Thales UK, Thales has received funding from UK MoD, Sweden's FMV, France's DGA and the United States Marine Corps to supply Battlefield Target Identification Device (BTID) hardware for the US led NATO Coalition Combat Identification (CCID) Advanced Concept Technology Demonstrator (ACTD) programme.
The CCID ACTD culminates in a multi-national Military Utility Assessment hosted by UK MoD on Salisbury Plain Training Area in Autumn 2005 named “Exercise Urgent Quest”.
The CCID ACTD is a key part of the process to select a technology that will become the core of cooperative battlefield target identification systems for NATO and non-NATO allies. Amongst the Nations taking part and with an interest in this programme are Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Italy, Sweden, USA and the UK.
Under these contracts Thales BTID systems have been installed on:
–UK MoD: Challenger 2 Main Battle Tanks; Scimitar Armoured Fighting Vehicles; MILAN Anti-Tank Guided Weapon; Harrier ground attack aircraft
–France: Vehicule de l
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