Finmeccanica and SELEX-SI offer protection to G8 Summit

Finmeccanica offers its best technology to guarantee safety at the G8 Summit in L'Aquila

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On occasion of the G8 Summit, the Italian industry provides the most advanced technologies and competences to guarantee the security of the event. In this framework the Finmeccanica Group will play a key role with its companies operating in the Aerospace and Defence sectors, by offering state-of-the-art products and systems to safeguard such an important global event and to give the meeting the maximum security and protection.

In the framework of the G8 summit, SELEX Sistemi Integrati, a Finmeccanica Group company, is prime contractor in the design and implementation of a new integrated system that will enable the Civil Protection Department to safeguard the meeting. Through various structures, directed from a Central Coordination and Management Station created by SELEX Sistemi Integrati, it will be possible to collect, analyse and coordinate all the data sent from the locations of the various resources deployed (Interior Ministry, Carabinieri, Defence Ministry, etc.) and from sensors installed for security purposes. At the Centre, there is also a Decision-making Room, equipped with sophisticated computer software capable of integrating all data for the management of possible events using resources on the ground. The system also includes several peripheral command and control centres, which interact with the Central Management Station.

First increment for the European Union C2I System

SELEX Sistemi Integrati: Completion of Increment 1 of the EUCCIS (European Union Command and Control Information System)

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In the context of the implementation of the European Union Command and Control Information System (EUCCIS) by SELEX Sistemi Integrat, a Finmeccanica Company, for the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union, acceptance of Increment 1 of EUCCIS contract was issued. Within the contract, the Italian Company provides the development, supply, installation of a Command and Control Information System, including the provision of related support, training and maintenance services to enhance the European Union's ability to plan, deploy and execute military as well as civilian operations under EU-led undertakings.

EUCCIS is an information system composed of centralised applications, deployed on a network, accessible from the EU Military/Civilian Staff user workstations and it is composed by a stable instance located in Brussels with the flexibility to be deployed everywhere in the world within a subordinated deployed Headquarter. It provides graphical user interface to manage cartography, data, documents and scenario operation symbols utilised in the operation planning, management and monitoring activities.

The Increment 1 provides about 50% of the functionality of the system. The remaining two increments (25% for each one) will grant the complete functionality.