Thales Australia has won a contract to supply two approach radar systems at Kaohsiung and Magong airports in Taiwan. The systems will help increase safety and air traffic management efficiency, and are based on proven technologies with established track records, the firm said. The program will start immediately, and is scheduled for completion by January 2012. Chris Jenkins, Thales Australia’s managing director, said “this mature and reliable technology will deliver considerable benefits to air traffic management in Taiwan.” The contract with Air Navigation & Weather Services (ANWS) in Taiwan will see Thales supply and install one primary STAR 2000 radar and one Mono-pulse Secondary Surveillance Radar (model RSM 970 S) in Kaohsiung. The company will also install an RSM 970 S in Magong.