Ukraine 'shows off' successful integration of combat systems into NATO network, discusses with US 'bridge' leading to alliance

On July 2nd, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense announced that its DELTA combat control system had been successfully integrated into Poland's TOPAZ artillery fire control system.

Ukraine's DELTA combat system has been successfully integrated into Poland's TOPAZ artillery fire control system. (Source: Ministry of Defense of Ukraine)

According to Ukraine's Defense Express website, DELTA is the system used with KRAB self-propelled guns and RAK mortars currently in service in the army of this Eastern European country.

For the first time, DELTA acts as a central data collection point from all departments, updates and supplements missing information, and then transfers the information to the Polish TOPAZ system.

This "bridge" allows data to be integrated between the two sides, known as the Green Side and the Pink Side, creating a full understanding of the situation. The system has also demonstrated the ability to securely transmit data with restricted access.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense emphasized that its DELTA military product ecosystem has successfully completed its mission and demonstrated compatibility with TOPAZ and other NATO systems.

The statement quoted Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Kateryna Chernohorenko as saying that in 2024, the DELTA system group successfully tested five different interoperability standards and passed all tests.

DELTA also performed demonstrations before a series of delegations from member states and NATO representatives, receiving many compliments.

On the same day, US State Department spokesman Vedant Patel said that in Washington, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Ukrainian President's Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak discussed the intentions of NATO member states to bring Kyiv closer to the military alliance.

Ukraine will become a member of NATO and the military alliance's summit, scheduled to take place in Washington next week, will "help build bridges" to that outcome, Mr. Blinken said.

Kyiv is hoping that at the conference it will receive more assurances from the transatlantic military alliance regarding its admission into the bloc.

During the meeting, the two sides also discussed efforts led by the Group of Seven (G7) industrialized nations to “strengthen the resilience” of Ukraine’s energy network, which has been under attack in recent months.

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