Thales which is an important partner to the Indian defence industry is highlighting its efforts to grow its India supply chain.
The French firm is also presenting new defence technologies, that are relevant to the Indian market.
Thales steadily built advanced in-country capabilities across manufacturing, critical systems and services in India through local teams and collaborations and is today working with 75 suppliers, generating more than 1900 indirect jobs in India.
Thales has expanded locally with joint ventures and other partnerships, such as with Bharat Dynamics Limited to manufacture 60 per cent of the Laser Beam Riding MANPAD (LBRM) system, which is also on display.
Thales is eager to pursue its long-standing commitment to partner with India in its big ambitions including the ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ vision, said Ashish Saraf, Vice President and Country Director – India, Thales.
The company is also growing its indigenous engineering capability and Thales in India now counts more than 1800 employees including 1400 engineers in its two global Engineering Competences Centres, located in Bangalore and Noida.
These centres focus on hardware, software and systems engineering capabilities for both the civil and defence sectors, serving global needs.
Thales is showcasing its full range of radars as well as leading very short range air defence systems including Laser Beam Riding MANPADS at the show. Thales is also presenting the best of its airborne optronics capability: the 2-in-1 targeting & reconnaissance pod TALIOS (Targeting Long-range Identification Optronic System) that delivers unmatched image quality.
With the drones ecosystem gaining momentum in India, Thales will present its portfolio of solutions including drones such as Spyranger, counter-UAV solutions that detects, classifies and neutralizes micro- and mini-drones to protect people, secure critical infrastructure and events, in full compliance with national and international regulations.
On the connectivity side, Thales is introducing SYNAPS A, the airborne member of the SYNAPS software-defined radio family designed to support battlespace digitization and C4I systems, and also Identification Friend of Foe (IFF). Under the navigations segment, the TopAxyz inertial navigation system for air, naval and land transport is being featured.
In support of Indian Navy, Thales is promoting the Sonoflash, a new generation of sonobuoy that strengthens anti-submarine warfare capabilities.
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