Thales supports airspace sovereignty in Albania with Ground Master 400 Alpha surveillance radar

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At the Paris Air Show, in the presence of the French Armed Forces Minister S bastien Lecornu and Albanian Defence Minister Pirro Vengu, Thales was awarded a contract to supply a Ground Master 400 Alpha (GM400 ) radar, with delivery within 14 months, as part of an air surveillance modernisation programme.

Thales has met the strategic request to supply a Ground Master surveillance radar in record time. Renowned for its outstanding reliability, unmatched performance and high mobility, the GM400 plays a critical role in air surveillance worldwide.

In the past year, Thales has invested in an industrial ramp-up, tripling production capacity for Ground Master radars in France, to support the increase in air surveillance needs and in particular urgent operational requests.

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In the presence of the French Minister of the Armed Forces, S bastien Lecornu, and Albanian Defence Minister Pirro Vengu, Thales was selected as strategic industrial partner to support a short-delivery-time request to supply a combat-proven Ground Master 400 Alpha (GM400 ) air surveillance radar.

To maintain airspace sovereignty, forces need to rely on assets that provide superior situational awareness at all times. Building a reliable, accurate, up-to-date Recognised Air Picture (RAP) is becoming a key challenge.

Renowned for its outstanding reliability, unmatched performance and high mobility, the GM400 plays a critical role in air surveillance worldwide. It is a game changer for air surveillance, with one of the highest performance records on the market. With its full digital architecture, it tracks air threats at a range of up to 515 km, with superior detection of low-altitude targets including slow-moving UAVs.

The current industrial ramp-up and strategy of Thales has tripled production capacity for Ground Master radars and strengthened the supply chain eco-system, providing Thales with the capacity to deliver more than 30 air surveillance radars from the Ground Master family per year and to shorten response times to meet urgent operational requests. To date more than 270 Ground Master air surveillance radars have been sold worldwide.

We are proud to support Albania with the rapid delivery of the combat-proven Ground Master 400 Alpha, said Eric Huber, Vice President, Surface Radars, Thales. With our increased production capacity and support from our partner eco-system, we are able to have fast turnaround times with regards to urgent operational requests. The Ground Master 400 Alpha provides a reliable, high-performance, high-mobility capability to meet Albanias air surveillance and sovereignty needs.

About Thales

Thales (Euronext Paris: HO) is a global leader in advanced technologies for the Defence, Aerospace, and Cyber & Digital sectors. Its portfolio of innovative products and services addresses several major challenges: sovereignty, security, sustainability and inclusion.

The Group invests more than 4 billion per year in Research & Development in key areas, particularly for critical environments, such as Artificial Intelligence, cybersecurity, quantum and cloud technologies.

Thales has more than 83,000 employees in 68 countries. In 2024, the Group generated sales of 20.6 billion.

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