PARIS AIR SHOW. Satelllite and spacecraft company Thales Alenia Space -- the joint venture between Thales and Leonardo -- confirmed that it has acquired a minority stake in French company Airstar Aerospace, a company that manufactures airships and flexible structures that are capable of operating at all altitudes.
VERSSAILLES. Nexter, Renault Trucks Defense, and Thales officials received the first production order by the French Procurement Agency (DGA) for 319 GRIFFON and 20 JAGUAR vehicles as part of the Multi-role Armored Vehicle contract.
GEELONG, Australia. Thales Australia officials selected Rockwell Collins, as a subcontractor, to upgrade to integrate the Digital Terminal Control System (DTCS) into the Integral Computing System (ICS) of the Hawkei Protected Mobility Vehicle-Light system.
LA DEFENSE, Paris, France. Officials at the Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization tasked Thales to deliver 14 Continuous Wave Illumination (CWI) transmitters to be integrated in the current ESSM fire control systems on-board the Absalon and Iver Huitfeldt class vessels of the Royal Danish navy.
LA DEFENSE,France. U.S. Air Force officials ordered three Deployable ? Instrument Landing Systems (D-ILS) from Thales. The order is part of a contract announced in August 2015.
WALTHAM, Mass. Thales and Raytheon officials restructured their joint venture company, ThalesRaytheonSystems, to focus only on NATO agencies and NATO member nations for delivery of the Command and Control System, Theatre Missile Defense, and Ballistic Missile Defense (ACCS).