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French defence ministry renews Thales Contractor Logistics Support contract for avionics maintenance

Written by thomas · Filed Under Aeronautics News 

January 12, 2009

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Neuilly-sur-Seine, 12 January 2009 – Thales announced today that the French Ministry of
Defence, through its SIMMAD1 support structure, has renewed the fixed-price contractor
logistic support (CLS) contract for the maintenance of avionics equipment on French military
aircraft for a further five years. The contract covers a fleet of approximately 1,500 aircraft.
Pierre-Eric Pommellet, Vice President of the Services and Business Transformation Sector
within Thales’ aerospace activities, stated: “We are very proud of this long-lasting
relationship of trust between Thales and the French defence ministry. Productivity gains have
significantly reduced support costs for the customer. Today we are continuing to tailor our
solutions to the evolving requirements of the armed forces and strengthening our thought
leadership role in military support services.”
Thales is committed to deliver a broader range of services, including fixed-price
obsolescence management and extended maintenance of equipment support facilities,
translating into a comprehensive improvement in services for the armed forces.
This new contract is part of Thales’s innovative approach to service provision, based on endto-
end support solutions with guaranteed levels of operational availability. Various proposals
have been submitted to meet the ever-changing requirements of the market.
Drawing on its experience with the French armed forces, Thales also offers comprehensive
support solutions to export customers. In Brazil, for example, as announced in July 2008,
Thales and a number of French partner companies signed an agreement to provide local
maintenance services at the Anápolis air force base, where the Brazilian Air Force’s Mirage
2000 fleet is stationed. This type of contract significantly reduces repair and maintenance
turnaround times. The Brazilian Air Force will thus benefit from higher levels of service
performance, leading in turn to increased availability of its Mirage 2000 fleet.
The gains are a result of simpler logistics management processes and the transfer to
industry of full responsibility for equipment and system repairs on a door-to-door basis.
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 multidomestic 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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