Airbus Defence and Space will establish a cyber defense training center for the French Ministry of the Armed Forces under an eight-year contract with France’s Directorate General of Armaments.
The contract includes the development, delivery and maintenance of training platforms, as well as coaching services. The U.K.-based company announced French cybersecurity group Neverhack as its partner in the contract.
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Cyber Defense Specialization
The training center will be established at the Cyber Defence Academy of the Cyber Defence Command in the Rennes region of France. The facility will provide courses for various cyber defense specializations. The goal is to increase the French armed forces’ pool of cybersecurity experts and boost their tools and techniques for national, joint or multinational operations.
According to Airbus, the center will engage with startups, small firms and medium-sized enterprises to develop training platforms based on various technologies, such as artificial intelligence.
Network and Information Security
Programs will include training exercises against cyberattacks using malware, data theft and social media disinformation campaigns. The center’s training platforms will replicate the environment of the French military’s networks and information infrastructure, such as C4ISR and weapons systems.
Airbus also led a consortium that developed the second stage of France’s IP Network of the Naval Force to enhance cybersecurity and upgrade hardware/software platforms to exchange data between French ships and onshore command centers.