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  • DEFSEC and LACROIX Defense will collaborate with the 1st Edition of the 'Master of Training in Naval Defense Engineering for surface ships'

    5/21/2024

    DEFSEC and LACROIX Defense will collaborate with the 1st Edition of the 'Master of Training in Naval Defense Engineering for surface ships'

    DEFSEC and LACROIX Defense, its representative, will collaborate with the 1st Edition of the 'Master of Training in Naval Defense Engineering for surface ships' organized by the University of Cádiz (UCA), NAVANTIA and the Spanish Navy. The Master in its 1st Edition will last from September 2024 to May 2025 with an official content of 60 ECTS.

    The participation of both organizations will fundamentally focus on the area of knowledge of Combat Systems, where they will be taught about the technological principles operating in the Naval Countermeasure Systems, such as the LACROIX SYLENA suite integrated by Navantia into AVANTE 2200 class ships.

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  • DEFSEC Consulting promotes the supply of MAWS 5060 Weather Stations from its represented IRDAM to Rheinmetall Expal Munitions (REM) for the Dual EIMOS mobile mortar

    2/14/2024

    DEFSEC Consulting promotes the supply of MAWS 5060 Weather Stations from its represented IRDAM to Rheinmetall Expal Munitions (REM) for the Dual EIMOS mobile mortar

    The project includes the supply within 2024 of 11 MAWS 5060H Meteorological Sensors to Rheinmetall Expal Munitions (REM) with the aim of their integration on board the Dual EIMOS wheeled mortar destined for the Spanish Marine Corps.

    The MAWS stations from the Swiss manufacturer IRDAM currently constitute the highest performance and most widely used military weather sensor on the market.

  • DEFSEC Consulting promotes LACROIX Defense's contract with EM&E for the supply of GALIX Countermeasure Systems for the UAE Army's armored vehicles

    1/1/2024

    DEFSEC Consulting promotes LACROIX Defense's contract with EM&E for the supply of GALIX Countermeasure Systems for the UAE Army's armored vehicles

    The project includes the supply within 2024 of 317 GALIX Countermeasure Systems, which will be integrated by EM&E in its RWS Guardian 30, with the aim of equipping the tracked APC vehicle of the United Arab Emirates Army (UAE). .

    GALIX countermeasures system and its 80mm multipurpose ammunition currently constitute the most evolved Soft-kill technological solution to increase the survivability of military vehicles against a wide range of advanced or conventional threats. This is achieved thanks to an automatic response capacity depending on the threat, as well as an effective integration with the vehicle's mission system and the rest of the sensors and defensive systems.

  • DEFSEC organizes a test demo campaign for the Non-lethal Deterrence solutions of its representatives SITEP and VOCCOM

    11/6/2023

    DEFSEC organizes a test demo campaign for the Non-lethal Deterrence solutions of its representatives SITEP and VOCCOM

    Last September, DEFSEC organized a test campaign for the Non-lethal Deterrence solutions of its partners SITEP and VOCCOM. In all Demos, the highest level of satisfaction was achieved by the different users based on their specific requirements.

    The solutions evaluated were the following:

    * MAMS V200 Laser-Acoustic Deterrence System (SITEP manufacturer) designed to prevent the approach of hostile forces at distances around of 1.000 m. regarding the area to be protected (Ships, Military Base or Critical Infrastructure).

    * M415 and LSA long-distance acoustic communication systems (manufacturer VOCCOM) for early warning, deterrence or save & rescue.

    The aforementioned systems were evaluated over the following Demos with clients:

    * Demo on 09/25 in Palma de Mallorca (Army Base Jaime II). Clients: ET, EA (EADA), GC and CNP.

    * Demo on 09/28 in Ferrol (Navy Base and Marine Corps Facilities - FUPRO). Clients: Marine Corps (Navy)

  • DEFSEC Consulting promotes the IRDAM contract with EM&E for the supply of the MAWS 6056 Meteorological Stations for the entire VCR 8x8 Dragón program for Land Forces

    3/31/2023

    DEFSEC Consulting promotes the IRDAM contract with EM&E for the supply of the MAWS 6056 Meteorological Stations for the entire VCR 8x8 Dragón program for Land Forces

    The project includes the supply, in the 2023-2025 period, of the MAWS 6056 solid-state weather stations that will be integrated into all the versions of the VCR 8x8 Dragón vehicle.

    The MAWS stations of the Swiss manufacturer IRDAM are currently the highest performance and most widely used military meteorological sensors on the market.

  • ITCL manages, with the support of DEFSEC, to participate in the BRAIN EN project for the development of IA in energy communities

    12/15/2021

    ITCL manages, with the support of DEFSEC, to participate in the BRAIN EN project for the development of IA in energy communities

    ITCL manages with the support of DEFSEC to participate in the BRAIN EN project for the development of an application with Artificial Intelligence (AI) for the analysis and prediction of generation and demand in energy Communities.

    The proposed project will carry out experimental research on innovative technologies for an efficient and sustainable energy community (BrainEn) made up of a group of homes and industries with a common energy interest. The innovative elements developed will affect various points in the value chain, such as renewable electricity generation, hydrogen energy storage nodes or the electricity distribution network.

    The BRAIN EN project has been funded with € 5M of national R&D funds by the CDTI within the framework of 'MISIONES' type projects and will have an execution period of 3 years (2022-2024)

    For the execution of the project led by the CPS group, a consortium has been formed with 8 companies from the energy sector and a series of Research Centers, among which is the ITCL.

  • DEFSEC promotes ITCL's contract awarding with NAVANTIA for elaboration of a Technical Study about implementation of AI into NAVANTIS

    6/22/2020

    DEFSEC promotes ITCL's contract awarding with NAVANTIA for elaboration of a Technical Study about implementation of AI into NAVANTIS

    DEFSEC promotes ITCL's contract awarding with NAVANTIA for elaboration of a Technical Study about implementation of AI into NAVANTIS family of simulators.

    The objective of the project is to provide NAVANTIA with a detailed technical assessment about the implementation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology focused on the evaluation of trainees learning through NAVANTIS simulators.

    The study will consider the Combat System Simulator (CMS) as the baseline for analysis. Firstly, the definition of objectives by the client and the analysis of current simulators will be carried out together with the possibilities of AI technology. Finally, the necessary algorithms, data architectures and interfaces with the different simulators will be defined to evaluate the users learning process.

  • DEFSEC Consulting promotes LACROIX's contract awarding with NAVANTIA for the supply of SYLENA Naval Countermeasure System within AVANTE 2200 Corvettes program for the KSA Navy.

    6/19/2020

    DEFSEC Consulting promotes LACROIX's contract awarding with NAVANTIA for the supply of SYLENA Naval Countermeasure System within AVANTE 2200 Corvettes program for the KSA Navy.

    DEFSEC Consulting promotes Etienne LACROIX's contract awarding with NAVANTIA for the supply of SYLENA Naval Countermeasure System for AVANTE 2200 Corvettes program for the Saudi Arabian Navy.

    The project includes the supply within the period 2020-2022 of the SYLENA systems for each of the 5 corvettes composing the Saudi program, as well as the user's capability building & training.

    SYLENA system is a Decoy Launching System (DLS) and will bring the latest anti-missile and anti-torpedo capabilities to the new corvettes.

  • DEFSEC Consulting will provide FALKEN with consultancy services for the design & development of the new Countermeasure System ESCUDO

    5/15/2020

    DEFSEC Consulting will provide FALKEN with consultancy services for the design & development of the new Countermeasure System ESCUDO

    The spanish company FALKEN, specialized in the development of non-lethal ammunition, as well as countermeasure systems for land platforms, has renewed the Collaboration Agreement with DEFSEC Consulting. FALKEN has been the Spanish subsidiary of Etienne LACROIX Group since 2018.

    Through said agreement, DEFSEC had been providing FALKEN with Business Development Services for its growth in the national Defense market. By this renewal, DEFSEC will also provide Consulting Services for the Design and Development of the new ESCUDO 76mm Countermeasures System.

    ESCUDO will constitute a modern Countermeasures System to increase the survivability of land platforms (armored or tactical) through a suite of different types of ammunition: Obscuration (visible/IR), Fragmentation and Law Enforcement (Anti-Riot)

    The first prototype will be available from November 2020 for testing and evaluation on platforms such as VCR 8x8 DRAGON.

  • DEFSEC Consulting, Grupo PI and Diatomea join the Cantabrian Defense Cluster (CID)

    11/1/2019

    DEFSEC Consulting, Grupo PI and Diatomea join the Cantabrian Defense Cluster (CID)

    The companies DEFSEC Consulting, Grupo PI and Diatomea Technology have joined the Defence Industry Cluster (CID), recently created by the Chamber of Commerce of Cantabria and the Regional Development Society (Sodercan).

    DEFSEC will participate by providing, among others, commercial and technological support in the areas of Cyber Defence, C4ISR, Simulation RV-A and CBRNE.

    The main strategic lines to promote in the Cluster are, among others: Economic Defence Intelligence, Cyber Defence, Military Communications and Unmanned Maritime Systems (UMS).

    With these new additions, there are already more than twenty companies and four entities that make up the CID, along with four other collaborating entities. The Defence cluster groups almost all of the companies with physical presence in the province, whose activity is related, totally or partially to the Defence domain.

  • Etienne LACROIX group selects DEFSEC Consulting as commercial agent to represent its Countermeasures solutions within the Defense and Security market.

    2/14/2017

    Etienne LACROIX group selects DEFSEC Consulting as commercial agent to represent its Countermeasures solutions within the Defense and Security market.

    The group Etienne LACROIX and DEFSEC Consulting just signed last February 2017 a Commercial

    Agency agreement through which DEFSEC will promote commercially in the Spanish market the

    products of its represented in the fields of Defence and Security.

    The French group which already has manufacturing facilities in Spain is deeply specialized in the

    development and manufacture of Soft-kill (Chaff & Flare) Countermeasure Systems and

    pyrotechnic products for law enforcement, among which are:

    • Countermeasure Systems for Land Platforms (GALIX)
    • Countermeasure Systems for warships & submarines (SYLENA y SEACLAD)
    • Airborne Countermeasure systems
    • Pyrotechnics devices for Law enforcement (Grenades, grenades launchers, Chaffs, Flares, UAV borned devices)
    • Solutions for Training & Simulation
  • DEFSEC Consulting provides commercial support to ALTRAN to reinforce its business unit in Defence and Security

    2/25/2016

    DEFSEC Consulting provides commercial support to ALTRAN to reinforce its business unit in Defence and Security

    DEFSEC Consulting provides specialized consulting services to the international group ALTRAN GROUP to reinforce its current Defence business unit by addressing a complete redefinition of the commercial strategy and consequent restructuring of its offering. This process is associated with the addition of the new Security Business line to the existing unit given the great complementarity between both domains.

     As a result of the Framework Collaboration Agreement established between both entities, DEFSEC Consulting will promote, focused on the reference Defence companies, the new ALTRAN offer at National and International level until reaching a solid degree of consolidation.

     With this initiative ALTRAN fully enters into the phase of business diversification that will allow it in the medium-long term to comply with its expansionist plan in the Area of Aerospace and Defence.

  • SIADDE signs with DEFSEC Consulting a Framework Agreement for Commercial Collaboration in Defence and Security

    2/15/2016

    SIADDE signs with DEFSEC Consulting a Framework Agreement for Commercial Collaboration in Defence and Security

    In February 2016, SIADDE signed a Framework Agreement with DEFSEC Consulting to promote the commercial development of its business lines in the areas of Defense and Security.

    The agreement extends to the areas of Radiocommunication and Datalinks solutions, EW Simulation, Security for border control and critical infrastructures, Integral Logistic Support as well as to the Installation and commissioning services on the field.

     The established approach is extended at both National and International level and focused on large defence companies as well as the final customer.

  • EODITEC and DEFSEC Consulting reach a commercial collaboration agreement to promote the EOD and Demining business at international level

    12/1/2015

    EODITEC and DEFSEC Consulting reach a commercial collaboration agreement to promote the EOD and Demining business at international level

    Spanish firm EODITEC Special Services, S.L. signed a Framework Agreement of Collaboration with DEFSEC Consulting last December 2015 to promote at the international level the Business Development of the special services provided by EODITEC in the areas of:

        - Disposal of Ammunition and Explosive Devices (EOD / EIDD)

        - Demining and demilitarization of ammunition stockpiles

        - Training and Awareness

        - Consulting, Support for Corporate Deployment and Quality Control

       - Integral Security in conflict areas and critical infrastructures.

     Through this contract, DEFSEC will not only achieve the commercial development of EODITEC in the international scenario, but also provide this type of services in a customized way and at a highly competitive price to the rest of those DEFSEC partners which have to deploy means and resources in conflict areas.  in accordance to their activities. All the above will allow for a significant increase in the synergies between all of them resulting from the complementarity of their respective activities.