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Thales awarded contract to supply ATM system and radars to NATO-ISAF in Afghanistan

26 March 2009

Paris, 26 March 2009 – The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) procurement agency: NC3A1, awarded Thales a major contract to supply a comprehensive Air Traffic Management system. The contract includes its latest generation EUROCAT control centre, one co-mounted STAR 2000 - RSM970 Mode S radar, a precision approach radar provided by ITT Corporation, and a series of complementary Communications, Navigation and Surveillance equipment.

The contract includes its latest generation EUROCAT control centre, one co-mounted STAR 2000 - RSM970 Mode S radar, a precision approach radar provided by ITT Corporation, and a series of complementary Communications, Navigation and Surveillance equipment.

This contract, which is already in force, will modernise NATO Kandahar air base's current Navigation Surveillance and Air Traffic Management (ATM) capabilities, ensuring a significant improvement of safety and security vital to the success of NATO civil and military operations.

Thanks to Thales's experience in extended air defence programme across Europe, NATO will benefit from Thales's key strategic expertise in the areas of naval, air defence, space and ATM systems.

Daniel Kleim, Managing Director of Thales's Air Traffic Management Systems business, stated: " We are extremely proud to be part of this ambitious programme that will directly contribute to secure NATO operations. Thales is amongst the few companies to design, develop and deploy systems based on a dual expertise for the civil and defence domains".

Thales is clear market leader worldwide in ATM systems and civil radars and, holds more than a 70% share in the navigation aids market. Thales also offers an integrated gate-to-gate solution, from pre-flight to landing, ensuring airport safety, efficient traffic handling operations, data sharing on aircraft and seamless handover operations between territories.

About Thales

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.

Press Contacts:

Thales, Air Systems
Laurence Luyckx
Tel. + 33 1 79 61 56 46
laurence.luckx@thalesgroup.com

Thales, Corporate Communications
Caroline Philips
Tel. +33 1 57 77 86 26
caroline.philips@thalesgroup.com

[1] NC3A: NATO Consultation, Command and Control Agency