Facebook The European Commission signed a Grant Agreement to launch the LATACC project (Land Tactical Collaborative Combat) coordinated by Thales to improve the collaborative capabilities of European coalition forces.
The LATACC project brings together 34 industry players and research institutes (including core team members Thales, Rheinmetall, Leonardo, Indra, Saab, ISD and John Cockerill Defense) from 13 European countries. The project is financed by the European Commission with 49 million of funding from the European Defence Fund.
With the return of high-intensity conflict, the project aims to develop a solution that will optimise and accelerate allied decision-making and response in order to guarantee operational superiority on the battlefield.
Thales The LATACC project aims to enable the different land combat systems being developed by each Member State (such as the Scorpion programme in France, CAMO in Belgium, DLBO in Germany, BMS-ET in Spain, FNEC in Italy, Ledningsst dsystem Mark (LSS Mark) in Sweden, MIME in Norway ) to coordinate their actions in coalition with very short response times, while interfacing with other domains (air, space, cyber) as well as civil systems (5G, etc.).
The LATACC project, coordinated by Thales, is led by a team of experts with proven experience of complex land systems, and will benefit from the partners strong capacity for innovation in key areas such as cloud technologies, communications, sensors, integration of complex systems, robotics, effectors, AI and system resilience in constrained environments.
Over the next three years, the consortium of the LATACC project bringing together 34 industries will analyse the requirements of European users and conduct a series of studies to identify common operational scenarios, define interoperable open architectures that are compatible with current and future standards, and develop the key technological building bricks needed to produce advanced technology demonstrators.
Trials will be conducted under realistic operational conditions and during large-scale demonstrations to confirm the tactical benefits of land collaborative combat in European coalition operations.
A possible second phase of the LATACC project could develop additional functionalities and bring to maturity the key components developed in the first phase.
This initiative will define a European framework and tactical-level collaboration services to speed up innovation, enhancing interoperability between national programs as well as cooperations such as the future European tanks project, and will help to safeguard the sovereignty of European industry in the field of collaborative combat and the key technologies required to make the concept a reality.
LATACC is a good illustration of federation of a large number of industry players (major companies and SMEs), institutional partners (research institutes, etc.) and government agencies (European defence ministries) to tackle a complex topic with ground-breaking implications and strategic importance for the European defence community.
About LATACC
The project Land Tactical Collaborative Combat (LATACC) will improve armed forces'collaborative capabilities from Brigade command post down to combat vehicles, dismounted soldier, and unmanned assets in high intensity conflicts. LATACC enhances legacy systems, develops new technologies and integrates them into a common European framework.
The partners are:
THALES France (COORDINATOR), Spain, Belgium and Netherland
RHEINMETALL ELECTRONICS Germany and Norway
LEONARDO Italy
INDRA Spain
SAAB Sweden
ISD Greece
JOHN COCKERILL DEFENCE Belgium
MILREM Estonia
AIT Austria
BPTI Lithuania
TELEPLAN GLOBE Norway
TNO Netherlands
STAM Italy
SENER AEROESPACIAL Spain
CLAVISTER Sweden
MBDA Italy
HELSING Germany
BLACKNED Germany
ELETTRONICA Italy
NEXTER France
SAFRAN E&D France
GREEN COMMUNICATIONS France
TNS MARS France
EVIDEN Bull SAS France
LARIMART Italy
The consortium will also involve two subcontractors:
INTRACOM DEFENCE GreeceZMT Poland
Documents
20240117_PR_The Land Tactical Collaborative Combat (LATACC) project accelerates the introduction of collaborative combat by European coalition.pdf
Contact
Camille Heck, Thales, Media Relations Land & Naval Defence
33 (0)6 73 78 33 63 camille.heck@thalesgroup.com
Alice Pruvot, Head of Media Relations, Aeronautics & Defense
33 7 70 27 11 37 alice.pruvot@thalesgroup.com
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