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In Finmeccanica’s display and demonstration section, which covers an area of around 1,230 square meters, the exhibition route passes through six inter-connected and interoperable areas in which the Group companies display their technological excellence and capabilities. In this area, products and systems are proposed in a traditional manner, and are organised not by company but by capacity, demonstrating the integrated and wide-ranging vision of the Finmeccanica Group.

The Finmeccanica stand at Le Bourget aims to give a concrete demonstration of the Group’s ability to design flexible solutions and system architectures and to provide ongoing support to its customers. Winning a new client or market does not end with the sale of a product or system: this is just the beginning. For this reason, it is necessary not only to provide high-tech solutions but, most importantly, to provide timely, customised and high-quality responses to clients’ needs. In an increasingly interconnected world, requirements for “whole life” systems and solutions are becoming ever more numerous. Satisfying this demand requires a long-term commitment, which Finmeccanica puts into practice by offering ongoing support in the service and upgrade of its products throughout their whole life.

The six areas displaying the products and integrated solutions created in response to the challenges of today's world are:

Air Systems: on display Finmeccanica’s cutting-edge technologies in military aircraft, unmanned aircraft, regional aircraft, helicopters and mission, avionics and communication systems.

• Large Systems: on display systems for air defence, protection of large systems and IT threats, border control, programme to digitalise the Italian armed forces and a turnkey airport system. Also in this area, there is a section dedicated to innovations, “Innovation for Large Systems”, showcasing a non-lethal deterrent system  and a radar system that “sees” through walls.
• Security & Defence: on display a wide spectrum of integrated solutions that ensure the security of infrastructure, the protection of borders and territory, and the protection and security of the public at large events and armed forces support, even under extreme conditions.
• Cyber Security: Finmeccanica’s solution to the complicated threats of cyberspace. Real-time monitoring, analysis and correlation of logical and physical information and events to prevent or promptly thwart any IT attack.
• Training & Support: Group companies’ most innovative solutions based on virtual reality for training, mission simulation, assisted maintenance of large, complex systems and the reproduction of aircraft and helicopter cockpits.
• Space: the Group has a long tradition of excellence in the three large areas of navigation, Earth observation and communications.

The stand includes an Integrated Capabilities Area offering demonstrations of the Group’s systems capabilities in three operating situations. These three current and plausible scenarios, represented by a video on a specific situation/action, provide visitors with a concrete example of the way in which Finmeccanica’s technologies provide solutions to real present-day situations.

Joint & Combined Defence Operations: this illustrates the Group's ability, as part of multinational military operations, to ensure the safety of the local population and foreign residents in a country that has to deal with terrorist groups.

Homeland Protection: this illustrates the Group’s ability to protect the land and sea borders of an area affected by migration flows and drug trafficking.

Securing Major Events: this illustrates the Finmeccanica Group’s ability to ensure the security of a large event, in this specific case the Olympic Games, which are subject to cyber and terrorist attacks.