Recherche

The company is successfully developing key references in the leading markets of Air Operations: USA, France and NATO/Europe. It brings a unique experience in system of systems and interoperability.

With customers in over 110 countries ThalesRaytheonSystems generated sales of 800M€ in 2006. It is headquartered in Massy, near Paris with a workforce of 1400 people equally split between Massy and Fullerton, California.

ThalesRaytheonSystems's business domains are:

• Extended Air Defense
• Air Command and Control
• Battlefield Surveillance and Coordination
• Integrated Command and Control

Main references

• FLORAKO (Switzerland)

After more than thirty years of service, the FLORIDA Air Defense Ground Environment System used in Switzerland, and delivered in the late sixties by Hughes (today part of ThalesRaytheonSystems), has been replaced by the FLORAKO system. In 2004, the FLORAKO System entered operational service after successfully completing final tests and operating in parallel alongside the old FLORIDA air defense system.

FLORAKO is a fully distributed system whose main functions include Air surveillance with multi-sensor tracking (military and civil radars), Identification, Sensor management, Threat assessment, Air mission Command and Control, and Joint civil-military airspace management.

The system integrates links with external agencies, such as the Air Traffic Management system of SKYGUIDE. FLORAKO uses leading-edge technologies for voice and data communication, networks and air surveillance with ThalesRaytheonSystems's latest 3D radars of the MASTER-M and MASTER-A radar families.

• ACCS (NATO): Unification of air defence systems in Europe

ThalesRaytheonSystems is the prime contractor for NATO's Air Command and Control System programme. This programme sets new standards of integration for air operations in Europe. It introduces a single, integrated approach to planning, tasking, monitoring and mission execution. For the first time, NATO Nations from Norway to Turkey will use the same system of hardware and software, sharing all operational data over a high-speed communications network.

ACCS will provide Network Centric Capability, support NATO's deployed operations, and integrate defence systems from every NATO nation.

• SCCOA (France)

For domestic territory or deployed operations, ThalesRaytheonSystems is a major player in France's Air Operations Command and Control system (SCCOA).

The SCCOA programme (Système de Commandement et de Conduite des Opérations Aériennes) will provide the French Air Force with a complete capability to manage aircraft and air defence assets. It is based on the concept of comprehensive control of air operations and is designed to shorten the OODA loop (observe, orient, decide, act) and in turn achieve air superiority in offensive and defensive engagements.

• Battle Control System (USA)

In addition to being under contract for the new NATO Air Command and Control System (ACCS) Level of Capability (LOC) 1 for NATO, ThalesRaytheonSystems has been contracted to provide the United States national system called Battle Control System.

The Battle Control System - Fixed will replace the ThalesRaytheonSystems legacy built North American Air Defense (NORAD) System. BCS is the latest-generation U.S. and Canadian Air Force air sovereignty command and control system that serves as the early warning mechanism to protect against airborne threats in the vital North American Homeland Defense mission. Operated by NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command), U.S. Northern Command and Pacific Command, the mission of the BCS program is to control the skies over the continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii and Canada.

• Tactical SCCOA MARTHA (France)

Tactical SCCOA MARTHA (Maillage Antiaérien des Radars Tactiques pour la lutte contre les Hélicoptères et les Aéronefs à voilure fixe) is being developed by ThalesRaytheonSystems and is the next-generation air defence solution for the French Army and Air force. Its overall concept is based on a two-level architecture designed to provide efficient real-time airspace and air defence management on the battlefield and linked directly to the French Air Force positive control.

Tactical SCCOA MARTHA will be responsible for the command, alerting and fire co-ordination of all anti-aircraft weapon systems, will co-ordinate and manage the deployment and siting of air defence assets and will provide commanders with continually updated status reports of air defence forces. As an airspace management tool, the primary task of Tactical SCCOA MARTHA is to ensure the safety of friendly aircraft as well as providing regular updated information on the tactical air situation.

• Sensors: covering every threat

In Air Defence, ThalesRaytheonSystems is active on the entire radar market. Every type of threat coming from the sky is covered: airplanes, helicopters, drones, ballistic missiles & cruise missiles. ThalesRaytheonSystems is also number 1 worldwide in the area of battlefield radar and leader, with 70% of the world market, in weapon locating radars whose range, altitude coverage and accuracy are in continuous improvement.

• Long Range Air Defense Radars:

Master M: Available in both fixed and mobile configurations, Master-M is a particularly versatile product, designed to be equally successful for backbone infrastructure as for force projection operations.

Master T: robust, tactical 3D radar designed for air surveillance and air defense roles. Packed in two 20-foot ISO parcels, Master-T is transportable by road (10-ton vehicles), air (C-l30H), rail and sea and can be deployed on unprepared sites.

New ground Master radar: The Ground Master is a family of versatile, multimission air defence radars, dedicated to the protection of key assets and forces deployed in remote theatres. The Ground Master radar is derived from Thales's SR3D platform. As such, its design is based on an open architecture and proven technological choices (basic building blocks) combining the best of Thales's radar technologies (previous generations) with the standards of today. The Ground Master is the first family of HMLA radars (high, medium and low altitude). Unmatched detection performance has been achieved through the intensive use of digital beamforming. This feature makes the Ground Master the first "digital radar" available on the market.

• Multimission Radars:

Master A: With its unique features, Master-A is specifically designed to enhance existing systems and make them effective against all these emerging threats. Master-A is a first step towards the rising world of Extended Air Defense.

• Intermediate Range Air Defense Radars:

RAC 3D: three dimensional, multi-mode, radar for the co-ordination of medium-range, short-range and very-short range air defence weapon systems. It provides a 3D air picture up to 100 km. The RAC 3D detects and classifies modern threats, including medium to very low-altitude hovering helicopters.

MPQ-64 Sentinel: three-dimensional, phased-array system that operates in the X-band to automatically detect, track, identify, classify, and report airborne threats, including helicopters, high-speed attack aircraft, cruise missiles, and unmanned aerial vehicles.

MPQ-64 Sentinel Contingency and Security: With the Sentinel system, security teams can protect assets from unauthorized airborne threats flying below the horizon of air traffic control radar. The highly mobile Sentinel system delivers accurate low-altitude surveillance of small to large airborne devices, including domestic and military aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, helicopters, ultralights, and cruise missiles.

Elevated Sentinel: newest variant of this highly capable sensor system repackaged for long duration elevated sensor missions. This X-Band, phased array radar provides 360 degree, 3 dimensional coverage mounted on a 38 meter aerostat which is ideally suited for extended range coverage for air defence, early warning and/or extended air defense missions. Tethered at altitudes of 500 to 2500 feet (152m to 762m) above ground level, the lightweight Elevated Sentinel is capable of extending its coverage over ground based sensors in detecting and tracking a wide range of airborne targets including cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, helicopters, fighters, bombers and small civilian aircraft.

Improved Sentinel: The world leader in dependable, easily maintained, highly
mobile tactical air defense radar, the AN/MPQ-64F1 Improved Sentinel is a state of the art, three-dimensional, phased-array system that operates in the X-band frequency range. Its primary mission is to automatically detect, track, identify,
and report airborne threats, including helicopters, high speed attack aircraft, cruise missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). This advanced tactical radar detects and tracks threat aircraft at several times the range of short-range weapons, providing early warning to ground crews and supporting maximum-range engagement of threats.

• Weapon Locating Radars

Firefinder AN/TPQ 36: accurately, rapidly, and automatically locates medium-range enemy mortars, artillery, and rocket launchers. It can handle simultaneous fire from weapons at multiple locations, detectingand reporting their positions on the first round. The AN/TPQ-36's automatic detection, tracking, and locating process is so fast that an enemy weapon's position can often be pinpointed before its projectile impacts.

Firefinder AN/TPQ-37 Reliability Maintainability Improvement: highly mobile long-range surveillance radar that quickly locates mortars, artillery and rocket launchers. With an instrumented range of 50 km, the radar is capable
of pinpointing large numbers of enemy weapons, rapidly relaying precise location information for counterfire.

• Customer Services

ThalesRaytheonSystems provides extensive support to its customers to ensure that its solutions have a high level of operational availability. Support includes: System & Logistics Engineering, Spares, Repair Service, Technical Support, Upgrades, Global Support Contract.

For more information: www.thalesraytheon.com