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Renault Trucks Defense, Thales To Work Together On Digitized Vehicle Systems

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, February 20th, 2013

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Renault Trucks Defense and Thales said the two French companies reached a cooperation agreement on digitized vehicle systems to develop innovative solutions for defense and security forces. Under the agreement, released Feb. 17 at IDEX in Abu Dhabi, Renault Trucks Defense and Thales will propose mission systems that exploit the full potential of vehicle mobility and protection and provide real-time communications between vehicles to support shared situation awareness and cooperative engagements. The platforms will include fighting vehicles as well as…

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