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Our global defence clients must have the infrastructure to ensure the operational availability of its assets, and the ability to host and deliver major programmes. Security infrastructures such as prisons and detention centres must also manage increasingly ambitious projects in terms of the security and operability of their facilities.
This requires economic discipline with resource control analysis, as well as maintenance in operational conditions and system/equipment interoperability.
Digital technology is being leveraged to support the in-depth transformation needed to achieve these objectives, while respecting applicable defence policies and associated financial requirements of our clients. For example, the military planning laws play a major role in France, setting out objectives for the national defence policy and associated forward budget, to ensure the security of its people and national interests.
Optimisation of existing infrastructure and design of new defense and industrial production sites
Optimisation of existing infrastructure and design of new defense and industrial production sites. This requires organisations to refocus their core business activities and integrate new technologies, especially concerning big data and 3D modelling.
Defence economy: using resources more efficiently
As a publicly funded institution, the defence sector requires rigorous analytic management to improve its efficiency. These economic efforts are required in multiple fields: human resources, investment (infrastructures and armaments), procurement, exports, outsourcing etc. This requires the implementation of tried and tested financial management models, statistical tools, and rigorous economic analysis.
Guaranteeing the physical security and cybersecurity of sensitive sites
Securing activities, sensitive sites, infrastructures while deploying alert systems is essential to detecting and neutralising potential intrusions. OVI (Operators of Vital Interest) or OES (Operators of Essential Services) are sensitive sites that are critical to the survival of the economy and society, the shutdown of which would have direct consequences on the population. Beyond the protection of infrastructures, it also requires us to anticipate and assess risks to prevent them. An appropriate cyber-security strategy will prevent the risk of network intrusion for the purposes of espionage, remote takeover, or destruction of vital infrastructures.
Operational readiness of systems and equipment
Ensuring that people and equipment are available to respond to national security events is essential to ensuring intervention is possible anywhere, any time. The dependability of systems and solutions is therefore a key issue. Guaranteeing the interoperability and security of critical systems to ensure international dialogue in real time is a key driver for defence sector organisations.
OUR EXPERTISE IN DEFENCE
We work with many types of clients: defence bases, nuclear defence, state organisations, OVI, defence industry, prisons and detention centres. We combine project management expertise for major infrastructure programmes and systems integration with technological independence to support a wide range of solution types.
We support public and private clients in the defence sector across the entire project lifecycle, from design through to commissioning, and onwards to operations and operational readiness.
Our teams are involved in both the modernisation of existing infrastructure and the design of new defence and industrial sites, leveraging expertise in systems engineering and integration, project management, testing, commissioning and industrial performance.
We also bring advanced capabilities in digital transformation and augmented engineering, as well as in the protection of sensitive sites and cybersecurity, to sustainably optimise the performance of critical infrastructure.
Assystem can also act as Owner Engineer to oversee and optimise major defence programmes on behalf of its client.
We also offer key technical skills in defence and security activities, such as compliance with security standards specific to the defence sector (ASND - French Defence Nuclear Safety Authority), on-board systems (propulsion, weapons systems etc.), risk analysis integrating operational constraints on complex sites and transmission systems, not forgetting our extensive historical experience in the French and international civil nuclear sector.
OUR MAIN OFFERINGS
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Programme scoping and management (Owner Engineer) for complex defence programmes across the full project lifecycle
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Systems engineering and integration for critical infrastructure and programmes
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Infrastructure and process design and studies (including equipment manufacturing support, construction and commissioning management, and operational support)
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Support for offset commitments
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Project management (PMO, project controls, cost and schedule control, risk and contract management)
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Physical security and cybersecurity for sensitive sites
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Digital transformation and augmented engineering
Learn more about our Engineering, Digital and Project Management activities.