Thales to Supply Crowsnest Radar System to Royal Navy
January 17, 2017 at 04:57 pm
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Thales is to supply Royal Navy with a new airborne and surveillance capability under a subcontract from Lockheed Martin UK. The Crowsnest system to be fitted on Merlin MK2 helicopters is a new generation of the Thales Searchwater radar and Cerberus mission system. The system features touch-screen technology and an autonomous artificial intelligence-based tracking system, improved target identification, the ability to library match airborne contacts, inverse synthetic aperture radar and a fully integrated electronic support measures. Operators of the Crowsnest system are also able to exploit collected data more effectively through a greatly enhanced mission recording and replay system that allows both real-time and post-mission data reconstruction. The MK2 helicopters will be operated from Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers.
Thales is one of the European leaders in manufacturing and marketing of electronic equipment and systems for the defense and security, aerospace, and transportation sectors. Net sales break down by product group as follows:
- defense and security systems (53.4%): C4I defense and security systems (control and monitoring systems, communication, protection, cyber-security, and other systems), defense mission systems, naval systems, electronic war systems, drones, air operation systems (air defense, air surveillance), ground defense systems and missiles;
- aerospace systems (28.4%): avionics equipment (cockpit, cabin multimedia, and simulation equipment), space systems (satellites, payloads, etc.);
- digital identification and security solutions (18.2%).
Besides, the group owns a 35% stake in Naval Group (manufacture of naval equipment for defense and nuclear energy sectors).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: France (29.5%), the United Kingdom (6.6%), Europe (24.8%), the United States and Canada (14%), Asia (9.4%), Near and Middle East (6%), Australia and New Zealand (4.4%) and other (5.3%).