CNES AWARDS FIRST SME LABELS
Accredited products or services must have proven their effectiveness—for example, at least one product in the range must have matured to a technology readiness level (TRL) of at least 6—and have business development potential. Some 40% of key space suppliers are SMEs, who play a vital role alongside big firms within the French industry base through their cutting-edge expertise, their impressive ability to innovate and their great agility.
The CNES-SME label scheme initiated at the start of this year is overseen by an inter-directorate accreditation committee led by the agency’s Procurement, Sales & Legal Affairs Directorate (DAJ), and by the cognizant technical departments within its other directorates. Activities submitted for accreditation are evaluated according to a range of criteria, chiefly their excellence in developing a type of product or their expertise related to a specific service.
After the first two meetings of its accreditation committee, CNES has awarded the first SME labels to the following companies:
⦁ AGENIUM SPACE (Onboard artificial intelligence)
⦁ ANYWAVES (Miniature and high-performance antennas for satellite constellations)
⦁ CEDRAT TECHNOLOGIES (Piezoelectric and electromagnetic space mechanisms)
⦁ DACTEM DEVELOPPEMENT (Electrical ground support equipment)
⦁ DACTEM DEVELOPPEMENT (Qualification of 1553 communication bus interfaces)
⦁ ELEMCA (Tests, analyses & expertise)
⦁ EREMS (Onboard space electronics)
⦁ HEMERIA (30-kg-class smallsat provider)
⦁ HEMERIA (Harness for satellites and launchers)
⦁ HENSOLDT SPACE CONSULTING (Product assurance)
⦁ MAGELLIUM (Earth-observation algorithms)
⦁ MAGELLIUM (Vision-based location for space robotics)
⦁ MAP (Coatings for satellites and launchers)
⦁ MECANO I.D. (Mechanical and structural expertise)
⦁ MECANO I.D. (Mechanical and thermal subsystems)
⦁ SAP MICROMECANIQUE (High-dimensional-accuracy products)
⦁ SEREME (Ground test facilities for satellites and launchers)
⦁ STEEL ELECTRONIQUE (Space electronics equipment)
More info on : https://entreprises.cnes.fr/en/cnes-sme-label
CONTACTS
Pascale Bresson Press Officer Tel. +33 (0)1 44 76 75 39 pascale.bresson@cnes.fr
Raphaël Sart Head of Media Tel. +33 (0)1 44 76 74 51 raphael.sart@cnes.fr