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Thales joins Neuron UCAV programme
Thales joins Neuron UCAV programme
Paris AirShow, Le Bourget, June 14, 2005.
Source:
Thales Group.
Thales has been selected by Dassault Aviation, prime contractor for the Neuron
programme, to develop the datalink system for the European unmanned combat air
vehicle (UCAV) technology demonstrator. The Neuron programme is a cooperative
project involving France, Greece, Italy, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
Neuron : Dassault Aviation / Infographic.
The system proposed by Thales will connect the ground-based control station with
the UCAV using high-rate and low-rate datalinks:
The high-rate datalink will be compliant with the NATO interoperable datalink
standard STANAG 7085 and will enable secure transmission of large volumes of
application data, including video, imagery and radar, as well as air vehicle
command and control data.
The low-rate datalink will incorporate transmission security technologies to
guarantee a high level of data integrity. It will operate in a different
frequency band to the high-rate link, further enhancing the integrity of the
overall transmission system.
This contract illustrates the coherent approach to programmes launched by
European defence organisations, as the Neuron datalink system will build
directly on the technical and technological know-how gained through the Reco NG,
airborne reconnaissance pod programme, as well as work on NATO Stanag 7085.
“Thales will be working with the other programme partners and under Dassault
Aviation leadership to provide some of the key technological building blocks for
Europe’s Neuron demonstrator,” said Pierre-Yves Chaltiel, Vice President, Land &
Joint Systems Division, France. “As a centre of excellence in network-centric
warfare, Thales will also contribute to technical, operational and deployment
concept studies for the future air vehicle.”
Thales is a leading international electronics and systems group serving
defence, aerospace, security and services markets. The Group employs 60,000
people throughout the world and generated revenues of
10.3 billion euros in 2004.
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