Thales secures first export contract for TALIOS targeting pod

[MICA]

Thales Optronique has revealed the first firm export order for its TALIOS long-range airborne targeting pod. The company declined to identify the customer or say how many pods have been ordered.

Thales has been an awarded is first contract to TALIOS targeting pods for a foreign country. (Thales)

The TALIOS pod - formerly known as the New-Generation Laser Designation Pod (Pod de Désignation Laser de Nouvelle Génération: PDL NG) - is being developed by Thales Optronique under a EUR119 million (USD132 million) contract awarded by France's DGA armament procurement agency on 30 December 2013. It will supplement and then replace the Thales Damocles pods currently used by the French Air Force.

Officially unveiled at the Farnborough Air Show in July 2014, TALIOS is scheduled to be integrated on the F3-R configuration of the Dassault Rafale multirole fighter and fully qualified in 2018, when it is due to enter series production.

I like it Guys @Taygibay @Gabriel92 which country you think is the first customer ?

 

[Taygibay]

In descending order of likelihood,

Saudi Arabia ( after the Yemen affair returns of experience )
Qatar ( change of heart due to price of Sniper adaptation )
UAE or Malaysia, present users of Damocles
Egypt as a "secret" add-on to the Rafale contract.

I'll inquire for leads, Tay.

 

[MICA]

In descending order of likelihood,

Saudi Arabia ( after the Yemen affair returns of experience )
Qatar ( change of heart due to price of Sniper adaptation )
UAE or Malaysia, present users of Damocles
Egypt as a "secret" add-on to the Rafale contract.

I'll inquire for leads, Tay.

i think the first customer of this pod is also a customer of the F3R so i think it could be Egypt , Qatar or india and maybe UAE on their m2k-9 ? maybe