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Systematic contributed industry insight to RUSI research examining how the UK can connect sensors, decision-makers and weapons systems to deliver an integrated Digital Targeting Web.

Founder and Chairman Michael Holm and Mark Gainsford, Vice President of Business Development for Asia Pacific, joined the Australian Defence Magazine podcast to discuss the future of command and control (C2), interoperability and agentic AI in defence.

The recent drone attacks on two commercial vessels off Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast highlight the challenge of turning threat detection into effective action. Former Royal Navy officer and Systematic Senior Manager PJ Wills explores this in an opinion piece for Navy Lookout.

Rapporteur has reported on Denmark’s plans to strengthen its counter-drone capabilities with AI-supported command and control.

Systematic has developed a new planning module for mine countermeasures (MCM) in SitaWare Maritime, transforming the ability to quickly task MCM vessels (MCMVs) and significantly enhancing situational awareness for navies.

Systematic's battle management software will help the Australian Army modernise its C2 capabilities and meet allied interoperability and data sovereignty requirements

A fortnight on from the NATO Summit in Ankara, and I have been reflecting on what stood out most for me. The Summit Declaration sets the right direction: an interoperable warfighting cloud, powerful AI models, a stronger Europe within a stronger NATO. But every one of those ambitions rest on a single, less headline-grabbing capability, Allies need to be able to operate together - interoperability. And it is the one commitment in the declaration that is not a promise but a proven fact.

New updates to SitaWare Headquarters will transform military briefings for commanders, with presenters now able to deliver interactive briefings for their leaders directly from the Battle Management System (BMS).

Modern targeting has to do three things: sit inside the C2 platform, connect every source of new targets to the staff workflow and give staff a clear view of the entire pipeline. The latest SitaWare release delivers all three, bringing target nomination to the point of observation and closing the loop between observer and command post.

From data challenges to domain expertise, Systematic is building the agentic AI capabilities that tomorrow's militaries will depend on

Why the counter-drone revolution is fundamentally a command and control problem

Connecting headquarters is not enough, real interoperability must reach the soldier in the field

National and alliance defence places new demands on armed forces and industry alike. What has largely been left unasked is the question of digital resilience. What happens to the systems that armed forces depend on for command, situational awareness and communication when the industry partner itself comes under pressure?

Operation Epic Fury and the war in Ukraine offer four lessons about the future of command and control — but not all of them point in the same direction.

The conflict with Iran has shown that resilience in the Gulf no longer rests on mass, but on integration across military, civilian and commercial domains. Modern command and control must be multi-domain, interoperable and ready to operate across national boundaries from day one.

Systematic founder Michael Holm shares why the best command and control systems are built around real user needs, operational experience, and true data sovereignty