This contract confirms Thales’s position as a
leading player in advanced vehicle system integration.
Today, combat vehicle platforms need to achieve greater efficiency on
the battlefield and are becoming increasingly complex due to the need
for integration of electronics equipment and network capabilities. Thanks
to Thales’s high-level expertise in C4ISR1 systems for land forces,
the Group has been selected to provide an integrated and scalable vehicle
electronic architecture system including a wide range of new-generation
equipment (communications, vetronics, sensors, command & control,
mortar, optronics, etc.) to meet the rigorous operational performance
criteria of the Malaysian Army.
In order to lead this programme in close cooperation with the customer,
Thales relies on its local presenc through Thales Malaysia Sdn Bhd and
strengthens its local footprint thanks to its Malaysian joint-venture,
Sapura Thales Electronics (STE), who will supply the complete HF and
VHF radio communications system for the 257 vehicles.
Thales will integrate a state-of-the-art Open Information Communication
System (OICS) - branded as VSys-net – a vehicle system electronics
solution designed to optimise integration and enable information exchange
(voice, data and video) both within vehicles and externally. It combines
a set of sub-systems and specific equipment that assist the commander
during the mission (Battlefield Management System), manage the status
of the vehicle components (Platform Management System), assist navigation,
provide an optimised situational awareness and enhance survivability.
This solution will provide a consistent vehicle electronic architecture
among the 12 variants (Infantry & Armoured Fighting Vehicles, Command,
Anti-Tank, Recovery, Surveillance, etc.). This will reduce integration
risks on the overall program, speed up the operation, manage all platform
systems in real time and enable optimised support services.
The Malaysian Army also renews its trust in Thales’s field proven
equipment such as the unique 120mm 2R2M Mortar for the mortar variant
offering an unmatched range of 13km, as well as the SQUIRE ground surveillance
radar as part of the surveillance variant. “We are very proud
of the renewed confidence in Thales’s solution expressed by the
Malaysian Army. Thales strengthens its commitment to Malaysia and the
local defence industry with know-how and technology transfer.”
explains Jean-Philippe Durieux, Country Director, Thales Malaysia. “Thales’s
excellence and expertise in complex systems integration make us a trusted
partner, able to respond to the armed forces’ ever growing needs.”
