The GME (Groupement Momentané d'Entreprises), comprising NSE, Safran Electronics & Defense, Sofema and Thales, has won the MERCURE contract from the SIMMT (Structure intégrée du maintien en condition opérationnelle des matériels terrestres), announces NSE.
Worth a maximum of almost 300 million euros (excluding VAT) over a 7-year period, this contract will enable the Ministry of the Armed Forces to meet the challenges of managing the wide diversity of its equipment requirements for the armed forces, and the need to acquire equipment in a reactive and flexible way.
The solution provided by the GME coordinated by NSE fully meets these challenges, by bringing together the strong, recognized expertise of French manufacturers and distributors who are leaders in their sector", states the NSE press release.
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Safran is a high technology international group, a leading equipment provider in the Aerospace and Defense markets. The group specializes in the design, manufacturing, and marketing of equipment and systems of high technology mechanical and electronic equipment. Net sales break down by product family as follows:
- aeronautic and space propulsion systems (51.2%): helicopter motors (No. 1 worldwide), civil and military airplanes motors, systems for space lancers and missiles, turboreactors for drone targets, etc.;
- aircraft equipment, defense systems and aerosystems (38%): airplane engine pods, landing gear, braking systems, electric wiring systems, etc. Safran also offers on board aircraft systems and equipment (primarily evacuation slides, emergency arresting systems, protective parachutes and oxygen systems, electrical power management systems, control systems, water and waste management systems and connectivity systems) and defense and security systems (helicopter flight controls, fingerprint-based biometric identification systems (No. 1 worldwide), inertial systems, optronic systems, tactical drone systems, etc.);
- aircraft interiors (10.7%): cabin interiors and seats;
- other (0.1%).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: France (19.4%), Europe (24%), the Americas (34.8%), Asia and Oceania (13.2%), Africa and the Middle East (8.6%).
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