ThalesRaytheon Wins 136 Million Euros NATO Deal

ThalesRaytheon Systems has won a €136 million deal from NATO’s Communications and Information (NCI) Agency to upgrade the alliance’s theater missile defense command and control capabilities, with completion by 2015.

This upgrade is aimed at bringing new capabilities to NATO’s Air Command and Control System (ACCS), the organization announced at Paris Air show recently.

The upgrade being undertaken by ThalesRaytheon will “strengthen and expand its existing theater missile defense command and control system, which allows the alliance to link national sensors and interceptors to defend against short and medium range ballistic missile threats.”

It will also see improvements to the capacity of NATO’s Air Command in Ramstein to plan and execute a missile defense battle.

“The execution of this contract will be a major technical milestone forward for NATO’s theater missile defense,” said Patrick Auroy, NATO’s assistant secretary general for defence investment.

Auroy said the contract was a major milestone in NATO’s ability to defend itself from missile attack.

“This contract links two of NATO’s largest common funded investment — air and missile defense — paving the way for an integrated approach. What is important now is timely execution,” he said further.