Missions: Expert in air-land combat systems

Giat Industries masters all areas of air-land combat systems: command (terminal information systems), mobility (battle tanks, wheeled armoured vehicles, engineering equipment, etc.), fire (artillery systems, main tank armament, medium calibre weapons and associated ammunition systems, infantry) and support (support engineering, support system and operational readiness management of equipment).

Heir to more than three centuries of land armament, Giat Industries' mission is to meet the requirements of the French and other armies. Its activities also cover the air force, the navy and the police force to which the group supplies equipment of similar technologies.

In 2002, Giat Industries was awarded ISO 9001 certification - version 2000. This success is the recognition of the efforts made by the whole group within the framework of its reorganisation. Customer satisfaction is the driving force behind this continual improvement procedure.

Key figures for 2001

A turnover of 792 million Euros

An order book of 2,800 million Euros

17% of turnover dedicated to Research & Development

7,000 employees including 1,700 engineers and executives

Organisation

Giat Industries has been a state-owned company under private law since July 1st, 1990, and is structured around: Two divisions and a logistic support directorate: the armoured systems division (DSB) and the weapon and ammunition systems division (DSAM) in charge of designing, developing and ensuring the prime contractorship of their respective products and the logistic support directorate which ensures the availability and the upgrading of the weapon systems.

An industrial and purchasing directorate, in charge of the production plants and the purchases made by the group.

A commercial and international affairs directorate in charge of preparing the group's commercial strategy and policy and in managing the deployment.

Functional directorates: corporate secretary, human resources, financial management, quality, strategy, communications.

A development directorate has been created to promote new and existing activities using the group's expertise in civilian industrial sectors.

Research & Development

800 people at Giat Industries are participating in preparing for the future with 17% of the turnover earmarked to R&D.

Research & Development includes:

Prospective studies of a technical-operational character to conceptualise future combats.

Upstream studies to develop technologies and function or equipment demonstrators in the following fields:

- tactical and strategic mobility,

- fire function,

- survivability,

- battle management,

- operational readiness management.

Giat Industries has a wide range of expertise in weapon systems based on advanced simulation tools and means.

The implementation of current engineering within the group allows customers' requirements to be met within the scope of a global approach covering the complete life of the equipment.

Giat Industries has concluded technological partnerships with many laboratories: Institut franco-allemand de Saint-Louis (Saint-Louis Franco-German Institute), ONERA (French National Aerospace Research Centre), Direction des Centres d'Essais de la DGA (French Procurement Agency Test Centre Directorate), etc.

Our offer

Giat Industries masters all areas of air-land combat systems:

Command with terminal information systems: FindersR and its derivatives (LBMS, SIT Icone, Sit V1, etc.) and FAST-HitR. Using battlefield digitisation, these systems ensure coordination between the units and command exercise.

Mobility with armoured weapon systems: the fire-on-the-move capability with the Leclerc main battle tank, infantry support with wheeled armoured vehicles (VBCI - Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicle, VAB and AMX 10 RC), movement logistic support (principal engineer vehicle (EPG), armoured recovery vehicles DNG/DCL, AMX 30 mine clearing tank, etc.) and crew protection (Brenus, etc.).