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   By Marc Navarro Gonzalez 
 

Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) and France's Thales SA (HO.FR) have formed a partnership to develop a cloud-computing system for armed forces, the companies said Tuesday.

The system will be based on Microsoft's Azure Stack cloud platform, which will be cyber-secured and adapted to military constraints by Thales, the companies said.

Microsoft and Thales said the system will allow armed forces to keep their sensitive data inside their own infrastructures.

"Armed forces across the world are investing heavily in digital transformation, especially in the digitalization of their command and control and battlefield communications systems, with the development of collaborative combat," the companies said in a statement.

The companies didn't disclose financial details.

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June 12, 2018 07:58 ET (11:58 GMT)

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