Pyrotechnic integrations for defense and aerospace purposes. LACROIX is the Defense Division of Etienne Lacroix Group, and provides a complete offer of self-protection and training systems and devices for air, land and sea applications to French as well as foreign Armed Forces. Its activities are vertically integrated and span all aspects- from product design to manufacture, including supply and support for Navy, Air and Land Forces. The R&D Department boasts over a hundred highly qualified engineers and technicians to design the most effective and reliable, state of the art and safe countermeasure cartridges and self-protection systems. • In the naval field, LACROIX provides innovative and uniquely effective decoy solutions, including cutting-edge technologies and pyrotechnic applications of AAW and ASW for warship self-protection; • In the airborne countermeasures field, Lacroix is the world leader in the design, development and manufacture of advanced expendable countermeasures to defeat guided missile threats; • In the land field, Lacroix is a leading manufacturer of vehicle survivability systems & ammunition, and further provides live training & simulation pyrotechnic products, ensuring realistic combat training and capabilities.