ADi News2014-05-25 11:44:44
ThalesRaytheonSystems signs a memorandum of understanding to supply long-range air defense radars to the Kazakh Air Force.
ThalesRaytheonSystems has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to supply Ground Master 400 (GM400) long-range air defense radars to the Kazakh Air Force.
The agreement was signed on May 22 at the KADEX defense exhibition in Astana, in the presence of Okas Bazargaliyevich Saparov, Kazakhstan's Deputy Minister of Defense and the French Ambassador Francis Etienne.
This MoU provides for the development of GM400 radars for the Kazakh air force by Granit Thales Electronics, a joint venture formed by Thales and SKTB Granit in 2012 under a defense-industry partnership. 20 radars are expected to come from this cooperation.
A first GM400 radar ordered by the Kazakh Air Force in 2013 was delivered recently and is currently on show at KADEX. This radar is designed for both fixed-site operation under a radome and for operations in the field, where it can be deployed in under two hours. Integration of the next radars in the series will take place at the Granit Thales Electronics facility outside Almaty in Kazakhstan as part of a technology transfer agreement.
ThalesRaytheonSystems has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to supply Ground Master 400 (GM400) long-range air defense radars to the Kazakh Air Force.
The agreement was signed on May 22 at the KADEX defense exhibition in Astana, in the presence of Okas Bazargaliyevich Saparov, Kazakhstan's Deputy Minister of Defense and the French Ambassador Francis Etienne.
This MoU provides for the development of GM400 radars for the Kazakh air force by Granit Thales Electronics, a joint venture formed by Thales and SKTB Granit in 2012 under a defense-industry partnership. 20 radars are expected to come from this cooperation.
A first GM400 radar ordered by the Kazakh Air Force in 2013 was delivered recently and is currently on show at KADEX. This radar is designed for both fixed-site operation under a radome and for operations in the field, where it can be deployed in under two hours. Integration of the next radars in the series will take place at the Granit Thales Electronics facility outside Almaty in Kazakhstan as part of a technology transfer agreement.
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