News item | 18-06-2025 | 11:08
KPN and Thales will work together with a sovereign cloud. Under the watchful eye of State Secretary Gijs Tuinman, both parties recorded this in an agreement. That happened yesterday at the 55th edition of the international Paris Air Show. Tuinman was pleased with. “Sun cloud Is of great added value for defense. This makes the data of the armed forces better protected. “
The State Secretary called the digital transformation more important than ever. He also complimented the companies that protrude a helping hand to Defense. “A scalable armed forces can only be realized through cooperation with the business community. Because you have the knowledge and innovative capacity we need for our readiness,” he said in Paris.
Gardener himself signed an agreement with the United States in the field of research, development, technology and evaluation in terms of military equipment. This so -called memorandum provides for the great need for cooperation between the countries. The agreement applies to both the aerial and maritime domain.
On the way to interchangeable and interoperable solutions
In recent years, numerous project proposals have been made by Defense and Knowledge Institutes. The agreement signed in Paris makes it possible to put those proposals into practice now. This includes joint testing and evaluation of prototypes. Possibly with the help of industry and with the exchange of staff from both countries. All this with the aim of achieving new, interchangeable and interoperable solutions together.
Currently there is already cooperation in the field of research and development. For example, experts are working on so -called Data Exchange Agreements (Dea’s). This means that you can exchange data and information on a certain subject.
Amraam-1220C rocket
Around the moment of drawing, the Americans talked about a joint production of the Amraam-120C rocket. These use aircraft, among other things, to bring down enemy aircraft in the air.
The event in Paris lasts until 22 June.