Jehan-Christophe Charles
Int ' l Business Development Manager CS Group
Mr . Charles is a retired Captain of French Navy . He was a specialist of Above Water Warfare , Electronic Warfare , Tactical Data Links and NATO Doctrine . He was happy to be Commanding Officer of French Navy Ship twice . Since 2009 , during 10 years , he conducted a civilian career in parallel with an operational activity in French Navy Reserve . Between 2009 and 2013 , he had his own consulting company . Since 2019 , he is fully dedicated to CS GROUP . He joined this company in 2013 , as maritime domain consultant , and , moved to international development 4 years ago . Mr . Charles is married , father of three and grand-father of 2 boys . He his Knight of “ Légion d ’ Honneur ”, officer of “ Ordre National du Mérite ” and was awarded “ Croix du Combattant ”.
" Maritime surveillance : the deep change brought by HF surface wave radars in maritime surveillance "
Maritime wide spaces , used by a large variety of assets , are difficult to survey efficiently . Usual naval means , ships , aircraft , even satellites , can ’ t bring large area surveillance and permanence . With HF surface wave radar , it is now possible to have a permanent coverage of EEZ . CS GROUP is proposing this kind of solution with its radar OTH 200 . Combined with powerful Command & Control software , data fusion , AI data treatment , UAV and USV , it is possible to have a dreamlike Maritime Situation Awareness 24 / 7 .