Thales, LIMA Exhibition, Malaysia: Thales has been selected by the Royal Malaysian Navy to modernise two LERICI class minehunters with a new wide band sonar 2022 MkIII.
The modernisation will include a new wide band Transmit and Receive Acoustic Array, together with a new stabilisation gear. The equipped hull will remain unchanged, in order to avoid reworks on the sea-chest.
The dry end of the sonar will be replaced and new displays will be installed. Thales will handle the overall system integration including the interface to other ship equipment like the Mine Hunting Tactical Data System, and the new Navigation equipment like Heading sensor, Echo sounder, Doppler Log and EM Log.
The wide band technology of the TSM 2022MkIII will improve dramatically the mine detection and classification performances of the MCMVs.
Thales is a leading international electronics and systems group serving defence, aerospace, security and services markets. The Group employs 60,000 people throughout the world and generated revenues of 10.3 billion euros in 2004.
Thales Underwater Systems is part of the Thales Naval Division. With more than 40 years experience, Thales Underwater Systems is recognised as a leader in underwater warfare, and more particularly in mine warfare.
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