Ultra Intelligence & Communications (Ultra I&C) and Hanwha have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), marking a significant step towards enhancing global defense capabilities through innovative command and control (C2) architectures.
The collaboration focuses on integrating Ultra I&C’s premier C2 gateway – ADSI®, with Hanwha’s missile systems, specifically the K239 Chunmoo rocket launcher. This effort aims to create an integrated, interoperable and networked C2 architecture for the Five Eyes (FVEY) alliance and beyond, supporting the Combined Joint All Domain Command and Control (CJADC2) concept at the industry level.
“This partnership, and ultimately the incorporation of ADSI with the Chunmoo missile system, will enable unprecedented synergy among our global mission partners,” said Bradford Powell, president of Ultra I&C’s command, control, intelligence and encryption division. “We anticipate continuous innovation in our ongoing cooperative relationship with Hanwha, to help achieve the interoperability and adaptability required to compete in the era of great power competition.”
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“Hanwha and Ultra I&C’s collaboration demonstrates industry’s ability to come together to achieve greater, faster outcomes for our collective global security,” said Mike Smith, president and CEO of Hanwha Defense USA. “The threat environment has indeed become more complex where seamless joint interoperability across all domains is a must. Delivering transformational capability will spur new partnerships – like that between Hanwha and Ultra I&C – who can collectively accelerate the delivery of transformational capability to the warfighter.”
The MOU was formally signed during the AUSA Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., with key executives present, including Jon Rucker, Ultra I&C president and CEO; Mike Smith, Hanwha Defense USA president and CEO; Bradford Powell, president of Ultra I&C’s C2IE division; Chae Hoon, executive vice president of Precision Guided Munitions Business at Hanwha Aerospace; Chris Bishop, Ultra I&C’s chief growth officer; and Jimmy Yoon, strategy manager of Hanwha Defense Australia. This strategic alliance between Ultra I&C and Hanwha USA represents a significant step forward in advancing battlefield management systems and reinforcing global defense capabilities.
SOURCE: PRNewswire