Thales Invests to Advance Autonomy
centre for the combined United Kingdom and French Maritime Mine Counter Measures (MMCM) Program. Central to the growth of Thales’s future, Thales has also signed a five year agreement with West Wales Airport (WWA) which will continue to deliver the Watchkeeper programme to the British Army and to expand the innovative test, development and training of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). Thales has committed $8 million to the West Wales facility over the next two years, securing 40 jobs both locally and across the UK. \
OPTECH South 2017: Littoral Challenges in Colombia
and opportunities; and maritime security technologies across ashore, such as the challenges of mines and explosive remnants of war. “There needs to be a paradigm shift to get rid of unexploded ordnance so communities can more quickly get back to a sense of normality,” said retired British Army Lt. Col. David Leigh, now of Kareem Service Ltd. “All the pieces are here--from ships to intelligence to the environment--for Columbia’s Navy to build upon their ability to be dominant in their sovereign waters,” said Dave Forster of General Dynamics Mission Systems
Tomorrow’s Defense: Unmanned Vehicles Enter the Naval Arena
;s Unmanned Warrior exercise held in the fall of 2016. Thales demonstrated its capability through the Watchkeeper Unmanned Aircraft System, the Halcyon Unmanned Surface Vehicle and its collaborative work in the field of unmanned command and control research. Watchkeeper, currently in service with the British Army, flew for the first time in a littoral naval environment operating alongside a Type 23 warship and a merchant vessel and was integrated into a series of exercises varying from persistent wide-area surveillance support up to 150 km offshore to landing forces and naval gunfire support. Data collected
Thales to Take Key Role in 'Exercise Unmanned Warrior'
and unmanned systems, Thales will showcase its capability through the Watchkeeper Unmanned Aircraft System, Halcyon Unmanned Surface Vehicle and its collaborative work in the field of unmanned command and control research. For the first time, Watchkeeper, currently in service with the British Army, will fly in a littoral naval environment operating alongside a Type 23 warship and a merchant vessel. Watchkeeper will be integrated into a series of exercises varying from persistent wide area surveillance support up to 150 kilometers offshore, to landing forces and naval gunfire
Making the Connection SEA CON
the business is paramount to our success and the launch of a new Encapsulation and Molding Workshop is just another example of our commitment to over deliver on the promise and work with an overt focus on the changing needs of our clients.” Chris Batten is a freelance writer and author, ex British Army and former CEO of a US ‘Under the Hook’ rigging company. Chris has been involved in heavy lift in oil and gas in the United States, Europe and the Middle East as well as many other business sectors, including technology and marketing. (As published in the September 2013 edition
New appointment for The Underwater Center
demands of industry for skilled personnel. A former soldier, James (39), has had an international air diving career spanning more than 18 years. Born in Leeds, he spent a number of years growing up in Durban, South Africa, before moving back to the UK. On leaving school he joined the British army as an infantryman at the age of 17, during which time he took his first diving qualifications. He left the army after three years and - after working as a PADI Master SCUBA Diver Trainer and as a mixed gas technical diving instructor - he went on to complete his inshore and offshore commercial
February 2024
