Thales Nederland

Building of Thales Nederland B.V. in Hengelo, formerly known as Hollandsche Signaalapparaten B.V.

Thales Nederland B.V. (formerly Signaal) is a subsidiary of Thales Group involved primarily in naval defence systems (sensors, radars and infrared systems). Other areas of business include air defence, communications, optronics, cryogenic cooling systems and navigation products.

[edit] History

The company was founded in 1922 as Fabriek van Signaalapparaten for the development of naval systems.

In 1940 the company's factory was captured by the invading German Army. After the war the company was nationalised as N.V. Hollandsche Signaalapparaten (Signaal).

In 1956 the majority of Signaal shares were purchased by Philips, the Netherlands based electronics company. Between 1956 and the end of the Cold War Signaal's business expanded to the point where it had customers in 35 countries and over 5,000 employees.

In 1990 Philips decided defence was not a core activity and sold Signaal to Thomson-CSF, the French electronics and defence contractor. Signaal became Thomson-CSF Signaal. With the renaming of Thomson to Thales in 2000 Thomson-CSF Signaal became Thales Nederland.

[edit] Products: Sensors

• Active Phased Array Radar (APAR)
• SMART-L radar
• S1850M radar
• SMART-S Mk. II radar
• SIRIUS Infra-red search, track, and surveillance system
• STIR fire control radar
• DA-08 radar
• LW-08 radar
• MW-08 radar
• SMART-S radar
• IRSCAN Infra-red search, track, and surveillance system
• Mirador (TEOOS) Electro-optic surveillance and weapon-control system
• Rapids ESM system

[edit] Products: Other

• SEWACO-FD Command and weapon control system architecture
• TACTICOS Combat Management System
• MOC Multi-Operator Consoles
• Goalkeeper CIWS
• LIOD electro-optic director
• LIROD fire-control system
• M8 (TSM 2072) torpedo fire-control system
• M20 / WM20 / Mk 92 weapon control system and miniature combat systems
• M40 weapon control system
• SINBADS / Spectrum Submarine fire-control combat systems
• SOTAS "Signaal Onboard Two-wire Audio System", a vehicle intercomsystem
• SmartNet Multimedia network for use in vehicles
• Signaal UA 1137 Night vision device

[edit] References

• Thales Nederland "History: Thales Nederland B.V. goes back a long way." Retrieved Jan. 18, 2005.