Thales to Perform Electronic Sub-Assembly Maintenance for French Navy

(March 1, 2010) -- Thales has been awarded a contract, after submitting a successful bid, to provide comprehensive expertise and repair services for a broad range of French Navy transmission and radio-navigation sub-assemblies. This successful outcome further strengthens Thales's position as an overall logistics support provider for the armed forces.

The six-year contract signed between Thales and the Fleet Support Service applies to around one hundred French Navy vessels.


Thales's ability to offer a particularly innovative and efficient solution for logistics chain management, and ensure optimum equipment availability made the difference and allowed to get the contract.

Thales will begin by using a purpose-built Logistics Information System (LIS) to provide real-time, remote information management. Stakeholders will be able to monitor the flow of equipment as it is processed, on a continuous and transparent basis. At any given time, they will have an accurate insight into the actions carried out and their progress status.

Thales will then roll out support teams to provide on-site services in the naval dockyards in Brest and Toulon, and a local presence.

"We are very proud to have been chosen by the French Navy for this project," explained Laurent Maury, Vice President of Thales Communications S.A., Customer Support & Services activities. "Our logistics chain solution meets two main criteria, transparency and responsiveness, which are the keys to an efficient end-to-end support service."

This project further attests to Thales's ability to play a leading role in logistics support for armies - a hot topic in recent years.

Source : Thales Group (Paris: HO.PA)