Belgian-based John Cockerill Defense successfully integrated a rocket artillery system into its Cockerill 3030 medium-caliber turret. The company offers a variant of its latest generation of turret system that will combine the Cockerill 3030 turret solution (part of the Cockerill 3000 series) with the Thales’s 70mm guided and unguided rockets. The advanced configuration of the […]

Russia has delivered a batch of Sukhoi Su-30SM Flanker multirole fighter jets to Belarus with French-made advanced avionics. Multiple news outlets reported that Belarus has received new Su-30SM twin-seat fighter aircraft equipped with an advanced Man-Machine-Interface system developed by the Thales. The fighter jets were designed by Sukhoi Design Bureau on order from the  Ministry […]

On December 18, 2020, Nexter, Thales and Arquus, as part of the temporary grouping of companies (GME) EBMR (Engins Blindés Multi-Rôles), proudly celebrates the presentation of the 128th GRIFFON planned for 2020 to the French Delegation for Armaments (DGA).  Arquus released a statement on Wednesday saying that “Under the terms of the SCORPION program, and […]

Aerospace and logistics company Thales and the European Space Agency (ESA) has announced on Friday an agreement worth about $202.3 million (167 million euros) for the development of the automated reusable spaceplane. According to a company news release, Thales Alenia Space (Thales 67 %, Leonardo 33 %), and AVIO as co-contractor, signed a contract with […]

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French defense contractor Thales has announced on Tuesday that RAPIDFire system developed by the consortium formed by Thales and Nexter has been chosen by the French defense procurement agency (DGA) to equip future French Navy vessels with new artillery. RAPIDFire leverages the combined expertise of Thales and Nexter to meet the very short-range defense requirements […]

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French defense contractor Thales has announced launch of its latest airborne surveillance radar, called the AirMaster C.  “We’re proud to present the latest addition to the Thales family of airborne surveillance radars, the AirMaster C, which meets the full range of current and future operational requirements. With this new product, Thales offers an optimised surveillance solution for […]

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In a press release Wednesday, Defense electronic systems company Thales said that will be handling all of the in-service support for the new Artic and Offshore Patrol (AOPS) Ship that was delivered to the Royal Canadian Navy last Friday. “As the In-Service Support (ISS) provider for the HMCS Harry DeWolf and all of the Royal […]