Creating a Connected Battlefield: Giving Canadian Armed Forces the Digital Edge

Thales’ COBALT Mission Backbone is an interconnected system of systems designed to meet the Canadian Armed Forces’ ambitious mission needs – now and into the future. Embodying innovation and collaboration, COBALT combines the best solutions from Thales and Canadian small- and medium-sized businesses to enable faster, better choices in decisive moments across the full spectrum of joint, pan-domain operations. Neil Marshall, a career signals officer with the Canadian Army, shares his passion for enabling the Canadian Armed Forces with advanced C4ISR capabilities and discusses how COBALT can serve as the backbone of the digital pivot the Canadian Army is seeking to make.