HMS Ulvön sailed on 27 February to join NATO's Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 for a two-month period. (Swedish Armed Forces)
Sweden's Defence Materiel Administration (Försvarets materielverk: FMV) has confirmed the delivery of a new command information system (CIS), enabling the Royal Swedish Navy (RSwN) to fully interoperate with NATO partners.
The OneCIS software solution, supplied by defence/security information technology (IT) company MilDef, meant minehunter HMS Ulvön could join Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG1) on 27 February. The FMV announced the handover of the CIS fit to the navy on 6 March, revealing that the system – hardware, software, and documentation – had been accredited in accordance with both Swedish and NATO requirements prior to delivery a week earlier.
According to the FMV, the acquisition of OneCIS was a prerequisite for RSwN units to join NATO's standing NATO forces. “The command-and-control system is necessary to be able to participate in the force, and without it the ship would not have been able to be led by NATO,” it said. “The system meets the requirements for FMN spiral 4 [Federated Mission Networking], which is the current version used by NATO.”
The FMV contracted MilDef in mid-December 2024 for OneCIS software, hardware, and integration services to support enhanced interoperability and secure communication between RSwN units and other NATO forces. The initial award, valued at SEK81 million (USD8 million), includes options that could bring the total order value up to SEK127 million (USD12.6 million).
The contract was placed with MilDef with the objective that the first instantiation would be operational by the time Ulvön
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