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Thales Selected For UK Navy Surveillance Helicopter Radar

Wednesday, May 27th, 2015

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The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence and Lockheed Martin [LMT], the prime contractor for the Crowsnest naval project, selected Thales to provide radar and mission systems to adapted Royal Navy AW101 Merlin helicopters, the ministry said on May 22.Thales was chosen after an industry competition. It will provide the Thales Searchwater radar and Cerberus mission system to the Merlins in the form of the Crowsnest surveillance system. The adapted Merlin helicopters are set to replace the Royal Navy’s departing WS-61…

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