ThalesRaytheonSystems is providing the French Air Force with key components of the SCCOA program. This program provides highly automated global management capability for air operations, both within mainland France and in overseas operational theatres, based on a unified air operations command centre with high speed data links and a high degree of interoperability with French and foreign armed forces.

The fixed structure is formed by 4 Detection and Control Centers, which are part of STRIDA, the air defense data processing and display system.

The C3M is the mobile command and control system of SCCOA. It is designed to meet the technical and operational requirements of the air component in response to NATO Response Force (NRF) alerts. It is NATO certified NRF5 (2005), NRF12 (2009) and is U.S./NATOinteroperable.

TACTICAL SCCOA (MARTHA) is the French Army’s air defense C4I system for management of the 3rd dimension (strategic asset and/or battlefield area protection). The system merges the C2 situation for low, medium and high altitude planning & tasking from the Air Force for delegation to the Army. The system offers command, coordination and optimization of the firing of all types of anti-air weapon systems; direct control of all parties (friends & foe) intervening in 3rd dimension; and planning, tasking and execution of all low-altitude missions.

Glossary:
SCCOA - Système de Commandement et de Conduite des OpérationsAériennes
MARTHA - Maillage Antiaérien des Radars Tactiques pour la lutte contre les Hélicoptères et les Aéronefs à voilure fixe
STRIDA - Système de Traitement et de Représentation des Informations de Défense Aérienne
C3M V1 - Centre de Commandement et de Contrôle Mobile Version 1