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Thales wins Australian comms contract

By Michael Peck

Apr 17, 2015

The Chief of Army, Lieutenant General David Morrison inspects the new CRAM Giraffe FOC Radar up-armoured transporter. Mid Caption: New Giraffes are replacing a borrowed one at Tarin Kot, Afghanistan not as in a variety of wildlife but in the form of some serious life-saving hardware. Leased from Sweden, the Giraffe 740, was the title of the distinctive Counter Rocket Artillery and Mortar (C-RAM) radar system that has been providing a reliable indirect fire warning to Multi-National Base Tarin Kot since December 2010. The system comprised the Giraffe radar, mounted atop a Piranha light armoured vehicle.

Thales has signed a contract with Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles Australia to provide communications for Australian Defense Force trucks.

Thales will provide its Sotas Lite crew intercom system, according to a company news release. It will design the C4I system for the vehicles, including integrating radios into the intercom.

Australia is acquiring up to 2,536 medium and heavy trucks from Rheinmetall.

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