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Strategic Command: Sharpening Defence’s Edge.
We provide the foundation and supporting framework for successful operations by ensuring joint capabilities like medical services, training, intelligence, information systems and cyber operations, are developed and managed. We also provide the command and control for overseas defence operations.
We are “always on” – ready to fight globally across all domains to make the UK secure at home and strong abroad. Detecting threats early and responding with specialist capabilities to out-think, out-pace and out-fight our adversaries. CSOC is part...
Cyber & Specialist Operations Command (CSOC) will have an exhibition stand at this year’s Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) at ExCeL, London from 9-12 September 2025.
This project explores a new approach to command and control.
UK sanctions 10 individuals and one organisation for their role in recent brutality against Iranian protestors.
Strategic Command will have an exhibition stand at this year’s Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) at ExCeL, London from 12-15 Sep 2023.
Development of a standard approach for AI and autonomy in networked multi-sensor systems in security and defence.
Making legacy and future air mission systems affordable, capable and adaptable by adopting an open systems architecture approach and systematic software re-use.
There has been a compromise to an Armed Forces payment network. This page provides guidance for those affected.
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