French Navy’s RIFAN IP Networking Moves to Phase 2

Encore…(click to view – Francais) France’s RIFAN Operation stage 1 (Réseau IP de la Force AeroNavale) equipped 46 ships and 6 nuclear attack submarines with an IP-based, broadband networking capability. Over the next 5 years, the EUR 240 million RIFAN stage 2 phase aims to roll the full framework out to the entire fleet: 116 ships, plus helicopters, and naval patrol aircraft. It will also set up up key back-end management capabilities. RIFAN is part of the French Marine’s overall Information and Combat System effort, and will be operated by DIRISI (Direction Interarmées des Réseaux d’Infrastructure et des Systèmes d’Information). It allows broadband information exchange between onboard business applications, is open to onboard staff information systems, and covers all levels of security from unclassified to NATO classified. The net effect is to create an intranet for the fleet. On the back end, RIFAN stage 2 will reportedly allow CMR (Capacité de Management de Réseau) supervision and management for the complete network of ships and aircraft from 2 land-based sites… Contracts & Key Events De Gaulle battlegroup(click to view – Francais) May 19/10: EADS announces that RIFAN Stage 2’s preliminary design phase is complete, and that prime contractor EADS Defence & […]