Lasting co-operation
Günter Endres
A broad spectrum of skills forms the core of its defence presentation at IDEX, said Bernhard Gerwert, CEO of EADS Defence Electronics and head of international marketing at EADS Defence and Security Systems (DS). Within this framework, “we are highlighting specific solutions that could be of interest to the Middle East region”.
The key focus, said Gerwert, is on command and control systems interlinking legacy defence assets and thus ensuring information superiority. “A second topic is coastal and border surveillance,” Gerwert observed, “comprising high-performance sensors, secure communications and real-time data processing.
Furthermore, we are offering intelligent solutions to counter asymmetric threats, as well as to enhance naval and air operations. “We observe a growing need for global security solutions, that is, everything connected to comprehensive surveillance and reconnaissance systems, such as new sensor technologies, UAVs, electronic intelligence or data links. A big issue is selfprotection technologies for aircraft, ships and land vehicles to repel new threats such as infraredguided Manpads.”
He also said that, through EADS Secure Networks, it can offer highly secure digital radio communications and terminals. In common with other major players in the defence industry, EADS’s long-term strategy focuses on partnerships.
To this end, it has implemented its ‘Global Industrial Development’, which, said Gerwert, “means that we are striving for reliable, lasting co-operation, not just selling products and then leave again. My company has been a long-standing partner with the Gulf Co-operation Council states and plans to develop its partnership policy further.” Gerwert particularly emphasised EADS’s long track record in partnering the UAE. EADS has offices in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Oman and Libya, and is one of the founding members of the Science and Technology Park that will be established in Doha,
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