Thales wins C3 contract to upgrade French military comms

A Central African gendarmerie officer and a French soldier of the Sangaris military operation discuss before patrolling together for the first time in the streets of Bangui on Febuary 8, 2014. France’s 1,600 troops and the African Union’s contingent of more than 5,000 have so far been unable to stem the sectarian violence which has displaced around a quarter of the population. AFP PHOTO/ ISSOUF SANOGO (Photo credit should read ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP/Getty Images)

Thales has won a contract to upgrade French military communications.

Under the SIA C2 contract, awarded by France’s DGA defense procurement agency, Thales “will replace the Army and Navy’s legacy command information systems with a single harmonized system to meet the growing need for force interoperability,” according to a company news release.

“Over the next two years, SIA C2 will transform the command information systems of France’s land and naval forces by combining them into a new-generation system,” Thales said. “SIA C2 will facilitate information exchange at all levels by delivering a set of common tools for joint forces operations, while meeting all the specific requirements of land forces command.”