archTIS Ltd (ASX:AR9) has entered a partnership with Thales Australia, Microsoft, and Australian SMEs Myriad Technologies and FortifyEdge to launch Nexium Defence Cloud Edge (NDC Edge).
The solution provides a secure tactical cloud computing capability at the edge of the battlespace and includes archTIS’ Kojensi platform to provide Australian Sovereign technology for highly secure sensitive/classified information collaboration and sharing.
archTIS CEO and managing director Daniel Lai said: “archTIS is committed to providing innovative, ready to deploy solutions that are accredited to safeguard sensitive and classified information access and sharing.
“We are excited to partner with Thales as part of the Nexium Cloud EDGE solution to bring secure, compartmentalised collaboration anywhere—from the war room to the tactical edge.”
Analysis and distribution of data in real-time
Developed in Australia for the Australian Defence Force, NDC Edge delivers a sovereign capability, built on Microsoft Azure Stack technology, that is designed to be compatible with Five Eyes nations, as well as humanitarian aid and civilian applications.
The theatre level NDC Edge enables the analysis and distribution of data in real-time, accelerating the decision-making cycle to gain and maintain operational tempo.
NDC Edge takes this capability from the Strategic Headquarters level to the Tactical Edge, to the dismounted warfighter and the edge of the battlespace.
This secure tactical Warfighting Cloud that gives deployed forces access to the right information at the right time is crucial to enable rapid and informed decisions.
Supporting the Australian Defence Industry
Lai added: “As an Australian company we are proud to deliver innovative, sovereign technology solutions to support the Australian Defence Industry.
“We look forward working with Thales to provide solutions to tackle the global Defence Industry’s unique information security challenges with highly secure information access and sharing to support Defence agency and supply chain collaboration worldwide.”
Modular and sovereign solution
NDC Edge incorporates some of the best civil and commercial technologies available to provide a complete, modular, sovereign solution that enables forces to operate autonomously in the theatre of operations.
It offers a wide array of possible configurations, from very high-capacity and easily scalable infrastructure to all-in-one containerised systems that can establish a headquarters as a cloud node rapidly, and link it to deployed forces quickly and securely.
This capability enables deployed forces to securely share critical information across domains, multinational coalitions and other agencies to allow a shared common operating picture.