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The first delivery is planned in July 2008.

LC2IS will provide the operational information services supporting the decision process at NATO land forces headquarters in the execution of their operational missions, collaborative working and administrative tasks. LC2IS will be deployed in the allied NATO headquarters and on theatres of operations where NATO forces are committed, to equip allied Land Component Commands and provide them with shared situational awareness, collaborative planning, and synchronised manoeuvre.

Fully integrated into the NATO Bi-Strategic Command Automated Information Systems (Bi-SC AIS) command and control infrastructure, LC2IS implements NATO interoperability standards in order to manage resources, automate reporting processes, and disseminate commander's intent between operational and tactical command and control systems deployed by allied forces throughout the theatre.
The LC2IS program is organized in 3 increments according to a spiral development process. The first increment will deliver in 2 steps an initial operational capability as soon as July 2008 and the final operational capability (FOC) will be fielded by May 2009.

Thales, lead systems integrator and C4I capability provider known for its proven references in Army C2IS for NATO members (including 4 of the 7 High Readiness Forces command posts) and framework nations, has been selected shortly after winning the competition for the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps to be armed by the British Army.

Pierre Suslenschi, VP of Thales Land & Joint Systems C²ISR systems Business Line declares : "We are pleased to be selected by the Alliance given its maturity in interoperability standards and long-standing experience in the deployment of large coalition forces . We are looking forward to deliver NATO commanders with an automated, network enabled information dominance solution to support them in the current operating environment and pave the way for battlespace digitisation."

About Thales
Thales is a leading international electronics and systems group, addressing defence, aerospace and security markets worldwide. Thales's leading-edge technology is supported by 22,000 R&D engineers who offer a capability unmatched in Europe to develop and deploy field-proven mission-critical information systems. To this end, the group's civil and military businesses develop in parallel and share a common base of technologies to serve a single objective: the security of people, property and nations. The group builds its growth on its unique multi-domestic strategy based on trusted partnerships with national customers and market players, while leveraging its global expertise to support local technology and industrial development. Thales employs 68,000 people in 50 countries with 2007 revenues of €12.3 billion.