Our missions
1. Defend the interests of the industry and promote French industrial exports
GICAT defends the interests of the profession in dealings with the highest political and governmental, civil and military, national, European and international authorities.
It promotes its members' industrial offerings and supports their export development (federating French pavilions at international trade shows, prospecting missions, seeking local industrial partnerships, monitoring calls for tender, clusters, etc.).
GICAT's international reach is supported by the international trade shows EUROSATORY in France and EXPODEFENSA in Colombia, organized by its subsidiary COGES Events, as well as by a number of French pavilions that it federates at defense and/or security trade shows abroad.
2. Be a driving force
GICAT makes proposals through nine commissions and a cluster, bringing together manufacturers, users and decision-makers on themes that make sense for the profession: Security, Research & Technology & Innovation (R&T&I), Transformation of Ground Support (C2S), International, Communication, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), Human Resources (HR), Operational Energy, Digital & Cyberspace and the Data Intelligence Cluster.
These commissions are supplemented by working groups.
3. Position itself as a useful forum for dialogue between manufacturers and end-users
Through its seminars, conferences, joint working groups, dinners and breakfast debates, GICAT contributes to the following areas structuring and maintaining useful dialogue between industry and institutional customers to ensure the best match between end-users' needs and industrial supply.
4. Provide our members with a range of services
Communication :
- Breakfast and dinner debates
- Press partnerships with leading media
- Media relations
- Directory
- Website
- Social networking
- Daily news review
- Agenda
- Activity report
Information :
- Monitoring and sharing strategic information
- Lecture series
- Seminars, webinars and symposia
- Supply Chain Days
Export support :
- Fédération des Pavillons France à l'international
- Monitoring international tenders
- Market/country studies
- Technology watch at trade fairs
- Export control
- Capacity brochures
- International prospecting missions