Defence and security infrastructures

DEFENCE AND SECURITY INFRASTRUCTURES

Public and private players in the defense and security sectors are facing an increase in threats in a context of severe budget constraints. This has a direct impact on the investments to be made to ensure the security of their fellow citizens and defend vital state interests.

Technological advances concerning connected objects, big data, leading-edge systems, infrastructure modelling offer new perspectives to meet the defence requirements.

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The defence sector must have the infrastructure to ensure the operational availability of our defence assets in France and abroad, and to host and deliver our major programs. Security infrastructures such as prisons (detention centers, penitentiary centers, prisons) must also manage increasingly ambitious projects in terms of facilities, security and operability. This requires economic discipline with analytic efforts in resources control, as well as Maintenance in Operational Condition and system/equipment interoperability.

Digital technology is one of the levers supporting the in-depth transformation needed to achieve these objectives, in full respect of applicable defence policies and the associated financial requirements, as exhibited in the French Military Planning Law for example. The Military Planning Law plays a major role in France, as it sets out the objectives of the national defence policy and the associated forward budget, to ensure the security of people and vital national interests.

Defence economy: improve the efficiency of resource use

The Defence sector must set up rigorous analytic management to improve its efficiency given the higher budgetary pressure stakeholders are facing. 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.

Modernisation of defence and security infrastructures and systems

The modernisation of defence and security infrastructure implies that investment must be maintained yet more efficiently and at a lower cost. This also requires organisations to refocus on their core business activities and integrate new technologies, especially concerning big data and 3D modelling.

Guarantee the physical cybersecurity of sensitive sites

Securing activities, sensitive sites, infrastructures (and particularly OVI) while deploying alert systems is essential to detect and neutralise 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 in order 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 is a national security issue, so that intervention is possible anywhere, any time. The dependability of systems and solutions is therefore a key issue. Guaranteeing the interoperability and security of critical operational systems to ensure international dialogue in real time is a key driver for Defence sector organisations.

OUR EXPERTISE IN DEFENCE AND SECURITY INFRASTRUCTURES

We work with many types of clients: defense bases, nuclear defense, state organizations, OVI, defence industry, penitentiaries… We offer key project management skills for major infrastructure programmes and systems integration, alongside technological independence.

We support project owners from private sector or from Ministries of Defense, Interior or Justice in their projects for new constructions, protection of sensitive sites (physical protection and cybersecurity), and in equipment obsolescence management (Maintenance in Operational Condition). We can deliver full project management services, from inception and design through to the acceptance of work. We have teams of experts in BIM (Building Information Modelling) who use this approach from the design phase through to infrastructure maintenance (3D pre-synopsis and synopsis, exports and post-design modifications, reverse design of existing structures etc.).

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.

Management of complex multi-disciplinary projects, from feasibility to delivery of defence and security installations
Expertise covering the entire lifecycle of nuclear programs (site studies to decommissioning)
Solutions in digital engineering, architecture, and systems integration (SII)