Airborne Tactical Reconnaissance & Targeting

Attack, Reconnaissance, Navigation

Air combat
Fighter
Defence

To meet evolving operational requirements on both air-to-air and air-to-surface missions, new and upgraded optronic sensors are now available as part of the Thales airborne offering.

European Leader In Airborne Optronics

30

types of platforms with Airborne Optronics products
32

customers worldwide
50 years

of innovation in Airborne Optronics

Meeting Modern Battlefield Challenges

Military operations face stealth threats, electronic warfare, and poor visibility. Thales’ airborne optronics provide AI-assisted targeting, passive detection, and enhanced vision in order to overcome these challenges. These solutions maximise mission efficiency, ensure crew safety, and maintain superiority across all domains.

Thales’ airborne optronics deliver mission-critical capabilities through three advanced systems: TALIOS, providing unmatched targeting precision and intelligence, FSO IRST, enabling passive long-range threat detection, and EVS, ensuring superior visibility in challenging environments. These solutions represent the pinnacle of electro-optical technology, enhancing combat efficiency and flight safety.

With 50+ years of expertise, TALIOS enhances Rafale with its 2-in-1 EO/IR pod for intelligence and laser designation. Its CortAIx AI and Permanent Vision™ AR reduce cognitive load and improve situational awareness. Combat-proven since 2021, this high-definition system covers the entire OODA loop, supporting missions from close air support to long-range strikes in high-intensity conflicts.

Rafale’s Infrared Search and Track system ensures unmatched passive detection of low-signature threats. Operating silently beyond radar range and in jammed environments, it enables precise 3D tracking of stealth aircraft and drones. With a wide field of view and advanced image processing, this combat-proven technology enhances survivability through early detection while ensuring electromagnetic discretion

Air forces often face poor visibility and difficult terrain. Thales's Enhanced Vision System (EVS) uses infrared detectors and advanced image processing to provide high-definition imagery, day or night. Certified on A400M and in service with several air forces, EVS enhances situational awareness, safety during approaches and landings, and increases operational availability.