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LONDON, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Thales-Malaysia will integrate an advanced open vehicle electronic architecture system for 257 armored-wheeled vehicles of the Malaysian army.
The contract was awarded by DRB-HICOM Defence Technologies Sdn. Bhd,
the local company selected by the Malaysian Ministry of Defense for the
design, development and manufacturing of the 8x8 vehicles.
Thales, in an announcement from the Defense and Security Equipment
International exhibition in London, said that under the contract it will
provide an integrated and scalable vehicle electronic architecture
system that includes a wide range of new-generation equipment, such as
communications, vetronics, sensors, command and control, mortar and
optronics.
Its joint venture in Malaysia, Sapura Thales Electronics, will supply
the complete HF and VHF radio communications system for the 257
vehicles.
Thales said it will integrate a state-of-the-art Open Information
Communication System, branded as VSys-net, which enables voice, data and
video information exchange within vehicles and externally.
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