Strategic Command for Integrated Forces

Enabling an integrated force for Strategic Command

We’re living in a world where peace is built on fragile foundations. Tensions are rising in multiple regions; destabilising behaviour is creating disorder and division.

Against this complex and uncertain backdrop, it’s never been more important to commit to an integrated approach. To bring people together with the tools to be agile, efficient and collaborative, no matter where they’re deployed.

We’re a technology leader in each of the five operational domains: air, land, maritime, space and cyber. We collaborate with partners to enable an integrated force for strategic advantage, driving innovation in connectivity, data and trust.

Assuring connectivity for timely, effective decisions

Secure collaboration between commanders and operational forces is an essential part of any deployment. We’re world leaders in sensors, systems, and connectivity, bringing together information and cloud services for an agile response under threat.

Strategic connectivity anywhere, any time

In a fast-changing and fiercely competitive battlespace, personnel need timely access to critical data to make informed decisions in seconds. With our secure digital satellite communications systems and access terminals we’re eliminating all shadow zones and bridging the digital divide to ensure reliable long-range connectivity anywhere in the world.

Tactical services built for battle

Keep teams in touch, even in the most challenging situations. As a world leader for tactical radios and on board communication solutions for land, air and naval forces, we’re driving the future of software-defined military connectivity. Our advanced portfolio of radios and waveforms includes SYNAPS, the world’s first military radio designed for collaborative combat.

Technology to exploit the information advantage

The digital age is bringing new challenges, and information advantage has become an essential component of military dominance. Our solutions put the best of civilian cloud technologies at the service of military users, hardened to give them a critical advantage. Even in contested environments, personnel can use the latest, secure data to confirm, decide and act autonomously with speed and agility.

Harnessing data for deeper insights

Timely, shared data and insights help accelerate decision-making and deliver synchronised or sequenced effects. We harness the best of defence and commercial technologies to enable ‘access anywhere’ insights for the digital age.

Bring intelligence together in a single secure environment

Collect and validate data. Collaborate between different departments. Analyse and merge information to generate fresh, combined insights. We can offer you our established expertise, market-leading solutions, and a global perspective that covers all technical and organisational aspects of intelligence.

Maintain military advantage with accurate data

You need to make sure that military aircraft, ships and vehicles keep up to date with mission data. This includes the latest information on the operating environment and intelligence on likely threats, tailored to support the mission. We have the technology, skills and experience to work in partnership with you from end to end throughout this vital chain.

Cut through the complexity with AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can help you process more data, faster, spotting patterns and making predictions for what’s next. By integrating human-centric and trustworthy AI across our products and services, and working with an ecosystem of partners to solve unique and complex problems, we help you move at machine speed in the moments that matter.

Mastering the cyber and electromagnetic environments

The detection, control and disruption of threatening activities in the cyber and electromagnetic (EM) domain has become a critical element of modern warfare. We help protect military assets and users by interpreting and actively neutralising threats.

60 years’ electronic warfare (EW) experience across communications and radar
Protecting populations and territories in 50+ countries
Number one European provider of advanced sensors and mission systems
Innovation and manufacturing in France and the UK
Installed global base includes 40 navies, armies and air forces

Stay aware of threats

Tactical and strategic decisions rely on understanding and controlling the cyber and electromagnetic environment. But unprecedented growth in access points, connected systems and transmissions across the spectrum means bandwidth and traditional equipment can struggle to detect threats.
With our Cyber and EW expertise and advanced digital technology, you can gain a field-proven advantage for cyber and electronic surveillance, intelligence and self-protection.

Be resilient under pressure

Military forces have to deal with increasingly complex cyber and electromagnetic operational environments. And while they will be well prepared at the time of deployment, they need the tools to respond quickly to changing or unexpected threats.
Our technology supports mission success by giving military commanders the capabilities to assess initial threats and choose the right response from a range of options.

Assert your advantage

In order to achieve operational success, you need a decisive advantage to overmatch your adversary. Use our technology and expertise to detect and counter cyber and electromagnetic effects, keeping your signals protected and threats neutralised. So you can operate securely within complex networks and across the electromagnetic spectrum.

Building trust in products and partnerships

Enduring relationships are built on trust. That’s why we work with partners, allies and NATO to deliver the secure-by-design operational capabilities essential for collaboration. As the world becomes more connected, we make it more secure.

Strengthen digital trust

To maintain trust in a future Integrated Force, militaries need to understand how allies and adversaries will engage with emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), the connected Internet of Things (IoT), autonomy and big data. By mapping the trajectory of technological and digital change across multiple markets we have insights to anticipate what’s coming next.

We have invested in our future-proof, resilient communication products and services, and combined with our cybersecurity consulting capability, you can be confident that your security risks are managed and controlled.

Secure digital identity

For military organisations operating as an Integrated Force, it’s essential that you can verify the identities of people and things, grant access to secure shared digital services, analyse vast quantities of secure information, and encrypt data.

We’re already doing this for 30,000 organisations, including businesses and governments. Our identity management and data protection technologies help banks exchange funds; people cross borders; energy become smarter and more.

Collaborating for success

We achieve even greater things when we work together. By partnering with a trusted ecosystem of commercial organisations, industry experts and academic institutions, we pool the expertise and experience we need to create ground-breaking innovative solutions.

Space Alliance

The Space Alliance is a global partnership between Thales and Leonardo which brings together leading space technology companies Thales Alenia Space (a joint venture between Thales, 67%, and Leonardo, 33%) and Telespazio (a joint venture between Leonardo, 67%, and Thales, 33%). It collectively employs over 11,000 people worldwide, and is investing in space industry growth in the UK.

Athea

Athea is a joint venture created in 2021 by Thales and Atos. It delivers a sovereign big data and artificial intelligence platform for public and private sector players in the defence, intelligence and internal state security communities. Athea works collaboratively across industry and research institutes to develop secure solutions that can handle sensitive data on a grand scale.

Team NOVUS

Team NOVUS is a collaboration including Leonardo, BAE Systems, MASS, Meta Mission Data, Sigma, PA Consulting and Thales. It was created in response to the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) vision for providing world class mission data to all current and future UK Defence Land, Air, Maritime and Space platforms.

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