Thales Launches New-generation Targeting Pod
Talios has been developed to cover what Thales calls “the entire critical decision chain from intelligence-gathering to weapon delivery.”
Bell’s developmental, fly-by-wire 525 Relentless model is represented on the Bell display in mockup form. Configured in search-and-rescue mode, the mockup also features Bell’s four-screen Arc Horizon flight deck (inset), based on the Garmin G5000H architecture with touchscreen control.
Bell’s developmental, fly-by-wire 525 Relentless model is represented on the Bell display in mockup form. Configured in search-and-rescue mode, the mockup also features Bell’s four-screen Arc Horizon flight deck (inset), based on the Garmin G5000H architecture with touchscreen control.

Thales Optronique (Hall 4 Innovation Zone A1) unveiled its successor to the Damoclès targeting pod on the eve of the Farnborough show. The new sensor system, called “Talios,” should be ready in time for deployment on a major new operational standard of the Dassault Rafale multi-role fighter that is due to enter service in 2018. A new-generation targeting pod, known as PDL-NG, has been one of the key elements associated with the Rafale’s F3R upgrade standard. Development of PDL-NG started in 2009, with approval to proceed affirmed in January 2013. Funding has been approved for at least 19 pods for the French air force and navy.