ACCS forms a unique integrated defensive shield to protect European citizens across their territory
Air surveillance & situation awareness
ACCS gives the Alliance members for the first time the ability to control the NATO airspace seamlessly from peace time air policing to regional crisis or full fletch conflict
Integrated ballistic missile defense
ACCS provides a consolidated Ballistic Missile Defense over theatres and NATO Europe territories
More than interoperability, full integration
ACCS provides a single fully integrated database operated by a single system for a native interoperability and efficient Air and Ballistic Missile Defence operations
ThalesRaytheonSystems designs and implements Air Command and Control System (ACCS) to achieve NATO’s Collective Defence against air and missile threats.
Headquartered in Massy France, ThalesRaytheonSystems is a Transatlantic joint venture between Raytheon of the USA and Thales of France. We are a defense technology company mobilising over 500 experts in the design, development and project management of one of NATO’s most ambitious programmes.
ACCS is an effective integrated air and missile defense system that provides for the first time NATO and NATO members a unified system to master their air and space sovereignty, and to protect their citizens.
Providing an immediate situational awareness between NATO members, ACCS allows to command and control air operations on the European territory or on distant theatres.