The eyes and ears of the Royal Navy

World-beating maritime sensor and sonar providers

The single biggest offering we provide to the Royal Navy is sensing systems, which range from sonar, radar, electronic warfare capabilities, optics and optronics.

The systems help to protect the lives of servicemen and women all over the world, by detecting potential threats and platforms under the water, on the water, or above the water on the land, sea or air.

Our maritime sensor and data processing abilities enable customers to obtain the information advantage against foes, by turning the data into meaningful information for operators and decision-makers, increasing operational efficiency and effectiveness.

World leaders in Electronic Warfare

Thales in the UK has been at the leading edge of Electronic Warfare and Electronic Support Measures since the days of radar when the science of listening was far more straightforward than it is today. With the competitive nature of intelligence-gathering and the resultant evolution of technology over the following decades, we continued to lead the way.

What makes Thales’s Electronic Warfare capacities world-leading?

  • We’ve worked in collaboration with the Ministry of Defence and the Royal Navy to develop innovative, world-leading digital technology
  • Thales now offers fully digital Electronic Support Measures that take the complexity out of Electronic Warfare
  • Thales Electronic Warfare systems can detect multiple signals simultaneously across a wide frequency range, achieving a step-change in the availability of Electronic Support Measures
  • We deliver low interference across a wide frequency ranges, increasing operators’ efficiency and effectiveness
  • 100% multi-signal probability detection, full effectiveness in threat warner requirements and situational awareness