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Thales has recently been selected to provide state-of-the-art Communications and Identification Solutions for the renovation of the entire French Air Forces C-130. This offer is part of a global contract to upgrade the fleet of 14 aircrafts.

Thales will provide its new NextW@ve* multipurpose Terminal and the 8.33 ATC (Air Traffic Control) radio, in addition to the TSC 2000 IFF mode 5** Transponder.

Thales offers to the global upgrade market for C-130 Hercules transport aircraft a modern Communication Navigation Identification functionality that will support future standards and improve the flexibility and growth potential, including networking capacity, through its V/UHF NextW@ve terminal and Mode 5 through its TSC 2000 transponder.

"We are very proud of having won this contract", said Merry Michaux, Director of Communication Navigation Identification business line at Thales's Land and Joint Systems division. "At Thales, we are happy to participate to the C-130 Hercules modernization allowing users to upgrade their planes with the latest Communication and Identification technology".

Thales's CNI portfolio is designed to meet any Transport Aircraft requirements for state-of-the-art upgrades. Its complete range of up-to-date equipment covers: ATC communications, SDR V/UHF military communications, Internal Communications System, Radio-altimeters, TACAN interrogator, Multi-Mode Receivers and IFF transponders.

* NextW@ve
NextW@ve is the latest evolution of the airborne member of the Thales V/UHF radio family, and marks the migration of this family towards SDR (Software Defined Radio) technology. While preserving the full interoperability with previous radio generation, NextW@ve comes with extended multi-band / multimode capabilities, including High Data Rate. These extended capabilities open new perspectives to enlarge interoperability and address emerging "Network Centric" operational concepts, and make NextW@ve a true "Multi-purpose Terminal", basic brick to build a flexible and high performance multichannel communication system for any type of aircraft.

** IFF Mode 5
The Mode 5 will provide the NATO forces with a new high-performance identification capability, providing higher levels of communication security than the legacy Mode 4. With this new mode, that will further minimize the possibility of friendly fire on an aircraft or a ship, the IFF equipment will guarantee for the coming decades the interoperability inside the NATO/allied Forces.