Articles by Thales

Thales and Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PrJsc, Yahsat, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to offer highly secure satellite communication services to military forces and government agencies. The two companies are pioneering this type of satellite services on Ka-Band, the optimum communications band for critical and confidential government...

Thales has created Thales Communications & Security , a company combining the joint skills of Thales Communications and Thales Security Solutions & Services in the fields of defense, security and ground transportation. This merger reflects the growing convergence of information management issues in these areas. By combining these globally...

The Sumitomo/Thales Joint Venture has signed a contract worth nine billion yen (approximately €80 M) with the Philippines’ Department of Transportation & Communications (DoTC) for the nationwide modernization of the Philippines Communications, Navigation Surveillance and Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) facilities and systems. Thales will deploy its latest generation Eurocat...

The Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV) has awarded Thales Norway a contract to supply the Swedish Armed Forces (SwAF) with a new Command and Control (C2) system for helicopter units. Thales will supply a flexible C2 system based upon the general architecture of all C2 systems in the armed...

Thales has launched its most powerful Ka-band Traveling Wave Tube. The TH 4092 is able to deliver 500 W peak and 350 W CW, and is intended for large earth-station uplinks for Broadcast and Internet Direct to Home applications. Developed by the company’s microwave and imaging sub-systems R&D teams,...

ThalesRaytheonSystems (TRS) has received $120 M in contracts from the Swiss defense procurement agency, Armasuisse , to provide the Swiss Air Force with advanced Link-16 connectivity for its fighter aircraft. The funding represents a continuation of work by TRS on the Florako command and control program. This is a...

On 6 December Thales announced that it has opened a second manufacturing facility in the US to support its growing military communications operations. Located in Germantown, MA, this new facility is in close proximity to the company's Clarksburg headquarters, which includes a state-of-the-art manufacturing plant that was opened in...

ThalesRaytheonSystems (TRS) has received $120 M in contracts from the Swiss defense procurement agency, Armasuisse , to provide the Swiss Air Force with advanced Link-16 connectivity for its fighter aircraft. The funding represents a continuation of work by TRS on the Florako command and control program. This is a...