
NATO’s Communications and Information (NCI) Agency yesterday said it signed with ThalesRaytheonSystems an approximately $179.9 million contract for a significant upgrade to the alliance’s current theater missile defense (TMD) command and control (C2) capability. Bringing new capabilities to NATO’s Air Command and Control System (ACCS), the upgrade will strengthen and expand NATO’s existing TMD C2 system, which allows the Alliance to link national sensors and interceptors to defend against short and medium range ballistic missile threats. The upgrade also improves…