Norway signs contract with Thales for secure communication system development

NDPD has signed a new contract with Thales for further development of XOmail, an efficient and fully secure communication system, in order to provide a secure information exchange service for all defence branches. The goal is to satisfy the need for a secure information exchange service that can be used on all levels in the armed forces; from the headquarters at the strategic level and all the way down to dismounted soldiers or vehicles at the battlefield level. The extended system will also provide interoperability within the Armed Forces (Joint, Land, Sea and Air) as well as interoperability with NATO and other allies. “Providing secure communication solutions is at the core of Thales’s competences which have been proven through decades. This is a major development contract and we are looking forward to enabling interoperability supporting effective communication, both within the Norwegian Armed Forces and towards allies”, says Glenn Pedersen, Thales’s Vice President in Norway.