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Thales to deliver new air-defence radar for Guiana Space Center

  • 12:00 AM, February 4, 2009
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The French defence procurement agency, DGA (Délégation générale pour l’armement) in late December 2008 ordered a long-range air-defence radar to protect the Guiana space center in Kourou, French Guiana. Beginning in 2011, this new radar will enhance the capabilities of the Kourou military control center in Kourou, operated by the French air force. It will reinforce the protection of the Guiana space center and of the airspace of French Guiana. The contract, awarded to Thales Raytheon Systems, covers the supply of the radar itself as well as related infrastructure (buildings, power source, communications and protection systems). It also includes the sustainment and the maintenance of the installation for a period of 18 years, with guaranteed levels of operational availability of 98% for the radar and its infrastructure.
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