Fighting against insecurity

Fighting against insecurity

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Fighting against insecurity: helping governments protect their citizens against threats and maintain the major equilibria within alliances. Helping the operators of sensitive sites secure their installations.

In 2021, the John Cockerill’s teams have worked, among others, on these emblematic projects:

Securing states, their borders and sensitive sites

In 2021, John Cockerill increased its initiatives and projects for supporting states, their armed forces and operators of sensitive sites with regards to security. The design and delivery of innovative weapon systems, the training of battalions, research and development around new concepts: all over the world, John Cockerill teams are taking decisive action to achieve a common goal, fighting insecurity.

Partenariat renforcé en Indonésie

The Tank Boat can carry up to 60 soldiers and reach a speed of 50 knots. With its average operational range of 600 nautical miles, it is particularly suitable for securing the Indonesian coasts.

Strengthened partnership in Indonesia

In 2021, John Cockerill teams continued to support the Indonesian armed forces in their fight against insecurity. The Tank Boat, a catamaran equipped with a Cockerill® 3030 turret, has thereby successfully completed its first nautical miles and fired its first rounds. As a truly multi-purpose maritime platform, this craft has been specially designed to respond to all types of support needs and threats, with reduced acquisition and operating costs. Christened ’Antasena‘ by Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto in September, the first Tank Boat is now ’mission ready’.

John Cockerill has also taken new steps in supporting the Indonesian Army. While it has had Cockerill® CSE90 systems for several years, its troops have been able to benefit from training on simulators in Bandung this year. Over five days, the soldiers learned, in particular, how to operate the CSE90 systems from the positions of gunner, vehicle commander and pilot. For in addition to being able to keep the equipment in service, it is essential to ensure that the crews are also ready to carry out any intervention to secure the country.

Remaining with the land Army, John Cockerill teams have also continued production operations of Cockerill® 3105 turrets for the Army, as part of the Indonesian TNMT program.

La formation au cœur du programme AB

Training at the heart of the AB program

In 2021, while John Cockerill was finishing the production of the AB program systems intended for a country in the Middle East, its teams continued the training related to this program, which was started at the end of 2020. Some 80 turret operators and maintenance staff thereby completed their training during the year. The program will continue in 2022, allowing users of the systems to operate them safely and keep them in top working order.
Cockerill-1030
As the latest addition to the range of Cockerill® turrets, the Cockerill® 1030 successfully fired its first rounds in September 2021. Combining lightness, compactness and firepower, this medium caliber system (30 mm) is designed to equip lighter vehicles that better meet the needs of today’s and tomorrow’s armed forces.

Digital innovation at the service of European Defense

In 2021, John Cockerill, along with 18 other European defense players, was selected to participate in the FAMOUS project (European Future Highly Mobile Augmented Armored Systems), which is focused on the development of a new generation of European light armored vehicles and the modernization of the current platforms. Similarly, in 2021, it also collaborated in the French DGA project Cognisim, a program aimed at developing capacities for assessing the stress and cognitive load of a soldier learning on a simulator. The result: the simulator will eventually become more than just a training tool, but also a tool for verifying the quality of the training received by the trainees.
L’innovation digitale au service de l’Europe de la Défense

Through its participation in the FAMOUS and Cognisim programs, John Cockerill confirms its position as a major player within the defense industrial base in Europe, as well as its determination to contribute to the development of future security solutions for the European Union.

Des yeux numériques pour protéger les sites sensibles

Digital eyes to protect sensitive sites

The Fortress® Multi-Iris, a unique intelligent stereoscopic detection technology dedicated to the perimeter protection of sensitive sites, won the 2021 Innovation Trophy ’Security-Safety‘ at the ExpoProtection show in Paris in September 2021. This technological solution, which combines stereoscopic vision, thermal sensors, artificial intelligence and advanced algorithms, is part of the portfolio of technological solutions dedicated to safety and security that John Cockerill now offers to sovereign players and operators of vital importance (OIV) around the world.
Thierry Renaudin, Président de John Cockerill Defense

« With our Fortress® technologies dedicated to securing sensitive sites, we are further expanding the spectrum of technologies that we offer to combat insecurity. »

Thierry Renaudin, President of John Cockerill Defense