ANAJ IHEDN CONFERENCE: Technological challenges and strategic breakthroughs, Challenges of Defence Industry 4.0
Jean Belin, holder of the Chair, will speak at the ANAJ conference:
«Iron Man in the 4th dimension
Technological challenges and strategic breakthroughs,
Challenges of Defence Industry 4.0
Emmanuel CHIVA
Deputy Director General Strategy and Development - AGUERIS
Chairman of the R&T - Innovation Committee, GICAT
Jean-Baptiste COLAS
Military Advisor, Innovation and Digital Transition, DGA
Jean BELIN
Holder of the Chair in Defence Economics
IHEDN endowment fund
Thursday 1er June 2017
7.30pm - 9pm
Des Vallières Amphitheatre
Military School
In the age of digitisation and the robotisation of the battlefield, terms such as humanoid robotics, exoskeletons, armed autonomous systems, artificial intelligence... have become commonplace in our lexicon.
The technological advances of recent decades are leading the defence community to rethink the ways in which the soldier of the future will act and be equipped, from doctrine - by understanding the challenges of cyberspace, for example - to mastering the use of innovative systems such as helmets equipped for augmented reality.
The remarkable development of technological innovation nevertheless raises a number of questions, in addition to those relating to the legal, ethical and social issues that need to be taken into account, the question arises of the place of defence companies in the innovation system.
We need to invest heavily in R&D and R&T, to develop and maintain critical skills, to boost the defence innovation system and to ensure industrial and capability consolidation.
Is the defence industry in the process of creating the’Iron Man battlefield 3.0? The process is underway...
