The General Directorate for Armament and Material (DGAM) and the naval shipyard Navantia have selected Thales technologies for the Spanish Navy’s five new multi-mission frigates. Naval forces need reliable, high-performance systems to assert national sovereignty and accomplish their ASW missions with optimum effect. The choice of Thales technologies, which have been extensively proven in service with navies around the world, provides the highest levels of protection available today. Spanish industry partners will supply some of the high-tech equipment under a decisive transfer of technology programme put in place by Thales. The solution leverages Big Data analytics and artificial intelligence technologies to bring naval forces a tactical advantage.