Defence in UAE

Key Points

Defence
• Thales provides defence-related land, sea, air and space solutions to civil and governmental organisations.
• Main products include electronic systems for various  types of platforms across all domains (Land, Sea, Air, Space), such as sonars, radars, sensors, optronics, communication systems and other innovative embedded electronics, as well as tailor-made solutions for training, services and integration.
• Since 2017, Thales’ Defence Service Centre supports local military customers.
• In 2019 Thales was awarded the Acoustic Centre and
the Underwater Training Centre (First in the Middle East) .

Overview

Thales Defence-related projects consist of a full range of solutions and products with naval systems, surveillance radars and communications of principal importance. This market is pivotal to the region’s present and future success as it is predicted that defence expenditure in the Middle East will sustain growth.
This significance is clearly reflected within the UAE, with first-class exhibitions and conferences including the IDEX/NAVDEX exhibition in Abu Dhabi and the Dubai Air Show.