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French Navy’s RIFAN Step 2 IP Broadband Networking Capability Qualified by DGA.
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An
Atlantique 2 MPA flies over the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier, an
Horizon class air defense destroyer and a D'Estienne d'Orves-class aviso/patrol
vessel. Picture: French Navy |
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RIFAN is currently
deployed on 50 ships representing over 15 classes of vessels, including
all of the first rank frigates, submarines and the aircraft carrier
Charles de Gaulle. Ultimately, RIFAN Step 2 will be fitted
on board 65 vessels of the French Navy. These communications services are based on an "IP" network infrastructure consisting of routes and backbones covering all levels of information sensitivity, from unprotected level to NATO secret level. Moreover, they are also based on the transmission means already present aboard vessels and on V/UHF means made available by RIFAN step 2. |
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Ultimately,
RIFAN Step 2 will be fitted on board 65 vessels of the French Navy. Picture:
EADS |
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RIFAN step 2 system
also has the function to provide a network management capacity, which
allows for two centers ashore to supervise and administer all RIFAN
step 2 networks aboard vessels at sea. This qualification materializes the efforts initiated since 2012 by the RIFAN 2 program team conducted by the DGA in conjunction with the General Staff of the Navy, Joint Directorate of infrastructure networks and defense information systems, service support of the fleet, and the crews of the involved vessels. The main contractors for RIFAN 2 are Defence & Space Airbus companies DCNS and Rohde & Schwarz. |
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