The DCNS research teams have moved to the recently opened marine renewables and shipbuilding innovation centre Technocampus Ocean located in Bouguenais, on the outskirts of Nantes, France.
According to DCNS, the move represents a step forward in its efforts to make innovation a driving force for its development, in France and internationally.
Within Technocampus Ocean, DCNS will conduct collaborative studies, as well as its own studies, with its teams focused on hydrodynamics, materials, structures, acoustic discretion, electromagnetism, and algorithms research.
Andréas Loewenstein , Executive Vice President for Strategy, Partnerships and Innovation at DCNS, said: “This concentration of resources combined with the colocalisation of a dozen or so other industrial, academic and research actors will foster research opportunities and synergies – a major advantage for accelerating DCNS’s development on the international stage.”
DCNS has also launched the innovations workshop aimed at fostering the emergence of new and inventive ideas and boosting their development in order to rapidly take them to a level that allows their integration into its offers and programmes, DCNS’ press release reads.
To remind, Technocampus Ocean was opened on October 15 this year, and the centre is expected to host numerous players from the marine sector with the aim to boost collaborative R&D projects.
DCNS Group is a French-based company focused on inventing high-technology solutions to sustainably secure the sea and develop its potential.
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