'Thales has clear industrial footprint plan for India'

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'Thales has clear industrial footprint plan for India'

Fri, 31 Jan 2014IANS

Our industrial footprint plan is clear. It is not a conceptual idea," Thales India Country Director Eric Lenseigne told IANS ahead of the DefExpo 2014 military hardware show that opens here next week.

"This is how we develop an industrial footprint in the developing world. We bring in technology and share it with the local players," Lenseigne said of the company that set up operations in India in 1953. Today, the company has over 300 employees operating out of its offices in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Kochi, Vishakhapatnam and Gwalior to serve the Indian Army, Air Force, Navy and civil customers.

"There is enough business for us to do two to three times more," he added, of the company that has been doing business of just under 300 million euros in India in the last 12 years.

About the defence exposition, Lenseigne said: "Since fast-growing markets like India form a key part of our renewed global strategy, Defexpo 2014 will provide an excellent platform for networking and knowledge-sharing with our customers, both existing and potential, government representatives, partners and industry experts."

"We have always endeavoured to partner with the Indian industry and provide long-term support for our products. We continually seek to bolster our presence here and propose products that are specially adapted to the specific needs of our customers in the land, air, naval and civil security domains," he added.

Toward this end, Thales will focus on six key areas: Advanced Air Defence, C4I solutions, Land and Naval Communications, Optronics, Underwater Warfare and Electronic Warfare.

Thales's technologies in the combat aircraft, surveillance radars, rockets and surface attack systems domains will also be presented.

Thales India already actively partners with Indian industry and proactively shares knowledge, technical know-how and expertise. Taking this mandate forward, the company has created Joint Ventures with Samtel, BEL, among others. Thales is also working on delivering its pioneering CBTC solution for the Hyderabad Metro Rail project.

In 2012, Thales generated revenues of 14.2 billion euros with 65,000 employees - 25,000 of them engineers - in 56 countries.

'Thales has clear industrial footprint plan for India'

 

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Looks like Thales wants to grow on the back of Indian Opportunity. Maybe India should demand a Joint Venture.

 

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Thales Innovation Onboard the Rafale​

The Rafale is the most advanced combat aircraft of its generation. Thales provides equipments and systems -- including avionics -- that together account for approximately one third of the total value of each Rafale. Discover all Thales technologies onboard the Rafale.

Thales innovations

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  • The largest sensor onboard the Rafale is the new generation Active Electronically Scanned Array AESA RBE2 radar. The RBE2 will give the Rafale the capability to track all targets in the radar field of view, irrespective of the relative location between targets and host aircraft.
  • Thales’s Front-Sector Optronics (FSO) system is fully integrated into the Rafale to provide covert long-range detection and identification, high-resolution angular tracking and laser range-finding for air, sea and ground targets.
  • The Rafale is also equipped with the SPECTRA electronic warfare system, giving the aircraft a multi-spectral threat warning capability against hostile radars, missiles and lasers.
  • The Modular Data Processing Unit (MDPU) is the cornerstone of the upgradeability of the Rafale’s avionics/weapon capabilities. Its architecture makes for a system that is highly adaptable, allowing straightforward integration of new avionics or new ordnance.
  • The Damocles multifunction targeting pod draws on its laser designation function to give the Rafale full day and night laser-guided weapon capabilities. Damocles is interoperable with all existing laser-guided weapons and provides outstanding performance levels for long-distance recognition.
  • The AREOS Reco NG (Airborne and Reconnaissance and Observation) system is designed to meet a full spectrum of global operational requirements and withstand diverse weather conditions and scenarios.
  • Thales also supplies the mission debriefing system onboard the Rafale. This system simultaneously displays the aircraft’s trajectories in two and three dimensions via eight video displays and one audio emitter.

Tactical communications

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  • The Communication, Navigation, Identification (CNI) suite includes voice communications, Tactical Data Link, landing and radio navigation systems and Identification Friend and Foe (IFF) functions.
  • Tactical Data Link (TDL) solutions offer a secure source of tactical data, including situation awareness, command & control, electronic warfare, orders and reports, flight pass and fighter-to-fighter information. Among other key players in combined air operations, this data is used with fellow aircraft in the formation, airborne and surface command and control centres, forward air controllers, etc.
  • Thales also supplies Combined Interrogator Transponders that are fully compliant with civil, NATO and/or national secure modes. The Rafale is equipped with an E-Scan version, which includes an Antenna Control Unit (ACU) for electronically steering the antenna.

In the cockpit

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  • Most of the Rafale’s cockpit displays are provided by Thales. For short-term actions, the Rafale pilot relies on the holographic wide field-of-view head-up display (HUD). For medium and long-term actions, the multi-image head-level display (HLD) allows analysis of the global tactical situation.

Electrical systems

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  • Thales has integrated variable frequency power generation technology onboard the Rafale to reduce the aircraft’s weight and maintenance costs. The system takes mechanical power from the engine of the aircraft and transforms it into electricity to power systems onboard, such as the Rafale’s electrical flight control systems.

Training, simulation and support

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  • Thales, Sogitec and Dassault Aviation have together developed two Rafale pilot training centres for the French Air Force and Navy, in Saint-Dizier in eastern France and at the Landivisiau naval air base in north-western France. The two simulation centres will soon be networked so they can carry out joint training missions. Thales also provides support services for the Rafale, reducing life cycle costs for the aircraft and ensuring that each system onboard remains efficient and effective, through an offering encompassing ILS (Integrated Logistic Support), obsolescence management, supply chain optimisation, as well as rapid repair and overhaul.

That's what I call bad-*** looking!!

Innovation Onboard the Rafale | Thales Group