Australian Navy to use Thales missile control system
01 April 2009
This function will be utilised from 2011 within the warfare systems that are part of the Royal Australian Navy's ANZAC Class Frigate Anti-Ship Missile Defence Upgrade Project.
The Mid-Course Guidance and Sampled Data Homing function is based on Interrupted Continuous Wave Illumination (ICWI), a Thales development with the APAR partners in the APAR program that enables a single missile control radar to guide several missiles simultaneously to several threats.
With this contract, the number of navies using ICWI has risen to five. The German and Netherlands Navies are operational users of the Thales APAR multi-function radar that was the first radar to use ICWI. The Patrol Ships for the Danish Navy, scheduled to be operational in 2011, will also be equipped with APAR radars. The Japanese Maritime Self- Defence Force has purchased the ICWI function for their latest helicopter carriers and future destroyers. The addition of yet another major Navy to this list proves the substantial advantages of ICWI-based radar systems over conventional systems and Thales Netherlands' leading position worldwide in naval sensor technology.
About ICWI
ICWI (Interrupted Continuous Wave Illumination) is a technology that greatly enhances a ship's defence capabilities as it enables a missile control system to guide several missiles simultaneously to various threats. All other fire control systems can guide only one missile to one threat, making the advantage of ICWI in the event of a saturation attack abundantly clear. The performance of ICWI-based missile defence systems was convincingly demonstrated during the live firing trials of the Royal Netherlands Navy's "De Zeven Provinciën" in late 2003 and the live firing trials of the German Navy's "Sachsen" in mid 2004. Both ships are equipped with APAR, Thales Netherlands' highly advanced multifunction radar, especially designed to guide ESSM and SM2 missiles to incoming threats using ICWI technology.
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 (equivalent of AUD22.1 billion).
Thales Australia is a trusted partner of the Australian Defence Force and is also present in commercial sectors ranging from air traffic management to security systems and services. Employing around 3,500 people in over 35 sites across the country, Thales Australia recorded revenues of more than AUD1 billion in 2008.
Press contacts
Libby Noble
Thales Australia
+61 (0)2 9562 3150
+61 (0)434 155 881
libby.noble@thalesgroup.com.au
Frank van de Wiel
Thales Netherlands
Tel: +31 74 24 82 951
frank.vandewiel@nl.thalesgroup.com
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