Thales Wins Work For New Army Radio Program

June 25 2012

France

The French defense procurement agency DGA has awarded Thales a development contract for a tactical radio program, reports the defense firm.

The initial phase of the program is covered by a 263 million euro (US$330 million) contract to develop software-defined radios for the French air force, army and navy.

The radios in the CONTACT program will be based on communication architecture standards and a new waveform developed by the European secure software-defined radio (ESSOR)...

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