CDW and Viasat to upgrade IT systems for combat-ready ARRC
Companies team up in Project Lelantos for improved command, control and communications
The UK MoD on 23 November announced funding for a two-year digital transformation of the NATO Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) HQ in Gloucester.
This announcement came three days after the ARRC was declared ‘combat ready’ by NATO (pictured) after passing an evaluation.
IT solutions specialist CDW and communications network provider Viasat will partner with the MoD in delivering the Lelantos C3 programme.
The programme will focus on upgrading IT systems at ARRC HQ, by developing integrated systems to make the facility more survivable, manoeuvrable, and deployable.
Lelantos also seeks to empower ARRC HQ with ‘superior decision-making, cross-domain integration and fast manoeuvre/survivability in adversarial conflicts’, Viasat UK and CDW UK explained in an announcement last month.
The two companies will engage with the ARRC, MoD and other industry partners to use agile development processes to trial new and innovative capabilities in the land C3 domain.
One objective is to develop an experimentation hub for secure wireless military networks using enhanced battlefield C2 capabilities.
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