Thales : provides the Gecko solution for detecting and identifying drones in the civil airspace
May 26, 2016 at 01:26 pm EDT
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The contract includes the Gecko solution, Squire radars and various thermal cameras destined for a South-East Asian country.
Gecko is already in use in the Army's protected vehicles or in the civil sphere for the surveillance of borders or drug trafficking.
The Gecko solution is required to be in operation before the end of 2016
The purpose of the project is to provide various deployable posts for the detection and identification of small-size drones. A local control post for each deployable post will be provided, as well as a centralised control post. The contract integrates the Gecko optronic solution, Squire radars and various thermal cameras. The client will use this solution, provided by Thales, in public events to monitor different urban areas and, especially, to control the use of drones. The Thales Gecko is developed in Spain and has dual application, both civil and military. It is based upon an optronic solution that employs Thales's long-range infrared Suzie camera. It is a fully Spanish product development with dual application, both civil and military. The solution will have the flexibility to be deployed in different places over a period of several weeks and will tackle today's challenge of detecting small-size drones in the civil airspace. For Thales in Spain, undertaking this project is a veritable milestone, as this is the first time it has signed an export contract for the Gecko solution. The military version of Gecko is already in use by the Army as a means for distance vision for RG-31 protected vehicles and for the clean-up of routes. In the civil sphere, Gecko is also being used in Spain as a surveillance solution for borders, drug trafficking, etc. The Gecko solution is planned to be in operation by the end of 2016.
'As a key actor in the UAV market, Thales is excited to embark on this project with the aim of tackling the complexity of detecting small-size drones and the challenges that we face due to the civil use of drones in airspaces worldwide'.
José Sarnito, Business Development Director for the Thales in Spain Aeronautics, Defence and Security Area
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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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