CILAS
is delivering two SLD 500 counter snipers systems
to the US Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC). |
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CILAS
is delivering two SLD 500 counter snipers systems
to the US Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC). The
order was placed last December after several trials
campaigns in various weather and distance conditions.
08 June 2009
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| Thales’s
DISCUS sensor and surveillance system selected by
Canadian army |
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Thales
has been awarded a $12.5 million Persistence Surveillance
Towers System contract by the Government of Canada.
The Thales Deployable Integrated Sensors for CompoUnd
Security (DISCUS) system, will provide the Canadian
Army with the ability to protect personnel against
improvised explosive devices through the use of
persistent wide area observation, detection, identification
and monitoring.
03 June 2009
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| French
army tests Sagem’s new tactical terminal for
direct reception of images from UAV systems |
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The
French army’s 61st Artillery Regiment recently
field tested the new ERS-RVT terminal designed by
Sagem, a SAFRAN Group company, for tactical data
exchange and direct image reception from the Sperwer
UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) (1). ERS-RVT stands
for End Reception Station – Remote Video Terminal.
07 May 2009
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| Thales’s
LibertyTM Radio Receives FCC Approval Liberty Multiband
Land Mobile Radio Achieves Industry Milestone |
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Thales,
a pioneer and global leader in the development,
manufacture, and support of multiband, software-defined
radio (SDR) equipment, announces that its LibertyTM
multiband land mobile radio (LMR) has received U.S.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) certification.
The Liberty radio has successfully passed all required
tests, and the FCC has issued a “grant of
equipment authorization.”
27 April 2009
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| Paris
Strategy Centre Information and Communication System
enters operational service |
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A
highly strategic information system serving more
than 2,000 users within the French chain of command
• A project in two phases for entry into operational
service over the period 2008-2012.
27 April 2009
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| Sagem
selected to modernize German army’s multiple
launch rocket system |
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Sagem
(SAFRAN Group) was selected in an international
competition to upgrade the navigation and pointing
systems of the German army’s Multiple Launch
Rocket Systems (MLRS).
04 March 2009
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| Successful
first firing test of the Sagem AASM 125 air-to-ground
weapon |
On
January 27, 2009, Sagem (SAFRAN Group) and
the French defense procurement agency DGA
successfully carried out the first firing
test of the 125-kilogram version of the AASM
modular air-to-ground weapon. This successful
test was a major step forward in the development
of the AASM family.
13 February 2009
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Integcomm,
EADS Defence & Security and Saab Grintek Technologies
have been selected to equip the Eastern Cape province
of South Africa with the latest state-of-the-art
TETRA technology. |
Integcomm
has won a close-to-a-billion rand contract to build
a digital command-and-control network for the South
African Police Service (SAPS), in the Eastern Cape.
09 February 2009
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| MBDA
establishes a gap in defeating extra-hardened targets. |
MBDA
has validated a new bomb body, offering penetration
and blast capabilities that are significantly superior
to those associated with the standard NATO 2,000
lb penetration bombs. The concept behind this type
of munition is the ability to remain intact while
passing through a thick reinforced concrete fortification
before detonating on the other side.
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February 2009
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| Indian
Army Opts for MBDA’s MILAN Anti-Tank Missile |
The
procurement section of the Indian Ministry of Defence
has signed a contract with Indian defence contractor
BDL (Bharat Dynamics Ltd.) for the supply of MILAN
missiles to the Indian Army. Signed on 3rd December
2008, this contract will see BDL continuing its
production under licence agreement with MBDA for
the MILAN missile for at least another four years.
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January 2009
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GICAT
is the professional group representing the
industrial sector supplying equipment to
the French Land forces and exports Land
and Air land equipment.
In 1999, the group’s particularity
led the Land Army Chief of Staff and the
Chairman of GICAT to sign a partnership
agreement, which has had important, concrete
implications. For example, the Land Army-Land
Defence Industry Convention held on 30 May
2000 brought together thousands of representatives
of industrial organisations and military
staff focussing on the theme of the Land
Forces’ equipment, the 2001 and 2002
campaigns which highlighted to Parliament
and Cabinet Ministries the necessity for
a considerable budget to be allocated to
a professional land army, the action required
at a European level for improving the harmonisation
of the operational requirements of their
land forces. Also to be noted, are the joint
information campaigns, Industry-Land Army
units, which have occurred since 1999, the
high level meetings held between the Land
Army and GICAT and, lastly, joint working
groups, DCMAT-GICAT-DGA about the Operational
Condition Situation (MCO). A new codicil
to this partnership was signed in February
2007 by the Land Army Chief of Staff and
Chairman of GICAT. This codicil brings together
the DGA and the Army Headquarters and highlights
the fields where common action will take
place in 2007 and 2008. |
| GICAT
Organisation |
"TRANSFORMATION
AND PREPARATION OF THE FUTURE" Department
Chairman:
Patrick TRAMIER (MBDA) - Chief program:
Bernard REFALO
This
section deals with the main upcoming changes
(services, logistical support, employment
policy, fleet asset management, public and
private partnership, ammunitions sector…)
as well as national markets in progress.
It also deals with establishing a defence
policy for the terrestrial and aero terrestrial
sector.
It comprises of three projects:
- Defence policy for the terrestrial and
aero terrestrial sector
- Changes in the support and services policy
- Small and Medium companies (SMC) |
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"INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT" Department
Chairman:
Philippe Isambert - Chief Program: Jean-Albert
Epitalon
This section is based on supporting and
developing France’s presence in European
and worldwide markets.
- Development of international cooperation
- Support for Defence export
- Eurosatory & GICAT - COGES Development
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"DEVELOPMENT,
SERVICES AND STRATEGIC INFORMATION"
Department
Chairman:
Jean-Francois Coutris - Chief program: Laetitia
Blandin
This section refers to information (gathering,
highlighting, and distributing to members),
development and enhancement of GICAT’s
image.
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Services to members and other sections
- Strategic information
- Development Project
Development offers GICAT the opportunity
to open up into new sectors of activity
for its members and reinforce its analysis
on specific subjects, particularly the BITD,
and enable continuity within French Defence
industrial structures. |
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Contact
GICAT:
Official
Web site : http://www.gicat.com
Phone : +33 (0)1 44 14 58 20 |
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| GICAT's
objectives are |
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maintaining and developing contacts with
the land Army headquarters and sub command
levels (DCMAT-STAT), Army Headquarters,
the DGA, Gendarmerie and National police
force, as well as any other public organisations
involved.
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underlining the specific problems of Land
and Air land Defence industrial organisations
to political and military authorities;
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issuing proposals for rationalising, improving
and simplifying administrative procedures
(e.g. export control procedures), particularly
for SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises);
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organising exchanges of information between
users, arms system creators and industrial
and manufacturing organisations, both
in France and abroad;
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improving relationships between large
industrial organisations and SMEs and
contributing to the maintaining the right
balance in their negotiations
Promoting
French Land and Air land equipment by
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-organising
the EUROSATORY international exhibition
periodically in France
- informing its members on exhibitions
and show opportunities abroad and persuading
them to participate in them as much as
possible,
- encouraging or organising meetings with
foreign industrial organisations and headquarters
in coordination with the DGA-DDI.
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Reinforcing, with the support of members
of parliament or MinDef high representatives,
the export of Defence equipment by organising
group seminars for the Land Defence industries,
as recommended in the Fromion report.
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participating, by working closely with
other associations or French GICAN and
GIFAS groups within the CIDEF framework,
in resolving common problems associated
with the Defence industry coherently and
in the work of the NATO's (NIAG) industrial
consultation group and the ASD (European
Association of Aerospace and Defence Industries);
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liaising with other European associations
of Land and Air land Defence equipment
manufacturers (exchanging information
and consulting, organising shows and common
declarations…)
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contributing to the development of European
Defence by facilitating exchanges and
international cooperation, whilst maintaining
the principle of European solidarity and
reciprocity.
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Representing the Land Defence industry
within the ASD (Aerospace Defence) and
its sector's group, ELDIG (European Land
Defence Industry Group), through a national
perspective and being active within the
ad hoc and public working groups.
GICAT
brings together companies, associations,
organisations or people whose activities
are dedicated to:
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study
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development
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manufacturing of equipment, Land, Air
land and security equipment, as well as
supplies and various services provided
to them and their logistical support.
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the promotion and marketing of this equipment
manufactured in France
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