Latest TALIOS Pod Captures HD Video, to be integrated with Rafale F4 Standard

The French Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) announced that the TALIOS pod, that captured HD video recently, will be integrated with the Rafale F4 standard.

Conducted in early November, the DGA said TALIOS pod has a "high definition" capability. This enables the crew to be provided with a more resolved near-infrared image and to integrate a color visible wide-field sensor which will make it possible to colorize high-definition videos from the Rafale F4.2 standard.

The new data link integrated into the pod makes it possible to transmit a video as well as metadata to troops on the ground in order to improve the coordination of operations such as target designation, firing control, etc.

The 36 pods remaining to be delivered will be in this configuration.

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TALIOS Pod

TALIOS (TArgeting Long-range Identification Optronic System) is a multifunction optronic pod manufactured by Thales. It is a major piece of equipment for the Rafales of the Air and Space Force and the French Navy for their air-to-surface missions.

Indeed, equipped with this pod, the Rafale covers the entire spectrum of intelligence, acquisition, tracking and target designation missions, by providing images in the near-infrared and infrared domains. It also has new, more efficient fixed or moving target tracking capabilities, an automatic detection capability for moving targets and a new man/machine interface.

A total of sixty-seven TALIOS pods have been ordered for the armies. The thirty-six nacelles that remain to be delivered will be delivered by 2025.