Thales to supply Thailand with MEOLUT Next solution
January 17, 2023 at 04:44 am
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Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with Appworks to supply Thailand with the MEOLUT Next solution for locating distress signals.
This solution will instantly detect and locate any distress signal emitted by a COSPAS-SARSAT beacon on land, at sea and in the air, within a radius of 2,500 km of Bangkok, mainly via the Galileo satellite positioning system.
The contract also includes the delivery of a Mission Control Centre (MCC) dedicated to the management and dissemination of alerts, and a Rescue Coordination Centre (RCC) which will coordinate search and rescue operations with the armed forces, coastguards, lifeguards at sea, etc.
' This is the first contract for the deployment of the MEOLUT Next solution in Asia, which will now be in service on four continents: America, Europe, Africa and Asia. Saving lives is an integral part of our company's aspirations, as demonstrated by our participation in the search and rescue services of the COSPAS-SARSAT network', said Benoît Broudy, Vice President of the Navigation business at Thales Alenia Space in France.
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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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