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ANNONSE
GM200 MM/C Multi-Mission radar
on display during Eurosatory
Hengelo, the Netherlands. In June
2024 the Royal Netherlands Army
displayed their GM200 MM/C radar
during Eurosatory 2024. “There
were over 25 nations who visited the
Thales stand to see the Dutch Army’s
newest radar” commented Eric
Marceau VP Strategy, Surface Radar.
“The system has been very well
received in the market especially in
Europe and NATO, the feedback we
have received is countries want to
leverage the radars’ multi-mission
capabilities to meet many of their Air
Defense, Artillery and Air Surveil-
lance requirements”.
The GM200 MM/C has a unique and
compact all in one design providing
communications, power, cooling
and radar on a single 20-foot pallet
delivering a highly mobile solution.
This unique compact design is what
differentiates the GM200 MM/C
from all of its competitors. The radar
is fully digital featuring dual axis
multibeam with element level control
in an active, electronically scanned
array (AESA) antenna with electronic
stabilization and extreme short
deployment and march order times.
“Our experiences in Iraq, Afghani-
stan and the current conflict in
Ukraine has reinforced the require-
ment for rapid deployment and
mobility. Mobility is survivability”
said LtCol Henk te Kulve (NL MOD).
“In Europe we see a paradigm shift
from bespoke radars, as is common
in countries like the US, to multi-mis-
sion radars where countries want
“more of the same” in order to
leverage investments in radars,
spares, training, interoperability,
interchangeability, and requirements
collaboration. European countries
have limited personnel to operate
and maintain bespoke radar systems.
That’s why we see the push for
Multi-mission” said Wim Schuttert,
Sales Director Ground in Thales
Netherlands.
During the recent NATO summit in
July, Secretary General Jens Stolten-
berg commented: “The reality is that
the war in Ukraine has demonstrated
not only that the stocks are too small,
have been too small, and production
capacity has been too little, but it has
also demonstrated serious gaps in
our interoperability,” Stoltenberg
said. “And this is something we have
to take extremely seriously as
government and as industry.”
“As industry, we take the need for
increasing our production capacity
very seriously”, said Rene de Jongh,
Strategy Director for Thales Nether-
lands. “Together with our supply
chain partners, we are significantly
ramping-up series production to
meet the current market demand. In
addition, we are exploring with the
Netherlands Ministry of Defence the
possibilities to further increase the
capacity in order to better anticipate
on future needs of our customers.”
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