Thales

The French Air Force has declared the new Talios targeting pod operational on its Dassault Rafales equipped with the F3R upgrade.

Thales is gearing up for its first deliveries of the DME 500, the French group’s fifth-generation distance measuring equipment (DME), which is compatible with existing onboard receivers.

The funding pays for the first 18 months of work—Phase 1A—to develop the demonstrators and mature new technologies.

The Archange aircraft will use Thales’ CUGE universal electronic warfare payload, and will replace the French Air Force's two C-160G Gabriel platforms.

Aerospace and defense Tier 1 giant Safran has sold off software and systems engineering unit Base2 Solutions.

Publicly traded shares of aerospace and defense companies around most of the Western world ended 2019 about 34% above where they began a year ago, and 6% better off than major stock market indices, Wall Street analysts said in year-end reports.

NATO has taken the first steps toward replacing its fleet of Boeing E-3 Sentry airborne early warning platforms.