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Shipboard IT architectures

While big data has been a big issue in the civil sector for some time, it has only come to the surface recently in naval defence. It is already clear, however, that new fighting ships, whether surface combatants or submarines, will soon have to make the step jump to IT architectures designed from the outset to handle more connections and radically larger data flows. The aim is to group together all relevant data and all standalone IT systems — beginning with a ship’s combat and platform management systems (CMS + PMS) and their many subsystems — in fewer ‘boxes’.

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Naval Cybersecurity

In an increasingly connected — hence vulnerable — world, enemies see cyber attacks as highly asymmetric stealth weapons offering huge payoffs relative to cost. Such methods have obvious appeal for terrorist groups and even certain countries with designs on their enemies’ vital systems.

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Inertial platforms: iXBlue’s fibre-optic gyro technology

Inertial navigation systems are critical items of military hardware, not least because they enable military platforms and weapon systems to determine their position independently. France boasts world-class know-how in fibre-optic gyroscopes and INS technologies.

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