Thales Wins contract to provide Canadian Army with Battlefield Management System
09 March 2009
(Ottawa, March 9, 2009) - Thales has been awarded the Land Command Support System (LCSS) Long-Term Software Support (LTSS) contract by the Government of Canada. This five-year $184 million contract is one of the largest Command and Control support contracts ever let by the Department of National Defence (DND).
“This contract is the result of years of close interaction with the Canadian Army and is a great example of the success of our multi-domestic approach and seamless technology transfer”, said Marcel de Picciotto, President of Thales Canada. “Thales Canada has evolved into Canada’s premier provider of Army Battlefield Management Systems (BMS).”
Based on the original software from Thales created for the French Army, Thales has transformed the original capability and the system is now designed to support the Command and Control (C2) decision action cycle. With the support of various partners, the entire baseline has been designed and is focused on providing Commanders and their staffs with up-to-date battlefield information, enabling them to make better and timelier decisions. Relevant data is provided to users based on roles and is displayed graphically. Users can also interact seamlessly with other components of the Land Force Command and Control Information System (LFC2IS) and share information throughout the entire battlefield, creating a common operational picture, shared situational awareness, and information dominance.
"This work underlines the importance this government places on transforming the Canadian Forces into a modern, first-class military for the 21st Century as identified in the Canada First Defence Strategy," said the Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway. "This software support ensures our Forces will remain one of the most technologically advanced militaries in the world."
“We are very proud of the recognition by the Government of Canada of Thales’s expertise in the field of Battlefield Management Systems. This achievement is the result of Thales’s long-term strategy to adapt to national specific needs”, added Pascale Sourisse, Senior Vice-President and Head of Thales’s Land and Joint Systems Division. “The pursuit of excellence and customer satisfaction are our core values. We focus on a high quality of service, on-time delivery and a transparent approach to grant the forces operational efficiency on the field.”
About Thales and Thales Canada
Thales is a leading international electronics and systems group, addressing Aerospace and Space, Defence and Security markets worldwide. 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. Thales’s leading-edge technology is supported by 22,500 R&D engineers who offer a capability unmatched in Europe to develop and deploy field-proven mission-critical information systems. The Group builds its growth on its unique multidomestic 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 2008 revenues of €12.7 billion (equivalent of $19.8 billion CAD).
Thales Canada has 1350 employees in Montreal, Quebec city, Ottawa and Toronto working in Defence, Aerospace and Security. Sales across Thales operations in Canada exceed $420 million (CAD) for 2008, to a range of customers including Canadian and overseas urban rail systems, civil aviation, and military and security agencies.
Press Contacts:
Conrad Bellehumeur
Thales Canada
Tel: 613-220-9815
conrad.bellehumeur@ca.thalesgroup.com
Aude Colas des Francs
Thales, Land and Joint Systems
Tel: +33 1 46 13 20 86
aude.colasdesfrancs@fr.thalesgroup.com
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