A partnership of Leonardo and Thales has received a contract from the U.K. defence ministry to demonstrate their combined missile threat warning and protection system in early 2018. The joint platform is currently under development to integrate Thales’ Elix-IR threat warner with Leonardo’s Miysis directed infrared countermeasure system, Leonardo said Wednesday. Elix-IR will work to detect, […] More

A team of Silvus Technologies and Thales has received a contract from the Defense Department to produce a bolt-on module for military handheld single-channel radios. Both companies seek to address DoD’s requirement to equip the Rifleman Radio with multiple-input, multiple-output functions through the contract, Silvus said Thursday. Silvus will build a bolt-on MIMO hardware prototype and Thales — a program of record […] More

Thales has unveiled an updated version of its F90 Assault Rifle that is designed to be compatible and interoperable with NATO weapons. The F90MBR Modular Bullpup Rifle, which is currently servicing the Australian defense force, weighs 7.17 pounds and is equipped with ambidextrous controls to facilitate accelerated user reaction and targeting, the company announced Monday. Chris […] More

Wayne Lewandowski, vice president of federal business at Thales e-Security, has said the level of spending increase in cybersecurity is lower than any other industry due to rising incidents of data breaches and lack of federal budget, Defense Systems reported Friday. Lewandowski said an independent study on cyber attacks found that data breaches affecting U.S. […] More

Thales‘ defense and security business has received a $9.9 million to sustain multiband radios for the U.S. Special Operations Command. The Defense Department said Friday the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will run through September 2021 and covers sustainment of the Multiband Inter/Intra Team Radio family of radios. Thales’ AN/PRC-148 MBITR is designed to operate with military and commercial legacy radio systems and provide communications capacity for warfighters. […] More

Thales released in conjunction with analyst firm 451 Research its second annual data security research brief 2017 Thales Data Threat Report, Federal Edition. The report indicated that ninety six percent of federal workers consider themselves “very” or “extremely” vulnerable to data breaches. This number is higher than any other sector polled by the report. Despite […] More

France’s defense procurement agency has named DCNS and Thales as prime contractors on a potential $4.1 billion contract to build five intermediate frigates for the French navy, Defense News reported Monday. Pierre Tran writes DCNS and Thales will respectively serve as shipbuilder and electronics provider of Belharra-class frigates under the contract. The first delivery will occur in 2023, Tran reported. French defense minister Jean-Yves […] More

Defense contractors expect an increase in weapons spending as NATO countries work to increase their military budgets amid President-elect Donald Trump’s skepticism about the alliance and his call for U.S. allies to pay more for their own defense, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. Rick Clough writes Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and Thales are among the defense companies whose […] More

Thales has been selected to supply up to 210 mini unmanned aerial vehicles to France beginning next year in an effort to help the country’s armed forces access imagery in real time. France’s defense procurement agency asked the company to provide Spy’Ranger  reconnaissance UAVs, ground equipment and related technical support to the French military, Thales said Thursday. Jean-Pascal Arrou-Vignod, […] More

Defense and industrial conglomerate Thales Group completed its estimated $424 million acquisition of data security technology maker Vormetric in March to add new product and service offerings into the Thales e-Security business portfolio. Based in Silicon Valley, Vormetric designed its platform to help enterprises and public sector agencies defend their information and applications in either […] More

Thales‘ defense and security business unit has secured a $14.1 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide helmet mounted sight and display system depot-level specialized test equipment in support of the U.S. Marine Corps. The Defense Department said Friday the contract covers support for the Optimized TopOwl helmet mounted sight and display system of the […] More

Thales has secured an order to develop and deliver three instrument landing platforms to the U.S. Air Force. The Thales-built Deployable – Instrument Landing System is a mobile system that works to help military pilots land aircraft at fixed bases and tactical airfields during low-visibility weather conditions, the company said Wednesday. The company will set […] More