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Under the terms of this contract, valued at over 145 million euros, Thales will design, manufacture, supply, deliver, install, test and commission the next generation EUROCAT system on a turnkey basis.

Thales will also provide a comprehensive full life support after commissioning, including operational maintenance and support services on both hardware and software from its recently established Singapore Customer Support Centre². The

Air traffic growth worldwide poses a range of technical and technological challenges for national civil aviation authorities as well as for equipment and service providers. Designed specifically to respond to these critical issues, LORADS III will help CAAS rise to the daily challenge of providing its air traffic services in an efficient way, guiding aircraft safely through Singapore's airspace.

CAAS' air traffic controllers will benefit from a unique combination of the most advanced ATM functionalities for area, approach and tower control, enhancing CAAS' ability to fulfil its missions with safety and operational efficiency over the next decades, while coping with soaring traffic volumes in the Asia-Pacific region. LORADS III will ensure unprecedented levels of safety, improve reliability, promote green approaches through shorter routing and maximum use of optimum flight level and reduce costs of operations.

Alexandre de Juniac, Senior Vice President of Thales's Air Systems business, stated:

‘Thales is honoured that CAAS is renewing its confidence in the Group with the award of the most significant ATM system contract in recent history. LORADS III will be the first integration of the world's most advanced ATM functionalities, leveraging off Thales's major R&D investments in next generation systems. Thales is pleased to ensure the continuation of CAAS' impeccable safety record and reputation for service excellence'.

Note to the editor

²The Singapore Customer Support Centre is located in Changi and operates to address the needs for maintenance and support services of Thales's installed base in South East Asia. Designed with one of Thales's core values, customer satisfaction, the Customer Support Centre takes advantage of the ideal position of Singapore as regional hub to better serve the customers through proximity. With this major contract, Thales has the opportunity to strengthen its historical presence and to maintain close links with the customers and the markets in which the Group operates.

About Thales

Thales is a leading international electronics and systems group, addressing defence, aerospace and security markets worldwide. Thales's leading-edge technology is supported by 22,000 R&D engineers who offer a capability unmatched in Europe to develop and deploy field-proven mission-critical information systems. To this end, the group's civil and military businesses develop in parallel and share a common base of technologies to serve a single objective: the security of people, property and nations. The group builds its growth on its unique multi-domestic strategy based on trusted partnerships with national customers and market players, while leveraging its global expertise to support local technology and industrial development. Thales employs 68,000 people in 50 countries with 2007 revenues  of €12.3 billion.   

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