While company representatives were tight-lipped about the exact technical details of their offering, they explained that a flexible, software-based system would allow individual member-nations to connect their sensors to another nation’s command nodes.
The company will focus on “the development, production, and lifecycle support of loitering munitions and smart weapons for Spanish and European defence programmes,” EDGE said.
As part of the DoW’s acquisition transformation, streamlined processes must be extended to all companies in the defense industrial base.
Development of more novel weapon systems includes the second phase launch of the Tactical Advanced Laser Optical Systems (TALOS) project (TALOS-TWO), designed to support a long term target of developing 100 kilowatt-class laser weapons by 2030.
The companies said they aim to work together on cyber defenses and other “critical [defense] systems” to strengthen Europe’s defense industrial base.
Once Brussels joins the program, details about the role it will play at both a funding and an industrial level are expected to be shared.
Air, naval and space-based early warning projects are among the most high-profile efforts to receive funding.
Lightning Surge exercises are turning soldier feedback on NGC2 into operational software changes in days, not years.