Krauss-Maffei Wegmann selects Vehicle Command Systems from Thales for a new contract in Middle East

As part of the modernisation of its land forces, a Middle East country has procured vehicles for its new brigade from German Land Defence systems provider Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW). Thales has been selected to equip them with a mobile command system.

Thales will thus help the country to modernise and digitise its armed forces with mission systems for 62 Leopard 2 tanks, 24 PzH 2000 artillery howitzers and associated support vehicles, all supplied by German group Krauss-Maffei Wegmann. These new vehicles will make up the first artillery and cavalry battalions of this new brigade.

Increasingly info-centric military operations rely on getting ever larger volumes of tactical information to networked mobile units. The effectiveness of joint forces combat thus depends on C4I1 systems with the ability to ensure complete control of the critical decision chain.

With its end-to-end expertise as a premier provider of C4I systems, Thales will supply a complete integrated mission system including:
PR4G VHF and TRC 3700 HF radios;
SOTAS systems for handling inter-vehicle and in-vehicle communications;
Command and Control (C2) or Battlefield Management System applications

This fleet-wide system will support exchange of tactical and command information between vehicles in near real-time to synchronise manoeuvres, conduct joint actions or boost
platforms' operational capability by helping operators execute their missions.

"This contract consolidates Thales's position as a leading integrator of advanced vehicle systems. The longstanding collaboration between Thales and KMW will enable optimal
integration of the components of the Thales solution on this new Brigade platform" said Marc Darmon, Executive Vice President for Secure Communications & Information Systems within Thales.