Thales: contract with DGA for offshore patrol boats
November 24, 2023 at 04:08 am EST
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Thales has been awarded a contract by the French defense procurement agency (Direction Générale de l'Armement - DGA) to equip the first seven offshore patrol boats for the French Navy with maritime surveillance equipment.
The equipment consists of a Bluewatcher hull sonar, a compact multi-mission and IFF surveillance radar, and a friend/enemy identification system.
This order is part of a contract worth a total of 900 million euros, the production of which has been entrusted to a consortium comprising CMN, Piriou and Socarenam.
The contract for project management assistance and production of the combat steering system has been awarded to Naval Group.
These patrol boats, which are expected to enter service by 2035, with the first delivery scheduled for 2026, are intended to replace the deep-sea patrol boats (PHM) based in Brest and Toulon, as well as the public service patrol boats based in Cherbourg.
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Thales is one of the European leaders in manufacturing and marketing of electronic equipment and systems for the defense and security, aerospace, and transportation sectors. Net sales break down by product group as follows:
- defense and security systems (53.4%): C4I defense and security systems (control and monitoring systems, communication, protection, cyber-security, and other systems), defense mission systems, naval systems, electronic war systems, drones, air operation systems (air defense, air surveillance), ground defense systems and missiles;
- aerospace systems (28.4%): avionics equipment (cockpit, cabin multimedia, and simulation equipment), space systems (satellites, payloads, etc.);
- digital identification and security solutions (18.2%).
Besides, the group owns a 35% stake in Naval Group (manufacture of naval equipment for defense and nuclear energy sectors).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: France (29.5%), the United Kingdom (6.6%), Europe (24.8%), the United States and Canada (14%), Asia (9.4%), Near and Middle East (6%), Australia and New Zealand (4.4%) and other (5.3%).
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