Thales Reveals Ballistic Missile Early Warning Radar
A subscale demonstrator of Europe’s first BMEWS is nearly ready for testing.
Thales is working on the first radar in Europe that can search for ballistic missiles during the boost phase. (Image: Thales)
Thales is working on the first radar in Europe that can search for ballistic missiles during the boost phase. (Image: Thales)

Thales has revealed details of the ballistic missile early warning radar (BMEWS) that it is developing under contract to the French Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Onera, the French government aerospace research agency. The work is a first for Europe and has potential application to the NATO active layered theatre ballistic missile defense (ALTBMD) system for that continent. The contract for an initial demonstration of capability was awarded in 2011, and Thales said that it will install a subscale system for tests at an MoD site this year.


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