- Thales Nederland
Thales Nederland B.V. (formerly Signaal) is a
subsidiary ofThales Group involved primarily in naval defencesystem s (sensor s,radar s andinfrared systems). Other areas ofbusiness includeair defence ,communication s,optronics , cryogenic cooling systems andnavigation products.History
The company was founded in 1922 as Fabriek van Signaalapparaten for the development of naval systems.
In 1940 the company's factory was captured by the invading
German Army . After the war the company was nationalised as N.V. Hollandsche Signaalapparaten (Signaal).In 1956 the majority of Signaal shares were purchased by
Philips , the Netherlands based electronics company. Between 1956 and the end of theCold War Signaal's business expanded to the point where it had customers in 35 countries and over 5,000 employees.In 1990 Philips decided defence was not a core activity and sold Signaal to
Thomson-CSF , the French electronics and defence contractor. Signaal became Thomson-CSF Signaal. With the renaming of Thomson to Thales in 2000 Thomson-CSF Signaal became Thales Nederland.Products: Sensors
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Active Phased Array Radar (APAR)
*SMART-L radar
*S1850M radar
*SMART-S Mk. II radar
*SIRIUS Infra-red search, track, and surveillance system
*STIR fire control radar
*DA-08 radar
*LW-08 radar
*MW-08 radar
*SMART-S radar
*IRSCAN Infra-red search, track, and surveillance system
*Mirador (TEOOS) Electro-optic surveillance and weapon-control system
*Rapids ESM systemProducts: Other
*SEWACO-FD Command and weapon control system architecture
*TACTICOS Combat Management System
*MOC Multi-Operator Consoles
*Goalkeeper CIWS
*LIOD electro-optic director
*LIROD fire-control system
*M8 (TSM 2072) torpedo fire-control system
*M20 / WM20 / Mk 92 weapon control system and miniature combat systems
*M40 weapon control system
*SINBADS / Spectrum Submarine fire-control combat systems
*SOTAS "Signaal Onboard Two-wire Audio System", a vehicleintercom system
*SmartNet Multimedia network for use in vehicles
*Signaal UA 1137 Night vision device References
*Thales Nederland " [http://www.thales-nederland.nl/nl/about-us/history.shtml History: Thales Nederland B.V. goes back a long way.] " Retrieved Jan. 18, 2005.
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