Innovation at the heart of our strategy
An open and collaborative approach to innovation
Open innovation is at the core of our approach to innovation. Identifying strategic partners, forging new alliances and coming up with new ways of working together enables us to accelerate the integration of new technologies on board our ships.
Anticipating and accelerating
Our teams and partners are committed to serving our customers on a daily basis.
In an uncertain environment, where traditional threats are increasing and emerging threats are accelerating, Naval Group is pursuing an ambitious innovation strategy. The aim is to anticipate the challenges of naval defence and accelerate the scaling up of new operational capabilities, in line with our purpose: deliver power at sea.
Innovation is first and foremost a way of thinking, and one we apply in every domain. Both with our partners, through co-innovation and co-experimentation to accelerate the integration of solutions and with our customers, in order to satisfy and anticipate their needs.
Our six areas of innovation
To accelerate its innovation process, Naval Group focuses on three fundamental pillars: planned innovation, open innovation and disruptive innovation.
An agile approach – like our various laboratories and centres of excellence – which, combined with the recognised scientific expertise of our R&D teams, enables us to capture every promising conceptual design. Our ambition is to offer excellence in the field of naval defence. Naval Group has introduced innovation into its technological strategic plan, in six major areas:
- Smart naval force ;
- Invulnerable ship ;
- Smart ship ;
- Blue ship ;
- Smart availability ;
- Smart industry.
Key figures
250 R&D projects in progress
45 supervised doctoral students
21 innovation labs within the group
35 patents filed per year on average
130 leading partnerships
A multidisciplinary Scientific Council
The Scientific Council also actively promotes the group's scientific work by awarding its La Pérouse prize, rewarding the scientific value, originality and audacity of our researchers' work when it comes to innovation.
Naval Innovation Days: collaborative innovation
