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Prize offered by the Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) for an application to optimize the usage of airspace Toulouse, France, 22-12-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Airbus Defence and Space in close cooperation with Luciad won the 2014 award for the … Read the full press release →

Japan Airlines becomes launch customer for AVANT on the B787 in Asia. Japan Airlines is the world’s first airline to offer digital manga supported by the Thales AVANT. AVANT is now operational on 120 aircraft with total orders approaching 500 … Read the full press release →

Thales to deploy latest-generation ticketing system for all public transport systems in Bordeaux area. 79 stations to be equipped by Thales for Phase III of the Delhi metro. Thales systems in over 100 cities in the world handle more than … Read the full press release →

KEY POINTS Thales will equip 234 A320s ordered by Lion Air with its avionics package. This represents the largest Airbus order ever placed by Lion Air. This follows the order placed by China Eastern earlier this year, reinforcing Thales’s position … Read the full press release →

KEY POINTS Thales will equip Air China’s 22 B737 with the latest in satellite communications. Thales has now more than 20 customers worldwide flying with Thales SBB Satcom for cockpit application on Boeing aircraft. Thales TopFlight SATCOM is future proofed … Read the full press release →

Massy, France, 14-11-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — ThalesRaytheonSystems has completed system testing for NATO’s Air Command and Control System program (ACCS).  The tests demonstrated the system’s ability to operate in a network configuration linking the pilot sites at Lyon Mont Verdun in … Read the full press release →

Cannes, 13-10-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Space Agency’s IXV (Intermediate Experimental Vehicle) atmospheric reentry demonstrator, developed by Thales Alenia Space as prime contractor, has kicked off its launch campaign at the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana. The launch is … Read the full press release →

Following more than nine years in the role Robin Southwell is to step down from his position as President of Airbus Group UK from end September 2014. Paul Kahn appointed President of Airbus Group UK from 1 October 2014 LONDON, … Read the full press release →

Thales has successfully delivered a significant upgrade to the Australian Tiger helicopter simulator.  Cannes, 11-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The improvements to the Full Flight Mission Simulator’s (FFMS) Visual Display System (VDS) mean the Australian Tiger simulator now has the highest … Read the full press release →

Cannes, 11-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Riadh Cammoun, 52, was named Vice President, Public and Regulatory Affairs at Thales Alenia Space, effective September 1st. He replaces Julia Maris. A graduate of the Ecole Spéciale des Travaux Publics civil engineering school, with a … Read the full press release →

Cannes, 11-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Thales Alenia Space is upgrading and expanding its range of Spacebus geostationary telecommunications satellites. With 80 orders recorded to date and over 500 years of cumulated service in orbit, Spacebus platforms offer proven performance. They are available … Read the full press release →

Cannes, 16-7-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The third of nine Cygnus resupply vehicles for the International Space Station has been successfully launched from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility at Wallops Island, Virginia, by Orbital’s Antares rocket. It carried a Pressurized Cargo Module (PCM) … Read the full press release →

Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, 16-7-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Thales and Finmeccanica – Selex ES welcome the signature of the FCAS Arrangement between the United Kingdom and France. Within the UK-French framework, the two companies will cooperate for the development of the multifunction sensor suite … Read the full press release →

London, UK, 2-7-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — With the successful completion of extensive satellite and end-user tests, Inmarsat is pleased to announce that its first Inmarsat-5 Global Xpress (GX) satellite has achieved commercial service introduction (CSI), beginning with United States (US) Government customers … Read the full press release →

Harwell, UK, 2-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Thales Alenia Space announced today that it is further expanding its presence in Europe with the creation of a new British subsidiary, Thales Alenia Space UK. Based at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus (HISC) … Read the full press release →

Cannes, 2-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The KazSat3 and Loutch-5V communications satellites, were successfully launched yesterday by a Proton rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. KazSat3 will be operated by Kazakhstan, while Loutch 5V will be operated by the Russian space … Read the full press release →

Kourou, French Guiana, 7-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — On Thursday, April 3, 2014, at 6:02 pm local time in French Guiana, Arianespace successfully carried out the seventh Soyuz mission from the Guiana Space Center (CSG), orbiting the Sentinel-1A satellite for the European Commission within … Read the full press release →

Thales will deliver its CBTC signalling solution to lines 1 and 2 of the new metro. This is Thales’s third CBTC contract in Brazil since 2010. Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, 26-3-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Thales has been selected by metro operator CCR Metrô Bahia to provide … Read the full press release →

London, UK, 13-3-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Inmarsat, (LSE:ISAT.L), the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, has signed an agreement with Telespazio SpA, a Finmeccanica/Thales company, appointing the international managed satellite services provider as a Value Added Reseller (VAR) for Global Xpress (GX), … Read the full press release →

The European Space Agency has awarded the phase B contract for Neosat to Airbus Defence and Space and TAS Operational from 2019, the new platform will be optimised for electric propulsion Paris, France, 20-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Airbus Defence and Space, number … Read the full press release →