
France’s defense procurement agency, DGA (Directiongénérale de l’armement), awarded an Airbus-led consortium a naval IT contract worth up to $170 million on Monday. The contract will last up to eight years and entails maintaining the current RIFAN 2.1 (Réseau IP de la Force Aéronavale étape 2) IP (Internet Protocol) network used by French naval forces, adapting it to Navy needs over the contract period, integrating it into new ships, and remedying hardware and software obsolescence. Airbus is leading a consortium that…