ales and SIMMAD announce five-year support contract

17 June 2013

New contract is a milestone in efforts to improve the operational efficiency and flexibility of through-life support provision

Paris Air Show, 17 June 2013 Thales has been awarded the MOREAT (1) contract by French defence ministry's integrated structure for through-life support of aeronautical equipment (SIMMAD (2)).

The five-year agreement covers the provision of technical and logistic support as well as through-life support services for the Thales electronic warfare systems and nose-mounted radars on board some twenty types of aircraft in service with the French armed forces, including Mirage 2000, ATL2, C160/C130 and Puma. Support for equipment on board the Rafale is covered by separate contracts.

The MOREAT contract combines several earlier agreements to simplify through-life support management. It is based on a fixed price per hour of flight, offering the flexibility needed to adapt to operational requirements as the number of hours of flight increases or decreases and as fleet formats evolve.

Under the new contract, Thales will be in charge of the entire supply chain, and will continue to work closely with small and medium-sized enterprises in line with the recent bilateral agreement between the defence ministry and the Thales Group. A Thales representative will be assigned to work on base to maintain close contact with users.

In addition, Thales teams and representatives of the armed forces will work together in a collaborative environment to ensure flexibility and optimise response times.

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Press contact:

Thales, Media Relations

Defence Aerospace

Emmanuelle Le Fol

Tel. +33 6 82 65 64 34

emmanuelle.lefol@thalesgroup.com

About SIMMAD

SIMMAD is the French defence ministrys integrated through-life support structure for aeronautical equipment and systems. The organisation manages support for some 1,300 fixed and rotary-wing aircraft of 46 different types owned by the three branches of the armed forces, the French defence procurement agency, the Gendarmerie Nationale and civil defence agencies. SIMMAD has responsibility for technical, logistical and procurement aspects of through-life support in order to optimise support provision and delivery.

Managing a budget of close to 1.8 billion, SIMMAD places or renews approximately 250 procurement contracts a year and works with more than 300 private contractors, of which 42 are subsidiaries of major industrial groups.

Press contact:

Cmdr. Luc Andrieu

SIMMAD Chief of Staff

+33 1 45 52 48 52

luc.andrieu@intradef.gouv.fr

(1) Maintien Op rationnel des Radars et Equipements A ronautiques de Thales (operational maintenance of Thales onboard equipment and radars)

(2) Structure Int gr e de Maintien en condition op rationnelle des Mat riels A ronautiques du minist re de la D fense (French defence ministrys integrated through-life support structure for aeronautical equipment and systems)

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