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2019-12-05

Thales Focuses on Region Readiness

At the recently concluded Dubai Airshow, Thales offered an insight into its four technological pillars of connectivity/IoT, Big Data, cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence (AI). The company highlighted its aim of being a trusted partner for its customers, helping them in their digital transformation, and put a strong focus on region readiness to accommodate the latest technologies and AI-based solutions.

The company’s approach to AI is known as Thales TrUE AI: Transparent, Understandable and Ethical Artificial Intelligence.

The Thales stand was designed based on three themes – Defence, Space, and Dual unmanned/Civil Aero – in order to tell a personalised story and offer a customised experience to each visitor. Two specific centralised and highlighted zones were also added, one dedicated to Cybersecurity and a Local Corner, to position Thales as a major local, industrial and innovative partner for the MEA region. The company supports the strategy of the UAE through three main axes: Industry, Innovation and Education.

Industry

In this area, the company presented Thales Emarat Technologies, a local entity 100 per cent owned by Thales, which focuses on critical systems such as radar, radio communications and a variety of defence aerospace technologies.

Thales Emarat Technologies is the vector of this strategy aiming to be integrated in the local Emirati industrial ecosystem in order to create value and economic impact in short and medium term. It provides the UAE with unique and sovereign technology capabilities in line with UAE Vision 2021. In addition to Thales Emarat Technologies, in 2017, Thales set up a Defence Service Center in the UAE to support customer’s operations. In the Middle East, Thales Group supports local partnerships such as Oman Cyber Academy and ME cybersecurity hub in the UAE.

Innovation

Thales is a key partner of the Aviation X Lab initiative with Airbus, Collins Aviation, GE Aviation and Emirates. HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai and HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince and Chairman of the Dubai Executive Council, watched Thales' cockpit of the future and Solo, the virtual assistant to pilots that was showcased at Aviation X Lab in October.

Education

Thales has a long-standing commitment to the UAE and the region. Several MOUs and cooperation’s have been signed between Thales and different universities, such as, Emirates Aviation University, Khalifa University and Thales Cybersecurity Hub etc.

Defence

In the Defence domain, Thales demonstrated its leadership in the connected collaborative combat. One of these solutions was the Mission@ISR, which is a new way to manage intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data from aircraft assets. It is a new, innovative, simple to use and secure system that gives the data needed at the right place and at the right time. Its goal is to deliver the most comprehensive ISR picture, using AI.

Thales also highlighted its Defence Cloud offering for armed forces. This is a resilient solution that will enable armed forces to stay connected with any device at any time and operate with complete autonomy in the field.

Another highlight was Talios, the next generation tactical reconnaissance and targeting pod, which is the first to embed AI and the first capable of covering the whole targeting chain, from intelligence gathering through to strike assessment. It is capable of processing 3,000km² of high-resolution images per hour, compared to only 10km² for a qualified human analyst.

Space

In the space field, Thales highlighted solutions for Earth observation as well as for defence purpose as space is becoming an established field of confrontation (take spy satellites, for example).

Earth Observer Optical – it is a system that will cover defence and security applications such as border and maritime surveillance, military reconnaissance and intelligence as well as mapping, cartography, or management of natural disasters.

Syracuse IV – it is a defence telecommunication system offering flexible, secure and resilient communications. This programme aims to allow keeping permanent communications whatever the conditions are (crisis, major disaster, etc.) and wherever on earth, including hostile environments.

Dual Unmanned/Civil Aero

As Counter-Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems can create a safe “bubble” around event venues and civilian installations, Thales has introduced new ways to monitor, control and neutralise drones, and to make UAV Traffic Management (UTM) a priority for airspace security.

Cybersecurity

In this area, Thales presented its ATM Cybels demonstration, a comprehensive cybersecurity solution dedicated to Air Traffic Management and designed to protect critical information systems against cyber threats by anticipating, preventing and rapidly responding to attacks, and a generic video on cybersecurity for the aerospace.

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