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NATO’s New Command And Control Structure Takes Crucial Step

Gally Articola

Friday, June 7th, 2013

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The first element of NATO’s new Air Command and Control System (ACCS) was formally handed over to the NATO Communications and Information (NCI) Agency from contractor Air Command Systems International and delivered May 29 to its new home base Poggio Renatico, Italy. Air Command Systems International is a joint venture between Thales and Raytheon Systems [RTN], now working under a contract currently valued at approximately $2.8 billion. The arrival of the Deployable ARS (DARS) Quick Reaction Package in Poggio Renatico following successful tests in April with…

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