Cobalt: Integrated Capabilities Powering Command and Control Modernization for Canada
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Cobalt empowers Canada’s Army through the integration of connectivity, cloud infrastructure, digital platforms, applications, sensors, and effectors. This comprehensive framework improves real-time decision-making by seamlessly linking capabilities across domains to advance situational awareness, interoperability, and mission effectiveness.
Data-Driven Command & Control for Modern Operations
Today’s defence landscape is defined by complexity, uncertainty, and rapidly evolving threats. In this environment, operational agility is essential, and mission success depends on the seamless exchange of information across domains.
Cobalt streamlines this flow of mission-critical data to ensure that the right insights reach decision-makers at the right time. Developed by Canadian industry for the Canadian Army, this comprehensive suite of integrated capabilities is designed to modernize defence operations and empower data-driven decision making across land, air, and joint domains – simplifying complex command and control and delivering a decisive operational advantage where and when it matters most.
Streamlined Integration. Faster Capability Deployment.
Legacy defence systems often depend heavily on manual processes and struggle to keep pace with rapid technological advancements. Integrating new sensors, communication tools, and processing capabilities can be costly and time-consuming –hindering operational responsiveness.
With Thales, Canada’s Armed Forces benefit from a collaborative and adaptive approach. Cobalt simplifies integration and improves interoperability, enabling faster deployment of new technologies while minimizing operational disruption and total cost of ownership.
Cobalt is designed to support key operational priorities for the Canadian Army’s modernization of:
- Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance
- Joint Fires
- Tactical Communications
- Tactical Command & Control Information Systems
- Joint Deployable HQ and Signal Regiment
- Land Electronic Warfare
Cobalt: Integrated Capabilities Powering Command and Control Modernization for Canada
Our Approach: Open, Agile, and Sovereign
Cobalt adopts open architecture powered by innovative technologies to deliver adaptable capabilities that evolve with mission needs. Its agile design enables rapid deployment and seamless integration of third-party solutions, futureproofing the platform while ensuring alignment with both tactical operations and strategic command structures.
Through partnerships with leading Canadian technology firms and Small and medium-sized businesses – and a commitment to ongoing innovation – Thales is continuously advancing the capabilities of Cobalt with emerging technologies that improve decision-making, interoperability, and operational scalability.
Explore the Four Capability Pillars of Cobalt:
