IFF equipment provides the ability to distinguish between allied forces and potential threats, helping avoid ¡®friendly fire¡¯ and enabling quicker decision making.
The demonstration was successfully completed on 15 December 2016 in Cormeilles-en-Vexin, north of Paris. An HF radio link was established between Cormeilles-en-Vexin and Toulon and provided two-way communications in real-life conditions over a distance of 730 km with n...
In 2016, Thales has been awarded a contract by Japan Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) to deliver IFF interrogators equipment (Identification Friend or Foe) with Mode 5, the latest US/NATO standard.
Sonia Belaid is a cryptography engineer in a Thales research laboratory, and this week she was named research engineer of the year in the Engineers of the Future awards organised by the French trade journal L¡¯Usine Nouvelle. We asked her how she got where she is today....
SMS (Sandwich Material and Structure) is one of the space projects chosen for the European Commission¡¯s Horizon 2020 (H2020) program. This project is led by Thales Alenia Space as prime contractor
In less than 10 years, the Aquilon naval communication system from Thales has been adopted by navies around the globe. What's behind this unprecedented success?
ExoMars is looking up! The European Space Agency¡¯s Ministerial Council has approved the funding needed to finance the 2020 mission, which will deliver a European rover and a Russian surface platform to Mars.