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hales has been operating in India since 1953, participating in the creation of Bharat Electronics Ltd. (BEL), and has been a constant partner of the Indian Armed Forces ever since. After opening its first permanent representative office in Delhi in 1970, Thales created a service company in 2003: Thales India Pvt Ltd, with the aim to develop in India customer support and services. Today Thales India runs offices in Delhi, Gwalior, Mumbai, Visakhapatnam, Bangalore, Chennai and kochi to better serve its, Army, Navy and Air Force customers. In 2008, a JV was formed with Samtel: Samtel Thales Avionics Ltd to work towards the development, production and sale of Helmet Mounted Sight Displays and avionics for the Indian and export markets. The systems will be developed, produced and maintained in India with the aim of producing
Avionics and INGPS for military aircraft such as the Mirage 2000, Mig 21 and 27 , Su 30. ■ Optronics: 500 HHTI Sophie and 1000 Catherine Thermal Imagers on T90. ■ EW systems for Army and Navy. ■ Sonars on the Sea King helicopters and Scorpene submarines. ■ Mine Hunting sonar and CMS for the Karwar class refit. ■ DA 04 and LW08 long-range surveillance radar for Navy. Thales India Ltd.’s long term objective in line with the group’s international policy and the Government of India vision of self reliance, is to address the Indian market as an Indian player through the development of its local entity and the creation of JVs with the major PSU and Private Industrial Partners, in order to answer tenders with locally-developed products or systems and the maximum local content. ■ ■
a true Indian product destined for the local market. Major contracts with the MoD have included: ■ Air defence radars and systems such as THD 1955, Master M, Flycatcher Mark 1 and Reporter. ■ Vicon 91 Reconnaissance pods for the Air Force. ■ FLYCATCHER Mk1 Radar and Fire Control System.
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