Held by NATO in Poland, the Coalition Warrior Interoperability Exercise (CWIX) aims to validate the ability of allied systems to interoperate and collaborate effectively over a common network using NATO standards.

The CRIMSON Defence C2/C4ISR system was successfully deployed as part of Sopra Steria's CENTERIS offering during this major interoperability exercise.

Throughout the exercise, the SOPRA STERIA and CS GROUP teams were able to demonstrate Crimson's field proven capabilities and very high performance, including the ability to process tens of thousands of tracks, as well as its compliance with NATO standards in the following areas:

• Tactical data links
• Formatted message exchange
• Operational picture sharing and tracking
• Data management, data-centricity, decision support

This latest demonstration of robustness, interoperability and standards compliance in coalition operational environments further strengthens Crimson's position as a leading C2/C4ISR solution in Europe and its ability to serve as a core building block for broader offerings such as Sopra Steria's Centeris.

CRIMSON Sentinel has been selected by the PRISM consortium involving five European Ministries of Justice from France, Belgium, Romania, Netherlands, and UK to develop next-generation Command and Control system for the surveillance, protection, and defence of prison facilities.

The unprecedented collaborative platform it aims to develop on top of CRIMSON Sentinel will offer groundbreaking AI-powered monitoring and Intelligence management for both enhanced surveillance and organised crime threats prevention in prison facilities, while respecting the fundamental rights of inmates and prison staff.

The project will integrate and advance cutting-edge research results in counter-unmanned aircraft system, smart video surveillance, phone localisation, open-source intelligence and Digital Twins. These innovations will offer unparalleled means for the real-time detection of most common organised crime threats and coordinate efficiently a collaborative response in cooperation with police authorities and stakeholders.

This project will be funded by the European Commission.

Crimson, the sovereign European solution for hypervision and commandand control of critical operations, once again demonstrates its versatility and efficiency for maritime operations in two completely different contexts: the NATO REPMUS 2025 exercise and the Jules Verne Trophy, a nautical challenge that rewards the fastest crewed, non-stop, and unassisted circumnavigation of the globe under sail.

REPMUS 2025 

In September 2025, CS Group took part in the NATO REPMUS 2025 exercise (Robotic Experimentation and Prototyping Using Maritime Uncrewed Systems) with its product Crimson Sandbox product, a version of the Crimson product line dedicated to the design and assessment of ConOps, the planning of operations and wargaming/training exercises.This participation took place in the frame of the European ISeamore project, which selected Crimson to design maritime surveillance CONOPS and plan operations involving both human and autonomous or remotely operated assets (e.g., all types of drones, stratospheric balloons, space systems).

 

 

Jules Verne Trophy 

In a completely different context, Crimson is also currently deployed for the record attempt for a round-the-world sailing trip by the “The Famous Project” crew as part of the Jules Verne Trophy. The system enables real-time tracking of the maxi-trimarantrimaran Idec Sport, its sensors, maritime traffic, and weather and ocean conditions via a monitoring and routing platform that includes, among other features, an iceberg detection module. 

 

We're thrilled and deeply grateful to see our Crimson product honored by the European Commission at hashtagSecurity Research Event 2025 with the Security Innovation Award 2025, which recognizes the innovation with the greatest impact on the security of the European Union. This award is a significant recognition of the particularly innovative nature of our field-proven product. For several years, it has made important and consistent contributions to advancing the state of the art in its field. Its widespread adoption in both civilian and military domains, as well as by numerous European projects (which have made it a reference research platform for both Horizon Europe and the European Defence Fund), confirms Crimson's significant impact on European security both in the research world and for the most critical operational applications.

We embarked on this Crimson adventure in a PASR RTD project quite some time ago following the devastating AZF factory explosion in Toulouse, our hometown.

Innovation often requires time, not to mention a fair amount of luck.

We had a vision: to use our expertise in virtual reality and simulation to develop tools to train first responders to manage such disasters. At the time, we believed that changing end-users’ operational methods and tools was out of reach. But we were wrong. Crimson was actually adopted for crisis management first, before training.

Looking ahead, we are more motivated than ever to serve the protection and defense of European populations, public and natural sites, and critical infrastructures. Crimson is now spreading across Europe into other domains and, recently, into the defence sector to enable more effective inter-organizational, multi-domain, and cross-border collaboration during major incidents and crisis.

This award fuels our ambition to continue innovating, pushing the boundaries of what's possible to support those who protect us.

It is with particularly high honor that we see Crimson adopted by European projects as a research platform for inventing next-generation security and defence systems and benefit from Crimson to accelerate innovation and open a direct path to exploitation and adoption.