EADS Defence & Security signs contract to extend ACROPOL network for Paris Fire Brigade
- Extended radio network ensures efficient and secure interventions
- 8000 soldiers of Paris Fire Brigade to receive access to the secure radio communications network
- Radio communications network to be shared by all security services
- Radio coverage and transmission capacity to be increased in the city of Paris and its close suburbs.
14 October 2009
EADS Defence & Security was awarded a contract by the French Ministry of the Interior to extend the radio communications network of the French Police. This complementary network is named ANTARES and will cover the Paris Fire Brigade .
This project completes for the Paris area, the deployment of a secure radio communications infrastructure based on TETRAPOL technology initiated in the French provinces in 2007. This infrastructure is fully interoperable on a national scale, linking all the French departments, and is intended for use by all of France’s security and rescue forces.
By using this network, National Police, Paris Fire Brigade and fire and rescue services of Paris suburb will be able to coordinate their interventions more efficiently and securely.
The extension will provide greater radio coverage in the city of Paris and will increase the radio transmission capacity of Paris region. Paris network will ultimately comprise about fifty radio stations and more than 20,000 terminals.
“By signing this contract, the French government has demonstrated that it trusts EADS and its TETRAPOL technology to support the country’s security services for their developing needs in the field of radio communication in a long term perspective,” states Hervé Guillou, CEO of Defence and Communications Systems (DCS), an integrated Business Unit of EADS Defence & Security.
With a workforce of more than 8000 men and women, the Paris Fire Brigade will benefit from the latest digital technologies. Services such as geo-localisation of units or transmission of status reports will make its operations more efficient and secure. National shared transmission infrastructure (INPT) will support continuous modernisation of its systems.
About EADS Defence & Security
EADS Defence & Security (DS) is a world leading provider of mission-critical communication and command & control solutions through its Business Unit DCS.
DS is a systems solutions provider for armed forces and civil security worldwide. Its portfolio ranges from sensors and secure networks through missiles to aircraft and UAVs as well as global security, service and support solutions. In 2008, DS – with around 23,000 employees – achieved revenues of € 5.7 billion. EADS is a global leader in aerospace, defence and related services. In 2008, EADS generated revenues of € 43.3 billion and employed a workforce of about 118,000.
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