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Thales is a global technology leader for the aerospace, space, defence, security and transportation markets. Thales is a world-leading provider of onboard solutions and high value-added services for the civil and military aerospace markets.
Thales’s Aerospace business, set up in close proximity to its customers, employs 13,000 people worldwide, who are helping to define tomorrow’s air transport solutions and to better protect lives in operational theatres.
In the military domain, Thales combat systems are at the forefront of technological innovation to meet all mission requirements. The company provides high performance avionics and mission systems for major European programmes such as the Rafale, A400M, FSTA, NH90 and Tiger.
Thales designs radar, electronic warfare, optronic, communication, navigation and identification solutions for protecting aircrews and military assets.
As an industry-leading supplier of mission, surveillance and reconnaissance solutions, Thales is the European leader in UAV (Unmanned Air Vehicle) systems and is also prime contractor in the fields of maritime patrol and surveillance. Thales has developed a complete range of dedicated service solutions to allow Armed Forces to focus on their core activities.
Thales offer a wide range of flight deck instruments and displays for aircrafts, helicopters, fighters and UAV applications.
Thales videos and smart displays are conceived to enhance viewing comfort for maximum pilot performance. Smart Displays integrate advanced embedded avionics functionalities. They are low volume and self cooled for an easy integration.
Benefit from Thales expertise as the world leader in civil standby instruments. The key to our success: providing you with the best performing sensors and LCD displays for a greater reliability and a wider lateral viewing angle at high resolutions.
Conventional instruments are also available:
Beyond these two ranges of products, Thales suggests to consult the online Nav’equipment catalogue… in order to discover our military customized solutions which include:
Tu-160 supersonic strategic bomber (Nato reporting name of Blackjack) is a variable-sweep wing supersonic strategic missile carrier manufactured by the Tupolev aircraft research and engineering complex joint stock company of Moscow and the Kazan-Gorbunov Aircraft Production Association in Tatarstan from 1980 to 1992.
Heron TP (Eitan) MALE (medium-altitude, long-endurance) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is an advanced variant of the Heron 1 UAV developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to meet multiple mission needs of the armed forces.
AC-208 Combat Caravan is a light attack combat aircraft manufactured by US-based aerospace and defence company Alliant Techsystems (ATK), a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman. It is derived from the Cessna 208 Grand Caravan aircraft.
Common Anti-air Modular Missile (CAMM) is an advanced air defence missile designed and manufactured by MBDA for deployment in land, air, and sea domains.
AC-130W Stinger II is a multi-mission gunship developed by Lockheed Martin for the US Air Force (USAF). It is a modified variant of the MC-130W Dragon Spear aircraft.
The NC212i light military transport aircraft is being manufactured by PT Dirgantara Indonesia (Persero), in co-operation with Airbus.
Hero-400EC (Electric, Cruciform) is an extended-range variant of the Hero family of loitering weapon systems developed by UVision Air, an unmanned air system developer based in Israel.
The Fury is a lightweight, precision-guided glide weapon developed by Thales in association with Textron Systems Weapon and Sensor Systems.
The People's Drone PD-1 unmanned aerial system (UAS) is designed and manufactured by UkrSpecSystems, a UAS producer based in Ukraine.
UVH-29E is a new vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) produced by UAVOS for military and civil operators.
Hurkus-C is a next-generation armed variant of the Hurkus basic trainer aircraft, designed and developed by Turkish Aerospace Industries. The first prototype of the Hurkus-C was unveiled in February.
Paragon all-weather, dual-mode direct attack munition (previously named Dual Mode Plus laser-guided bomb (LGB)) is designed and developed by Lockheed Martin to provide warfighters of the US and its allied nations with the capability to engage potential targets in a tactical environment.
Spy’Ranger mini unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system is developed by Thales for use by the armed forces and special forces units in applications such as airborne image intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), and target acquisition.
C295W, the latest variant of C295 military transport aircraft, is being manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space. The new aircraft is equipped with winglets and uprated engines to deliver improved performance than its predecessor.
Mi-8AMTSh-VA twin-engine helicopter is specially designed to perform the Russian Armed Forces’ missions in Arctic environmental conditions.
The Grob G 120TP is a two-seat, single-engine military trainer aircraft manufactured by Grob Aircraft. It offers a cost-effective military training solution for the air forces.
The C295 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft is based on the C295 versatile tactical transport aircraft produced by Airbus Defence and Space.
SPEAR is a high-precision, air-to-surface missile designed and being developed by UK-based missile systems manufacturer MBDA, to help meet the future combat mission needs of the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm.
The Su-30MK2 multi-role fighter aircraft is an improved version of the Su-30MKK, a member of the Su-30 aircraft family.
Comsat NG (next-generation) military satellite communications system is being developed to meet the military communications requirements of the French Armed Forces.
SATCOMBw satellite-based communication system is developed to meet the requirements of the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr).
Mitsubishi X-2 Shinshin, also known as ATD-X (Advanced Technology Demonstrator-X), is a stealth experimental technology demonstrator and research prototype designed to demonstrate technologies required for Japanese indigenous fifth-generation fighter aircraft, designated F-3.
The AW109LUH (Light Utility Helicopter) is a multi-mission, twin-engine rotorcraft developed by AgustaWestland. It is a militarised version of the proven AW109 civilian helicopter.
Wasp AE small unmanned aircraft system (UAS) from AeroVironment is one of the advanced unmanned platforms in the market for maritime and land operations. It is the all-environment variant of the combat-proven Wasp III UAS.
The Thales One Display for a Cockpit Interactive Solution (ODICIS) future cockpit design, which this year won the prestigious, inaugural French Institute of Design's Janus prize, demonstrates even more ground breaking functionalities and innovative functions at Farnborough 2012.
11 July 2012Thales is proud to be onboard Eurocopter’s Tiger, the most versatile attack and armed reconnaissance helicopter available on the market. The Tiger, known in France and Spain as Tigre, is a multi-mission helicopter capable of carrying out day and night time missions in all-weather conditions.
5 July 2010As we move closer towards the introduction to service of the future strategic tanker aircraft (FSTA) late next year, all major milestones for the development of the FSTA service by AirTanker Services (ATrS) have been met since the contract was signed two years ago. This important programme will p
20 April 2010Thales announced today that, following an intense worldwide competition, it has been selected by Eurocopter to provide the Integrated Electronic Standby Instrument (IESI) for its range of light and medium helicopters. This range includes the Ecureuil family, the EC135, the EC145, the EC155 and th
11 April 2010
After its official debut at the end of last year, there are still many unanswered questions about Russia’s fifth-generation fighter jet, the Sukhoi Su-75.
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