Thales Nederland

Building of Thales Nederland B.V. in Hengelo, formerly known as Hollandsche Signaalapparaten B.V.

Thales Nederland B.V. (formerly Signaal) is a subsidiary of Thales Group involved primarily in naval defence systems (sensors, radars and infrared systems). Other areas of business include air defence, communications, optronics, cryogenic cooling systems and navigation products.

History

The company was founded in 1922 as Fabriek van Signaalapparaten for the development of naval systems.

In 1940 the company's factory was captured by the invading German Army. After the war the company was nationalised as N.V. Hollandsche Signaalapparaten (Signaal).

In 1956 the majority of Signaal shares were purchased by Philips, the Netherlands based electronics company. Between 1956 and the end of the Cold War Signaal's business expanded to the point where it had customers in 35 countries and over 5,000 employees.

In 1990 Philips decided defence was not a core activity and sold Signaal to Thomson-CSF, the French electronics and defence contractor. Signaal became Thomson-CSF Signaal. With the renaming of Thomson to Thales in 2000 Thomson-CSF Signaal became Thales Nederland.

Products: Sensors

• APAR (Active Phased Array Radar) multi-function radar
• DA08 radar
• IRSCAN Infra-red search, track, and surveillance system (Replaced by SIRIUS)
• LIOD fire control system with electro-optic director
• LIROD fire control system with fire control radar and electro-optic director
• LW08 radar
• Mirador (TEOOS) fire control system with electro-optic director
• MW08 radar
• Rapids ESM system
• S1850M radar
• SCOUT low probability of intercept surface search radar
• SIRIUS Infra-red search, track and surveillance system for anti-shipping missile defense
• SMART-L long range air surveillance radar
• SMART-S search radar (Current version is SMART-S Mk2)
• STING EO fire control system with fire control radar and electro-optical director
• STIR fire control system with fire control and illumination radar (Current version is STIR-IK Mk2)
• VARIANT 2D air and surface search radar

Products: Other

• Goalkeeper CIWS
• M8 (TSM 2072) torpedo fire-control system
• M20 / WM20 / Mk 92 weapon control system and miniature combat systems
• M40 weapon control system
• MOC Multi-Operator Consoles
• SEWACO-FD Command and weapon control system architecture
• SINBADS / Spectrum Submarine fire-control combat systems
• SOTAS "Signaal Onboard Two-wire Audio System", a vehicle intercomsystem
• SmartNet Multimedia network for use in vehicles
• Signaal UA 1137 Night vision device
• TACTICOS Combat Management System

References

• Thales Nederland "History: Thales Nederland B.V. goes back a long way." Retrieved Jan. 18, 2005.