AT&T selects STREAMWIDE to supply FirstNet's next-generation mission-critical application for public safety in the U.S.
Paris, September 30, 2025 - AT&T has chosen STREAMWIDE to provide its next-generation secure mission-critical communications solution for FirstNet®, Built with AT&T, the only communications network built with and for U.S. emergency services. FirstNet currently supports more than 30,000 agencies and public safety organizations. Based on [...] standard
France-Ukraine Defense Innovation Forum: a decisive step in defense industrial cooperation
Paris, July 23, 2025 - The "France-Ukraine Defense Innovation Forum", held in Kyiv from July 16 to 18, 2025, marks a new stage in the structuring of a sustainable Franco-Ukrainian defense industrial partnership. Organized by GICAT, in collaboration with the French Embassy in Ukraine, the Defense Innovation Agency (AID), the French [...]
GICAT's network of regional representatives is off to a flying start!
GICAT, a trade association founded in 1978, today federates nearly 480 companies, including 80 % SMEs throughout France. Our members are the key players in land and air defense and security: a dynamic, innovative and committed ecosystem that spans all our regions. To further anchor [...]
GICAT, partner of the film "13 days, 13 nights" - Discover the press kit in preview
Kabul, August 15, 2021. As American troops prepare to leave the country, the Taliban storm the capital and seize power. Amid the chaos, thousands of Afghans try to take refuge in the last remaining safe haven: the French Embassy. Major Mohamed Bida and his men are the only ones [...].
Salon SOFINS | 2025 Not a step without a drone
RIVOLIER and HEXADRONE join forces to forge a sovereign strategic industrial group. With 200 years of experience, RIVOLIER brings its expertise to the service of the armed forces and public administrations; HEXADRONE brings its ability to create, experiment and manufacture rapidly. Our location in the Loire and Haute Loire regions makes it easy for our two companies in the [...]
Conference at Bercy on "Rearming and financing the defense industrial and technological base (DITB)".
The war in Ukraine has rekindled the need to develop and maintain a sovereign and resilient defense technological and industrial base (DTIB) to ensure strategic autonomy by equipping the armed forces. The French DTIB is made up of nine major groups of European and global scope, around which a vast network of 4,500 start-ups, SMEs and [...].
Centigon France rewarded for its transformation
Lamballe, 17/03/2024 - It is with great pride that Centigon France has won the Prix des lecteurs des Échos as part of the Prix Ulysse organized by the Association pour le Retournement des Entreprises (ARE) in partnership with the newspaper Les Échos. This distinction is awarded on the basis of votes cast by the public for [...].
GICAT on France Inter's "On n'arrête pas l'éco" program
GCA (2s) Jean-Marc Duquesne, General Delegate of GICAT, was interviewed on the Paris Defense and Strategy Forum by Anaëlle Verzaux, as part of the "On n'arrête pas l'éco" program. He emphasized the ability of the land-based sector to increase its production to meet the growing needs of defense and [...].
PRESS RELEASE IDEX 2025: French and Emirati industry work together to meet the demands of future combat
Abu Dhabi, February 18, 2025 - On the occasion of IDEX 2025, Franco-Emirati cooperation in defense and security is enriched by a new initiative. With over 1,350 exhibitors from 65 countries and 130,000 trade visitors expected, this 17ᵉ edition confirms its status as the sector's must-attend event. France [...]
Speech by Nicolas Chamussy, President of GICAT, at the GICAT 2025 Wishes Ceremony
At the start of this new year, and in a national, European and international context that is more complex and unpredictable than it has been for a long time, I'd like to take a few moments to look back at the successes and highlights of our community in 2024, and the challenges we'll have to face in 2025 and beyond. The year 2024 has been [...]