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Towards a safer world

The Group pavilion showcases integrated technology and solutions for everyone’s security and safety

Today’s society faces an increasingly wide range of threats and risks. These are new, unexpected, and without boundaries. To anticipate, prevent and, when necessary, fight them, requires a combination of many different resources capable of working together as a system: a system of intents, policies, technology and solidarity.

There are very few companies who can offer, within their organisation, a group of minds capable of working together to offer convincing solutions to the constant, ancient and deeply human need for safety. Finmeccanica is one of them.

Behind its name, the symbol of different minds converging to achieve common goals, are over 76,000 people in 20 Countries, over € bil. 18 in revenue, constant innovation supported by major investments, three important domestic markets in Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States, and a rapidly expanding network of offices in the world’s emerging Countries.

This is the fruit of a clear, decisive strategy, and of an unflinching focus on how the needs of humankind, and the world itself are evolving.

In just a few years, Finmeccanica has positioned itself among the world leaders in the Aerospace and Defence and Security sectors.

What has made it an industrial leader is, above all, the quality of its products and services, the talents of its team, its truly multi-domestic and open-minded culture, its commitment to more sustainable development.

This is because Finmeccanica is firmly convinced that a lasting success is a shared path that creates value for all those who help chart it.

This is why “Towards a safer world” is not only about technology, but it is also a working philosophy aimed at contributing with solutions and processes towards global security and safety.

Lifetime Commitment

The Finmeccanica presence at the Farnborough International Air Show 2010 revolves around the theme of “Lifetime Commitment”. This indicates both a strategy and a pledge. The strategy reflects market evolution. The pledge is to set up a relationship with customers that goes beyond the listening and reaches the full understanding of their requirements.

Finmeccanica has a sophisticated technology portfolio, which includes not only individual platforms or solutions but also, and above all, the systemic ability to combine them into scenarios ranging from homeland security, to air, sea and land defence and surveillance, network-centric warfare, space services and infrastructures, protected communication networks, air traffic control and management, protection of boundaries and sensitive infrastructures.

However, these technologies and abilities are not enough on their own. Because the catalogue is so vast and sophisticated, it is accompanied by through-life capability management, a competitive factor that is increasingly making the difference.

This is because today’s most advanced products and systems will serve for very long periods. In turn, this means that being able to update them and increase their working life is a high priority. Constant improvements to sensors, mission systems or software are becoming an increasingly important business area for Finmeccanica, thanks above all to the gradual move towards the integrated use of its technologies, which become part of open, modular system architectures.

These must be “plug & play”, therefore able to incorporate new elements quickly and simply.

Aquiring a customer or a market is not something that ends with the sale of a product or system. In fact it is only the beginning of something that requires a Lifetime Commitment.

This new approach to the market must be based on an efficient, deep-rooted partnership with customers, making it possible to anticipate possible changesin their requirements, to develop together innovative, flexible solutions, at competitive prices, to ensure they will be effective and operational for the whole of their working life.

Finmeccanica believes firmly in its ability to provide a “lasting commitment”, which is one of its main strengths. A strength that translates into involvement in business results, tailored planning solutions, flexible and pragmatic culture, solid technical and financial support, highly professional, dedicated and motivated staff.