巴黎——法国国防技术公司泰雷兹（Thales）在与其多个北约国家就其基于人工智能的指挥与控制系统“HexaForce”的应用进行谈判时，处于“相当先进的”地位，该公司负责多领域业务的副总裁帕特里克·莫罗（Patrick Moreau）表示。
PARIS — French defense-technology firm Thales is “quite advanced” in discussions with a number of NATO countries about using its artificial intelligence-powered command-and-control system HexaForce, said the company’s vice president for multi-domain operations, Patrick Moreau.
泰雷兹上周宣布正式推出“HexaForce”系统。此前，该系统已在6月于波兰举行的北约“联盟战士互操作性演习”（Coalition Warrior Interoperability Exercise, CWIX）中接受了测试。该公司将“HexaForce”描述为一个能够与从战略到战术层面的各种传统系统及国家自有系统兼容的多领域指挥与控制系统；同时，用户还可以自行选择所需的人工智能模型，从而避免被特定供应商“锁定”。
Thales announced the availability of HexaForce last week, after testing it during NATO’s Coalition Warrior Interoperability Exercise, or CWIX, in Poland in June. The company is positioning the system as a multi-domain C2 “overlay” that can plug into legacy and national systems from the strategic to the tactical level, while allowing users to choose their own AI models and avoid vendor lock-in.
北约正越来越多地依赖人工智能来处理日益庞大的数据量，目前其指挥与控制系统由美国公司Palantir Technologies提供。与此同时，欧盟则希望加快欧洲自主技术能力的研发与部署进程，以避免在关键技术上受制于他国。
NATO is increasingly turning to AI to harness growing amounts of data in command and control, and already operates a C2 system supplied by United States-based Palantir Technologies. Meanwhile, the European Union is looking to accelerate development and deployment of European capabilities amid concern about sovereign control of the technology underpinning them.
莫罗在9月24日接受《Defense News》采访时说：“我不想透露太多细节，但到目前为止，我们在与一些北约国家的谈判中确实取得了显著进展。”
“I don’t want to go too much into detail. but we are quite advanced in some discussions with some NATO countries so far,” Moreau told Defense News in a Sept. 24 interview.
莫罗指出，随着欧洲和北约军队逐步将作战规模从旅级部队扩展到拥有超过10万士兵的军级部队，人工智能将在处理复杂数据、缩短决策周期以及提升战场态势感知能力方面发挥关键作用。
As European and NATO militaries look to scale operations from brigade-level formations to army corps of more than 100,000 troops, AI will be key to processing more complex data, shortening planning cycles and improving situational awareness, Moreau said.
据这位高管介绍，“HexaForce”系统旨在实现从军级部队到营级部队的指挥与控制功能。泰雷兹与最终用户共同设定了一个目标：每天能够规划1000个作战任务——这一数量是当前能力的十倍。
France to test its own AI-powered battlefield command in June NATO exercise HexaForce is aimed at providing command and control from the army corps level down to the battalion, according to the executive. Thales defined a goal with end users to be able to plan 1,000 target missions a day, a tenfold increase.
根据莫罗（Moreau）的说法，该系统采用了基于北约标准的开放式架构，各国可以根据自身需求将现有的系统接入该系统，用于任务规划等工作；同时用户也可以选择使用自己喜欢的大型语言模型（LLM）。除了大型语言模型之外，HexaForce还配备了具备自主决策能力的AI模块，可用于任务准备等环节。
The system has an open architecture built around NATO standards, allowing countries to plug in existing systems for tasks such as mission planning, or use the large language model of their choice, according to Moreau. In addition to the LLM component, HexaForce includes agentic AI for tasks such as targeting mission preparation.
莫罗指出，该系统采用了完全分布式的架构设计，能够利用“网状网络”（mesh network）技术将各个组件分布在不同的指挥中心中，这符合当前军事操作的新理念——即不再依赖中央式计算系统。
It has a fully distributed architecture designed to rely on mesh capability, allowing the system to be spread over different data hubs within different command posts, in line with new operational concepts to not rely on central computing, according to Moreau.
莫罗还表示，HexaForce可以通过与现有军事系统接口，为这些系统增添“人工智能驱动的功能”。不过他强调，用户仍需要专门的战术系统来提供传感器数据。
By interfacing with legacy solutions, HexaForce can add “AI-powered capability” to systems already in use by the armed forces, according to Moreau. HexaForce is a command-and-control system, and users still need dedicated tactical systems to provide sensor data, he said.
莫罗称，CWIX（Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Incidental Events）会议的目的是让最终用户测试HexaForce及其与现有系统的互操作性。该系统遵循了北约关于“数据中心化安全”（Data-Centric Security）和“联合任务网络”（Federation Mission Networking）的相关标准。
The executive said the aim at CWIX was for end users to test HexaForce and its interoperability with existing and legacy systems. The system implements NATO standards related to the Data-Centric Security and Federation Mission Networking frameworks, he said.
莫罗进一步解释说，对于在战略指挥层面识别出的威胁，HexaForce可以提出多种应对方案（包括使用空中或地面部队进行打击的选项）；最终由操作员来选择具体的行动方案，系统会将相关任务指令传递到战术执行层面。
For threats identified at the strategic command level, HexaForce can propose different courses of action, including firing options using air or land forces, according to Moreau. The operator can then choose a course of action, with the system sending the targeting mission to the tactical level.
“当然，是否采取行动以及选择哪种方案仍由操作员自行决定，”莫罗说，“系统不会自动执行任何操作。”他还提到，HexaForce还可以整合商业船舶跟踪数据或网络威胁信息，以提供更全面的威胁评估结果。
“Of course it remains up to the operator to choose to push the button, and to choose the best option proposed by HexaForce,” Moreau said. “There is no automated action.” In addition to connecting to systems that provide tactical awareness, Hexaforce could include commercial ship-tracking data or cyber threats to provide a more complete picture, Moreau said.
尽管该系统是在吸收法国陆军意见的基础上开发的，但该公司高管多次强调，泰雷兹的系统旨在作为北约的解决方案，而非仅针对法国的专属系统。当被问及它与 Systematic 的 SitaWare 或空中客车的“多域作战云”（Multi-Domain Combat Cloud）等现有系统相比如何时，莫罗（Moreau）则将重点放在了泰雷兹系统的互操作性上。
While developed with input from the French Army, the executive repeatedly stressed that the Thales system is designed as a NATO solution rather than a France-specific system. Asked how it compares with existing systems such as Systematic’s SitaWare or Airbus’s Multi-Domain Combat Cloud, Moreau instead focused on the interoperability of the Thales system.
莫罗表示，HexaForce 已经准备就绪并已交付武装部队使用，其首个版本从设计到交付法国陆军仅用了九个月时间。
Moreau said HexaForce is ready and already in the hands of the armed forces, with the first version taking nine months from design to making it available to the French Army.
法国正在开发其主权指挥控制系统 Arcadia，莫罗表示，虽然 Hexaforce 可以成为法国系统的“基石”，但这并非由泰雷兹公司说了算。
France is developing its sovereign C2 system Arcadia, and Moreau said that while Hexaforce could be “a cornerstone” of the French system, the decision is not up to Thales.