Thales will be exhibiting a wide range of innovative offerings at IDEX and NAVDEX 2013

: Posted On Wednesday, 13 February 2013 19:00

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Thales will be exhibiting a wide range of innovative offerings at IDEX and NAVDEX 2013

Thales will be participating in IDEX and NAVDEX from 17th to 21st February 2013 in the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC), UAE. Held biannually, IDEX is the only international defence exhibition and conference in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region demonstrating the latest technology across land, sea and air sectors of defence.

Celebrating 35 years of partnership with the UAE
With 35 years of presence and partnership in the UAE, Thales has developed outstanding relations with the countries of the region and is widely recognised as a reliable partner for local companies. In collaboration with our partners in the UAE, Thales will be displaying a number of products on the International Golden Group (IGG) stand and the Earth stand. With over 350 people employed in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, the UAE are the cornerstone of Thales in the Middle East.

Thales CAPTAS-2 (left) and CAPTAS-4 (right) variable depth sonars

Thales, as a global leader in naval solutions and a first rate partner to over 50 navies worldwide, provides maritime solutions enabling commanders to reach decisions that deliver better outcomes. At NAVDEX, Thales will be exhibiting a wide range of innovative offerings, illustrating its expertise in the following fields:

Information Superiority – demonstrating Thales’s ability to connect forces for maritime domain awareness and support the acquisition, exploitation and exchange of information, the Thales stand will showcase a number of products including ARTEMIS, a new generation fully passive Infrared Surveillance System and SURFSAT-S, a new X/Ku/Ka SATCOM terminal for small/medium surface ship.

Above Water Warfare – Thales’s Above Water portfolio extends from surveillance, command and combat systems to support for weapons systems. At NAVDEX, Thales will exhibit solutions which include the innovative I-MAST 100, a fully integrated naval sensor and communications suite housed in an advanced mast structure, and GATEKEEPER, an electro-optic ship security system specifically designed to provide round-the-clock surveillance in the complex littoral environment.

Underwater Warfare – the Thales stand will showcase our ability as acoustic systems provider for anti-submarine and mine warfare with several mock-ups including the world leader FLASH dipping sonar for helicopters, the low-frequency active towed-array sonar for surface ships CAPTAS-2, as well as the towed synthetic aperture sonar T-SAS for mine detection.

Training and Simulation – Thales delivers a complete range of shore-based and at-sea instruction and training solutions such as the CALAS, a state-of-the-art lightweight solution for sonar training at sea and OSATIS on shore sonar training system.

Visit Thales at NAVDEX on stand B–003.