Thales Chosen For Kandahar ATM System

Thales said it was awarded a contract from the NATO procurement agency NC3A to supply an air traffic management system for the NATO base at Kandahar, Afghanistan.

The contract includes Thales’s latest generation Eurocat control center, one co-mounted STAR 2000 primary and RSM970 Mode S secondary surveillance radar, a precision approach radar provided by ITT Corp., and a series of complementary communications, navigation and surveillance equipment.

Thales is amongst the few companies to design, develop and deploy systems based on a dual expertise for the civil and defence domains,” said Daniel Kleim, managing director of Thales Air Traffic Management Systems.