HENSOLDT in France: Cutting-edge electronic systems and services for defence and critical civil industries
In France, HENSOLDT forecasts an order intake of €120 million and employs 750 people across 12 industrial and proximity customer sites. HENSOLDT’s long-standing core expertise in France covers four areas: simulation and system integration, tactical communications and embedded cybersecurity, critical electronic equipment and services including maintenance.
HENSOLDT in France is made up of two legal entities, HENSOLDT Nexeya France and HENSOLDT France SAS, both members of the French DITB. HENSOLDT France SAS develops, installs and maintains secure data link solutions, cybersecurity solutions (embedded cryptographic computers) and IFF equipment. It is the only company in France to provide mode 5 cryptographic computers for the Dassault Rafale.
We provide our customers with concrete solutions to accelerate upstream phases and bring equipment and platforms to market successfully. Our products, designed and developed in France, also help to protect national interests, people, property and data. Our commitment to innovation has led to our involvement in European defence programmes such as rMCM, Eurodrone, ENGRT, PROTEAS and FMBTech.
Key figures
120
Mio. € order intake
750
Employees
12
Sites
An inspiring journey with specialists and technologies
HENSOLDT France SAS and HENSOLDT Nexeya France are key players in the defence, critical infrastructure and mobility platform sectors, with distinct but complementary histories.
HENSOLDT France SAS has a long legacy in the field of cryptography, starting with SECRE and Compagnie des Signaux. Then MATRA, SI, EADS, Cassidian and Airbus DS until the acquisition of the latter by HENSOLDT in 2018.
HENSOLDT Nexeya France, originally named Eurilogic, has grown through the successive acquisitions of a number of specialist companies, including ADAS, ISIS-MPP and Midi Ingénierie. In 2018, Eurologic becomes Nexeya. In 2019, the HENSOLDT Group acquired Nexeya France which is now renamed HENSOLDT Nexeya France.
Together, these entities embody cutting-edge and tailor-made technology, delivering French sovereign solutions to defence and critical civil applications.
HENSOLDT leadership in France
Pierre Landel
Pierre Landel is a graduate of ESCP Business School and Arts et Métiers ParisTech.
He started his professional career within the Saint-Gobain Group, where he held successive positions as plant director, Operations Director in the United Kingdom, Regional Industrial Director, and finally Director of Saint-Gobain Eurocoustic from 2014 to 2016. From 2016 to 2020, he joined Refood as Chief Executive Officer, overseeing the strategy of a major circular economy subsidiary across five sites. Since 2021, he has been working with Prospheres, a consulting firm specialised in business transformation, where he carried out seven assignments directly within organisations expressing a need for support.
Pierre Landel is an experienced executive specialising in crisis management and rapid business transformations, with over 20 years of experience in general management, operations, and multi-site leadership across industry, food processing, transport, construction, and services. He has also demonstrated international leadership in diverse countries including the United Kingdom, Turkey, Italy, and Brazil.
Since 17 November 2025, Pierre Landel is President of HENSOLDT Nexeya France.
Philippe Guibourg
Philippe Guibourg is a graduate of the French Institut des Hautes Etudes de Défense Nationale.
He started his professional career in MATRA Group in 1984 and has near 40-year experience in Aerospace and Defence industry. In 2008, he joined EADS Head Quarter in strategic functions. Before joining HENSOLDT, he was Deputy Head of Strategy of Airbus Group and became CEO of Airbus DS Electronics and Border Security SAS. He previously held various functions in MBDA, the missile systems subsidiary of Airbus, BAE Systems and Finmeccanica. In MBDA, he was successively Deputy Director of Air Defence Programme and Director of Product Strategy.
Following HENSOLDT group’s acquisition of NEXEYA France, the activities of HENSOLDT in France are structured into two Global Business Units – Philippe GUILBOURG became the Executive Vice-President of the GBU Defence and Security France on 1 October 2019, HENSOLDT France SAS being part of this GBU.
Since April 2018, Philippe GUILBOURG is President of HENSOLDT France SAS.