About
432 TECHNOLOGIES
Designing and manufacturing software and equipment for sea, air and land applications
Since 2022, 432 TECHNOLOGIES is located in the heart of the Basque Coast technology park.
We are :
- ESA Business Incubation – Centre Sud France, space technology related incubator alumni (2024-2025)
- UAM Plazza Accelerator 2024 programme alumni. This programme is lead by EIT Urban Mobility supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, a body of the European Union
- supported by the ESTIA ENTREPRENDRE incubator
- member of the AEROSPACE VALLEY cluster and
GENERATE accelerator - member of the French Tech network
We rely on more than 20 years of experience at the heart of the operational environment (sea-based airborne operations) and recognized technical and management skills in leading complex projects (aircraft systems & software prototype testing and their naval integration) make us the ideal choice.
We now design and manufacture our equipment and embedded software for sea, air and land applications.
Our aim is to make your decisions more efficient, to improve the control and safety of your operations and to facilitate your positioning.
- Partners
- Supporters
- Customers


SIREHNA
SIREHNA, a spin-off of the Centrale Nantes engineering school (1986), specialises in the dynamics of naval and aerospace platforms, maritime drones and maritime surveillance systems. Based in Nantes and Toulon, SIREHNA entered into a partnership with 432 TECHNOLOGIES in June 2023.
IZURDEA OFFSHORE CONSULTING
IZURDEA OFFSHORE CONSULTING is a company dedicated to the offshore engineering and technologies.
It has strong technical and managerial expertise in maritime operations, safety, design and installation of sub-sea cables and umbilical systems, heavy lifting systems and associated technologies.


ESTIA ENTREPRENDRE
The mission of ESTIA Entreprendre is to help create and develop innovative enterprises. ESTIA Entreprendre’s mission is therefore to support the founders of technological enterprises in the critical phase of their creation, so as to promote their integration into the economic landscape of Basque country.
AEROSPACE VALLEY
Leading European competitiveness cluster in aerospace sector. Aerospace Valley contributes to the development and competitiveness of its members through innovation by promoting collaborative research and development projects.


EIT Urban Mobility is supported by
the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union.
ESA – BUSINESS INCUBATOR CENTRE
The ESA BICs, Business Incubation Centres, aim to support innovative start-ups in the space sector. Start-ups are supported to develop their business and become commercially viable companies. Once the incubation is complete, they join the alumni network.
432 TECHNOLOGIES is supported by ESA BIC’s “SUD FRANCE” incubator since January 2024.
EIT – URBAN MOBILITY
EIT enable its community to speed up the transition to a decarbonised urban transport system through activities in four focus areas: match and connect, talent to business, innovations to market, and startups to scale.
432 TECHNOLOGIES is one of just six European companies selected for the 2024 UAM Plaza Accelerator programme.


COMMUNAUTÉ D’AGGLOMÉRATION PAYS BASQUE (CAPB)
The agglomeration of the Basque Country, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, is the fifth most populous intermunicipality in France (320 000+) and the largest in terms of surface area (110km long by 70km wide) and number of communes (158 cities).
Through its Economic Development Plan 2024-2030 policy, it supports emerging businesses in its territory, concentrating on productive, responsible and balanced economic development and placing the consideration of environmental, energy and social transitions at the heart of its actions.
FRENCH TECH – PAYS BASQUE
Cluster promoting and uniting the region’s innovation ecosystem.
4 priorities:
- Encourage internationalisation.
- Create visibility
- Create ecosystem synergies
- Develop innovative companies


BPI FRANCE
BPIFRANCE also known as the Banque publique d’investissement is a French public sector investment bank.
It is a joint venture of two state owned enterprises: the Caisse des dépôts et consignations and EPIC BPI-Groupe. It is directly supervised by the European Central Bank.
In particular, BPIFRANCE is responsible for supporting small and medium-sized enterprises, medium-sized enterprises and innovative enterprises in support of the public policies of the State and the Regions.
GENERATE BY GICAT
GENERATE is GICAT‘s innovation accelerator.
It enables French start-ups to understand and integrate the world of defence and security. The primary ambition of this label is to become a hub for exchanges in order to promote innovation within the land and air defence and security sector.
GICAT, is a trade association created in 1978, has more than 300 members; large groups, ETIs, SMEs and since the creation of its start-up accelerator GENERATE in 2017, 56 start-ups. Its members, French defence and security companies, cover a wide range of industrial, research, service and consulting activities for military and civilian, national and international components.

AIRBUS
Airbus Développement operates in all regions where the Airbus Group has a presence.
It delegates the task of revitalising industrial sites in France to institutional representatives.
Airbus Développement provide:
- financial support for innovative business projects that create jobs.
- expertise and operational support to entrepreneurs to help them develop their growth strategy and economic development.
Airbus Développement is the catalyst that enables companies to quickly find the right person within our group.


CAPGEMINI
CAPGEMINI, a French multinational IT, services and consulting company with worldwide activities and offices, was the prime contractor for the extension of a software package to support ship and helicopter operators.
The 432 TECHNOLOGIES teams provided the CAPGEMINI teams with their operational and technical expertise for this project, which was deployed on board ships and helicopters and integrated into the internal network of the end customer’s organisation.
SCC FRANCE (Specialist Computer Centres)
SCC France is a technology (hardware and software) and IT services company based in Nanterre and Aix-en-Provence. It is part of the UK-based SCC Group, one of the largest independent IT groups in Europe.
432 TECHNOLOGIES was able to apply its key skills in digital transformation, database creation and operational expertise to create the aeronautical databases for one of SCC France’s customers. This database is now successfully deployed and used daily by many VTOL aircraft.


SIREHNA
Created in 1986 as a spin-off of the Centrale Nantes engineering school, Sirehna has been a 100% subsidiary of NAVAL GROUP since 2012. It is specialised in marine hydrodynamics and dynamic positioning / navigation solutions for ships; landing solutions for marine, land or air vehicles and drones; offshore and coastal surveillance systems.
SIREHNA and 432 TECHNOLOGIES jointly develop decision support solutions to assist ship crew in their operational path finding.
MARINE NATIONALE
Maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the four military service branches of France, the French Navy is among the largest and most powerful naval forces in the world recognised as being a blue-water navy. The French Navy is capable of operating globally and conducting expeditionary missions, maintaining a significant overseas presence.
432 TECHNOLOGIES has provided and tested under real conditions solutions to optimise air and sea operations on board surface ships (connected systems), air fleet aircraft (stand alone systems) and the coastal surveillance and rescue semaphore chain (partially connected systems).

NAVAL GROUP
Naval Group is a major French industrial group specialising in the design, development and construction of naval defence equipment. It has 10 sites in France and offices, subsidiaries or joint ventures throughout the world.
432 TECHNOLOGIES worked with its Mission Systems division to implement one of its exclusive geopositioning solutions.


