Your challenges
Risks evolve over time, technologies are increasingly sophisticated, and budget constraints are real in in a world that is becoming more complex, where alliances are increasingly global and undergo constant metamorphosis. In such a climate one must be able to adapt the arsenal of resources available to our democracies while keeping it in operational condition and ensuring each and everyone's safety.
Our added value
Assystem can manage projects with stringent technical and safety constraints. Our teams are capable of coordinating and managing multiple providers in a sensitive environment to satisfy our customers' needs.
According to each business area and the corresponding skill sets, with the rigour of professional, seasoned experts who adhere to proven methodology. Assystem gets involved in the design phase - industrialisation as well as commissioning - and then in the operating phase.
27 February 2011
DCNS
Control system design for Barracuda-class submarine propulsion systems
Your challenge
The Barracuda is a nuclear-powered attack submarine that will undergo at-sea tests in 2015. Increasingly, a key component of new submarine projects is the control system for the nuclear propulsion system, which comprises all of onboard automation and IT systems that make the submarine easier to operate. For this first-of-class next-generation vessel, French naval defence company DCNS had to develop the detailed design for the propulsion system’s operating system to a very tight schedule, since land-based testing is scheduled for mid-2012. This was particularly challenging in that the nuclear propulsion system is an innovative hybrid combining electric and turbo-mechanical propulsion.