UK taps Nokia and C3IA for defense communications modernization

British defense company C3IA and Nokia's Defense unit have partnered to support the UK Ministry of Defence's communications modernization. The collaboration will cover tactical communications, command and control, sensors, autonomous systems, and edge computing.

• Partnership supports the UK's Tactical Communication Systems program
• Focus includes tactical comms, C2, sensors, and autonomous systems
• C3IA is a 20-year-old British cybersecurity and systems engineering firm
• Nokia Defense is led by Mikko Viitaniemi