Thales, NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE, France: The French defence procurement agency has selected Thales Underwater Systems to replace the mine warfare system designed to maintain surveillance over the approaches to Brest and protect the SSBN fleet, and to conduct power projection and fleet support missions.
The contract further consolidates the world leadership of Thales in mine warfare solutions.
The programme has two key objectives: to replace the DUBM41 sonars equipping the BRS sonar vessels (B
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