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Brazilian Army has awarded Thales to deliver Sotas communication systems for combat vehicles 1402144.
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| Brazilian Army has awarded Thales to deliver Sotas communication systems for combat vehicles. | |||
The Brazilian
Army has awarded Thales contracts for the delivery of Sotas communication
systems for various vehicle programmes, such as the new Guarani vehicle,
the Cascavel, the M113 and the Urutu refurbishment programmes. The systems
will be delivered in June 2014. A transfer of maintenance to the end-user
is part of the contract. |
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 Sotas consists of a family of modular components that can be assembled and scaled to provide optimal system configurations for all vehicle types and missions. |
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A first batch of Sotas systems was purchased in 2011 to be tested in various armoured vehicles. Division General Antonino dos Santos Guerra Neto, the Brazilian Army's Commander of Communications and Electronic Warfare - CCOMGEX, stated that the Sotas system has been tested in a range of operational situations and has met CCOMGEX's stringent requirements in every respect. Sotas was selected thanks to its superior performance, its modularity that enables easy upgrades, its world-wide references and its ease of operation. Sotas is the centre
of all voice and data communications in the Guarani, integrating various
sensors, data terminals and radios. The Guarani programme has a potential
of more than 2,000 vehicles. |
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