SELEX Sistemi Integrati
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SELEX Sistemi Integrati, a Finmeccanica
company, designs and develops Large Systems for Homeland Protection, systems and radar sensors for air defence, battlefield management, naval warfare, coastal and maritime surveillance, air traffic control and turn-key airport solutions.
The company has about 4,500 employees. Fifty years of experience in system integration
have created a customer base in no less than 150 countries.
In 1956, a new company, SINDEL, was set up with capital provided by Edison (hydroelectric and gas distribution). Several engineers and technicians from Microlambda moved to the company which was specialised in professional electronics.
In 1960, an international agreement led to the creation of Selenia – Associated Electronics Industries – whose shareholders were: 40% Finmeccanica, 40% Raytheon and 20% Edison. Over the years, the name Selenia would gain worldwide recognition for civil and military surveillance systems.
In 1990, Selenia merged with Aeritalia, an Italian leading company in the aerospace sector. The merger gave rise to Alenia, with more than 30,000 employees, dealing with aeronautics, radars, naval systems, missiles, space applications, aircraft engines, as well as systems for environmental protection.
Alenia grew rapidly both in size and potential, so much so that in the late 1990s it was split into two companies in order to focus on its core activities more effectively: Alenia Aerospazio specialising in the design and production of aircraft and space systems, and Alenia Difesa dealing with radars, missiles, naval systems, avionics, together with the company Otobreda.
Shortly afterwards, the Alenia Difesa management decided to set up an international alliance to deal more effectively with the fierce competition in the defence electronics sector and to expand into other more demanding markets.
The chosen partner was the British firm GEC-Marconi, and Alenia Marconi Systems (later AMS) came into being in 1999 with shareholding divided equally between Finmeccanica and GEC-Marconi. A few months later, Marconi was taken over by British Aerospace (BAe), a leading group in the aerospace and defence sectors. Following the merger with GEC-Marconi, British Aerospace took the new name of BAE Systems. The British company formed part of the joint venture with Finmeccanica until 2005, when the agreements expired and Finmeccanica acquired 100% of the Italian shares of Alenia Marconi Systems, including the activities from BAE Systems in Air Traffic Management (ATM) and Air Traffic Control (ATC) in the UK (former Air Traffic Management and Airport Systems Division) and the USA (former ASI Inc.). 2005 is, indeed, the birth date of SELEX Sistemi Integrati, a company occupying 3000 employees, and reaping the results of previous years efforts. SELEX Sistemi Integrati is then ready to define a new strategy: besides the reinforcement of its legacy business, naval and land sensors, the company is playing a leading part in the market positioning of its new mission: Large Systems integrator for Homeland Security and Defence. Within the Finmeccanica reorganisation concerning the Defense Electronics and Security domain, since 1st July 2010 the Defence, Logistics and Environment units previously belonging to Elsag Datamat have been transferred to SELEX Sistemi Integrati, together with Elsag's subsidiary Space Software Italia and the activities related to the PAR- Precision Approach Radar- radar systems for surface, land and naval applications, formerly owned by SELEX Galileo.
Large Systems for homeland security and territory protection, Civil Systems for airport and air traffic management, coastal and maritime surveillance, Defence Systems dealing with land,naval and air applications. All activities are supported by the design and production of radar, sensors and command and control systems and by an Integrated Logistic Support department.
To follow the large systems mission SELEX Sistemi Integrati can rely on and employ a wide range of its own technologies, products and competencies that also encompass the Finmeccanica Group companies’ones.
In the Naval Systems the company can rely on a fifty year experience, confirmed by more than 100 naval units equipped for 40 different customers worldwide.
SELEX Sistemi Integrati is at the forefront in the design, development and sale of integrated combat naval systems, combat management systems, command and control systems, fire control systems, radar and electro-optical sensors, simulation and training systems. SELEX Sistemi Integrati also realises support mission systems which include planning and mission systems, information management systems for the logistic process support and test and validation integrated systems.
Moreover, SELEX Sistemi Integrati’s capabilities find their natural application on the Battlefield and Air Defence fields through highly effective solutions in strategic and tactical terms. With the fixed (FADR) and deployable (DADR) version of RAT31DL, SELEX Sistemi Integrati is the main European supplier of 3D long-range radar into the NATO area.
The Large Systems, Civil Systems and Defence Systems activities are supported by an Integrated Logistic Support service provided by more than 400 specialists working all over the world also thanks to strong relationships with local partners.
Finmeccanica
Finmeccanica S.p.A. is an Italian conglomerate. Finmeccanica is the second largest industrial group and the largest of the hi-tech industrial groups based in Italy. It works in the fields of defence, aerospace, security, automation, transport and energy...
company, designs and develops Large Systems for Homeland Protection, systems and radar sensors for air defence, battlefield management, naval warfare, coastal and maritime surveillance, air traffic control and turn-key airport solutions.
The company has about 4,500 employees. Fifty years of experience in system integration
System integration
In engineering, system integration is the bringing together of the component subsystems into one system and ensuring that the subsystems function together as a system...
have created a customer base in no less than 150 countries.
History
In 1951, Finmeccanica and the US company Raytheon created Microlambda, operating in the field of applied electronics and producing radar systems under licence for land and naval applications. The site chosen was an industrial plant in Fusaro near Naples, which had already gained a reputation under the name of Silurificio Italiano, in the field of torpedo construction.In 1956, a new company, SINDEL, was set up with capital provided by Edison (hydroelectric and gas distribution). Several engineers and technicians from Microlambda moved to the company which was specialised in professional electronics.
In 1960, an international agreement led to the creation of Selenia – Associated Electronics Industries – whose shareholders were: 40% Finmeccanica, 40% Raytheon and 20% Edison. Over the years, the name Selenia would gain worldwide recognition for civil and military surveillance systems.
In 1990, Selenia merged with Aeritalia, an Italian leading company in the aerospace sector. The merger gave rise to Alenia, with more than 30,000 employees, dealing with aeronautics, radars, naval systems, missiles, space applications, aircraft engines, as well as systems for environmental protection.
Alenia grew rapidly both in size and potential, so much so that in the late 1990s it was split into two companies in order to focus on its core activities more effectively: Alenia Aerospazio specialising in the design and production of aircraft and space systems, and Alenia Difesa dealing with radars, missiles, naval systems, avionics, together with the company Otobreda.
Shortly afterwards, the Alenia Difesa management decided to set up an international alliance to deal more effectively with the fierce competition in the defence electronics sector and to expand into other more demanding markets.
The chosen partner was the British firm GEC-Marconi, and Alenia Marconi Systems (later AMS) came into being in 1999 with shareholding divided equally between Finmeccanica and GEC-Marconi. A few months later, Marconi was taken over by British Aerospace (BAe), a leading group in the aerospace and defence sectors. Following the merger with GEC-Marconi, British Aerospace took the new name of BAE Systems. The British company formed part of the joint venture with Finmeccanica until 2005, when the agreements expired and Finmeccanica acquired 100% of the Italian shares of Alenia Marconi Systems, including the activities from BAE Systems in Air Traffic Management (ATM) and Air Traffic Control (ATC) in the UK (former Air Traffic Management and Airport Systems Division) and the USA (former ASI Inc.). 2005 is, indeed, the birth date of SELEX Sistemi Integrati, a company occupying 3000 employees, and reaping the results of previous years efforts. SELEX Sistemi Integrati is then ready to define a new strategy: besides the reinforcement of its legacy business, naval and land sensors, the company is playing a leading part in the market positioning of its new mission: Large Systems integrator for Homeland Security and Defence. Within the Finmeccanica reorganisation concerning the Defense Electronics and Security domain, since 1st July 2010 the Defence, Logistics and Environment units previously belonging to Elsag Datamat have been transferred to SELEX Sistemi Integrati, together with Elsag's subsidiary Space Software Italia and the activities related to the PAR- Precision Approach Radar- radar systems for surface, land and naval applications, formerly owned by SELEX Galileo.
The plants
In Italy SELEX Sistemi Integrati is located in Rome, Fusaro (Naples), Giugliano (Naples), Nerviano (Milan), Genoa, La Spezia and Taranto. The company also has a strong international presence with its sites in the UK (SELEX Systems Integration Ltd and VEGA Consulting Services) for activities dedicated to defence and security, in Germany (SELEX Systems Integration GmbH) for weather radar systems, and in the US (SELEX Systems Integration Inc) for air navigation aids.Activities
SELEX Sistemi Integrati’s offer consists of three main sectors, which are complementary and synergic.Large Systems for homeland security and territory protection, Civil Systems for airport and air traffic management, coastal and maritime surveillance, Defence Systems dealing with land,naval and air applications. All activities are supported by the design and production of radar, sensors and command and control systems and by an Integrated Logistic Support department.
Large Systems
Within the Finmeccanica Group SELEX Sistemi Integrati is the Design Authority and Prime Contractor for the design, development, manufacture and sale of Large Systems for Homeland Protection, which includes solutions for homeland security and defence. Solutions for Homeland Security comprise protection of territory and environment, borders, people, institutions and national and critical infrastructures. In this sector the company also realises systems for major events and crisis management. Solutions for Homeland Defence are related to the design and realisation of net-centric architectures able to operate into an inter-force and interoperable context to reach the superiority of information.To follow the large systems mission SELEX Sistemi Integrati can rely on and employ a wide range of its own technologies, products and competencies that also encompass the Finmeccanica Group companies’ones.
Civil Systems
The domain of technologies and critical capabilities in the field of Large Systems allows the company to offer global solutions for Air Traffic Management, including turn key airport systems. From meteorological systems to ATC (Air Traffic Control) sensors, from ground stations to airspace traffic management, the company offers wide range solutions, proposing itself as an ideal technological partner for turn-key infrastructures, taking on the responsibility for the design, production, installation and setting up of a widespread range of operational configurations. The company also offers solutions for maritime and coastal surveillance with its Vessel Traffic Management System.Defence Systems
Defence systems are deployed in the naval, battlefield and air defence domain.In the Naval Systems the company can rely on a fifty year experience, confirmed by more than 100 naval units equipped for 40 different customers worldwide.
SELEX Sistemi Integrati is at the forefront in the design, development and sale of integrated combat naval systems, combat management systems, command and control systems, fire control systems, radar and electro-optical sensors, simulation and training systems. SELEX Sistemi Integrati also realises support mission systems which include planning and mission systems, information management systems for the logistic process support and test and validation integrated systems.
Moreover, SELEX Sistemi Integrati’s capabilities find their natural application on the Battlefield and Air Defence fields through highly effective solutions in strategic and tactical terms. With the fixed (FADR) and deployable (DADR) version of RAT31DL, SELEX Sistemi Integrati is the main European supplier of 3D long-range radar into the NATO area.
The Large Systems, Civil Systems and Defence Systems activities are supported by an Integrated Logistic Support service provided by more than 400 specialists working all over the world also thanks to strong relationships with local partners.