SNLE

Submarine sonar suites

14 Oct 2020

Submarines are one of the most effective and powerful instruments in maritime security policy as they perform a wide operations including intelligence and fight against asymmetric threats, without their presence in a theatre raising the level of the crisis or altering the apparent balance of power.

French Navy’s future nuclear-powered submarine to carry Thales next-generation sonar system

07 Feb 2018

The French defence procurement agency (DGA) has awarded Thales a 42-month contract to conduct a set of studies and technological developments for a sonar system to be equipped on France’s future third-generation nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SNLE 3G).