{"id":30865,"date":"2018-11-27T17:05:55","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T17:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/11\/27\/vendors-showcase-defense-tech-for-frances-new-innovation-agency\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:36:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:36:49","slug":"vendors-showcase-defense-tech-for-frances-new-innovation-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/2018\/11\/27\/vendors-showcase-defense-tech-for-frances-new-innovation-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"Vendors showcase defense tech for France\u2019s new innovation agency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

PARIS \u2014 The first Forum for Innovation in Defense opened its doors for three days in Paris on Nov. 22 to exhibit 160 innovations with defense and civil applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event was the first showcase for the new French Agency for Innovation in Defense, headed by Emmanuel Chiva. The agency is part of the DGA procurement arm but has its own \u20ac1.2 billion ($1.86 billion) budget to detect innovative ideas and accelerate their transfer into the defense ministry. Created on Sept. 1, 2018, the outfit will be fully operational by Jan. 1, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The projects on display were grouped into seven sectors: Tomorrow\u2019s spy; Tomorrow\u2019s war; Innovating for every day; Towards the invisibility cape; Innovating for the human; Beyond the horizon and the Defense Innovation Agency. They ranged from a bionic leg to a wearable air-bag, from an invisibility cape to the automatic analysis of images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the slew of innovations, here are five noteworthy technologies:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 100-year old, family-held company Proteor won the event competition with its version of a bionic leg<\/b>. Eric Archambeaud, the company\u2019s industrial director, called the prosthetic system \u201cdisruptive\u201d in a brief interview with Defense News. \u201cThere is no equivalent in the world because it allows above-the-knee amputees to have a knee, feet and ankles which, for the first time, are all integrated.\u201d The system, almost ready to market, is powered by batteries which last a week, rechargeable with a USB plug.<\/p>\n\n\n\t