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Thales Land & Joint Systems to demonstrate new infra-red hostile fire protection for land vehicles

05 June 2008

Thales is already developing a single colour infra-red warner product (Elix-IR) for airborne applications under a UK Ministry of Defence Technical Development Program. Through extensive ground testing, Thales has shown that its innovative Elix-IR technology is inherently suitable for land vehicle protection.

Thales in Australia will now lead the development and expansion of this innovative, low-cost technology as part of the Defence Science and Technology Organisation's CTD Program, which encourages the development of advanced technologies that can boost Australia's future defence capabilities. This new IR Warner CTD will leverage the advanced state of Elix-IR airborne development to demonstrate the technology in a land environment.

About Thales

Thales is a leading international electronics and systems group, addressing defence, aerospace and security markets worldwide. Thales's leading-edge technology is supported by 22,000 R&D engineers who offer a capability unmatched in Europe to develop and deploy field-proven mission-critical information systems. To this end, the group's civil and military businesses develop in parallel and share a common base of technologies to serve a single objective: the security of people, property and nations. The group builds its growth on its unique multi-domestic strategy based on trusted partnerships with national customers and market players, while leveraging its global expertise to support local technology and industrial development. Thales employs 68,000 people in 50 countries with 2007 revenues of AUD19 billion.

Thales Australia is the leading defence systems and engineering company in Australia and is also present in civil sectors ranging from air traffic management to security systems and services. Employing 3,700 people in over 35 sites around the country, Thales Australia recorded revenues in 2007 amounting to over AUD1 billion.