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DAMOCLES POD
Customer requirements
Thales is under contract from the French defence procurement agency (DGA) to provide through-life support (TLS) for the Damocles pod for a period of three years. The terms of the contract include a guarantee of 80% immediate operational availability for the entire Damocles fleet. In service since 2004, the Damocles pod is currently deployed on the "Super Etendard Modernisé" (standard 5) aircraft on board the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier and at the Landivisiau base. The French Navy Rafales will be equipped progressively.
Key challenges
The Thales-designed Damocles laser target tracking and designation pod is critical to the ability to deliver surgical strikes with minimum collateral damage. The key challenges of the Damocles TLS contract are as follows:
• assuring operational availability of 80% at any given point in time for the entire fleet of pods,
• providing this level of availability despite extreme conditions of use, including deck landings on the aircraft carrier,
• optimising the use of the pods during out-of-area operations, when movements of expert personnel and maintenance equipment are more difficult to obtain on short notice.
Solution
To meet our availability commitments, a specific level 2 of maintenance procedure was established for the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier. This includes video maintenance through a secure satellite link (Syracuse) to provide real-time support from distant resources. Thales nevertheless maintains a permanent capacity to move personnel and equipment to the Landivisiau base and the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier to provide a complete range of services from diagnostics to repair and start-up if required.
Thales added-value
Thales is the first contractor to roll out a secure video remote maintenance solution on board the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier. Through this contract, Thales confirms its expertise in the support of optronic systems and its commitment to supporting forces on deployment by adapting to the specific constraints of the armed forces and progressively adopting the concept of on-mission availability as part of the capability-based approach to military operations
DAMOCLES POD
Customer requirements
Thales is under contract from the French defence procurement agency (DGA) to provide through-life support (TLS) for the Damocles pod for a period of three years. The terms of the contract include a guarantee of 80% immediate operational availability for the entire Damocles fleet. In service since 2004, the Damocles pod is currently deployed on the "Super Etendard Modernisé" (standard 5) aircraft on board the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier and at the Landivisiau base. The French Navy Rafales will be equipped progressively.
Key challenges
The Thales-designed Damocles laser target tracking and designation pod is critical to the ability to deliver surgical strikes with minimum collateral damage. The key challenges of the Damocles TLS contract are as follows:
• assuring operational availability of 80% at any given point in time for the entire fleet of pods,
• providing this level of availability despite extreme conditions of use, including deck landings on the aircraft carrier,
• optimising the use of the pods during out-of-area operations, when movements of expert personnel and maintenance equipment are more difficult to obtain on short notice.
Solution
To meet our availability commitments, a specific level 2 of maintenance procedure was established for the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier. This includes video maintenance through a secure satellite link (Syracuse) to provide real-time support from distant resources. Thales nevertheless maintains a permanent capacity to move personnel and equipment to the Landivisiau base and the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier to provide a complete range of services from diagnostics to repair and start-up if required.
Thales added-value
Thales is the first contractor to roll out a secure video remote maintenance solution on board the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier. Through this contract, Thales confirms its expertise in the support of optronic systems and its commitment to supporting forces on deployment by adapting to the specific constraints of the armed forces and progressively adopting the concept of on-mission availability as part of the capability-based approach to military operations
DAMOCLES POD
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